ychzi, known by most as Min, is a digital musician and independent illustrator based in Reno, Nevada.Min's eclectic music is influenced by microtonal music, traditional Asian instruments, American hip hop, and avant garde electronic genres. They also make vocal synth covers using UTAU, DeepVocal, and Synthesizer V.They are the creator of Okada Rina, a vocal synth character and voice library for the UTAU and DeepVocal engines entirely voiced, configured, designed, and illustrated by Min.Min's digital art style is semirealistic, surrealistic, and painterly with a focus on humans and their emotions. They have participated in several zines as an illustrator and a page designer.They have illustrated and rigged a Live2D model which they use for livestreaming.
Min has released albums and EPs with arrangements of music from Touhou Project games. They also upload single tracks of game music arrangements on Youtube. Their main genres include electronic, hip hop, ethnic folk, and microtonal.ychzi on THBWiki
ychzi on Touhou Database
ychzi on Vocaloid Database
(2019) The first Touhou album that specializes in microtones
(2018) An EP of Touhou arranges inspired by space
(2018) A Yume Nikki amalgamation album
(2017) An EP featuring arranges from Ten Desires
(2018) An EP featuring Touhou arranges
(2017) An EP of mallsoft Touhou arranges
Min is familiar with video editing software that allows for the creation of simple music videos and livestream clip edits. This page exhibits examples of MVs in which Min was the primary producer of the video, art, vocal production, and / or instrumentals.
Min has contributed to several independent zine publications in both digital and print formats as an illustrator and a page designer.
| Year | Title | Description | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Once Upon a Time | A Miraculous Ladybug fanzine | |
| 2021 | Show and Tell | An original collaborative capstone zine | |
| 2021 | How Plants Come to Life | An original risograph zine exhibited in a local gallery | |
| 2021 | Ariana Zine | An Ariana Grande fanzine | |
| 2021 | Your Body is a Garden | A BFRB charity zine | |
| 2020 | Transcend Time | A Yu-Gi-Oh! charity fanzine | |
| 2019 | OC Fanzine | An original character zine | Digital |
| 2019 | AISHITERU | A KomaHina fanzine | |
| 2018 | Step Inside a Dream | A Yume Nikki fanzine | Digital |
Min is a seasoned user of vocal synth software like Synthesizer V, UTAU, and DeepVocal. They have experience creating SVP / UST / DV files and tuning songs from scratch.They are the developer, designer, and illustrator of Okada Rina, a virtual vocalist with voicebanks compatible with UTAU and DeepVocal. Rina's voice is soft and warm with a natural feminine mezzo-soprano tone. It is best suited for mellow genres like soul, ballad, and enka.Visit Okada Rina's official website
