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Kagamine Rin \ Len
  • Original boxart
  • Act2 boxart
  • Append boxart
Biographical information
Developer Crypton Future Media
Distributor Crypton Future Media
Illustrator  • KEI (Standard\2007)
 • Osamu (Append\2010)
Age 14
Technical Information
Voice provider Asami Shimoda
Additional information
Gender  • Female (Rin)
 • Male (Len)
Height  • 5'0" / 152cm (Rin)
 • 5'1.4" / 156cm (Len)
Weight  • 94.79lbs / 43kg (Rin)
 • 103lbs / 47kg (Len)
Product Code 30121
34120
Reduced Number CV02V2
CV02A
JAN Code 4511820073830
4511820080456
Affiliation YAMAHA


Kagamine Rin & Len (鏡音リン ・レン) is the second product released on December 27, 2007, they are Vocaloid2 Character Vocal Series developed by Crypton Future Media Ltd. (CFM), male voice (Len) and female voice (Rin). Their family name was from the developing code combining Kagami (鏡, mirror) and Ne (音, sound).

Contents

HistoryEdit

Crypton Future Media intended to project a Vocaloid with low-teen girl's voice at first following Miku Hatsune, but there was a demand for a boy's voice, so Crypton Future Media hired a voice actress who can produce both sounds. Kagamine Rin was the first voicebank developed and introduced to the Vocaloid consumer market on the 08/11/2007.[1] However, the package included two voicebanks: one for Rin and another for Len, both provided by the seiyū Asami Shimoda (下田 麻美 Shimoda Asami), Kagamine Len was unveiled later after Kagamine Rin on 01/12/2007.[2] The package was priced at the same price as Hatsune Miku, even though there was two voicebanks in the box.[3][4]

At the time of recording in 2007, their names had not yet been decided. Their given names of Rin and Len were said to be based on "right" and "left" according to Asami Shimoda. She later confirmed in an interview after the Append release, the name itself was based on the names of Ken and Rin from Hokuto no Ken, the names were derived from a discussion about names that were familiar from her childhood. According to Asami Shimoda, Len's voice was achieved by singing within her chest, while Rin's at the top of her head. [5][6]

Demos

Act 2Edit

On June 12, 2008, Crypton announced that the updated edition, named "Act2", would be released in early July 2008. Crypton Future Media apologised for the bad quality of the original Kagamine Rin/Len product. They explained that they had rushed the Kagamine product onto the market in suite of Hatsune Miku's success and promised to produce a better quality version to correct their mistake. The product itself had been in production between April and September 2007 and had not been changed between then and their release. The following April they continued to work on the vocals from where they were left off to tweak the issues surrounding them. Crypton Future Media also promised to speak more closely with the fans and keep them up to date more on their Vocaloid software progress in future.[8]

The new version was released to address issues with the original voicebanks that affected their ability to sing clearly. The Database was resuffled around to allow the voicebank libraries to handle the samples better and Crypton Future Media worked heavily to improve the vocals. Act2 was as an independent installation, coexisting with the initial software.[9] During the Kagamine Act2 production, Crypton Future Media also took the time to change the End User agreement on their CV series to make it easier to understand.[10]

Users who had bought the old version got an expansion disc free of charge, this continued until 20th September 2008 after which users could no longer register to recieve the Act2 software for free.[11][12] On June 18, 2008, beta demonstration songs using the new version were released on the company's official blog; at the same day, the act2 was released. The original version of the software is now retired from sale by Crypton Future Media themselves and it is now no longer possible to buy the software from them.[13][14][15]

Demos

Act 2 Kagamine Rin image (left) and original design (right) side by side
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As well as a new set of vocals for the pair KEI took the oppotunity to fix art flaws in their artwork.

Kagamine Rin's introduction artwork

  • Rin has "Act2" on her arm under her "02" tattoo.
  • Rin's top was changed in the introductonary image between versions around the armpit area. Frills were added to the bottom of her top in Act2
  • Her shoulder was not correctly drawn in the original version
  • All the yellow bands on her outfit were made bigger on Act2.
  • Her fringe was made thicker above the left eye.
  • In Kagamine Rin's artwork, her left knee was thicker and her right leg was too short. Kei corrected this in her Act2 version. Her right leg position changed and so did her Left foot position
  • Forearms have been shortened in Act2.
  • The cyber-on-normal clothing design on their detached sleeves were changed from a green bar to a blue one

Kagamine Len's introduction artwork

  • Kagamine Len has "Act 2" on his headphones.
  • The cyber-on-normal clothing design on the detached sleeves were changed from a green bar to a blue one
  • His fringe was reshaped, other strands were adjusted as well
  • Len's face, particularly around the cheekbones, have been reshaped.
  • His left knee has a minor tweak

