Caseplay announced on social media that it will start making its Hatsune Miku and other Vocaloid phone cases available for overseas customers. You can check out the official Caseplay website to make sure that your phone is one of the 130 devices compatible with its products.

Aside from phone cases, you can also get accessories like earbuds cases, Apple Watch bands, and phone rings. You can only get the six Piapro Vocaloid characters in this collection, which are Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Len, Kagamine Rin, Megurine Luka, Kaito, and Meiko. Miku is the one who appears on the most products, and some items are only available with her on them.

Here’s how much all the Vocaloid phone cases and accessories cost at Caseplay:

• Apple Watch Band: $43
• Earbuds Case: $43
• MagSafe Card Wallet: $57
• Phone Ring: $29
• Slim Protection Case: $85
• Smart Grip Stand: $43
• Stand & Ring Ribbon Case: $99

Prices do not differ between brands, which means an Apple phone case costs the same as a Samsung one. Aside from the big global brands, you can also get items for Motorola, Xiaomi, and Huawei. Caseplay will not deliver to Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Iran, North Korea, or Israel. As well, shipping costs differ depending on the country. You can use this chart to assess how much it’ll cost to have it deliver to you.

The Vocaloid phone cases and accessories from Caseplay are now available worldwide.

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The official social media for Hatsune Miku and the Crypton and Piapro Vocaloids confirmed that Kagamine Len “performed” alongside Nijisanji English LazuLight Vtubers during the fourth anniversary 3D concert livestream. While the photo showed the Vocaloid’s model with both of the performers, only Elira performed the noripy song “Migikata no Chou” with the character. The Vocaloid only appeared for a single song during the presentation.

Here’s the full LazuLight 3D concert with the Nijisanji English Vtubers Finana Ryugu and Elira Pendora, and Kagamine Len appeared at the 33:27 mark. 

This isn’t the first time a Crypton and Piapro Vocaloid sang with Nijisanji English Vtubers. Hatsune Miku was the first. She performed alongside Ike Eveland back in July 2024. However, now that he graduated from the company in April 2025, that official video performance is gone.

In addition to the concert that appeared on Elira Pendora’s channel, a fourth anniversary LazuLight stream appeared on the YouTube channel for Finana Ryugu. You can watch that stream with the two of them below.

As a reminder, LazuLight was the first Nijisanji English branch of Vtubers, and it featured Pomu Rainpuff, Finana, and Elira. Pomu graduated from the company back in January 2024. 

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In an interview for “Facade Question,” which was the Hatsune Miku and Kasane Teto collaboration Pokemon song for Project Voltage High↑, 32ki (the producer of the song; name pronounced “Satsuki”) and Yomitan Akane (the one who made the music video) spoke about the themes behind it. The song not only focuses on one’s true self, but it also argues that lies aren’t always a bad thing. [Thanks, Famitsu!]

First, as a reminder, here is the Hatsune Miku and Kasane Teto Pokemon song “Facade Question.”

32ki mentions that since the song came out on April 1, 2025, which doubled as Kasane Teto’s birthday, he wanted to make the song focus on lies and how they can sometimes be good. Throughout the music video, Pokemon d with deception—Sudowoodo, Zoroark, and Mimikyu—show up. Even though these Pokemon pretend to be something else and either lie about or obfuscate the truth, they just want to be friends with others.

32ki also states that the moral of how you should just be yourself often appears in fiction. However, he believes that this doesn’t apply to everyone or in every situation. So it’s good to maintain a “false” version of yourself if it helps maintain cordial relationships. He adds that his recent songs place importance on finding compromises rather than thinking everything as either 0 or 100.

Aside from the messages in “Facade Question”, 32ki wanted to make this song a bright and happy one while also drawing a line between it and his representative works (“Mesmerizer” and “Obsomeat”). Since Miku and Teto often appear in fast-paced songs, he focused on creating a contrast between them using minor changes. One example he gave was how he changed the beat of the chorus from a four on the floor to a shuffle beat. He believes “Facade Question” is a perfect mix between his own aesthetics and Pokemon’s.

