Ring Suzune

VFS-01R Ring Suzune (リング・スズネ; Ringu Suzune) is voiced by MiKA of the band Daisy x Daisy. she was described as "Light-hearted, doesn’t have high aspirations, but she’s hard-working."

History
In 2011 the "Everyone's Vocaloid project" (みんなのボカロ計画 Min-na no Vocalo Keikaku) contest was held. Entries from within Japan and overseas were allowed. In late May 2011, the winning contestants were picked out of the thousands of entries. This was one of two designs selected, they were announced at Vocaloid Festa 02.

Ring is set to be released in Fall/Winter 2011. She is confirmed Vocaloid 3, this means she will not be released before late September, this is when the Vocaloid 3 engine is released. A demo has been uploaded onto Nico Nico Douga and on youtube alongside Miku.

A release date of December 12, 2011 has now been confirmed.

Usage for Music
Ring has a vocal which is high pitched and cutsey sounding, from the demo it seems she has an innocent tone and handles higher notes quite well.

Reception
Ring's redesign received a lot of criticism from the Western fandom who noted that she was now quite different from her original design. There were many who loved her original design and argued that there was little point in the contest if the design was going to be dramatically different to the original. There was also complaints about her design being highly influenced by the Crypton Future Media Vocaloids, to the point some had labelled her as a "Miku clone".

Trivia

 * She has a "Ring" gimmick, hence her name, in the original artwork she had rings all over her body.
 * Her official name is in the western order.
 * Ring was drawn originally by Muraichi (むらいち) and was originally called "Ring Suzunone" (鈴音リング Susunone Ringu; "Bell Sound Ring").
 * Like the Kagamines, she and Lui are based on "R and L".
 * Note; "R" and "L" mean "Right and Left", 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 "right" and "left" on headphones. "R"and "L" refer to the right and left ear.
 * Ring's outfit is based on a maid's outfit.
 * The design of her headset is based on a piano. It is also meant to be reminding of a memory plug.
 * Due to an image showing headphones, paired with legs, being used as a place holder for Vocaloid 3 demos and announcements, it has been mistaken that she and Lapis were the Korean Vocaloids. The artist of the image tags it as Ring Suzune, so it is assumed the legs are meant to be hers.