Boxart changes;

  • Kagamine Rin's leg position was changed in their boxart so it was lifted up off the ground, the only way the previous position would have worked was if her leg was deformed or broken.
  • Kagamine Rin's knee is rounded instead of sharp
  • Both had the cyber-on details changed on their detached sleeves

Append - the Future of Rin/LenEdit

After Miku Append began, Rin and Len (鏡音リン・レン・アペンド) were confirmed to have appends being worked on. Len Append was in the process of production first and demos of his voice were given out; (high voice demo), (low voice demo). The append was officially released on December 27, 2010. The total number of voicebanks for each one is 6. There are 3 voicebanks being assigned to each Kagamine and had been created from vocal performance of their voice providers.[16]. Sample demo songs have been given out on Crypton's official page and their official Youtube channel online. Rin's appends are "power", "warm", and "sweet". Len's appends are "power", "cold", and "serious".[17][18]

Their Append outsold the Miku Append during the period after their release.[19][20] However, they did not maintain this, in June 2011, their Append had fallen to 8th place, one below Kaito's vocaloid voicebank.

MarketingEdit

As they were under development, Crypton had the concept of making a pair of male and female voicebanks. The first idea of the concept was twin voices of a girl and her mirror image of opposite gender, just like twins. [21]

CFM had an intention to distribute them as twins, but this was not adopted either. After seeing many works that depict their relationships differently, Crypton announced on a magazine interview that those would meet their ideal. Crypton did not decide to announce they are neither siblings nor lovers, as they did not want to tie down each user's free creative activities. [22][23]

KEI was given the concept Crypton intended, their approximate ages, an image of mirror, and an image of androids, but was not given any other directions when he was asked to illustrate Rin and Len by Crypton, as Kei had already illustrated Miku before. Rin was the first one to be illustrated and Len was made to match her, following Crypton's concept. Their leg parts are designed to mimic speakers.[24][25]

Their Append design and the Official Illustration of those ones were made by オサム (osamu) .


Good Smile RacingEdit

See Good Smile Racing

FigurinesEdit

Len and Rin figma figures
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The Kagamines have had several figurines made for them. Some are based on one and not the other, other times they have had a model each but were released seperately and on some occasions together.

Kagamine Rin has more figurines than Kagamine Len. As well as having a standard Figma and Nendoroid figurine each, Rin has had a figurine based on the "Meltdown Hard R.K. mix" PV. She has also appeared alongside Miku and Luka in the Good smile racing figurine promotions. When the first Pullip Dolls were released, both Rin and Len were released alongside Miku, they were based on the same body model as each other.

The pair have seen a number of Garage Kit packs as well.

US DebutEdit

The Kagamines appeared in the Los Angeles Mikunopolis concert in July 2, 2011, along with Hatsune Miku and Megurine Luka. Rin performed "Meltdown" in her Hard Rock remix outfit and Len performed 'Butterfly on Your Right Shoulder' (Ft. Rin).[26]

Guest AppearancesEdit

In Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei a pair of Len and Rin look a likes are seen in the waiting queue during the auditions of the role of Meru Meru, however they do not have the Kagamine's known colors.[27]

In the anime Maria†Holic Rin and Miku appear on a scene on episode 12, which can be seen on Youtube

In the manga Comic Party, during the fair there is a person wearing Rin's ribbon and has the same hairstyle as hers.

Voicebank LibrariesEdit

Vocaloid 2Edit

Kagamine Rin/Len (CV02) Edit

Kagamine Rin/Len (CV02)
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Development Information
Developer(s) Crypton Future Media
Initial Release December 27, 2007
Stable Release Vocaloid2
Development Status Retired; Replaced with "Kagamine Rin/Len - Act 2 (CV02)"
Operating System Windows 32-bit operating systems (XP, Vista)
Type Japanese Vocaloid
License Proprietary
Website Homepage
Technical Information
Voicebanks available  • Kagamine Rin
 • Kagamine Len


The Kagamine were released as a more advanced Vocaloid package then Hatsune Miku and contained 2 voicebanks for a male and a female Vocal. Since they were sold together as a pair at the same price as Hatsue Miku, the Kagamine package was considered a bargain for producers. Kagamine Rin's vocal is set as the default and users will have to switch to Kagamine Len's vocal manually. After the release of "Act2", the original vocals became referred to as "Act1" by both Crypton Future Media and Vocaloid fans.[28]
Kagamine RinEdit
Kagamine Rin
Optimum Genre Electro-pop, Enka, Pop, rock
Optimum Tempo 85 ~ 175BPM
Optimum Range F#3 ~ C#5
StrengthsEdit

The Character vocal series have characteristics about them which centres around their vocal abilities, and the Kagamine's focus is on the two opposing vocal packagaes Kagamine Rin and Kagamine Len and are sold as one package. Rin is a deeper teenage vocal than Hatsune Miku. Rin's pronounications are sharp compared to Kagamine Len's.