“Facade Question” is part of Project Voltage, which is a collaboration between Hatsune Miku and Pokemon. It began in September 2023.

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Kadokawa will release a art book that compiles Vocaloid illustrations from the 2023 and 2024 Niconico Chokaigi events. The book is already available for pre-order, and it’ll come out on April 30, 2025. [Thanks, Denfaminicogamer!]

In total, the art book will contain 192 pages and will cost 3850 JPY ($27.05). Pre-orders are now open in bookstores around Japan, as well as via online storefronts like Amazon and BookWalker. You can also buy the book in person if you go to the Niconico Chokaigi 2025 event, which will take place on April 26 and 27, 2025.

Different storefronts have different pre-order or purchase bonuses. Rakuten Books will give a smartphone background of the cover illustration. The Kadokawa Store and overseas storefronts give an illustration card (with differing designs), whereas Animate gives a reversible A4 visual board.

The concept of the art book focuses on the artist’s individual interpretations of the Vocaloid world. The drawings are based off prompts which draw inspiration from songs like “Romeo and Cinderella” and “Hito Mania.” In total, around 120 illustrators contributed a piece to the book. The art book also contains an interviews. There’s one between Kairiki Bear (the producer for songs like “Venom" and “Bug”) and illustrator Nou. You can also read interviews with Teniwoha-P (“Villain”) and Sasuke Haraguchi (“Hito Mania”).

The Vocaloid art book will come out on April 30, 2205.

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Good Smile Company has opened up the poll for the Snow Miku 2026 outfit. The winner of this poll will appear as a Nendoroid in the future, as well as on merchandising.

The final selection of outfits includes designs for both Miku and the snow rabbit Yukine. For 2026, the Snow Miku theme is Patisserie of Happiness, so all of the Mikus either look like they’re working in a bakery, or they draw inspiration from baked goods. For example, the designer for the third entry states that they drew her to resemble a rare cheesecake with blueberries from Hokkaido.

The voting period will last until April 7, 2025. You don’t need to submit any information to vote, and you can only vote once. Results will be announced in August 2025.

Snow Miku first appeared in 2010, though voting to decide on the annual design began in 2012. You could choose based on personal preference, or whichever one you thought best fit the theme of that year. From 2014, each Snow Miku also started getting their own theme songs and music videos. Aside from appearing as Nendoroids or figures, Snow Mikus can appear in games like Project Diva as a Module you can put on Hatsune Miku.

You can read a breakdown of the history of Snow Miku, as well as the previous design winners, here.

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A series of Hatsune Miku x Cinnamoroll Pop Up Shops will appear in Sapporo starting February 7, 2025. The Pop Up Shop will appear at five locations within Sapporo, Japan. The Pop Up shops will be selling exclusive merchandise not limited to the Hatsune Miku x Cinnamoroll collaboration. It will include merchandise featuring other Vocaloid and Sanrio character collaborations.

The official website for the Hatsune Miku x Cinnamoroll collaboration features a look at various pieces of merchandise consumers can purchase at these select locations. Other merchandise featuring Vocaloid characters and their respective Sanrio mascot counterparts include acrylic standees, key chains, badges, ice cream spoons, and handwarmers.

You can take a look at the Hatsune Miku x Cinnamoroll Pop Up shop merchandise below:

You can check out the price for the merchandise show above below:

• Swaying Acrylic Standee - 1,000 yen ($8)
• MY BOT - 4,000 yen ($25)
• Smartphone Case - 1,800 yen ($11)
• Collaboration Mug - 1,200 yen ($10)
• Reusable Handwarmers - 800 yen ($5)

Sanrio hasn't been shy when it comes to brand collaborations. One of the most hotly anticipated crossovers with the brand came in the form of a collaboration with Yu-Gi-Oh! which resulted in more than a handful of exclusive crossover merchandise. Much like the Vocaloid collaboration, a series of keychains and other items were available to purchase for a limited time.

