Kagamine Rin
Crypton's twin VOCALOID little sister character
Female voice part of the twin VOCALOIDs released by Crypton Future Media. Modeled after a 14-year-old with the voice of an energetic pubescent girl.
Quotes
- I'll do my best!
- I'll sing full of energy!
- I'll always be by your side.
Trivia
- Name 'Rin' inspired by character from manga 'Fist of the North Star'.
- Yellow vegetables/fruits matching hair color initially fan item guess, but road roller became popular.
- Voice actress Asami Shimoda handles both Rin and Len roles alone.
- Headset is white, contrasting Hatsune Miku's black.
- Characteristic design: speaker on left boot.
- act2 version smoothed sound transitions for easier use.
Alternate names
Kagamine Rin
Rin
Rin-chan
Profile
- Species
- Humanoid virtual singer
- Gender
- Female
- Birthday
- December 27
- Birth year
- 2007
Appearance
- Overall appearance
- 14-year-old girl with blonde hair and emerald green eyes. Wears a white and black sailor uniform with a yellow ribbon. Has a ribbon-like ornament on the top of her head, and a white headset. The boot on her left foot has a speaker attached.
- Height
- 152cm
- Weight
- 43kg
- Eye color
- Green
- Hair color
- Blond
- Distinguishing features
-
- Headset
- Yellow ribbon
- Speaker-attached boots
- Iconic items
-
- Yellow ribbon
- White sailor uniform
- Headset
- Speaker-attached boots
- Road roller (as fan item)
Personality and abilities
- Core personality
- Energetic
- Detailed personality
- 14-year-old pubescent girl, imagined with a bright and energetic personality, utilizing a lively voice in many songs. Official settings avoid specifying detailed relationships to allow creative range.
- Keywords
-
- Energetic
- Bright
- Lively
- Cute
- Versatility
- Dependable little sister
- Talents
-
- Singing
- Multi-genre performance
- Broad vocal range
- Expressiveness
- Song creation support
- Skills
-
- Speech synthesis operation
- DTM usage
- Performance
- Live appearances
- VOCALOID content expansion
- Motivation
- To shine in more songs and deliver the joy of music and creation to many people.
- Habits
- No specific catchphrases in official settings, to allow creative range.
- Favorite colors
- Orange
- Favorite foods
- Unknown
- Hobbies
- Singing, Performance
History
- Backstory
- Second release in Crypton Future Media's 'Character Vocal Series' developed after the huge success of Hatsune Miku. Brother-sister twin setting was considered in planning but not adopted officially; names and family ties treated as codenames to avoid limiting creativity.
- Debut date
- December 27, 2007
- Work title
- Kagamine Rin & Len
- Media type
- Software
act2 update
- Significant event
- act2 update
- Description
- act2 released in July 2008 for improved sound quality, enabling smoother singing and better ease of use.
Kagamine Rin & Len Append release
- Significant event
- Kagamine Rin & Len Append release
- Description
- Additional library released December 27, 2010, enabling new expressions like shaded emotional vocals.
V4X release
- Significant event
- V4X release
- Description
- VOCALOID4-compatible V4X released December 24, 2015, including 6 Japanese and English libraries.
Piapro Characters Super Pack release
- Significant event
- Piapro Characters Super Pack release
- Description
- August 2024 release of super pack with latest tuned voice libraries from older versions.
Happy 14th Birthday project
- Significant event
- Happy 14th Birthday project
- Description
- 2022 Crypton-hosted project celebrating 14th set age and history, with online-only live, books, and merchandise.
Relationships
Kagamine Len
The other twin counterpart. Official settings do not specify sibling relations etc. to allow creative range.
Hatsune Miku
Teammate
Fellow Piapro Characters member, together energizing the music scene.
Megurine Luka
Teammate
Also Piapro Characters member, with many collaborations and joint songs.
Piapro Characters
Piapro Characters: member
Media appearances
Kagamine Rin & Len
Software / Protagonist
Released December 27, 2007
Kagamine Rin & Len act2
Software / Protagonist
July 2008
Kagamine Rin & Len Append
Software / Protagonist
December 27, 2010
Kagamine Rin & Len V4X
Software / Protagonist
December 24, 2015
Kagamine Rin & Len Happy 14th Birthday Party 'Two You☆★'
Event / Protagonist
July 7-8, 2022
Voice cast and creators
Asami Shimoda
- Voice actor
- Asami Shimoda
- Language
- Japanese
- Version or series
- Original VOCALOID2
- Notes
- Female voice library performer
Crypton Future Media
- Creator name
- Crypton Future Media
- Role
- Original author
KEI
- Creator name
- KEI
- Role
- Character designer
Related goods
Kagamine Rin Nendoroid
- Item name
- Kagamine Rin Nendoroid
- Category
- Figure
- Availability
- Regular
Kagamine Rin & Len 1/8 scale figure
- Item name
- Kagamine Rin & Len 1/8 scale figure
- Category
- Figure
- Availability
- Regular
Trading mini figures
- Item name
- Trading mini figures
- Category
- Figure
- Availability
- Regular