Hiyama Kiyoteru

Hiyama Kiyoteru (氷山キヨテル) is a Japanese VOCALOID developed and distributed by AH-Software Co. Ltd., and was initially released in December 2009. He was updated to the VOCALOID4 engine in October 2015 and received two voicebanks. His voice is provided by Japanese male singer Kiyoshi Hiyama (比山貴咏史, Hiyama Kiyoshi).

Concept
He and Kaai Yuki were released as "student" and "teacher" VOCALOIDs.

Etymology
His surname "Hiyama" seems to be taken from his provider's name ("Kiyoshi Hiyama"). His Ice Mountain name of "Ice Teru" is a play on words; "Hiyama," (氷山) means "ice mountain."

Appearance
Kiyoteru is meant to be portrayed as a sensei (teacher), dressed in formal attire. Kiyoteru's tie clip is a motif of YAMAHA's electric upright bass SLB100 and his glasses are ZS92001A by Zoff.

In his depictions as member of ICE MOUNTAIN, he appears with a more rebel and informal appearance. This look was also influenced the design of his 'Rock' V4 vocal.

Profile
Kiyoteru is a teacher who participates in a rock band called Ice Mountain on weekends, with the stage name "Ice Mountain Teru." According to the book, Ice Mountain, the default configuration for his V2 software package happens to be Kiyoteru's vocals as a rookie singer. He is also said to be good at mathematics. The book also reveals that he was raised by Kiyoshi, a catholic priest who adopted him.

His favourite microphones were listed:


 * BEHRINGER Ultravoice XM8500 (during his junior high and high school years)
 * SHURE SM58 (college years)
 * SHURE Beta 58A / RODE NT1-A (current favorite)

Although he's described as a good natured, a bit shy and friendly individual, he assumes a more daring and cool personality when he removes his glasses. This was suggested on some of the early promotional arts, and later confirmed within the Ice Mountain book.

Relations

 * Kaai Yuki: Student
 * ICE MOUNTAIN: Band

Music featuring Hiyama Kiyoteru

 * Hiyama Kiyoteru is featured in 77 songs and 20 albums on this wiki.
 * There are listings for notable, original, and cover songs.

Marketing
Kiyoteru, along with SF-A2 miki, and Kaai Yuki, was introduced to expand the selection of VOCALOIDs, giving producers more choices.

Until May 2011, all AH-Software VOCALOIDs were banned from KARENT.