WeaknessesEdit

In terms of realism, however, she is about the same as Kagamine Len as that was not the focus of the Character Vocal series and is not very realisitic at all. Her vowel sounds are choppy and overall lacked smoothness with a number of vowel related sounds being absent. Compared to Hatsune Miku, Rin is considered difficult to use and requires some experience to be able to use her successfully. There are some complaints towards the Vocaloid within the Japanese fandom on how she sounds. One of the major issues is that she hardly pronounces her consonants.[29]

According to Asami Shimoda, some say Rin's voice echoes within their head and makes them feel dizzy.[30]
Kagamine Len Edit
Kagamine Len
Optimum Genre Dance, Enka, Pop, rock
Optimum Tempo 70 ~ 160BPM
Optimum Range D3 ~ C#5
StrengthsEdit

The Character vocal series have characteristics about them which centres around their vocal abilities, and the Kagamine's focus is on the two opposiing vocal packagaes Rin and Len. Len's vocal expands the software capablities by offering a vocal that fulfills a male role. He is a young boy sounding singer and the vocal range is in the Soprano scale. He can harmonize with Rin relatively easier than most Vocaloids due to having similar vocal capablities. His vocal range capablities are also slightly larger then Rin.[31] At a known optimum vocal range of #C5 Kagamine Len has the highest male vocal within the Vocaloid 2 range, however, take in mind that he was voiced by a female vocalist.

WeaknessesEdit

Len has a slight lisp-like sound which seperates his voice from Kagamine Rin. Even by retuning the voice of either Kagamine to sound like the other, results are never identical, and veteran Vocaloid fans can tell who is actually voicing the song. His vocals are not always as strong as Rin's on the high notes. Of the two voicebanks however, Len is often considered more difficult to work with than his counterpart, Rin. [32] A particular noted weakness of Len's voicebank is that he is limited in his capabilities of matching masculine vocal tones, owed to his voice provider being female. Therefore, he cannot produce a satisfactory low masculine vocal tone.[33] In terms of realism, however, he is about the same as Kagamine Rin as that was not the focus of the Character Vocal series and is not very realisitic at all. His vowel sounds are choppy and overall lacked smoothness with a number of vowel related sounds being absent. Compared to Hatsune Miku, Len is considered difficult to use and requires some experience to be able to use him successfully.

According to Asami Shimoda, there are some complaints towards the Vocaloid within the Japanese fandom on how they sound. Some say Len's high vocals do not appeal to those not fond of the pair.[34]

Kagamine Rin/Len - Act 2 (CV02) Edit

Kagamine Rin/Len - Act 2 (CV02)
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Development Information
Developer(s) Crypton Future Media
Initial Release July 18, 2008
Stable Release Vocaloid2
Development Status Unsupported as of Vocaloid 3
Operating System Windows 32-bit operating systems (XP, Vista)
Type Japanese Vocaloid
License Proprietary
Website Homepage
Technical Information
Voicebanks available  • Kagamine Rin (ACT2)
 • Kagamine Len (ACT2)


Act 2 was released to solve the Kagamine's pronunciation problems. [35][36] Act 2 is a separate installation, this version of the software later replaced the original and the original voicebanks were phased out of sale completely. Just as with the original, the default voicebank is Kagamine Rin and users will have to manually select Kagamine Len.

Kagamine RinEdit
Kagamine Rin (ACT2)
Optimum Genre Electro-pop, Enka, Pop, rock
Optimum Tempo 85 ~ 175BPM
Optimum Range F#3 ~ C#5
StrengthsEdit

Kagamine Rin Act 2 has improved vocals in Act 2 and is clearer and easier to use. The improvements mean the vocals are smoother and better suited for less experienced Vocaloid users than the previous voicebank was. For users with both versions, they have a choice between four voicebanks overall: the newer voicebanks or the older voicebanks, both with slightly different results. Rin's consonants issue has also been adjusted so that they sound clearer. Because of the off vocal differences between the original Kagamine voicebanks and Act 2, there is a large advantage with owning the newer version as they can be used for different results.

