Vocaloid/Ships

=AnnAl=  AnnAl is the ship between Sweet Ann and Big Al

Canon
Ann and Al are complementary voicebanks and both were created by Power FX, they are inspired by Frankenstein and his girlfriend

Fanon
AnnAl is pretty common in the fandom. Many people like to headcanon that Oliver and Yohioloid are their sons, creating the Power FX Family

Fandom


=ArsIA= 

ArsIA is the ship between Arsloid and IA

Fanon
ArsIA is rivals ships like ArsKase and YukaIA.

Fandom


=BrunoClara=  BrunoClara is the ship between Bruno and Clara.

Canon
Bruno and Clara are complementary voicebanks. They are the first spanish Vocaloids and they were developed by VoctroLabs

Fanon
BrunoClara is probably the most popular ship for both Bruno and Clara, It sometimes rivals pairings like BrunoMaika and MaiClara.

Fandom


= Big 8 =  Big 8 is the ship between MEIKO, KAITO, Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin, Kagamine Len, Kamui Galupo, Megurine Luka and GUMI

Canon
The eight characters belong to the voice synthesizer Vocaloid. Miku, Rin, Len, Luka, MEIKO and KAITO are all from Crypton Future Media, and appear in many semi-official stuff together. Meanwhile, Gakupo and GUMI belong to another company, Internet Co.. Because of this, The eight don't appear all together commonly. However, there's been some media where Gakupo or GUMI have appeared alongside Crypton Vocaloids. For example, Gakupo appeared in the manga Hatsune Mix, and GUMI appeared in the game Project MIRAI. There's still not official relationships between them, not even between the six Cryton Vocaloids. Their relationships, dynamics and status can variated depending on the song that they sing together.

Fanon
Miku, Rin, Len, Luka, KAITO, MEIKO, Gakupo and GUMI were the 8 first Vocaloids to reach high levels of popularity. Until IA came out in 2012, there were by far the most popular Vocaloids. Because of this, they are a very iconic group within the fandom. There have been multiple fan arts, songs and headcanons of the eights. Some fans like to add a 9th or 10th member to the group, such Miki, Lily, Piko, IA, MAYU, Flower, Fukase, etc.

Despite of all, the Big 8 is critized by some people how believe that they overshadow all the other Vocaloids, for how fans are mostly focused in the same eight characters and ignore the rest. In the eastern fandom, the Big 8 have lost popularity because of the popularity increase of Vocaloids like IA, Yukari, Flower, Una or even KAFU (who isn't Vocaloid) and the decline of some like Gakupo. Meanwhile in the western fandom they are still widely popular and the favorite Vocaloids of most of fans, specially because of the nostalgic vibes that they give.

In terms of shipping, most of the ships that involve them are pretty or very popular, being some of the most popular ships between the fandom. Some people also likes to group the in 4 separated ships.

Fandom
=BrunoMaika= 

BrunoMaika is the ship between Bruno and Maika.

Canon
Bruno and Maika are both spanish Vocaloids made by VoctroLabs

Fanon
BrunoMaika rivals BrunoClara and HioMaika, Bruno and Maika's most popular ships respectively.

Fandom
=Floko= 

Floko is the het ship between Flower and Utatane Piko.

Canon
Flower and Piko are both Vocaloids. Their dynamic depends on the song that they sing together. Even so, there are very few or no original songs of this duo.

Fanon
Floko is a moderately popular ship. The ship is especially popular between the Memelord Squad fans, and it is often shipped alongside OliKase. There are some MLS ships that are considerably more popular like FukaFlower, PiKase and PikoLen, but Floko still have its own fanbase. Another motivation for the ship is that both have androgynous vocals, Flower having a tomboyish voice and appearance and Piko having an high voice and androgynous appearance. In AO3 Floko actually has 17 works, being Flowers 2nd most popular ship and Piko's 4th.

Variations

 * Memelord Squad refers to the ship between the two, Kagamine Len, Fukase and Oliver

=HakuMiku= 

HakuMiku is the ship between Yowane Haku and Hatsune Miku.

Canon
Yowane Haku is a fanloid based on Miku. She was created as a representation of people that wanted use Miku but ended up using her horribly. Haku doesn't have an official voice, but she is mostly used as a low-pitched Miku.

Songs
Daughter of White (by Mothy) is the most popular song about Miku and Haku. The song talks about Clarith (Haku), who is bullied for being the only girl in her village that has white hair. One day she prayed to get a new friend, and the she met Michaela (Miku), who became very close to her and run away with her to Aceid (capital of Elphegort) to start a new life together. One day the King Kyle Marlon (Kaito) feel in love with Michaela and dissolved his engagement with Princess Rilliane (Rin), so Rillian ordered to kill all women with green hair. Michaela started to feel in love with Clarith and she wanted to express her feeling for her, but she was killed at the end. Clarith sinked into depression after that and started to live as a nun. After that she meet a girl called Rin, but one day, After hearing Rin's confessing her sins, she discovered that Rin is Rilliane, so Clarith wanted to kill her for what she did to Michaela, but Clarith realized that Rilliane is like Clarith now, alone and hated, so she forgived her life.

Fanon
HakuMiku is a rarepair, overshadowed by ships like YowaNeru and many Miku ships. The ship between Clarith and Michaela is seems to be more popular than HakuMiku itselfs, although the relationship between Clarith and Michaela motived some people to ship Haku and Miku too. HakuMiku actually has 3 fanfics on AO3.

Fandom


=KiyoGaku= 

KiyoGaku is the ship between Hiyama Kiyoteru and Kamui Gakupo.

Canon
Gakupo and Kiyoteru's most popular song is Indulgence, by Re:nG.

