Dong Fang Zhi Zi

Dong Fang Zhi Zi (东方栀子) is a Chinese virtual singer created by Tianjin Television.

She is voiced by He Lingyao (何凌瑶).

History
Dong Fang Zhi Zi was created in 2011 by Liu Bing, who worked at the Chinese television station Tianjin Television. Her first public appearance happened on December 21, 2011 at an awards ceremony, specifically, the China Animation Awards, of which Liu Bing was appointed as the director. She was marketed as "China's first virtual star".

However, due to her design looking to similar to that of the VOCALOID Hatsune Miku, she received major backlash from the Internet community. Because of the backlash, the project was then cancelled.

In 2013, she received an UTAU voicebank, with her voice provider being Shan Shan. Later, she gained another voicebank for the Chinese voice synthesis software NIAONiao.