Rim (singer)
Rim, stylized in all caps, is a Japanese singer and virtual YouTuber represented by Kamitsubaki Studio. She uploads original songs as well as covers in both Japanese, English, and Korean.
Her character was designed by character designer Palow, and her songs are mostly produced by singer-songwriter and vocaloid producer Mao Sasagawa.
History
On October 18, 2019, in a livestream by fellow virtual singer Kaf, she announced the creation of the YouTube-based creative label Kamitsubaki Studio, as well as their record label, Kamitsubaki Records. Alongside the announcement of the label, it was announced that Rim would be making her debut that same day, while other talents Harusaruhi and Isekaijoucho would be making their debuts at a later time. The same year, on December 20, she made her musical debut with the song You and Me.In January 2020, she released her second song, Carnivorous Plant, which went viral on TikTok and currently sits at 49 million views on YouTube. Later that same year, one year after the release of her debut song, she held her first online live concert Chocolate Live on YouTube, featuring covers of J-pop and Vocaloid songs.
In March 2021, at Kaf's third one-man live Fukakai 2 Q2, the virtual artist group V.W.P was formed, which featured her, alongside Kaf, Harusaruhi, Isekaijoucho, and Koko. On May of that year, she held her first one-man live concert Neuromance and a month later, released her first album New Romancer.
In October 2022, the CeVIO AI voicebank RIME was released, which featured Rim as the voice provider. She was also released as a text-to-speech library for Voicepeak in February 2024. The same month, she released the single Inner Child, which was used as the opening theme for the Japanese drama adaptation of the manga series Boy's Abyss.
In 2023, she released the song Eloim, which was used as the theme song for the horror movie The Forbidden Play. Later that year, she released her second studio album New Romancer 2.