Why is Miku shown with a leek?


Many times when I see images of Hatsune Miku, she is shown holding a leek or
spring onion.

[![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/d8Eby.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/d8Eby.jpg)
[![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/S5CuN.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/S5CuN.png)
[![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9n5Zl.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9n5Zl.jpg)
[![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4tM9n.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4tM9n.jpg)

Apart from headphones and microphones, other popular and well known Vocaloids,
such as Rin, Len, Kaito and Luca, don't seem to have any strange items like
vegetables.

So why is Miku shown with a leek? And if there aren't any other Vocaloids with
strange items, why is she the only one?




Hatsune Miku holding a leek comes from a parody video of the Leekspin meme.
The Leekspin meme is a video of Orihime from _Bleach_ spinning a leek in one
of the episodes with the Finnish folk song _Ievan Polkka_ playing in the
background.

On another note, the vegetable she is holding is actually a "negi" or green
onion. However, the English dub for Bleach called it a leek.

Sources:

  * The Hatsune Miku parody video: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbbA9BhCTko>
  * Leekspin meme: <http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/leekspin-loituma-girl>




Hatsune Miku holding a leek comes from a parody video of the Leekspin meme.
The Leekspin meme is a video of Orihime from _Bleach_ spinning a leek in one
of the episodes with the Finnish folk song _Ievan Polkka_ playing in the
background.

On another note, the vegetable she is holding is actually a "negi" or green
onion. However, the English dub for Bleach called it a leek.

Sources:

  * The Hatsune Miku parody video: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbbA9BhCTko>
  * Leekspin meme: <http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/leekspin-loituma-girl>

