Behind the scenes

Credits & gratitude

Mikoto Studio is made possible by an exceptional group of people - developers, artists, linguists, voice providers, and community members. Here's everyone who makes it happen.

Core team

People of ExpressiveLabs

The ExpressiveLabs team leads development of Mikoto Studio. These people dedicate significant time to building the project, growing the community, and creating the characters you know and love.

Layetri

Lead developer · Project Director

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Jay Dawson

Lead designer · Creative Director

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Wouter Besse

Lead AI engineer

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UtaUtaUtau

Lead engine developer

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PaintedCz

Language engineer

PixPrucer

Voicebank producer

Steven van Esch

Voicebank project manager

AxelCode

2D/3D artist

Nathan Dreamweaver

Community manager

Friends

External collaborators

A number of talented people and groups outside ExpressiveLabs have made direct or indirect contributions to Mikoto Studio.

Wouter Ensink

Technology advisor

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Justin Bonnet

Effects developer

Petra Sándor

PR & communications

VocaPigeon

Marketing & community advisor

redfish

Community advisor

Amarynn

Voice provider - Sayaka

Jase

Voice provider - Jinshi

Yuzuyama

Voice provider - Sorane Mako 3510

MystSaphyr

Voice provider - Kikyuune Aiko 3510

Natalia Shmueli

Linguistic support (Misbah Studios)

Marc Groenewegen

Thesis/project supervisor (HKU)

Sander Huijberts

Thesis/project supervisor (HKU)

Roald van Dillewijn

Project supervisor (HKU)

Pieter Suurmond

DSP support (HKU)

Language partners

Local development partners

To get every language right, we develop support systems together with local teams. They help create language models and dictionaries, and closely monitor performance and accuracy.

IDN100%

Indonesian, Sundanese

IDN100% is a team of enthusiastic UTAU resource developers focused on Indonesian languages. With their help, we implemented support for most community-made Indonesian reclists.

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The community

Our testers & supporters

This project would not be complete without the incredible feedback and effort from our dedicated testers and community members. There are too many to name, but here are a few who helped in a special way.

unluca★★★, Staircatte, 2cada, MystSaphyr, generalnuisance, nostraightanswer, chevrefee, Anjo, Aku P, Frenchy, Shara Delvia, ePiaeon, Du Du Danyon, Spoopy Ace, haru0l, Pascal Lieverse, and the teams of VocaTone and Crescendia