Artist Info: Vocaloid Leon

Leon was launched at the NAMM show in Los Angeles on January 15, 2004, and released in Japan on March 3, 2004, at the price of 39,800 yen. He is a ‘virtual male soul vocalist modelled on a real professional singer’ that targets the English language. He, along with Lola, won a 2005 Electronic Musician Editor’s Choice Award in the category ‘Most Innovative Product’. He seems to have a tulip for a character item.

Leon is one of the most popular English Vocaloids among Nico Nico user but not for his voice. [read more...]