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Hakumai yori mugimeshi daro konoyaro! (白米より麦飯だろコノヤロー!)
—Favorite phrase[2]

Yokune Ruko (欲音ルコ (よくねるこ)) is a voicebank for the UTAU program.

Profile

Ruko became the third fake "VOCAROID" developed by "Cripton" on the 2ch boards. The reference being that Megurine Luka is Crypton Future Media's third vocal. They are classified as a dere-dere, or a romantic person who likes to be petted like a cat. But getting on their bad side earns one a barrage of insults.

They are intersex, described as 90% male, 10% female.[3] Their unusual height is a possible nod to a Japanese proverb that says 寝る子は育つ (neru ko wa sodatsu), which means that "A child who sleeps a lot grows up greatly." Alternatively fans speculate that their height is due to having mixed American heritage, as average Japanese girls are not known for this kind of height.

They are said to have a gambling habit.

Etymology details

  • Name: Yokune (欲音) - Greedy Sound, from the fact that there are two voicebanks (male and female). Ruko (ルコ) - Is both a masculine and feminine Japanese name. Alternatively, the whole name is sometimes written as よく寝る子 (yoku neru ko), which translates as "The girl who sleeps a lot."
  • Type: VIPPERloid (ビッパロイド) - in reference to vip@2ch.
  • Other: They used to bear the same body model of "03" as a counterpart to Megurine Luka's CV03. It was later changed to 6 (roku) and 5 (go), which has a similar pronunciation with their name.

Character details

  • Description: Black hair in twintails and blue side bangs. They have heterochromia: a red right eye and blue left eye.
  • Outfit: A blue sleeveless jacket with matching detached sleeves, necktie, and belt. They wear tight black pants, boots, and visible undergarments. They have purple headphones with blue illumination and a single glove on the right hand.
  • Likes: Drinking coffee, using coffee brewing machines, and sleeping.
  • Dislikes: Being awakened without a good reason, discussions about their gender, brassieres and anything that excessively confines the chest.
  • Item: Coffee mill.

Relationships

Voicebank details

  • Ruko comes in two voicebanks; Male and Female. These voicebanks have mixed encoding; Phonemes directed for Japanese vocalizations are encoded in Kana. Phonemes directed for partial English compatibility are encoded in Romaji, comprising mostly of dipthongs (double vowels). Both male and female voicebanks of Ruko have these.
    • Is available in the regular and triphonic (renzoku) voicebanks, downloadable on the website.
  • Primarily designed for only the Japanese language. Their supposed bilingual capability is apparently part of the CV03 joke towards Luka, which does not apply anymore, having their own identity and model code changed.
    • Western users intending to use Ruko should either have the Japanese non-unicode setting as their system locale, or manually convert the kana phonemes into Romaji. Ruko's quality is higher than Defoko or Teto's, but singing quality still depends on its user.

Male

Female

Terms of Use

All the provisions below shall be applied to the voicebank:

  • R-18 Content Allowed? Permission Not Required
  • Commercial Use of Voicebank Allowed? Permission Required
  • Commercial Use of Character Allowed? Permission Required
  • Do these terms apply to derivative characters/voices? Yes, but derivatives must be created with permission
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Trivia

  • Often says "konoyaro!" (you bastard!)
  • Yuu Raichiyuu (雷地ゆう) is the voice provider for Ruko's masculine voicebank. This name is a lampoon of Raichuu from Pokemon.
  • Yuu Hikachiyuu (日勝ゆう) is the voice provider for Ruko's feminine voicebank. This name is also a lampoon of Pikachu, from Pokemon.

Gallery

References

  1. inquiry: Yokune Ruko pronouns
  2. "I like barley more than rice, you bastard!"
  3. The wiki uses a more appropriate term to refer to this character's sex but the creator originally uses the term "Futanari". The original profile originally lists this under "Gender" however it is more appropriate to treat this as Ruko's "Sex" rather than "Gender".
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