Fanon
KiyoGaku tend to be overshadowed by ships like GakuKai, Gakupo's most popular ship and the fandom's most popular slash ship. Even so, GakuKiyo actually has 20 fanfics in AO3, being the most written ship for Kiyoteru and the 3rd most written for Gakupo.

Fandom


=KiyoMei= 

KiyoMei is the ship between Hiyama Kiyoteru and Meiko.

Fanon
KiyoMei is mainly popular between the fans of ships like KaiMiku that wanted to ship Meiko with someone that isn't Kaito. But in general, KiyoMei isn't very popular due KaiMei's overwhelming popularity, as well as other ships like MeiLuka and KiyoGaku. The ship actually has 4 fanfics in AO3.

Fandom


=MikuNeru= 

MikuNeru is the ship between Hatsune Miku and Akita Neru.

Canon
Akita Neru is a Miku derived character and she was created because of a controversy about her. Basically, a Japanese TV station broadcasted a program that stereotyped Miku users as "anime freaks without stable work experience". After that Miku became unsearchable in pages search engines like Google and Yahoo and her Wikipedia article got deleted. These news became viral,to the point that on 2ch bulletin boards started a rumor about an advertising agency which had a strong influence in the Japanese music industry was behind the series of "anti-Miku negative campaign" in an attempt to purge Miku and indie musicians from the music trend. A lot of people denied the rumor for how stupid it sounded, with phrases like "飽きた、寝る. " (Got bored. Going to bed.) or "寝る、お前らも寝ろよ. " (Gonna go to bed; you should too.), which generated even more negative responses. The user Smith Hioka created Akita Neru as a parody character for these posts.

According to the semi-canon of the Akita Neru character made by Smith Hioka that was written on his blog, Akita Neru is thought of as a girl who cosplays as Hatsune Miku, Hioka on his blog he mentions, "Neru makes her living despising Miku (including the people who use her), but deep down she has great admiration for her. "

Fanon
MikuNeru is not a very popular ship, but it has a little recognition among Akita Neru fans community. Their most popular song is Supersonic Loneliness/ Gamen no Mukou no Anata created by DeadballP.

The user ToriTeru, created most of the VOCALOID covers of the ship.

Variants

 * Triple Baka refers to the ship between the two and Kasane Teto

=OliKase= 

OliKase is the slash ship between Oliver and Fukase.

Canon
Oliver and Fukase are both Vocaloids. Their dynamic depends on the song that their sing together. There aren't many songs for these two, but there are some, like Rewinding by Project OverDoze.

Fanon
OliKase is one of the most popular Vocaloid ships (at least in the western fandom). The ship started because of certain similarities in their designs, and the fact that Fukase can sing English like Oliver also helped. The popularity of this duo (as well as other duos) have inspired people to created the Memelord squad, a group formed by them, Len, Piko and Flower, and many works of them have been created. There are also some MLS works that are about OliKase, where the other members approve their relationship. OliKase is one of the most popular sips, if it isn't the most popular ones, that doesn't involve any Vocaloid from Crypton. There are +68 works of this ship, being the 12th most popular ship in the fandom and the most popular ship for both characters.

Variations

 * Memelord Squad refers to the ship between the two, Kagamine Len, Utatane Piko and Flower

=PikoLen = 

PikoLen is the ship between Utatane Piko and Kagamine Len.

Canon
One of Len and Piko's most popular duet is Shota Shota Island by GobouP. The song talks about how girls like Len and Piko a lot due their "Shota" appearance. The fangirls they constantly take pictures of Len and Piko and even force them to dressing as maids, and eventually, they are bothered because of that. Other popular duet of the is Daiichiji Jibun Sensou, by Honeyworks

Fanon
PikoLen started due the fact that both are young-looking boys. Despite not being as popular as other ships like MikuLen and KaiLen, PikoLen has a nice amount of follower and it is also pretty popular between the Memelord Squad fans. The ship actually has 25 fanfics in AO3, being the 7th most writted ship for Len and the 2nd/3rd most written for Piko. The infamous song "Shota Shpta Island" has become a meme in the fandom, and there are many posts about Len and Piko don't wanting people to talk about that song.

Variants

 * Memelord Squad refers to the ship between the two, Fukase, Flower and Oliver

=PikoMiku= 

PikoMiku is the ship between Utatane Piko and Hatsune Miku.

Fanon
PikoMiku is a rarepair, but it has more content than expected. The ship actually has 25 fanfics in AO3, being Miku's 6th most popular ship and Piko's 2nd/3rd.

Fandom


=TeiLen= 

TeiLen is the ship between Kagamine Len and Sukone Tei.

Canon
Sukone Tei is a character created as a parody to unoriginal characters. She is canonically a yandere who is in love with Len.

Fanon
TeiLen is pretty known but it isn't particularly popular, mostly because Len has many other popular ships and Tei is just an Utau. Other reasons of the ships unpopularity are the fact that Tei is a yandere and their age gap (Len is 14 and Tei is 19). Even so, the ship actually has 22 fanfics in AO3, being Tei's most popular ship and Len's 8th most popular ship as well, although in most of the fanfics the ship is unilateral. It is also the most popular ship in the Utau tag.

Fandom


=Teiku= 

Teiku is the ship between Sukone Tei and Hatsune Miku.

Canon
Sukone Tei is a character created as a parody to unoriginal characters. Tei canonically despise Miku and Vocaloids and she wants to kill Miku in order to become the leader of Vocaloid.

Fanon
Teiku is a rarepair and it is controversial due the fact that Tei wants to kill Miku, eventually, some Teiku shippers probably like the Enemies to Lovers Dynamic. The ship actually has 7 fanfics in A03 and it is Tei's 2nd/3rd most popular ship (tied with Teito) most popular ship, as well as Miku's 11th most popular.