Luo Tianyi () is a Chinese

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developed formerly by Bplats, Inc. under the

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, and was created in collaboration with Shanghai Henian Information Technology Co. Ltd. she was released for the

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and

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engines. Her voice is provided by the Chinese voice actress

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. Considered China's most popular virtual idol, she held a joint concert with pianist

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at the Shanghai's Mercedes-Benz Arena in March 2019.

Development

To create strong support for the first Chinese

, a contest was held to pick the most popular design. The winning entry would become a Vocaloid, while the runner up entries were included in the Vocaloid promotions.link
/ref> The winner of the contest was named Yayin Gongyu () and their entry became Tianyi's design. The first song by Luo Tianyi was "Step on Your Heart" ().

Additional software

On April 2, 2012, Shan Xin confirmed that she had just finished her second day of recording the voicebank and mentioned that she had done an interview with Japanese reporters. According to her report, she recorded in the "Japanese way," which led to a fan asking if it would be a Japanese or Chinese voicebank. Shan Xin responded by stating to wait for the announcement. Her Japanese voicebank was not yet finished at the time of Yanhe's development, however, they mentioned that they hoped to have her released soon. Later, in November 2013, it was confirmed the vocal was cancelled. Tianyi's

production was officially announced on March 12, 2016. Her original vocal would be improved and it was confirmed that she would be receiving at least one additional vocal. However, the name of it was not revealed at the time and it was unknown if she was receiving any more vocals. She was eventually released on December 30, 2017 with two voicebanks, "Meng" (normal) and "Ning" (power), along with two Japanese voicebanks released on May 18, 2018, Normal and Sweet. It is also likely that she would be updated to Vocaloid 5 with Yuezheng Ling and Yanhe.

Characteristics

She has a pet called "Tian Dian" () and according to her biography is an

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sent to bring happiness via music to the world like the

s of the past. Luo Tianyi has also been co-opted as

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of the

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Major offline performances

On February 2, 2016, Tianyi was invited to perform on the Little New Year (a traditional festival in China that is celebrated six or seven days before the Lunar New Year) Gala held by

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and sang the song "Huaer Naji" (花儿纳吉) with Yang Yuying. In the performance Tianyi's figure was shown to the audience with the help of

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. It was also her first performance on TV. On June 17, 2017, Tianyi and five other virtual singers (Yanhe, Yuezheng Ling, Yuezheng Longya, Zhiyu Moke and Mo Qingxian) held a concert at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai. Henian used the Holography technology to show their figures. It was the first concert that was specially held for Chinese virtual figures. And on New Year's Eve of 2018, Tianyi participated in the New Year's Eve Gala of

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. She sang the song "Let It Go" with the Hong Kong singer

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. In March 2018, Tianyi appeared on

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for the first time and performed with the

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master Wang Peiyu. On November 3, 2018, the concert "Guofeng Jiyue Ye" (国风极乐夜) was held at the

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, where Tianyi sang the opening song of the concert. On December 31, 2018, Tianyi performed on Jiangsu Television's New Year Gala for the second time. This time she sang the song "Dalabengba" (达拉崩吧) with

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. On February 23, 2019, Tianyi and the pianist

hold a joint concert at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai. On May 16, 2019, Tianyi appeared on

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's the treasured voice and sang "Mangzhong" (芒种) together with

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