[Saruta]

There are fan clubs of everything Vocaloid related - how about the person behind the most famous Vocaloid?



Saki Fujita. A voice actress. The one original voice of Hatsune Miku.

She released a single in her own name, "Crystal Quartz". Once you listen to the song, you know how this voice can really sing.



Text in kanji and romaji: http://blacksaber.wo...crystal-quartz/

The other song of the same single, significantly less popular, is named "Sonna hidamari no naka de". It was on YouTube before but is apparently not to be found any longer The old link, preserved "just in case": http://www.youtube.c...h?v=4oA1DvmLwMA

Wikipedia article (English, includes brief bio and list of principal works): http://en.wikipedia....iki/Saki_Fujita

Blog (Japanese): http://yaplog.jp/saki-ohana/

Other video material, including songs:

Spoiler

Saki Fujita sang a number of songs "in character":


Two songs from her character Mahiru Inami in WORKING!! were unfortunately removed from YouTube (perhaps for copyright reasons as a CD was released).

YouTube still does, as I check now, has the song from her character Ayano Sugiura in Yuru Yuri. The video description mentions Saki Fujita.



Samples from her voice acting:


She also co-hosted a radio/Internet program called VOICE CREW in 2007-2008 (source for dates: Japanese Wikipedia article, Google translated). A number of issues of this program is available on YouTube, subtitled in English. For example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=bHJcJ5NNZBo


You can search YouTube for "VOICE CREW Saki Fujita" for more. Her voice appears more "at ease" and natural in these broadcasts, discussing apparently random things.

A Vocaloid-related interview with Saki Fujita and Asami Shimoda, unfortunately not translated:

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIkbPKX4fjU

(They can be seen holding hands briefly at 2:55, which might work as fan service for some viewers).

Some more photos:

Spoiler

Added Nov 21, 2011: a photo of Yuru Yuri seiyuu with pictures of their characters, from Saki Fujita's blog. Google Translate says this was a "launch" of something - probably the Yuru Yuri no Uta CD series, where they sing, as the anime was launched a while ago. Saki Fujita (with a picture of Ayano Sugiura) is third in the rear.

ANIME

You can watch Yuru Yuri on http://www.crunchyroll.com/yuruyuri . For Ayano Sugiura, Saki Fujita's character, jump straight to Episode 2.

You can also search Google Images for "Saki Fujita", which yields some more photos, but much of what you find will be Miku.

More information gladly accepted, as are membership requests - the current list follows.

MEMBERS

Saruta (runs the place)
Oda Hikaru
Kibbles (o*･ω･)
Anzu-W
KiramekiUtau
Ferb

[Oda Hikaru]

I've only seen Crystal Quartz.. But now I saw the another songs and that's incredible!! I wanna join! =D Can I? ^^

[Saruta]

You're in, Oda Hikaru!

[Kibbles]

I'm in!!

[Saruta]

Kibbles (o*･ω･) added!

[Saruta]

Added a recent photo from her blog. I wonder if this qualifies as stalking, but as this was an open blog posting, hopefully it doesn't.

[Oda Hikaru]

She's very beautiful ^^

[Anzu-W]

Miku gets all the fame ;__;' (nothing wrong with Miku) but Saki's voice is cute as well.
Can I join?

[Saruta]

Anzu-W , you're in!

[Oda Hikaru]

Wow, our Saki's fanclub is being a little alone, isn't it? xD

[Saruta]

You mean that it has few members, or that other seiyuu don't have fan clubs here, even though there probably should be clubs at least for Yuu Asakawa and Asami Shimoda?

(Yuu Asakawa is really a major figure outside the Vocaloid fandom too. Love Hina etc - and now Otaku Verse Zero).

[KiramekiUtau]

Can I join?? ^^

[Saruta]

Adding KirakimekiUtau and fixing broken YouTube links.

Someone did translate Crystal Quartz for me *to Russian*, so unfortunately I still have nothing to post here. The text is quite impressive - more so from Saki Fujita, as the heroine seems to be a robot. I am working on an English poetic translation, about halfway there. I actually am planning to send it to her.

[Saruta]

Yuu Asakawa (Luka) and Saki Fujita (Miku) behind the scenes at MikuPa, courtesy Yuu's Twitter.

http://instagr.am/p/H6dINqC6fH/

[Ferb]

I want to join! :3