Panda Media Archive

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Main image of Kou Hin.

Aug 23, 2005

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Main image of Kouhin.

Aug 23, 2005

Lei Lei portrait

Portrait photo of Lei Lei.

Newborn twins Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei

Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei shortly after birth, July 2021.

Jul 1, 2021

Mother Shin Shin with the twins

Shin Shin with Lei Lei (left) and Xiao Xiao (right).

Dec 13, 2021

Playing at Ueno Zoo

Xiao Xiao (top) and Lei Lei (bottom) playing at Ueno Zoo.

Jan 12, 2022

Twins playing on the grass

Xiao Xiao (front) and Lei Lei playing on grass, March 2023.

Mar 10, 2023

Two-year-old twins eating bamboo

Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei eating bamboo around their second birthday.

Jun 23, 2023

Flying home to China

Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei aboard the flight returning them to China.

Jan 26, 2026

Lei Lei at ease

A portrait of Lei Lei.

At Ueno Zoo, April 2024

Xiao Xiao in the distance and Lei Lei at Ueno Zoo, April 2024.

Apr 1, 2024

Cubs, front and back

Lei Lei (front) and Xiao Xiao (behind), December 2021.

Dec 13, 2021

Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei (Tokyo Zoo Association)

Official photo of the twins from the Tokyo Zoological Park Society.

Lei Lei, the “bamboo harvester”

Lei Lei pauses mid-meal for two seconds, then keeps eating smoothly.

Mealtime with Lei Lei

Watch Lei Lei enjoy her meal.

Life at the Ya’an base

Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei settling into comfortable life at the Ya’an base, China.

Jan 31, 2026

Welcome home

Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei safely arrive back in China.

Jan 26, 2026

Last day in Japan

Over 100,000 watched the twins’ final public day at Ueno before flying home.

Jan 26, 2026

Long Sheng (龙昇) — portrait

Portrait of Long Sheng (studbook 518), the "Panda Heartthrob".

Jan 1, 2025

Long Sheng eating bamboo

Long Sheng enjoying bamboo.

Jan 1, 2025

Long Sheng in pool

Long Sheng relaxing in a water pool.

Jan 1, 2025

Long Sheng playing rotating toy

Long Sheng playing with a rotating enrichment toy.

Jan 1, 2025

Long Sheng in hanging basket

Long Sheng sitting in a hanging basket.

Jan 1, 2025