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VOLLEY - Champions League Women - A. Carraro Prosecco DOC Conegliano vs Dresdner SC

Miku Akimoto ( Dresdner SC 1898 )

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Hatsune Miku Performs At The Zenith - Paris

Hatsune Miku performs at the Zenith in Paris, France on October 29, 2024. Photo by Christophe Meng / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hatsune Miku Performs At The Zenith - Paris

Hatsune Miku performs at the Zenith in Paris, France on October 29, 2024. Photo by Christophe Meng / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hatsune Miku Performs At The Zenith - Paris

Hatsune Miku performs at the Zenith in Paris, France on October 29, 2024. Photo by Christophe Meng / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hatsune Miku Performs At The Zenith - Paris

Hatsune Miku performs at the Zenith in Paris, France on October 29, 2024. Photo by Christophe Meng / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hatsune Miku Performs At The Zenith - Paris

Hatsune Miku performs at the Zenith in Paris, France on October 29, 2024. Photo by Christophe Meng / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hatsune Miku Performs At The Zenith - Paris

Hatsune Miku performs at the Zenith in Paris, France on October 29, 2024. Photo by Christophe Meng / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hatsune Miku Performs At The Zenith - Paris

Hatsune Miku performs at the Zenith in Paris, France on October 29, 2024. Photo by Christophe Meng / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hatsune Miku Performs At The Zenith - Paris

Hatsune Miku performs at the Zenith in Paris, France on October 29, 2024. Photo by Christophe Meng / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hatsune Miku Performs At The Zenith - Paris

Hatsune Miku performs at the Zenith in Paris, France on October 29, 2024. Photo by Christophe Meng / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hatsune Miku Performs At The Zenith - Paris

Hatsune Miku performs at the Zenith in Paris, France on October 29, 2024. Photo by Christophe Meng / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hatsune Miku Performs At The Zenith - Paris

Hatsune Miku performs at the Zenith in Paris, France on October 29, 2024. Photo by Christophe Meng / ABACAPRESS.COM

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(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-JUDO

(240730) -- PARIS, July 30, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Takaichi Miku (L) of Japan competes against Katarina Kristo of Croatia during judo women's -63kg elimination round of 16 at Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, on July 30, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li An)

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(SP)CHINA-WUHAN-3X3 BASKETBALL-FIBA WOMEN'S SERIES-GERMANY VS JAPAN (CN)

(230506) -- WUHAN, May 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Luana Rodefeld (R) of Germany competes against Takahashi Miku of Japan during their 2023 FIBA 3x3 Women's Series Wuhan Stop match in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province on May 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)

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Judo: Olympics-bound Japanese judoka

TOKYO, Japan Kyodo - Japanese judoka Rika Takayama, Ryuju Nagayama and Miku Takaichi had an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2023, after securing their places in the national team for the Paris Olympics. (Kyodo)

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Judo: Olympics-bound Japanese judoka

Japanese judoka (from L) Rika Takayama, Ryuju Nagayama and Miku Takaichi pose for a photo in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2023, after securing their places in the national team for the Paris Olympics.

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Asian Games: Judo

Japan's Miku Takaichi poses after winning gold in the judo women's 63-kilogram event at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 25, 2023.

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Asian Games: Judo

Japan's Miku Takaichi (white) and Tang Jing of China compete in the judo women's 63-kilogram final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 25, 2023.

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Asian Games: Judo

Japan's Miku Takaichi (white) and Tang Jing of China compete in the judo women's 63-kilogram final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 25, 2023.

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Asian Games: Judo

Japan's Miku Takaichi (white) and Tang Jing of China compete in the judo women's 63-kilogram final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 25, 2023.

