In January 2012, it was given its new name, KAGRA, deriving the "KA" from its location at the Kamioka mine and "GRA" from gravity and gravitational radiation.
在2012年1月，它被赋予了新的名字“KAGRA”，名字是从它的地点神冈矿山推导出“KA”，和从引力和引力辐射推导出“GRA”。