*Highest quality Japanese feminine vocal for VOCALOID2
*First "Feminine vocal type" of the VY series
*First VOCALOID to promise high quality
*First VOCALOID produced by Bplats
*First vocal of the VY series
*First VOCALOID2 to be released on iPad and iPhone
*First Avatar-less Japanese VOCALOID
*First of the VY series to be updated
*One of the first VOCALOIDs to be upgraded to VOCALOID3
*One of the first 4 VOCALOID3 vocals released for the engine.
*First VOCALOID4 vocal to be released.
*First VOCALOID to be upgraded to VOCALOID4
VY1 was first announced during the time when the focus was on Lily, and comparisons between the reaction in Japan towards Lily and VY1 have been noted and often brought up. Whereas Lily had many songs upon her release, VY1 was apparently slow to gain popularity. Due to its nature, some producers felt it was unemphatic and impersonal.
However over time, VY1's biggest hits in Nico Nico Douga were to come from 'new' producers who had never uploaded work using 'VOCALOID' before.
The song Cyber Thunder Cider reached the 1 million mark on Nico Video.