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Hatsune Miku at 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Hatsune Miku at 2020 Tokyo Olympics

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Overview

Hatsune Miku at 2020 Tokyo Olympics refers to a social media campaign in support of Vocaloid software Hatsune Miku performing at 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Following Hatsune Miku's singing appearing in a promotional video for the Olympics, multiple memes and posts calling for Miku's performance to be included in the Olympics ceremony program were posted online. While spawning numerous memes, the movement was ultimately unsuccessful.

Background

On July 12th, 2019, entertainment website Siesta Tokyo posted an unofficial poll for artists which their readers would like to see perform at Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which has been misidentified by some as an official vote.[1] As if August 8th, 2019, Vocaloid software Hatsune Miku, personified as a 16-year-old girl with turquoise twintails, led the poll with over 24,400 votes (10 percent of total votes submitted).


2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Opening Ceremony Closing Ceremony artist vote (final) Hatsune Miku (10%, 24,431 Votes) Zone Sexy (6 Pasento, 13,611 Votes) My-Kis Ft2 (5 Pasento, 11,837 Votes) Storm (5%, 11,352 Votes) The Rain After (4 Pasento, 9,973 Votes) S Myu (4 Pasento, 9,762 Votes) BABYMETAL (4 Pasento, 9,661 Votes) TRIGGER IDOLISH7 (4 Pasento, 8,497 Votes) OK ROCK ONE (3 Pasento, 7,384 Votes) Nogizaka 46 (3 Pasento, 6,939 Votes)

On July 22nd, 2019, the official Twitter account for 2020 Summer Olympics posted a promotional video featuring the Tokyo Olympics mascot Miraitowa.[2] At 10 second mark, a short audio clip of Vocaloid software (vocal synthesizer) Hatsune Miku singing can be heard.


Online Reactions

Following the teaser, multiple posts speculating on Hatsune Miku potentially performing at the Tokyo Olympics opening or closing ceremony were posted online, particularly in anime communities (examples shown below).[3][4] In many examples, the unofficial vote launched by Siesta Tokyo was linked to and/or referred to as the official poll.

Various Examples


2020 Tokyo Olympic Opening Ceremony Closing Ceremony Artistic Voting (Final) Hatsune Miku (9%, 16,691 Votes) Sexy Zone (7%, 12,979 Votes) Kis-My-Ft2 (6%, 11,703 Votes) Storm (5%, 10,667 Votes) After the Rain (5%, 9,061 Votes) IDOLISH7 TRIGGER (4%, 7,935 Votes) BABYMETAL (4%, 6,897 Votes) Well boys, We Did it Normies after seeing Hatsune Miku win the vote to perform at the 2020 Olympics I'll never forgive the Japanese! When people are voting on who they want to perform at the 2020 Summer Olympics and you're winning
Music Music Artists You Don't Want to Perform at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremonies 1 Hatsune Miku Vote Hatsune Miku, sometimes referred to as Miku Hatsune, is a humanoid persona voiced by a singing synthesizer application developed by Crypton Future Media. *sad miku noises* JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Creator Tasked with Creating 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Poster Hatsune Miku Cameos in Tokyo 2020 Olympics Promotional Video Posted by jrharbort at 6:25 pm Megan Peters Events, Hatsune Miku, Other Add comment 07/30/2019 09:44 am EDT Oh, yeah. It's all coming together. Olympics 2020 It's in Japan Araki is doing artwork and Hatsune Miku will perform

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External References

[1] Siesta Tokyo – 2020東京オリンピック開会式閉会式アーティスト投票アンケート最終決戦！

[2] Twitter – @Tokyo2020's Tweet

[3] Reddit – Weebs have the power

[4] Reddit – Truly uncultured

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