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“Crystal Snow,” the theme song for the 2025 Snow Miku design, is now available on YouTube. Aqu3ra composed the song, while TomoboP handled the mastering. As usual, the Hatsune Miku Vocaloid software is used for the music.

You can listen to “Crystal Snow” here:

Aqu3ra is a newer Vocaloid producer; he made his debut in 2018. Some examples of his compositions include “Supernova,” “Ghost Dance,” and “Lonely Universe.” TomoboP (Tomodachi BoshuuP) debuted in 2009. Though he started out as a composer, he’s more prominent nowadays for his audio mastering and engineering work. Illustrator Yuribou handled the artwork and animation for the “Crystal Snow” music video. Mono-Devoid edited it as well.

In the description for “Crystal Snow,” Piapro described it as a lovely song that conveys the warmth inside the cold feeling of ice. Piapro revealed this year’s design back in August 2024. The theme for this year was “Kira Kira Snow Material,” which is why there are snowflakes and ice shards in Miku’s hair and outfit. This theme might’ve also served as inspiration for Aqu3ra and TomoboP when working on the song.

Snow Miku is a seasonal version of Miku, with a design that changes every year depending on Piapro’s theme. Design contests for Snow Miku started in 2012 and the look with the most votes at the end would be the “official” one to receive merchandise or appear in music videos. The first time a theme song appeared for a Snow Miku was in 2014, though.

Good Smile Company will open up pre-orders for the Snow Miku 2025 Nendoroid later this year.

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Don Quijote is once again collaborating with Piapro, and the Akihabara store will start stocking merchandise of Hatsune Miku and her fellow Vocaloid friends. The goods, which depict everyone looking like of royalty, will appear from December 28, 2024.

So far, we don’t know what specific merchandise Don Qujiote will stock for this campaign. More information on that will appear later. As mentioned earlier, the characters look like they’re royalty or nobles in some old European kingdom. There are two versions of each character, though their general aesthetics remain the same. For example, Meiko's outfit makes her feel older than the others, while Kaito looks like a very traditional prince. Len, on the other hand, resembles a younger and more mischievous one, whereas Luka's fashion makes her look more like a knight.

The previous Hatsune Miku fair at Don Qujiote Akihabara took place in May 2024. This one featured the characters wearing jirai-kei clothing. Jirai-kei is a Japanese fashion subculture that recreates the look of a “jirai-kei girl,” who are emotionally volatile pick-mes who put on a cutesy front to hide their nasty personality. As part of their disguise, jirai-kei girls tend to wear very cute and feminine outfits. Their hairstyles and make-up also make them look younger or vulnerable so that others want to protect them, even though they should be protecting others from them.

More information on the new Don Qujiote Hatsune Miku fair will come out in the near future. Other recent Vocaloid collaboration merchandise include a figure of Hatsune Miku holding Cinnamoroll and Milk.

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Good Smile Company has opened up pre-orders for a Megurine Luka: Symphony 2024 Nendoroid. Pre-orders will close on January 15, 2025.

The Megurine Luka: Symphony 2024 Nendoroid will cost 7500 JPY and ship out in May 2025. Meanwhile, the North American store offers it for $52.99 and it’ll come out in Q4 2025. As a reminder, Good Smile Company will only deliver to Canada and the United States if you order from the North American store.

Like most other Nendoroids, this Luka Nendoroid comes with three face plates. You can change her expression between an innocent one, a smiling one, and a winking one. There are also optional parts like hands, as well as a shell. The shell in question is a small one that she can hold in her hand, not a stand.

This Nendoroid uses the visual for Luka from the Hatsune Miku Symphony 2024 ～Luka 15th Anniversary～ concert. It took place in early October 2024 in Yokohama. In this visual, Luka wears a white dress that has a tutu-like cut. Underneath the dress, there’s another sheer and scalloped piece of cloth. The entire outfit has a white-and-gold color scheme. But between the bare feet and the shell in the promotional image, it seems that this outfit is meant to evoke the image of a goddess rather than formalwear.

