Looking at the current FA line-up, it feels like there is quite a lack of VOCALOID artists within FA despite the fact that there are actually quite a big chunk of osu! players who enjoy this genre. Hence, I'd just like to recommend a few notable VOCALOID artists below who are already quite recognisable on osu!:DECO*27
Definitely one of the most iconic VOCALOID artists who's been big for well over a decade, with their first ranked map in osu! being in the start of 2010, as well as having many extremely popular maps and songs in general. They have a vast libary of songs available due to this experience, which would definitely benefit in adding variety to the ranked section.
For example,
HIBANA and
Ghost Rule are both ranked maps with over 10M plays, showing that osu! players are already quite familiar with the artist. Their songs also garner tens of millions of views on YouTube, with even recent songs like Rabbit Hole still hitting those viewcounts, meaning that having them added to FA could attract more people to osu!.
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@DECO27Contact Email:
info@otoiro.co.jpPinocchioP
Very similar to the previous artist, PinocchioP has also consistently been one of the most popular VOCALOID producers during the same timeframe, albeit with quite a bit less fame on osu!. Despite this, they still have a massive backlog of songs in their collection which would be perfect for the game.
Maps like
this cover or
this loved map are great examples that show that many players do enjoy the style of their songs. Furthermore, although they aren't as popular on osu! as DECO*27, their songs on other platforms do achieve similar viewcounts in the tens of millions, while still retaining this success in the present day too.
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@pinocchiopContact Email:
info@pinocchiop.comGiga
Being another producer who's both influential within and out of osu!, Giga has produced many different songs that attained tens of millions of views on YouTube, with their recency for popular songs ranging from 5 years ago to even just recently 3 months ago. Not only this, they have also helped in the production of many other songs, namely by Reol.
One of the main examples of this would be the
most popular beatmap within osu! with over 100M+ plays, which was arranged by Giga in collaboration with Reol. Furthermore, even their own songs like
Electric Angel have many maps with millions of plays, showing how beloved their creations are within the osu! community.
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@GigaVideosContact Email:
gigamgnt@gmail.comn-buna
Being one of the few producers on this list who doesn't only create VOCALOID songs, n-buna has many non-VOCALOID songs within their library which reach hundreds of millions of views on platforms such as YouTube, with their most popular VOCALOID content also reaching viewcounts in the 20M range.
However, even when not only looking at their VOCALOID songs, their most popular map on osu! is still a cover of
Toumei Elergy, originally created as a VOCALOID song. With over 28M+ plays, the map is easily one of the most iconic within osu! and with many fans of n-buna even outside of the VOCALOID sphere, adding them to the FA will surely bolster up osu!'s player count.
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@nbunaContact Email:
info@yorushika.comKinoshita
Moving away from the uber-popular VOCALOID producers, we have one which is quite a bit more underrated while being still quite iconic, being unique in the way they utilise a rare voicebank (Otomachi Una) within their songs and receiving millions of views as a result!
While they have barely any maps on osu!, with the
most popular only sitting at 80k plays for the osu!mania ruleset, their addition to the FA would still benefit many mappers and players who prefer the usage of this niche voicebank, adding more variety to the mix of VOCALOID maps within the ranked section and attracting any potential fans of this unique style to osu!.
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@k1n0shitaContact Email:
kinoshita.nico25@gmail.comjon-YAKITORY
Being quite the recent sensation within the VOCALOID scene, jon-YAKITORY not only creates songs for the genre, but also outside of it as well. However, their most popular songs also often does come from VOCALOID, such as their most popular with over 20M+ views on YouTube. Despite this, very little maps of their VOCALOID songs exist within osu!, which I think has the untapped potential to bring many of these listeners to the game.
For example, their
only ranked map within osu! is a moderate success with 80k+ plays, but by adding them to the FA and getting more exposure to mappers, I think that there is a high chance that some of their future maps might attract tons of VOCALOID fans to the game.
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@jon-yakitory1142Contact point (via niconico):
http://nicovideo.jp/mylist/37411638Neru
Being an absolute classic VOCALOID producer, they have created numerous songs in the past which have garnered tens of millions of views on YouTube, while utilising the Kagamine Twins' voicebanks which are not as represented within osu!.
