


ĭespite this, the act of putting a character on the boxart was popular, though the image was not of KAITO originally.
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Due to the state of the market VOCALOID was being released into at the time, there was no plan to update the pair and VOCALOID2 was expected to see a similar fate to VOCALOID. The prospect of MEIKO and MEIKO receiving updates being impossible post-VOCALOID and it was expected that Hatsune Miku would take over their roles going into VOCALOID2. At the time, VOCALOID was not expecting much in the way of sales. Aside from a DTM MAGAZINE article, he appeared in the April 2006 issue, he had no other marketing as attention turned to VOCALOID2 in early 2007. The original release of both MEIKO and himself was noted for their lack of marketing.
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This was also emphasized during the development of the V3 vocal banks, with Wat stating how different the intention of the CV series was to the intention of KAITO and MEIKO. Like MEIKO, he was not made with the aim of giving character or personality to vocal synthesis software. Crypton did not set his character and profile except for his package design. The illustration was done by Takashi Kawasaki. Officially, the character is known just as "KAITO" he has no family name or surname. Due to its common sighting, it is still incorrectly used by fans as his family name even as of the most recent VOCALOID engine release. "Shion" was a fan-created term used to refer to him during the 2007-2009 period. KAITO is often mistakenly called "Kaito Shion" or "Shion Kaito", particularly by overseas fans. KAITO's codename was "TARO" it likely came from "Yamada Tarō (山田太郎)", a placeholder name for male characters and the Japanese equivalent to "John Smith".

One of the reasons why his name "KAITO" was selected was because it would be easy for non-Japanese speakers to pronounce, and it looked fitting with the name "MEIKO" when they were put next to one another. The product's name was invited to be chosen by the public, and "KAITO" was selected from among the applicants, which was Shu-tP's offered idea.