WeaknessesEdit
Her voicebank is less vivid and flexible and does not allow delicate settings or editing which gives a wider range of expression to experienced users. She cannot pronounce the h\ phonetic data and is missing other phonetic pronunciations in addition to what was missing from their original software release. Despite improvements, the remaining missing data still makes the Act 2 voicebank sound choppy in comparison to other Vocaloid voicebanks.[37][38] Like Hatsune Miku, the Kagamine Rin is one of the more out dated voicebanks and has some difficulty competing against newer voicebanks in terms of quality. Because of the change of tone, songs that suited the original voicebanks might not suit the new Act 2 version.
Kagamine Len Edit
Kagamine Len (ACT2)
Optimum Genre Dance, Enka, Pop, rock
Optimum Tempo 70 ~ 160BPM
Optimum Range D3 ~ C#5
StrengthsEdit

Kagamine Len Act 2 has improved vocals in Act 2 and is clearer and easier to use. The improvements mean the vocals are smoother and better suited for less experienced Vocaloid users than the previous voicebank was. For users with both versions, they have a choice between four voicebanks overall: the newer voicebanks or the older voicebanks, both with slightly different results. Len's vocal has the most improvements overall out of the two voicebanks within the package and was much closer sounding to his intended vocal type (young boy) than his previous version.

WeaknessesEdit
It is less vivid and flexible and does not allow delicate settings or editing which gives a wider range of expression to experienced users. He cannot pronounce the h\ phonetic data and is missing other phonetic pronunciations in addition to what was missing from their original software release. Despite improvements, the remaining missing data still makes the Act 2 voicebanks sound choppy in comparison to other Vocaloid voicebanks.[39][40] Like Hatsune Miku, the Kagamine Len is one of the more out dated voicebanks and has some difficulty competing against newer voicebanks in terms of quality. Kagamine Len remains even in this version the weaker of the two voicebanks. Songs that suited the original voicebanks will not always work well with his Act 2 and because of his bigger vocal changes between the two versions, this can often be more so with Len than with Rin.

Kagamine Rin/Len (CV02); Append Edit

Kagamine Rin/Len (CV02);Append
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Development Information
Developer(s) Crypton Future Media
Initial Release December 27, 2010
Stable Release Vocaloid2
Development Status Unsupported as of Vocaloid 3
Operating System Windows 32-bit operating systems (XP, Vista)
Type Expansion pack
License Proprietary
Website Homepage
Technical Information
Voicebanks available  • Kagamine Rin:

POWER , WARM, SWEET

 • Kagamine Len:
POWER, COLD, SERIOUS


The Append release also gave older Kagamine users the chance to update the Vocaloid2 engine to a newer version, as the Append had the latest engine version. Users also need the Kagamine Rin/Len Act2 voicebanks to be able to install and use the Append voicebanks - the Append will not work with the original voicebanks. There are differences in the 6 Append voicebanks in terms of performance and some are more smoother then others, the Appends themselves were overall much smoother and of a higher quality than the original voicebanks.
Kagamine Rin Append: POWEREdit
Kagamine Rin Append: POWER
Optimum Genre Rocks/Pops/Dance musics/Enka
Optimum Tempo 65 ~ 170BPM
Optimum Range F#3 ~ B#4
StrengthsEdit

More details to follow.

WeaknessesEdit
More details to follow.
Kagamine Rin Append: WARMEdit
Kagamine Rin Append: WARM
Optimum Genre Soft rocks/Ballades/Pops/Folks
Optimum Tempo 60 ~ 160BPM
Optimum Range F#3 ~ B#4
 
StrengthsEdit

More details to follow.

WeaknessesEdit
This is the weakest voicebank in terms of smoothness for Rin out of the Appends.
Kagamine Rin Append: SWEETEdit
Kagamine Rin Append: SWEET
Optimum Genre Bossa Nova/French Pops/Ambient music/Electronica
Optimum Tempo 55 ~ 155BPM
Optimum Range G#3 ~ C#5
 
StrengthsEdit

More details to follow.

WeaknessesEdit
More details to follow.
Kagamine LEN Append: POWEREdit
Kagamine Len Append: POWER
Optimum Genre Rocks/Pops/Dance musics/Enka
Optimum Tempo 65 ~ 170BPM
Optimum Range A#2 ~ D#4
 
StrengthsEdit

More details to follow.

WeaknessesEdit
More details to follow.
Kagamine LEN Append: COLD Edit
Kagamine Len Append: COLD
Optimum Genre Soft rocks/Ballades/Pops/Folks
Optimum Tempo 65 ~ 160BPM
Optimum Range B#2 ~ C#4
 
StrengthsEdit

More details to follow.

WeaknessesEdit
This is the weakest of the Append voicebanks for Len in terms of easy trasnactions between a few vowels.
Kagamine LEN Append: SERIOUSEdit
Kagamine Len Append: SERIOUS
Optimum Genre Post Rocks/Phsyke/Ambient music/Ambient dub/Electronica
Optimum Tempo 55 ~ 155BPM
Optimum Range A#2 ~ C#4
 
StrengthsEdit

More details to follow.

WeaknessesEdit
More details to follow.

Examples of UsageEdit

kagamination HEART

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Author(s): Anmerutsu-P
Category: Original Song
Featuring: All Kagamine voicebanks.

