Dong Fang Zhi Zi

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Dong Fang Zhi Zi (东方栀子) is a voicebank for the UTAU program.

Profile

Dong Fang Zhi Zi was originally accused of "copying" Hatsune Miku's design.

Her presence was known on the internet around early May 2012, but searching her pinyin name reveals work from early March 2012. It is unknown how long her development was before the mentioned date.

Etymology

Name: Dong Fang (東方, East) - Origin of the flower in question; in this case it's Asia. Zhi Zi - (梔子, Gardenia) - is a genus of flowering plants.

Character details

Hair Color: Red
Headgear: Gardenias
Eye Color: Brown
Age: 16 ^[1]
Clothing: Flower themed and entirely red, with gold trim. She wears a mid-drift top with a cleavage window and a skirt and over the knee boots.
Nationality/Race: Chinese

Voicebank details

In January 2013, Dong Fang Zhi Zi received an UTAU voicebank voiced by Shan Shan.^[2]^[3]

In June 2013, an update was made, Dong Fang Zhi Zi V2.0, where she was given an updated Chinese voicebank and a CV Japanese voicebank. As of August 2013, the link has stopped working.^[4]

Dong Fang Zhi Zi has also been given a NIAONiao voicebank.

During May 5, 2017, on the official NIAONiao website, a page for Zhi Zi was made and according to the website the link was dead, however fans have notice that the link leads to a download for UTAU voicebanks that were uploaded on December 27, 2016^[5] a official bilibili was made for these voicebanks, however its unknown who made the voicebanks

Voice configuration

Her original voicebank was a monopitch single sound bank, with Mandarin sounds only, though she can sing in Japanese with proper aliasing and configuration. There are reviews that her voice is difficult to work with due to her voice provider not using a microphone that allowed for clear recording

By the time of Dong Fang Zhi Zi V2.0, where she was given an updated Chinese voicebank and a CV Japanese voicebank users reported that the oto.ini wasn't good quality however was better quality than her first voicebank.

On December 27, 2016, a download for her "Blossom" voicebanks was uploaded and it comes in 4 voicebanks,

Summer
Autumn
Winter
Spring

Gallery

Trivia

Dong Fang Zhi Zi is the first Chinese UTAU to be on live TV.
Dong Fang Zhi Zi is the first Chinese UTAU to be in a concert.
She, along with 34 other Mandarin UTAU voicebanks, Yu Niaoniao, Luo Tianyi, KAITO, and VY2, were featured in a cover of a Chinese song called "Tomorrow Will Be Better".^[6]

References

↑ iVocaloid Forums - 【Voicebank Distribution】 Dong Fang Zhi Zi V2.0 【Voicebank made with the Syo List & PST】
↑ http://www.pitayachina.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=63&extra=page%3D1
↑ http://yue-notebook.tumblr.com/post/42532051886/dongfang-zhizi-dongfang-zhizi-or-gardenia-was
↑ http://bbs.ivocaloid.com/thread-115980-1-1.html
↑ http://www.dsoundsoft.com/voice/info/DFZZ/
↑ YouTube "Tomorrow Will Be Better" @0:52 sec