Mainstream Miku: 54% of Schoolgirls “Like Vocaloids”
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Jun 24, 2012 16:13 JST
- Tags: Hatsune Miku, Kaito, Marketing, Megurine Luka, Music, Schoolgirls, Statistics, Vocaloid
Surveys reveal Hatsune Miku’s popularity now extends well outside the creepy otaku fringe which brought her to stardom – 54% of Japanese schoolgirls reported liking Vocaloid music and 92.5% had at least heard of the virtual diva.
According to the results of a recent survey of over 3,000 Japanese schoolgirls (why only schoolgirls were targeted is perhaps best left to the imagination) in middle and high school, Vocaloid popularity amongst them is at all time high.
No less than 70.7% of JCs were familiar with Vocaloid tunes, and a further 61.3% of JKs knew of them too. On top of that, a further 26.7% had at least heard of Miku and company, leaving a tiny 7.5% who had apparently spent too much time studying or dating salarymen to hear of them.
54% of the JCs and 44% of the JKs “liked” or “really liked” their music, and many of their fans did not just listen to their music – 60% sang along to Vocaloid karaoke, and 19.2% spent time drawing them.
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Not surprised, and the best part is...you can usually hear them cover songs and live stream on ニコニコ. such aspiring JKs like ClariS who started their careers online when they were JCs.
AHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
Miku-chan wins again!!!
That's Miku-SAMA to you!
Most fans call her Miku-san though. Despite her being elevated to angel status.
Definitely not too surprising. It's kind of like how stuff AKB48 and Smile Precure is popular among both adult otakus and JS. Japanese culture just isn't like the culture of most white countries.
it's interesting to see how different cultures, not just between rich and poor countries, but two rich countries can be.
if you were a fan of something like AKB48, with their music videos of underage girls prancing about in lingerie (yes, some of those girls were under 18 at the time of shooting), then you'd probably be persecuted like americans persecute sandusky for "sexualizing children". but in japan, they make up the ads they turn on in the evening in subway stations, when the old businessmen start coming home from work lol
Don't forget the giant, mainstream electronics stores in Japan like Sofmap having "junior AV" sections where they sell DVDs of girls that seriously look like they're six running around in their underwear.
And every time I say this, people think I'm either lying, or bashing Japan. But I'm not lying, and I think it's neat.
They're not really AVs though. Not a single mosaic'd genital let alone intercourse. Would still get anyone caught with it in the west 30,000+ years in jail though.
"Sexulizing children" is such thing - US would consider it terrible thing - all while having fashion shows for toddlers where they run with ton of makeup and terrible clothes.
Well, you must admit that US dont sexualize toddlers, it transforms the cute lolis in creep monsters, its different its like comparing a porn to a horror movie...
@23:17 You sir or ma'am deserve a thumbs up for that analogy.
ah...this site is a good reprieve from all the sandusky pedosexual bashing that's being spammed all over the news of the country where i'm from.
lol looks like a white person got really butthurt, but couldn't create enough accounts.
the white people on this site...*rolls eyes*
Miku becoming mainstream? not sure if happy or sad.
Yeah, but at least Vocaloids are better than Britney Spears.
or Justin Beiber.
I need to go find my hipster glasses...
You are not setting the bar very high.
lol, i like how artefct is popularizing, amongst english speakers, terms that are most often used in the underage enjo kousai community.
lol, i like how artfact is popularizing, amongst english speakers, terms that are most often used in the japanese underage enjo kousai community.
They are already increasingly common currency in the Japanese mass media so I don't really see a problem with them now.
OMG Hey look it's the moderator!
Don't you mean "administrator"?
Oh crap (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻
increasingly common..currency? I think you meant currently, Artefact
No popularizing for me though, I've known and been using these terms for years despite never having set foot on Japanese soil even once ^_^
No surprise there
hatsune miku, the character whose boobs the developers had to make smaller because her fanbase didn't want her boobs to be too big and look older.
hmmm...somehow, it feels good to have middle schol girls having interest in a character like that...
All hail Miku!
Isn't fiction wonderful?
I wonder if they will like her new pachinko game.
miku, i'm so proud of how far you've come!
ミクミクミク！
MIKU!
That's my princess!! virtual diva NUMBER 1!! =D
Sharon Apple started this whole shebang and still no VF-19s Battroid versions.
the truth, sir...
"why only schoolgirls were targeted is perhaps best left to the imagination"
If I were the one doing the surveys, I would be targeting them too.
well call me surprised
"19.2% spent time drawing them"
bit high :?
Have you never been in classroom before? What else are you supposed to do, listen to the teacher?
Why is this even surprising? Do otaku really get their panties in a bunch when people who arent them like something? It's basically always been like this.
Vocaloid and Miku will soon take over the world.
hatsune miku will become the world's biggest star!
i like miku so much >.<
So...how come the interviewers didn't get reported to the police for talking with schoolgirls? Considering that for a man to just be seen by a schoolgirl is now a crime apparently...
so 54% of schoolgirls like hatsune miku and 54% of vocaloid fans like schoolgirls?
suppose she some sort of postive female role model that is independent to an extend and doesnt have huge boobs.
MIKU BANZAI!! XD MikuMiku World Takeover is continually a Success!! Now initiating phase ”未来歌姫”！Project Diva F is a GO!
初音ミクばんざい！！さすがミクちゃん、この世界の一番アイドルだ！！
So schoolgirls & otaku have something they can bond over now?
"Hey there little lady, come on over to my house for a little Miku Miku action!"
What's a JC and a JK?
JC = joshi chuugakusei = middle schol girl
JK = joshi koukousei = high schol girl
JS = joshi shougakusei = primary schol girl
and yes, sankaku complex bans the correct spelling of the word "schol".