SONiKA is an English VOCALOID developed
and distributed by Zero-G Limited
and was released in July 2009
for the VOCALOID2 engine
SONiKA is advertised as
a "virtual vocalist
modeled on the voice
of a young girl pop singer"
her voice provider has never been revealed
She is the first native English speaking VOCALOID
to use a character design
and profile as part of the product
The name "Sonika" is Hindi
a girl's name based
on the Hindi word
for "golden beauty"
and was likely chosen
due to a resemblance to "sonic"
(relating to sound)
SONiKA was released with profile/biographical information
on the back cover of the software package
similar to the other VOCALOID2 products
Her personality also shows in her "tweets"
in her "tweets"
shows in her "tweets"
SONiKA's hair color is able to change from green to red
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