Nicovideo Broadcast / Youtube Broadcast


Melt

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Author(s): Nanameue-P
Category: Cover Song
Featuring: Kagamine Rin Act1, Kagamine Len Act1

Nicovideo Broadcast / Youtube Broadcast


Rin Rin Signal

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Author(s): Signal-P
Category: Original Song
Featuring: Kagamine Rin Act2, Kagamine Len Act2

Nicovideo Broadcast / Youtube Broadcast


Notable Kagamine songsEdit

Main article: Songs featuring Kagamines
Main article: Songs featuring Kagamines/Rin
Main article: Songs featuring Kagamines/Len
Main article: Youtube List/Kagamine Rin/Len Songs

PopularityEdit

The Kagamine's package in 2nd place, 12/10/2011, this is the usual place they hold in the top ten Crypton products list. Note; Meiko and the Kagamine append were missing from the list
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They were slow to gain popularity in the Japanese fandom after the backlash of their original voicebanks and although they have 2nd highest number of songs combined, they are not as popular as Hatsune Miku who came before them. Thier designs have also spawned many producer based derivatives.

In the Japanese fandom, Rin is the more popular of the two Vocaloids with more related works than her counterpart Len. Part of the problem in the Japanese fandom was owed to the backlash of Kaito's failure, male voicebanks had so little demand at that time and Len's voicebank was left as the only male Vocaloid 2 vocal until Gakupo's release, and was not used as often as Rin's voicebank.[41]

A independant Vocaloid search on Nico Nico Douga revealed that most Vocaloids had less then 1,000 videos uploaded on Nico Nico Douga in between July 1 and December 15 2011. The Kagamines, however had managed to gain enough views not to fall into this problem. Rin had received 2811 uploads while Len had received 2021. Rin had the 3rd highest total views during this period of any Vocaloid with 5327456 views and 477046 mylists, and Len managed with 4555580 views and 413901 mylists. When sorted by average, Len was third with 2254.12 views per video (and 204.8 mylists, which was more than Miku’s) and Rin’s was 1895.22/169.71. However, when the views were based on the more accurate mean total number of views, Len and Rin rounded out the top six with 355 views/16 mylists and 349 views/16 mylists respectively per video coming bottom of the top 6 Vocaloids. The Kagamine software was the only Vocaloid package to be be in all top 6 lists besides Gumi.[42]

The Appends for the Kagamine Vocaloids were better received than the Miku Append, though they did not sell as well overall as the Miku Append and did not remain in the top ten Crypton Future Media software rankings.

TriviaEdit

  • It took 25 hours (4 hours a day) to record all the Kagamine Appends.[43]
  • Some call Rin and Len by the incorrect names "Lin" and/or "Ren". Though the romanized version of the word could be either, the English version has been confirmed as "Rin and Len" and since there is no dubbed version to content with, the names remain the only official names in existence for the Vocals. This is also backed up by the origins of their names as "R" (Rin)" and "L" (Len).
    • Note; "L" and "R" mean "Left and Right", they are the letters you find on a set of headphones (and sometimes other equipment such as speakers). Usually there is not enough space to write "left" and "right" on headphones. "L" refers to left ear and "R" is right ear.
  • On the Mikunopolis website their profile reads the following statement; "The Kagamine twins are well known for their very clear and precise vocals". Considering their history of lack of clarity and/or pronounication problems, as well as Act 2 of the software missing a pronounication entirely, this is a little bit of an exaggeration on the website host's part. Also the statement "Just with a few tweaks here and there they could sing almost any other genres as well" is also some questionable due to their reputation of requiring previous experience to use and often at times needed more then just a few tweaks to make them work.[44]
  • Rin has a G-clef (Treble-clef) on her shirt, Len has a F-clef (Bass-clef) on his. In their Append redesigns they are found on chokers rather then their shirts.
  • With a total of 10 voicebanks, Asami Shimoda is the vocal provider with the most Vocaloid voicebanks for commerical sale based on any single vocaloid provider. This also makes the Kagamine package the most expansive set of vocals within the Vocaloid 2 era and to date the most of any Vocaloid package. However, most new users will only have access to 8 vocals due to the original's retirement.
  • Continuing the tradition of the Item War Internet Meme, many items were preposed for the pair. In the end, Len's item was a Banana because his hair was commented to resemble a bunch of bananas while Rin's item was an Orange since her bow gave the impression of a Orange leaves on a orange and this became her item. Before her release, Rin had the Road Roller assigned to her by accident in a video that recieved many views suddenly on December 1, 2007. Kagamine Len had yet to be revealed at the time of the Road Roller meme.[45]

Notable for...Edit

  • First and only dual voicebanks released with two "Vocaloids" in one package
  • First Vocaloids to be updated
  • First male (Len) released for Vocaloid 2
  • First vocal (Len) released not to be the same gender as the provider
  • First male (Len) to be Appended

GalleryEdit

Notice: Due to the number of artwork both official and non-official, only significant artwork and MMD models will be listed. And please, respect the producers of the models and do not distribute illegally or edit without permission. In some cases, a producer known or unknown may have already ceased distribution of said model, possibly due to violations of the terms of use.

