Miku Hatsune

Hatsune Miku
Developer	Crypton Future Media
Publisher	Crypton Future Media, Sega
Platforms	As noted below
Released	August 31, 2007 - present
Added to Museum	As noted below

Miku Hatsune (初音ミク, Hatsune Miku) is the Crypton Future Media singing mascot that was created using multiple versions of the Yamaha Vocaloid singing synthesizer software as well as Crypton Future Media's own Piapro Studio.

Premiering on August 31, 2007, she is part of a Japanese multimedia franchise, including music, video games, comics, television series, and films.

Hatsune Miku is the playable character in the Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA series. Miku is a guest character in several anime series, including Dropkick on My Devil!!, Sayonara, Zetsubō Sensei, and Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion.

While the synthesizer software remains commercial, on December 14, 2012, the illustration of Hatsune Miku was licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 Unported license, which allows the free use of the character for non-commercial use provided Crypton Future Media is credited as the creator.

Fictional character biography

Hatsune Miku is a teenage android singer.

She lives in a near-future world.

She sings music to make up for the fact that songs are lost.

Video games wherein Hatsune Miku is a playable character

Title	Developer	System	Release	Notes
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA	Sega	PS3, PSP	2009	Japan exclusive. With Dreamy Theater, a downloadable application, the game is playable on PlayStation 3 with a PSP as a controller.
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade	Sega AM2	Arcade	2010	Asia exclusive. An enhanced port of Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA for the arcade market.
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA 2nd	Sega	PS3, PSP	2010	Japan exclusive. With Dreamy Theater, a downloadable application, the game is playable on PlayStation 3 with a PSP as a controller.
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Extend	Sega	PS3, PSP	2011	Japan exclusive. An expanded version of Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA 2nd with fourteen new songs. With Dreamy Theater, a downloadable application, the game is playable on PlayStation 3 with a PSP as a controller.
Miku Flick	Sega	iOS	2012	A spin-off of the Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA series with mechanics suited to iOS devices.
Miku Flick/02	Sega	iOS	2012	A spin-off of the Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA series with mechanics suited to iOS devices.
Hatsune Miku and Future Stars: Project Mirai	Sega	Nintendo 3DS	2012	Japan exclusive.
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F	Sega	PS3, Vita	2012	Japan exclusive.
Yakuza 5	Ryū ga Gotoku Studio	PS3	2012	A Hitsune Miku costume can be unlocked for Haruka Sawamura.
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone	Sega AM2	Arcade	2013	Japan exclusive.
Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai 2	Sega	Nintendo 3DS	2013	Japan exclusive.
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F 2nd	Sega	PS3, Vita	2014	Japan exclusive.
Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX	Sega	Nintendo 3DS	2015	An updated compilation of Hatsune Miku and Future Stars: Project Mirai and Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai 2 that was released both in Japan and internationally.
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone	Sega	PS4	2016	Port of Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone. DLC packs are available with most songs from the two arcade games as well as the Project Mirai games.
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X	Sega	PS4, Vita	2016
Hatsune Miku: VR Future Live	Sega	PS4	2016	PlayStation VR game.
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone DX	Sega	PS4	2017	Japan-exclusive version of Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone with all DLC packs as well as the songs "Ghost Rule" and "Suna no Wakusei".
Yakuza 5 Remastered	Ryū ga Gotoku Studio	PS4, Windows, Xbox One	2019	A Hitsune Miku costume can be unlocked for Haruka Sawamura.
Yakuza Remastered Collection	Ryū ga Gotoku Studio	PS4, Windows, Xbox One	2019	In the remaster of Yakuza 5, a Hitsune Miku costume can be unlocked for Haruka Sawamura.
Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage	Sega	Android, iOS	2020	A spin-off of the Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA series with mechanics suited to Android and iOS devices.
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix	Sega	Switch	2020	Hatsune Miku is available as a DLC character, with her own substory.
Space Channel 5 VR: Kinda Funky News Flash	Grounding	PS4 VR, Occulus Quest, Viveport, Windows	2020	Hatsune Miku is available as a DLC character, with her own substory.
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix+	Sega	Windows	2022	Windows port of Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix.

Television series featuring Hatsune Miku

Title	Studio	System	Release	Notes
Zoku Sayonara, Zetsubō Sensei	Shaft	Blu-ray, Digital, DVD	2008	Hatsune Miku is in episode thirteen of Zoku Sayonara, Zetsubō Sensei, the second season of the Sayonara, Zetsubō Sensei anime.
Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion the Animation	Shaft	Blu-ray, Digital, DVD	2008	Hatsune Miku is a recurring character.
Dropkick on My Devil! X	Nomad	Blu-ray, Digital, DVD	2022	Hatsune Miku is in all twelve episodes of Dropkick on My Devil! X, the third season of the Jashin-chan Dropkick anime.

Films featuring Hatsune Miku

Title	Studio	System	Release	Notes
Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion the Movie: The Mythically Fast ALFA-X That Came From the Future	OLM	Blu-ray, Digital, DVD	2019	Hatsune Miku is in the film.