Vocaloid
Originally, Hiroyuki Ito—President of Crypton Future Media—claimed that Hatsune Miku was not a virtual idol but a kind of the Virtual Studio Technology instrument. However, Hatsune Miku performed her first "live" concert like a virtual idol on a projection screen during Animelo Summer Live at the Saitama Super Arena on August 22, 2009. At the "MikuFes '09 (Summer)" event on August 31, 2009, her image was screened by rear projection on a mostly-transparent screen. Miku also performed her first overseas live concert on November 21, 2009, during Anime Festival Asia (AFA) in Singapore. On March 9, 2010, Miku's first solo live performance titled "Miku no Hi Kanshasai 39's Giving Day" was opened at the Zepp Tokyo in Odaiba, Tokyo. The tour was run as part of promotions for Sega's "Hatsune Miku: Project Diva" video game in March 2010. The success and possibility of these tours is owed to the popularity of Hatsune Miku and so far Crypton is the only studio to have established a world tour of their Vocaloids.
Hatsune Miku
Miku's clothes appear as a costume for a playable character in the Japanese version of "PangYa" and was the back-up vocal for the game's season four trailer, as a downloadable costume for Sophie in "Tales of Graces" and is seen during a stage in the game "13-sai no Hellowork DS". Miku's clothes also appear in "Phantasy Star Portable 2" as a costume for the player's female character, as well as her hairstyle and leek-themed weapons. Miku appears in the PlayStation 3 version of "The Idolm@ster 2" as downloadable content. In the video game "Skullgirls", one of Filia's alternative colors is based on Miku. Miku has appeared as downloadable content using the game engine M.U.G.E.N. Hatsune Miku's attire has also appeared in "Phantasy Star Online 2" as a female character's costume, along with "Miku Dayō" as a Mag Design. She also makes an appearance in the game "Brave Frontier".