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Kagamine Rin and Len original boxart illustration
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Kagamine Rin and Len's Act 2 boxart illustration
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Kagamine Rin Act 2, art by KEI
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Kagamine Len Act 1, art by KEI
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Kagamine Len Act 2, art by KEI
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Kagamine Rin and Len's Append illustration
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Concept art for Kagamine Rin and original introductionary Rin artwork
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Concept art for Kagamine Len and original introductionary Len artwork
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Some early sketches and conceptual arts of Vocaloid Miku, Rin and Len.
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Miku, Rin, and Len (concept) illustration by KEI - artbook VOCALOIDs Unofficial illustrations (pg 18-19)
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Kagamine Append boxart illustration - artwork by オサム (osamu)
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Another version of the Append artwork known to exist where both Rin and Len have a eye open
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Rin Append sketch
Illu Vocaloid Kagamine Len Append-sketch.jpg
Len Append sketch
MMDmodel Kagamine Animasa.jpg
MMD models by Animasa
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MMD model by Nakao
MMDmodel Kagamine Mqdl&Dede.jpg
MMD Append models by Mqdl & でで (Dede)
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DTM magazine - Kagamine Append
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Len Append as he appears in Project Diva
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Rin Append as she appears in Project Diva
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Rin Append as she appears in Project Diva Arcade
Osamu Len Append PDA.jpg
Len Append as he appears in Project Diva Arcade
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Tinier Me Kagamine Rin (Hatsune Miku x TinierMe Collab)
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Tinier Me Kagamine Len (Hatsune Miku x TinierMe Collab)
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Tinier Me Kagamine Rin Append (Hatsune Miku x TinierMe Collab)
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Tinier Me Kagamine Len Append (Hatsune Miku x TinierMe Collab)
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Kagamine Rin from the videogame Project Mirai
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Kagamine Len from the videogame Project Mirai

External linksEdit

links and passwords are provided publicly by model producer(s), within video summaries

Loda.jp (Nakao) - (sm12806666) 鏡音リン_n式ver1.04
NicoVideo (Mqdl) - (sm13010409) 【MMD】リンAppendモデルでリンリンリンってしてくりん (mqdl.jpn.org/public/rinApXSb.zip)
Loda.jp (Dede) - (sm13422693) でで式鏡音レンAPPEND1.0.2
Loda.jp (Dede) - LenAPPDDv1.1

ReferencesEdit

  1. link
  2. link
  3. [1] Official Profile Asami Shimoda
  4. [2] Asami Shimoda's Blog
  5. "VOCALOID MANIACS","DTM magazine"15(1)(No.165, 2008.1, Published by Terashima Jouhou Kikaku, P26
  6. [3] Weekly Plus - VOCALOID『鏡音リン・レンAppend』発売記念インタビュー第2弾は声優の下田麻美さん♪ (Len Append, interview with Shimoda Asami)
  7. More versions of this song
  8. link
  9. proof
  10. link
  11. link
  12. link
  13. [4] Crypton Rin/Len Kagamine act2
  14. [5] Richier - Hatsune Miku Note May 29, 2008
  15. [6] Nico Nico Gosanke Wiki: Rin Kagamine
  16. [7] Tweets - 8:50 PM Apr 12th, 2011
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  38. VocaloidOtaku - Japanese Vocaloids Comparative Charts and Tips
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  • man I want a len figuring. He's awesome.

  • Is the Synchronecity(sp?) series still gonna continue by any chance?

  • I LOVE KAGAMINES!!!!!!!!

  • The only good Kagamine voicebanks are Len Cold and Serious. I can't stand any of the other Kagamine voicebanks. No offense to Kagamine lovers.

  • I really hope that crypton decides to update Rin and Len to V3, as with the other vocals. They can fix their vocals even more, and add in all of the missing pronounciations. Do it Crypton.

    Do it.

    Or I will send Steve after you and send you into a time loop.

    • Yes. They should do it.

      Even if you use Rin/Len to V3 there really isn't much difference, but I don't use them, so I can't really judge can't I. :-/

  • Kagamine Rin and Len are in the list for potential singers to sing at the 2012 London Olympics Opening Ceremony; however at the moment they are 40th while Miku is all the way up at 1st. Your votes can change this. Just type into google "singers you'd like to perform at the 2012 Olympics" and click on the vote button next to their name. Time for the Kagamine Revolution! OK!

