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"BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION"

Gender : Female (Rin)

             Male (Len)

Age : 14

Height : 5'0" / 152 cm (Rin)

            5'1.4" / 156 cm (Len)

Weight : 94.79lbs / 43kg (Rin)

             103lbs / 47kg (Len)

"PRODUCT INFORMATION"

Company : Crypton Future Media

Distributor : Crypton Future Media

Voice Provider : Asami Shimoda

Illustrator : KEI (Standard\2007)

                 Osamu (Append\2010) 

Reduced no. : CV02V2

                    CV02A 

Affiliation : YAMAHA

                 SEGA

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).

"VOCALOID 2"

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 November 8th 2007.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 December 3rd 2007.The package was priced at the same price as Hatsune Miku, even though there was two voicebanks in the box.

According to Asami Shimoda, Len's voice was achieved by singing within her chest, while Rin's at the top of her head