Hoshino Miyu cosplaying Hatsune Miku (初音ミク) the Vocaloid2 character. The name of the character of the software was chosen by combining Hatsu (初, First), Ne (音, Sound), and Miku (未来, Future). Unlike general purpose speech synthesizers, the software is tuned to create J-pop songs commonly heard in anime, but it is possible to create songs from other genres.