Their most popular song has over 3.8M plays on
osu!standard while having over 3M on
osu!mania, probably being one of the most played maps within the gamemode. Their addition to the FA would ensure that these iconic maps can remain safe, while also encouraging mappers to create more maps of this artist, which would likely attract many fans to the game.
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@NeruOFFICIALContact Email:
neru0180@gmail.comKanaria
They are the first VOCALOID producer on the list to only become successful quite recently, with their producing journey only starting in 2020. However, although they might not have many songs within their library, the songs they do have are some of the most popular in the modern day, with songs like KING becoming an instant hit with 80M+ views on YouTube, as well as countless covers being made.
Within osu!, there are countless maps of covers of their most popular songs in ranked across all gamemodes, such as
KING and
Envy Baby, both of which have well over 1M plays and with other KING covers having even more. With how popular they are both in and out of osu!, their addition to the FA will surely boost the popularity of the game.
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@kanaria9704Contact Email:
kanariamusic390@gmail.comChinozo
Being another icon within the VOCALOID world, Chinozo has produced some of the most VOCALOID songs ever on music streaming platforms, with their most popular song, Goodbye Sengen, having over 128M+ views in just 4 short years. Not only do they have multiple popular songs with millions of views, they also utilise more uncommon voicebanks like floweR and kafU, bringing them into the spotlight
With how popular their songs are, it is only natural that there are multiple maps of songs like Goodbye sengen and its covers, with maps such as
this having over 2M+ plays. Overall, Chinozo brings some of the most unique songs within the genre to osu!, benefitting the assortment of music on the platform!
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@chinozo_Contact Email:
chinozou2@gmail.comsasakure.UK
Being yet another one of the many producers to gain popularity within the past few years, sasakure.UK has produced many hit songs within the scene as of recent, with songs like Tondemo Wonderz having over 20M views in just 2 years. This popularity has led to many of their songs being included within many other rhythm games, such as CHUNITHM and Project Sekai, proving that they are a perfect fit for the style of these games.
Even back before their popularity within the larger VOCALOID scene, they already had multiple popular ranked beatmaps such as
Spider Thread Monopoly and
SeventH-HeaveN, with both having about 2M+ plays. This further shows how their songs are a perfect fit for the rhythm game genre, and hence having them as FA would increase the overall enjoyment of the game with their very fitting songs.
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@sasakureUK0211Contact Point:
https://www.sasakuration.com/contactkz-livetune
Being easily one of the most iconic classic VOCALOID producers in the genre, they have had many highly successful songs within the past decade, which have also similarly resulted in popular beatmaps from the classic era of osu!. With their most popular songs from a decade past such as Tell Your World and Redial having both immense recognisability and millions of views, it is undoubtable that they have had a massive impact on the scene.
With maps such as
Yellow and
Tell Your World hailing from the very early 2010s while still having millions of plays, it's safe to say that their songs have also had a profound impact during the early days of the osu! community, and having them as FA would immortalise this legacy within the game.
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@kzlivetuneContact Email:
kz_staff@incs-toenter.jpOrangestar
Last but certainly not least, Orangestar is an immensely popular VOCALOID producer whom songs have garnered tens of millions views on YouTube, as well as having definitely some of the most iconic maps within osu! in general. Through their usage of the voicebank IA within, they also stand out from the crowd and bring variety to the ranked section within the game.
One cannot mention Orangestar without pointing to
this cover of their most popular song, with it having over 30M+ plays and being immensely popular within the osu!standard playerbase. By securing them as FA, it will ensure that maps like these can remain up and bring enjoyment to future osu! players, which I believe is cause enough to reach out to them.
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@OrangestarASX Account (Email unavailable):
https://twitter.com/MikanseiPConclusion I believe that for the sizeable number of VOCALOID enjoyers within osu!, simply adding any one of these artists into FA would be an absolute delight and increase the enjoyment of the game, as well as increasing the variety within ranked and bringing more like-minded VOCALOID listeners into osu!. Hence, I hope that at least some of these producers will be considered. Thank you!
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