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-JUDO (CN)

(230925) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Silver medalist China's Tang Jing, gold medalist Japan's Takaichi Miku, bronze medalists Kazakhstan's Esmigul Kuyulova and South Korea's Kim Jijeong (L-R) attend the awarding ceremony for Judo Women's 63kg at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 25, 2023. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-JUDO (CN)

(230925) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold Medalist Takaichi Miku of Japan attends the awarding ceremony for Judo Women's 63kg at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 25, 2023. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-JUDO (CN)

(230925) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Takaichi Miku of Japan (L) competes against Tang Jing of China during the Women's 63kg Final of Judo at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 25, 2023. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-JUDO (CN)

(230925) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Takaichi Miku of Japan (L) competes against Tang Jing of China during the Women's 63kg Final of Judo at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 25, 2023. (Xinhua/Li An)

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Judo: World championships

Japan's Miku Takaichi (blue) falls to the mat face down during a women's 63-kilogram third-round match against the Netherlands' Joanne van Lieshout at the judo world championships in Doha, Qatar, on May 10, 2023.

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(SP)CHINA-WUHAN-3X3 BASKETBALL-FIBA WOMEN'S SERIES-GERMANY VS JAPAN (CN)

(230506) -- WUHAN, May 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Luana Rodefeld (R) of Germany competes against Takahashi Miku of Japan during their 2023 FIBA 3x3 Women's Series Wuhan Stop match in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province on May 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)

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Table tennis: Japan national c'ships

Nine-year-old Miku Matsushima, the youngest player competing in the table tennis national championships in Japan, plays in the third round of the junior girls' singles at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Jan. 24, 2023.

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Table tennis: Japan national c'ships

Nine-year-old Miku Matsushima, the youngest player competing in the table tennis national championships in Japan, plays in the third round of the junior girls' singles at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Jan. 24, 2023.

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Table tennis: Japan national c'ships

Nine-year-old Miku Matsushima, the youngest player competing in the table tennis national championships in Japan, plays in the third round of the junior girls' singles at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Jan. 24, 2023.

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Table tennis: Japan national c'ships

Nine-year-old Miku Matsushima, the youngest player competing in the table tennis national championships in Japan, plays in the third round of the junior girls' singles at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Jan. 24, 2023.

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Table tennis: Japan national c'ships

Nine-year-old Miku Matsushima, the youngest player competing in the table tennis national championships in Japan, reacts after winning her opening round fixture in the junior girls' singles at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Jan. 23, 2023.

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Table tennis: Japan national c'ships

Nine-year-old Miku Matsushima, the youngest player competing in the table tennis national championships in Japan, plays her opening round fixture in the junior girls' singles at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Jan. 23, 2023.

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Table tennis: Japan national c'ships

Nine-year-old Miku Matsushima, the youngest player competing in the table tennis national championships in Japan, plays her opening round fixture in the junior girls' singles at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Jan. 23, 2023.

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Table tennis: Japan national c'ships

Nine-year-old Miku Matsushima, the youngest player competing in the table tennis national championships in Japan, plays her opening round fixture in the junior girls' singles at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Jan. 23, 2023.

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Hokkaido woos tourists through campaign in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Alan Lim (L), area vice president of Singapore Airlines, and Sapporo Deputy Mayor Tadafumi Inoue pose in front of a bus decorated with images of vocaloid Hatsune Miku and local products of Japan's Hokkaido on Oct. 3, 2014, in Singapore. The campaign for Japan's northernmost prefecture continues through Dec. 25.

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Sapporo deputy mayor shows bus to promote Hokkaido

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Sapporo Deputy Mayor Tadafumi Inoue shows one of the 10 buses riddled with ads that feature popular virtual singer Hatsune Miku and Hokkaido's cuisine and tourist attractions on Oct.3, 2014, in Singapore. The campaign for Japan's northernmost prefecture continues through Dec. 25.

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Urban Animal Album

OSAKA, Japan - Miku, Japan's oldest koala, eats eucalyptus leaves from the hand of a zoo attendant at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka on July 5, 2013. The koala turned 22 on July 26, 2014.

