Kiru, Zena, and Lorelei - Rukia's UTAUs - Found!

Where can I download Hakune Kiru? Who is Raon Zena? Who is Lorelei? 

Kiru, Zena, and Lorelei - Rukia's UTAUs - Found!

Merry Christmas!

Let me start by saying that Rukia has explicitly stated that redistribution of her UTAUs is prohibited. That means that even if I have them all, I'm not allowed to upload them to share them. If you love these UTAUs, save them in a special place so that if 4Shared dies off, you still have them. (If you secretly send someone a RAR in an email, no one will ever know.)

Rukia was a Korean UTAU user who spoke English well enough to interact with the Western fandom a bit. Or, at least to the degree that I OTO'd some of her banks! I loved her voice, but I loved Lorelei the most. I loved her to the point of making her duet with my number one favorite overseas UTAU in an original song!

The one with the rose on her eye is Lorelei - it's a bit exaggerated with official art just having the rose inside the iris of the eye.

One important distinction to make is that Rukia's UTAUs have never been dead. They've continuously had their 4shared links up and valid since the upload of the banks. However, their distribution page is in Korean. I had to use Google Translate to figure out how to get to the right page! The fact that these banks are hard to find for Westerners is why I'm writing about them here.

But, I finally found the page. Scroll down to the bottom for the link if you're not here for details.

Who is Hakune Kiru?

Hakune Kiru is Rukia's flagship UTAU. His design is adorable!

Art by Rukia

Kiru has CV, VCV, and a Korean bank. Sadly, I don't know how to do Korean USTs and all of the links to samples on Rukia's blog return something other than actual samples. 

Thankfully, I do know how to make a sample using a Japanese UTAU!

Rukia usually used the bank in the third octave to give the voice more of a huskier sound. However, it is up to you to decide which octave you want Kiru to sing in.

Who is Raon Zena?

Raon Zena looks really cool, also.

Art by Rukia

Ok, that's not a very great description. However, you can tell she is meant to have some similarities with Kiru. But that's not the thing that's great about her. Listen to this sample that Rukia created:

I always say I should be more professional when I do this, but AAA I LOVE IT!!

She has a clear and powerful voice with a slight accent to make her unique. She also has a Korean bank, just like Kiru. It isn't listed (as far as I know) that her most recent bank has VCV . . . but she does! Apart from being only one pitch, I don't see anything bad to say about Zena's bank.

Who is Lorelei? 

Lorelei basically has no resemblance to the other UTAUs.

Art by Noel

But I love her. I love her with a passion. She has a sweet voice while still packing a bit of a punch, as you may have heard in the original song I posted above. However, without me knowing it, Rukia went and created the Rosemary append.

If I had known about the Rosemary append, I would have never searched for WHITE and started this blog. The Rosemary append is soft and sweet without the punch Lorelei previously packed.

Where can I download them?!

The distribution page is on Rukia's blog. If you want to go straight to the download links, search (CTRL + F on windows) for "4shared". Rukia uploaded each bank twice. Some of the backup links are dead, but all of the 4Shared links work. Alternatively, once you are on her 4Shared page, you can access all of the banks from there.

I hope I've helped someone find a bank that they love! I always welcome comments with the awesome stuff you've made. 😃