TAYA SOUNE (Japanese: 蒼音タヤ - そうねたや - Soune Taya)
NAME INTERPRETATION: 蒼音 (Soune; Blue sound) - This name is from a pun on "sou ne" or "oh, well." 蒼音 is the choice of corresponding pronunciation and leads to Taya's overall blue motif. Still, "blue sound" itself hardly has a point in Japanese. His given name is the voice source's name written in Katakana.
TYPE: NONE MODEL: NONE
GENDER	"Boy" (Officially "男の娘", which is used for boys who look like girls, but Taya is often seen as a hermaphrodite or a girl among English-speaking fans.)	VOICE RANGE	UNKNOWN (technically cannot go above c6 without severe distortion)	RELATED CHARACTERS	None
AGE	16	GENRE	UNKNOWN	HOMEPAGE	Gudee to shita hibi (Lazy Days)
WEIGHT	103 lbs (47 kg)	CHARACTER ITEM	Strawberry, blood transfusion bag, dextrose stand (the latter two infused by Caffein)	CREATOR	CAFFEIN@ゼニガメ (illustration)
HEIGHT / MEASUREMENTS	5'4" ft (164 cm)	VOICE SOURCE	汰弥 (Taya - parody singer on NND)	PICTURE LINK LIST	CONCEPT ART, PIAPRO, PIXIV, DEVIANT ART, GELBOORU, GOOGLE IMAGE, PHOTOBUCKET
BIRTHDAY	November 20, 1992	LIKES	Strawberries, his monocle, acting like a butler	MEDIA LIST	NICO-NICO DOUGA (MYLIST), NND dictionary entry, YOUTUBE
RELEASE DATE	November 20, 2008	DISLIKES	Anything rude or disrespectful (Includes people, mannerisms and things)	SIGNATURE SONG	Gekijou (Passion) (NND) (YT)
PERSONALITY: Calm, respectful, gentleman-like and speaks properly. Often has an androgynous mannerism, though leans to be manlike.

Voice ConfigurationEdit

Taya is designed for Japanese language only. He does not have phonemes for other languages. His voice data is written in Kana, so Western users must convert the filenames into Romaji first before using him. A feature in Taya is that he can both sound like a male or female, hence being illustrated as a hermaphrodite. Taya is shown to be able to sing both high and low, and can succeed in singing in both octaves decently, but sounds best in between Alto 2 and Tenor 1 tone(s). Even though Taya has a pleasant voice, the pronunciations are a bit difficult to understand without proper tweaking.

Notable WorksEdit

Taya's voice can be heard here and here.

Some details are based on existing information and usage experience. The details seen here may be subject to change without prior notice.