Professor of Kyoto Institute of Information and creator of "Hatsune Miku", Hiroyuki Ito, President of Crypton Future Media, Inc. was awarded the Medal with Blue Ribbon in autumn 2013.Congratulations, Professor Ito!Not only The Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics, Kyoto Computer Gakuin However, Professor Ito, who is in charge of lectures for students, KCG Group It is also a great honor for me.
The virtual idol Hatsune Miku, whose name comes from the phrase "the first sound from the future," is a software program that allows users to input lyrics and melodies into a computer and have it sing them to them in a synthesized voice.Live concerts are held not only in Japan but also overseas, stirring the hearts of many fans.Hatsune Miku is a symbol of the "Cool Japan" movement, which aims to promote Japanese culture overseas, and her contribution to this movement has been recognized by the government.
At The Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics and Kyoto Computer Gakuin, there is a mutual exchange of classes, and there is a mechanism that allows you to listen to each other's classes.There will also be opportunities to learn various things from Professor Ito at the contents business course at Kyoto Institute of Information and the IT voice acting course in the Information Processing Department of the Computer Science Department at Kyoto Computer Gakuin, which will open in April 2014.