    • That is not a poll that has any bearing on who will sing at the Olympics. Its just to see who people would like.

      Man, if they had Iroha Nekomura...n_n

      Or an awesome Engloid! That would be much more likely, considering its the British Olympics.

    • Hehee, people still think thats offical? ;-)

      That poll sort of reminds me of a cannabis debate back in hgihschool we wherein we found out the ones who want it the most were the ones who were more likely to vote. In the other foot, those not bothered or didn't want it were actually less likely to vote because they just didn't care. That was in the late 90s I note.

      so in other words, sometimes these polls can be more misleding then they intend to be. Plus, in due respects, the reason why that poll has so many votes in because it got world wide attention. Not everyone in the world knows Lady Gaga, but a lot of people know Miku. ;-)

    • 40th? Dude they're in the 23rd. And if it gets any higher the Kagamines' will just be a subject of flames :-/

      @Dizzyzebra I'd use different IP addresses to spam Iroha if it's there ^-^ Miku, Luka, and the Kagamines are apparently there, though.

  • GO KAGAMINES!!!!!GO!!!! >.<

  • Sorry my message appeared three times. Our internet is haywire today -_-' really really sorry!

  • What's on Len's back?

  • Thank You Angel Emfrbl.Ban Me If You Want ._. I Bet Im Annoying....

  • Im STILL New So..What The Heck Is A Append? Ignore This If You Want.Im Am So Stupid...Sorry..... ._. .-.

  • Dear people who watched or lIstened to the 7 deadly sIns serIes (IncludIng Daughter/servant of evIl,) the "masters"are based off the 4 last thIngs In the bIble death of sInner(master of the graveyard),God's judgement(master of the court),Glory/heaven (master of the heavenly yard), & hell(master of the hellIsh yard) ,hope thIs helps

  • The picture indication is wrong... The original kagamine boxart is this
    Act1
    Antonio LopezAdded by Antonio Lopez

    and the act 2 is this one...

    Act2
    Angel EmfrblAdded by Angel Emfrbl

    =____=) sorry for my bad english...

    Edit: Post edited by me because the size of the image was annoying so I compacted it into small thumbnails. My apologises but it was a little too big. :-/ One-Winged Hawk 21:45, April 21, 2012 (UTC)

  • I REALLY Wish Thay Well Make A English Ver.On Rin And Len (Yes Its Me Again the Person Who Asked How To Make Volcaloid Songs)(Btw Im A Girl)

  • Only one piece of art for the Kagamine's refuses to show itself; Kagamine Len the original artwork. We have his joint with Rin, his Act 2 and Append, but not "act1" art.

    • Yeah! we even have the earlier sketches of him rather than his Act1 artwork =/

    • Knowing it exists *somewhere* is rather fustrating, even Rin's Act1 isn't perfect, her hand is cut off.

      But the thing is, it may have never been uploaded onto the net itself, but it should at least be in a book somewhere, even a scan would do. :-/

    • God bless google, I found Len Act 1 in Kagamine-len.com LOL

      The most noticable difference is the hair, and that arm band thingie.

    • May I kiss your feet and worship the very gorund you stand on Unknown? O3O

      Can you make miracles happen and find a complete version of act 1 Rin without her fingers missing?

    • Yes :3

      I gotta say that it's impossible, "technically" it's not there. I searched around for a few minutes. Turns out that someone posted Rin Act 1 illust, and it was around November 2007. I checked Crypton's blog and traced the entries on November 2007, but there's none. I figured if it's not from Crypton's blog I can't think of anything else.

      THEN I found another blog, with the same pose and finger loss saying THAT fingerless Rin is a screenshot from Crypton's usual CV series section site. And that entry was posted on November 2007 as well.

      So, I figured out it's a screenshot from Crypton's blog back on November, and it's impossible to get it anywhere else because Len HAD to came into the picture and there's two of them now (which is the usual Kagamine pose). :3

      Long story short, the fingerless Rin picture was a screenshot, it's not available anymore thanks to Len, and, I guess it will remain fingerless forever.

      ... The poster in Kagamine-len.com probably got it before the two merged into that usual Kagamine pose? ._.

    • So we're stuck with the finger-missing version and tiny version. Thats too bad, but it will have to do for now (Angel Emfrbl logged on another computer btw here).

      The alternative is to photoshop the fingers of Act2 to get the fingers on Act1. The fingers are identical to each other in both images, there was no change done to the hands by KEI. Its not the most faithful solution though I might add.  :-/

    • Brief experiment with that idea, not a solution either. The fingers are the same but the detached sleeves are different. So its out of the question.

    • Are you looking for a specific res? While I was looking for Rin Act 1 I've seen a few of them around Len Act 2's size + missing fingers.