The Megurine Luka: Symphony 2024 Nendoroid is open for pre-order until January 15, 2025. Previous anniversary Nendoroids of Vocaloid characters include one of Miku from the Symphony 2023 key visual.

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U-Treasure announced the release of a new ring inspired by the “Magical Girl and Chocolate” song by popular Vocaloid character Hatsune Miku. The ring costs 18,700 yen (or approximately $120.82) and pre-orders are now open from the U-Treasure online store until December 10, 2024.

The ring is made of sterling silver 925 and is coated in pink gold. The main decoration of the ring is a red heart made of resin that looks like melting chocolate. Additionally, the Japanese name of the song “Mahou Shoujo to Chocolate” is engraved on the inside of the band.

Aside from the ring itself, U-Treasure is also offering an acrylic stand of Hatsune Miku with the main visual depicting the Vocaloid character and also inspired by the song. The stand can also be used to pose the ring on it. The acrylic stand costs 2,200 yen (~$14.22,) and both it and the ring are expected to release in Japan on April 7, 2025.

You can take a look at the new ring and acrylic stand inspired by “Magical Girl and Chocolate” here:

U-Treasure often releases rings inspired by pop culture characters, anime characters, or games, with a recent addition to its collection being another Hatsune Miku ring inspired by her “Senbonzakura” song, announced back on September 10, 2024.

The Hatsune Miku “Magical Girl and Chocolate” U-Treasure ring costs 18,700 yen (~$120.82) and the acrylic stand costs 2,200 yen (~$14.22.) Pre-orders close on December 10, 2024 and the items will release on April 7, 2025.

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Kanaria, a Vocaloid producer known for his songs like “King,” “Envy Baby,” and “Queen,” wrote a song for McDonald’s fries. You can listen to the song via the official McDonald’s X (formerly known as Twitter) .

The song is a full cover of “King,” his most famous song. However, the lyrics are different and the title is now “Fries.” The lyrics are about someone who wants to eat fries since burgers aren’t enough, so they go to eat McDonald’s fries while there’s a sale. This is one of several collaborations from McDonald’s Japan for its current fries campaign. Until November 22, 2024, you only need to pay 250 JPY ($1.65) for M or L sized fries.

This is not the first time that Kanaria produced a song as part of a collaboration. In July 2024, Kanaria wrote “Champion,” which was the final Project Voltage song. Project Voltage was a crossover campaign between Pokemon and Hatsune Miku.

Creators other than Kanaria who're part of the McDonald’s campaign include Elu of Nijisanji and Irasutoya, a website that specializes in royalty-free clip art illustrations. Elu likely appeared as part of this collaboration due to her name, as it sounds the same as “L” in Japanese. As for the Irasutoya collaboration, there are gratis pictures you can use of people of all ages cheerily holding up fries.

The McDonald’s 250 JPY fries promotion is only in Japan and it will last until November 22, 2024.

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Piapro has set up a special site for the 20th anniversary of Meiko, a Vocaloid that Yamaha Corporation developed and Crypton Future Media distributed. She first came out in November 2004.

The site includes information on some of the commemorative merchandise you’ll be able to purchase. As well, you can check out Meiko’s biography and past designs. Wasshi, who designed her V1 look, sent in the concept art, which you can check out on the website as well. As for goods that are part of the Meiko 20th anniversary celebrations, you’ll be able to get figures like Nendoroids, as well as food items like sake and macarons.

As one of Piapro’s Vocaloids, Meiko often appears in games like Project Diva. Some of the songs that appear in these games include “Mellow Yellow” and “Nostalgic.” She also appears in ensemble tracks, or in duets with other Vocaloids like Kaito.

Singer-songwriter Meiko Haigo provides the vocal samples for Meiko. You can check out her YouTube channel and website for more information on her musical activities. Haigo is still holding live performances, and her most recent one was on November 3, 2024. Her next one will be on December 8, 2024.

The Meiko site will continue to update whenever there are new campaigns or projects that are part of the 20th anniversary for the Vocaloid.

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The official website for Snow Miku 2025 is now open, and the main key art for the character has been revealed. The main event will take place in Hokkaido between February 8-9, 2025.