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Hatsune Miku train in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Passengers board a train in Bangkok painted with an illustration of Hatsune Miku, a popular Japanese character, on Aug. 16, 2013. The train bearing the advertisement -- paid for by the city government of Sapporo to attract more Thai tourists to the northern Japanese city -- will run between Bangkok international airport and central Bangkok until mid-September.

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Hatsune Miku brings about change in Japan music scene

TOKYO, Japan - Graphics designer Atsushi Wakamura smiles in Tokyo on Oct. 3, 2012, in front of computer panels showing promotion videos he has created for Hatsune Miku, a computer-generated idol singer. (Photo by Makoto Hori)

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Hatsune Miku brings about change in Japan music scene

TOKYO, Japan - Songwriter Hachioji P responds to cheers from the audience during a live concert in Tokyo on July 14, 2012, featuring the Hatsune Miku computer-generated idol singer. He wrote a song for Miku and took the role of DJ for the concert. (Photo by Toshiki Makino)

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Sony's Hatsune Miku limited-edition Walkman

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Sony Corp.'s Walkman portable music player with popular virtual idol Hatsune Miku etched on the back commemorating her fifth "birthday." Sony said on Aug. 3, 2012, that it will release in mid-August the limited edition. Online orders for 3,939 units of the model have been finished as being fully booked, according to the company the same day.

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Hatsune Miku snow statue

SAPPORO, Japan - A new 3-meter-tall snow statue of Hatsune Miku, a girl idol character for singing software, is built at Sapporo Snow Festival in Hokkaido on Feb. 11, 2012. A previous Miku statue collapsed on its own on Feb. 7, 2012, apparently due to warm weather, injuring a passer-by.

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Snow statue of Hatsune Miku

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo shows a 3-meter-tall snow statue of Hatsune Miku, a girl idol character for singing software, at Sapporo Snow Festival in Hokkaido on Feb. 6, 2012. The statue collapsed due to warmer weather the following day, injuring a passer-by.

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Vocaloid character Miku to promote Sapporo

SAPPORO, Japan - Sapporo Mayor Fumio Ueda (L) and Crypton Future Media Inc. President Hiroyuki Ito shake hands in Sapporo on Dec. 2, 2010, after signing a contract to use singing vocaloid character Hatsune Miku (picture in the back) to promote the city.

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Hachune Miku goes to Tottori

YONAGO, Japan - A 2-meter-tall papier-mache version of Hachune Miku (R), a popular ''vocaloid'' character with origins in a voice synthesizer software product, is transported to Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, on Oct. 12, 2010, to promote local leeks as she typically waves leeks held in her hand. On the left are Yonago City's leek character Yonegizu.

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Tokyo Olympics: Water Polo

Miku Koide of Japan scores a goal in a women's water polo preliminary round match against the United States at the Tokyo Olympics on July 24, 2021, at Tatsumi Water Polo Centre.

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Snow White (2005)

Julie Fournier & Zoe Mikuleczky Characters: Nico & Wanda (as Zoe Miku) Film: Snow White (2005) Director: Samir 07 August 2005 Date: 07 August 2005

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Virtual pop idol Hatsune Miku's 1st China gig

Japanese composer Isao Tomita, best known for his electronic compositions, speaks at a concert in Beijing on May 20, 2015. The concert combined performance by Japanese virtual pop sensation Hatsune Miku and Tomita's score inspired by Ihatov, a fictional utopia created by Japanese writer Kenji Miyazawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Oldest koala in Japan dies

Photo taken in July 2013 shows male koala Miku, the oldest koala in Japan. Miku died on April 16, 2015, at the age of 23, according to Tennoji Zoo in Osaka. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Makeup event for Sapporo Snow Festival

A snow sculpture of virtual singer Hatsune Miku is pictured at Sapporo Hitsujigaoka Observation Hill in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Feb. 3, 2021. It was created for an online event that began on Feb. 4 to make up for the cancellation of the annual Sapporo Snow Festival due to the coronavirus pandemic.