Mikudayō

For other uses, see Miku_(disambig).

Mikudayō
Biographical information
Gender	Female
Age	8 years, officially
Height	Unknown
Weight	Unknown
Product information
Company	SEGA
Distributor	SEGA
Language	Japanese
Code	01
Affiliation	Crypton Future Media, Inc., Good Smile Company

Mikudayō (ミクダヨー) is a FANLOID Super deformed Mascot character. She is acknowledged by Crypton Future Media, Inc., the publisher of the Character Vocal Series for VOCALOID2.

History

Vocaloid Wiki

September 11, 2011, Mikudayō first appeared at Tokyo Game Show 2011 as a sales promotion character for the game Hatsune Miku and Future Stars Project mirai by SEGA. The overall design was based on Nendoroid Miku, but the details were rough and clumsy. Her unbalanced big head, dull eyes, chubby cheeks, poor rubber rain boots and threatening forward tilting posture with awkward movements made for a good laugh.

In April 2012 the Sega staff used this fanmade nickname on a Nicocast program and Mikudayō was widely recognized as the de facto official name for this character.

On September 24, 2012, Sega, Good Smile company and Crypton jointly registered Mikudayō and she was added to the official fanmade characters of Crypton.

A Nendoroid model was released on March 2013.

Concept

Etymology

Contributors of a Futaba Channel bulletin board gave this bodysuit the name Mikudayō, which means I'm Miku or She's Miku.

Appearance

Mikudayō appears as a human-size Nendoroid. Yet when compared to the official Hatsune Miku nendoroid, Mikudayo is ironically more chubbier and stands slightly higher. Her hair is lighter and her twintails lack volume and are shorter, about hip length. She wears futuristic ribbons and a headset. Her eyes are a noticeable blue and larger, and her expression seems to be in a permanent open-mouth smile. Her top is gray and loose as seen with her limp ruffles and skirt pleats, the tie is wide.. Her arm warmers nearly reach her underarms and her boots are a shiny black rubber with a wide brim.

Relations

• Hatsune Miku, character base

Gallery

at Wonder Festival

Nendoroid form

Gumako and Mikudayo

Additional info

Appearances

• Video Games
  • Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX
  • Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Megamix+
  • Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE! feat. Hatsune Miku

• Other
  • Fanmade Promotional Videos - She is seen in a series of parody commercials for 7 Eleven.
  • Merchandise - Official licensed Mikudayo merchandise has been produced, such as a nendoroid and her image printed on candy brands.

Trivia

• This clumsy Miku bodysuit caught Vocaloid fans and led to other Mikudayō-like Vocaloid character illustrations and MMD models. They are collectively called Dayō series.
• Common fan description is that Mikudayō has a bad personality. In many fanarts and Nicovideo clips, she often says nasty words and occasionally attacks people.

External links

Other sources

• Nicopedia: ミクダヨー
• Pixpedia: ミクダヨー

Artwork & Related content

Search Mikudayō on deviantART Pixiv PiaPro

Media

Search Mikudayō on YouTube NicoVideo

MikuMikuDance (MMD), 3D software

Search for Mikudayō models on MikuMikuDance wiki