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| Company type | Public KK (unlisted) |
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| Industry | Software, Internet |
| Genre | Music and video |
| Founded | September 1988[1] |
| Headquarters | 7-1-5 Nishinakajima, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka 532-0011 Japan[1] |
Area served | Japan |
Key people | Noboru Murakami, President[1] |
| Products | List |
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| Website | www.ssw.jp |
Internet Co., Ltd. (株式会社インターネット, Kabushikigaisha Intānetto)orInternet, is a software company based in Osaka, Japan. It is best known for the music sequencer Singer Song Writer and Niconico Movie Maker for Nico Nico Douga, a video sharing website. It also develops singing synthesizers using the Vocaloid 4 engine developed by Yamaha Corporation. In 2014, they were the second leading company in sound-related software in Japan, boasting a 14.0% share of the market.[2]
Internet started their Vocaloid development with the first Vocaloid 2 singing synthesizer Gackpoid on July 31, 2008,[3] whose voice was provided by Japanese international singer Gackt. Gackpoid includes OPUS Express for mixing vocal parts with accompaniment or phoneme data.[4]
The second product, Megpoid, was released on June 25, 2009, and is voiced by Megumi Nakajima.[5] Due to the success of Crypton Future Media's "Append" series, Internet announced they will be working on an updated version of Megpoid called Megpoid Extend in 2011.[6]
Yamaha's first Vocaloid called Lily was later sold via Internet's website.[7] Internet also released Gachapoid based on the voice of Gachapin,[8] a popular Japanese television character. Gackpoid, Megpoid and Lily would also be released in Taiwan.[9]
| Product | Language | Sex | Voice sampled | Release date |
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| Gackpoid: Camui Gackpo[10] | Japanese | Male | Gackt | 2008-07-31July 31, 2008 |
| Megpoid: GUMI[11] | Japanese | Female | Megumi Nakajima | 2009-06-25June 25, 2009 |
| Lily[12][13] | Japanese | Female | Yuri Masuda (m.o.v.e.) | 2010-08-25August 25, 2010 |
| Gachapoid:Ryuto [14] | Japanese | Male | Kuniko Amemiya | 2010-10-08October 8, 2010 |
| Product | Language | Sex | Voice sampled | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V3 Megpoid | Japanese | Female | Megumi Nakajima | October 21, 2011 |
| CUL | Japanese | Female | Eri Kitamura | December 22, 2011 |
| Megpoid Native | Japanese | Female | Megumi Nakajima | March 15, 2012 |
| V3 Lily | Japanese | Female | Yuri Masuda(m.o.v.e.) | April 19, 2012 |
| V3 Gackpoid | Japanese | Male | Gackt | July 13, 2012 |
| Galaco | Japanese | Female | Kou Shikibasaki | 9 May 2012 |
| Megpoid English | English | Female | Megumi Nakajima | February 28, 2013 |
| V3 Gachapoid | Japanese | Male | Kuniko Amemiya | September 18, 2014 |
| Kokone | Japanese | Female | Unknown | February 14, 2014 |
| Chika | Japanese | Female | Chiaki Ito | October 16, 2014 |
| Product | Language | Sex | Voice sampled | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gackpoid V4 | Japanese | Male | Gackt | April 30, 2015 |
| Megpoid V4 | Japanese | Female | Megumi Nakajima | November 5, 2015 |
| Otomachi Una | Japanese | Female | Aimi Tanaka | July 30, 2016 |
| Product | Language | Sex | Voice sampled | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI Megpoid | Japanese, English | Female | Megumi Nakajima | October 13, 2022 |
| AI Otomachi Una | Japanese | Female | Aimi Tanaka | June 22, 2023 |
Internet's other music composers include:
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