[Kagamine Rin & Len] Vocaloid2 02

Released on December 27, 2007, Kagamine Rin・Len (鏡音リン・レン) is the second installment of the Vocaloid Character Vocal Series developed by Crypton Future Media Ltd (CFM), male voice (Len) and female voice (Rin). At first, CFM projected a Vocaloid with low-teen girl's voice following Miku Hatsune, but there was a demand for a boy's, so CFM adopted a voice actress who can produce both sounds. The developer says that their family name was from the developing code combining Kagami (鏡, mirror) and Ne (音, sound), i.e., they are the mirror reflections meaning Rin "right" and Len "left".


This is, however, not an official announcement of CFM. Also CFM had an intension to distribute them as twins, this idea was not adopted, either. Still CFM seems to have no objection to this prevailing knowledge. According to Crypton's official blog, the package includes two voice banks: one for Rin and another for Len, both provided by the seiyū Asami Shimoda (下田 麻美).

Asami Shimoda

Despite the double voice banks, the package still sells at the same price as Miku Hatsune.

On June 12, 2008, Crypton announced the updated edition, named "act2", released in early July 2008. Users who had bought the old version got an expansion disc free of charge. On June 18, 2008, beta demonstration songs using the new version were released on the company's official blog.


The act.2 version is an independent installation, and coexists with the initial software.

Rin Kagamine

Other names: 鏡音鈴 (Unofficial name in Nico Nico Douga Chinese broadcast)
Gender: Female
Age: 14
Height: 152 cm (5'0")
Weight: 43 kg (94.79 lbs)
Optimum genre: Electro-pop, rock, pop - Enka
Optimum Tempo: 85～175BPM
Optimum Range: F # 3 ~ C # 5
Character Items: Roadroller, Mikan orange, yellow onion

Len KagamineOther Names: 鏡音連 (Unofficial name in Nico Nico Douga Chinese broadcast)

Gender: Male
Age: 14
Height: 156 cm (5'1.4")
Weight: 47 kg (103 lbs)
Optimum genre: Pop, dance, rock - Enka
Optimum tempo: 70～160BPM
Optimum range: D 3 ~ C # 5
Character Items: Roadroller, banana, pineapple


Merchandise CD album
鏡音リン・レン カバーアルバム「Prism」 (Kagamine Rin/Len Cover Album 「Prism」)~ 鏡音リン・レン feat. 下田麻美 (Kagamine Rin/Len feat. Asami Shimoda)

Release Date: June 10, 2009
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Universal Japan.
Length: 57:22 minutes

1. Kokoro (Heart/Soul)
2. Daybreak
3. Rival
4. Ganbaro uyo
5. Otenba hime no uta
6. Rin Rin signal
7. Itazura Musume
8. Soundless voice
9. Zenmai shikake no komoriuta
10. South North Story
11. Meltdown
12. Gemini
13. Prism








http://vocaloid.wikia.com/wiki/Rin/Len_Kagamine