    • I wouldn't worry about it. What we've got will do/ :-/

  • Who here listens to either Monochrome Monolouge by Len, or The Corrupted Flower by Rin and Len

    • Yep right here, if it's hitoshizuku-p or nem with rin and/or len then i've heard them all. Even own a few albums :3

    • VOC@M@S 20 is coming soon. A lot of crossfades are up and I wish Hitoshizuku-P would upload something >_<

      And then labeled by KarenT. So I can download it from HearJapan or iTunes.

      A lot of album crossfade uploads these days... And there's that Nuko Len Len compilation album... :-/ Nice Ps participating.

  • I dont understand len's personality

    in some pics he seems happy go lucky like rin

    but in the description and some pics, he seems to be cold and serious

    • The Vocaloids (well most of them anyway) don't have personnelities, thus they can be anything the producer wants them to be. Hence why he can be happy one PV and cold in the next. It really depends on what the Producer wants the Vocaloid to act as.

    • Cold and serious. I see what you did there.

      The more time I spend in this fandom, the less I care about personalities :-/

    • I stopped caring about personnelities of characters back in 2006.

      It doesn't matter if a character is silly or serious they all get treated Othe same way by fans.

  • http://www.impressjapan.jp/books/2515

    this book tells you more on Vocaloids Hatsune Miku and the Kagamines. Pity we can't get hold of that, but I thought I'd add the url here for notes while I'm adding new ifnormation

  • Ah... Finally got round to labelling act 2 artwork, uploading original artwork and Act 2 boxart. :-3

    • I just noticed why KEI moved Rin's leg in Act two in her pose with Len... Ouch...The only way that original leg pose would have worked with Rin is if either her leg was curved or broken. O_O'

    • Been tracking down our missing demos for the CFM Vocaloids, its not that easy as it happens... Starting with the Kagamines (because its the page I'm on). It involves reading for the CFM blog. Lots of text I can't read much of.

    • Finally found that blog entry where CFM apologised for the Kagamine original voicebanks shubby quality. I had a hard time believing Crossfrowne History essay, I admit that much, just because Cross never bothering to link to that 1 blog entry. Its not I was doubting Cross was right it was thatit wasn't source so it was hard to seperate fact from opinion. ^_-

  • Kagamine Act 2 was released a day before my b-day!!!! :D

  • Please create a Kagamine Rin \ Len English Version like Miku! I'm sure many fans would agree with me!

    • Well ... Asami shimoda is now learning english but its dtill unknown if the kagamines will ever get an english va and oh ... PLEASE READ THE ARTICALE c:

  • Hey who watched Sigh by Rin Kagamine?

  • Guys enough with the Neru stuff. It's a kagamine page so lets talk about them ok.

  • Isn't it strange that in Kagamine Rin and Len's page, we are talking if Akita Neru is a Vocaloid or not

    • We're not talking about it anymore.

      So yeah, please don't talk about it, if anyone does I have to start deleting comments. The conversation will naturally move out of view if everyone ignores it anyway.

    • Ignore it focus on the Kagamine's please. The person aqlready asked the subject to be dropped and i think we should respect his/hers request.

  • Hello Guys! Im A New Vocaloid Fan And I Want To Know:How Do U Do The Songs?(Are They Like Songs Made From People? Im VERRY SORRY Im New Here) Thx In Advance And BTW Lens Voice Is PURE AWESOMENEESSS

    • Step 1 - Buy a vocaloid + install it (watch what language you buy, you don't want a Vocaloid you can't actually use)

      Step 2 - write a VSQ file in the software itself by add bars (notes) and lyrics, all the while tweaking and editing the file to make the Vocaloid sound its best.

      Step 3 - either ReWire the software to work with a DAW suite or export the file as a .wav THEN import it into a DAW suite

      Step 4 - add BGM, EQ and generally play with the vocals with vocal editing software.

      Step 5 - Save all your hardwork

      Done.

    • Vocaloid is some sort of a band that uses computers for singing.They use voice of people, make the characters and from then, songs can be produced.Rin and Len's is has a family name and calledd twins.That is because a girl that was able to make a boy's voice, made rin and len

    • Must... Resist... Sarcasm comment...

      Here's a suggestion; anon above me.

      Read this wiki. It has pages that could help you avoid stating ludacris statements like that.

      But of course no one ever reads.

    • I am not sure they were serious quite honestly... O_O

    • Not sure if people are being sarcastic. Or just plain wrong. XD

      A looooong time ago I kept on seeing those comments saying Vocaloid is -insert something that isn't a vocal synthesizing software e.g. an anime, a band, a game, etc here-

      And those comments are disturbing because I can't tell is it sarcasm or not. And I didn't know much about "Vocaloid" that time.

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