ZOLA Project

With the creative new interpretations of the three members of ZOLA coming out recently to coincide with the release of the voice banks, I thought I'd chime in with my humble version. I've ordered ZOLA myself and am looking forward to receiving my copy, which supposedly is en route from Japan!

I borrowed heavily from Umetani's version in terms of their clothes. The rest I left up to my headcanon as it currently stands. For instance, YUU is not the youngest member of the trio, in spite of appearances. This would be consistent with his voice, which is arguably the most mature and rich of the three. YUU works part-time as a waiter when he is not involved with ZOLA activities, such as planning meetings, rehearsals, and of course performances.

KYO is the leader of the trio, and also the oldest at 23. Though KYO is only two months older, YUU likes to rub it in by calling him aniki. By now, KYO hardly notices anymore. In his role as the leader, KYO has no part-time job, instead working full-time on ZOLA related activities. KYO is also somewhat of a clothes horse, and loves to make wardrobe suggestions for his two bandmates, which they mostly ignore.

WIL is the youngest member of the trio at 20. In keeping with the official material that his voice is foreign sounding, he is half Norwegian and half Japanese. Because of his part-time job as a bouncer at a live house, WIL works out a lot (and enjoys showing off the results).

And that's about it for now. I'm looking forward to more ZOLA songs and covers coming out, and have plans for them myself.

Thanks for looking!

ZOLA Project and the Vocaloid 3 engine (C) Yamaha

Pencils here: ryuusei86.deviantart.com/art/Z…