The main visual for Snow Miku 2025 is featured in the website, and was created by X (formerly Twitter) and illustrator "tokki_517." The new visual depicts a winter version of Hatsune Miku alongside Rabbit Yukine, Snow Miku pet and mascot character, wearing a similar outfit to Miku’s. The new design follows the new “Kira Kira Snow Material” theme for Snow Miku 2025, with the characters featured inside an ice cave with sparkling ice crystals.

You can check out the new main visual for Snow Miku 2025 here:

Additionally, Piapro announced that a Snow Miku themed train will between November 16, 2024 and March 23, 2025. The new train will feature Snow Miku and Rabbit Yukine in their new 2025 costumes. A train with the previous 2024 designs was in operation during the previous Snow Miku 2024 event.

As a reminder, the original Snow Miku 2025 costumes were designed by X (formerly Twitter) “nekohoshi_neko.” A new Nendoroid of the character will feature an outfit based her new design sometime in 2025.

The Snow Miku 2025 main event will be held in Hokkaido on February 8-9, 2025, with the new Snow Miku train operating in Sapporo between November 16, 2024 and March 23, 2025.

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Crypton Future Media's Vocaloid record label Karent opened a new webpage to mark the 20th anniversary of MEIKO. The Vocaloid character will actually celebrate her anniversary on November 5, 2024.

Karent has also published a number of songs featuring MEIKO on digital platforms like Spotify and YouTube Music. Some of the songs included in the list are "origin" by Daibakuhasin, "History Story" by MINO-U, "Ray" by IMO, and "Fujun Doumei" by Ako.

Even though Hatsune Miku is arguably the most popular Crypton character, MEIKO is also revered in the community as her oldest senpai and senior. MEIKO was the first-ever Japanese Vocaloid released by Yamaha and Crypton Future Media on November 5, 2004. The companies used vocals from the singer-songwriter Meiko Haigo as a basis for the Vocaloid. Crypton would also occasionally include MEIKO in merchandise collections that feature Hatsune Miku and the Piapro family of Vocaloid characters.

Crypton has since released updated versions of MEIKO for newer engines. V3 appeared for the Vocaloid 3 engine in February 2014. Most recently on August 30, 2024, Crypton released Piapro Characters Super Pack, which is compatible with Vocaloid 4 and Piapro Studio. The latter also includes an even newer version of the MEIKO voice bank in MEIKO SP.

The 20th anniversary of the Vocaloid character MEIKO will fall on November 5, 2024.

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U-Treasure has opened up pre-orders for a ring that draws inspiration from “Senbonzakura,” a very famous song using the Hatsune Miku voicebank. This is the first of three rings that are based on popular Vocaloid songs.

Pre-orders will run until October 24, 2024. You can order it via Animate, the U-Treasure store in Ikebukuro, or the U-Treasure website. U-Treasure offers international shipping so even if you don't live in Japan, you can purchase the ring. In of prices, the acrylic stand for the ring costs 2200 JPY ($15.45) and the ring itself, which uses Silver 925, costs 18,700 JPY ($131.30).

The “Senbonzakura” ring has cherry blossom designs engraved on it. The word “Senbonzakura” is inside the ring and the font is Yozakura. Aside from the word “sakura” being in “Yozakura,” the font also looks like someone wrote it with a brush, which increases the classical Japanese aesthetic. You can also get an acrylic stand for the ring. It features illustrator Shugao’s art of Hatsune Miku holding a cherry blossom branch.

Kurousa-P’s “Senbonzakura” came out in 2011 and went viral after it appeared on NicoNico. Many covers of it exist on the Internet, including one from Wagakki Band. In 2012, karaoke chain Joysound reported that “Senbonzakura” was the third most-sung song in its stores. Even today, the song often appears at concerts and in games.

The U-Treausre “Senbonzakura” ring is available for pre-order until October 24, 2024. U-Treasure will also open up pre-orders for a “Blessing” and “Mahou Shoujo to Chocolate” ring later this year.

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