Happy Birthday, LEON and LOLA! They were first commercial voicebanks, released 12 years ago today for the VOCALOID engine by Zero-G Limited. They are English voicebanks advertised as soul vocalists, and while their voice providers were never named, they were officially described as “Black and English,” with their original box art portraying them as black.



LOLA’s is also notable for being the first VOCALOID used in a film; Susumu Hirasawa used her in the soundtrack of Satoshi Kon’s Paprika.