KOTOKO

KOTOKO×ALTIMA promoting "PLASMIC FIRE" (2016)

KOTOKO (ことこ) is a Japanese singer, composer and lyricist specialising in video game and anime theme songs. After a ten year association with production team I've Sound she started her own management company Orpheeco (オルフェコ) in 2011. Her most recent releases have been via Warner Home Video.

Profile

• Stage Name: KOTOKO
• Birthplace: Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
• Date of Birth: January 19th
• Blood Type: A
• I've Sound: (October 2000 to May 2011)

KOTOKO promoting "Real Onigokko" (2007)

KOTOKO promoting "BLAZE" (2008)

KOTOKO promoting "SCREW" (2009)

KOTOKO promoting "Loop-the-Loop" (2010)

KOTOKO promoting "Light My Fire" (2011)

KOTOKO promoting "Restart" (2012)

KOTOKO promoting "Kuchuu Puzzle" (2013)

KOTOKO promoting "ZoNE-iT" (2014)

Trivia

KOTOKO is the subject of two long running internet rumours. The first is that her year of birth is 1980. There are reasons to believe this may be correct. The other rumour is that her family name is Horikawa. That is almost certainly not true. Unfortunately these rumours can neither be proved or disproved. Nevertheless they are copied from site to site by people who should know better. KOTOKO has exercised her legal right under Japanese law not to place her year of birth or her family name in the public domain.

Discography

Albums

• [2000.12.29] Sora wo Tobetara... (空を飛べたら…; I Fly to the Sky) (Indies)
• [2004.04.21] hane (羽 -hane-; Feather)
• [2005.06.08] Glass no Kaze (硝子の靡風; Glass of Dispersed Wind)
• [2006.12.13] UZU-MAKI (Spiral)
• [2009.10.14] Epsilon no Fune (イプシロンの方舟; Ark of Epsilon)
• [2011.10.05] Hiraku Uchuu Pocket (ヒラく宇宙ポケット; Developed Pocket Universe)
• [2013.11.20] Kuchuu Puzzle (空中パズル)

Best Albums

• [2003.12.28] Starry Crystal (Comiket Release)
• [2009.12.23] KOTOKO ANIME'S COMPILATION BEST

Singles

• [2004.08.11] Oboetete Ii yo / DuDiDuWa*lalala (覚えてていいよ / DuDiDuWa*lalala; Can I Remember)
• [2004.11.17] Re-sublimity
• [2005.10.13] 421 -a will-
• [2006.03.23] being
• [2006.10.05] Chercher (シャルシェ; [Fra:] Seek)
• [2007.03.07] Kirei na Senritsu (きれいな旋律; Beautiful Melody)
• [2007.05.23] Hayate no Gotoku! (ハヤテのごとく!; Hayate the Combat Butler)
• [2007.10.17] Shichitenhakki☆Shijoushugi! (七転八起☆至上主義!; Ups and Downs of Life Domination)
• [2007.12.19] Real Onigokko (リアル鬼ごっこ; Real Onigokko)
• [2008.03.12] BLAZE
• [2008.05.21] Special Life!
• [2008.12.03] U make Ai dream (U make 愛 dream; Love)
• [2009.06.24] ao-iconoclast / PIGEON -the green ey'd monster- (蒼-iconoclast; Gray) (kotoko)
• [2009.06.24] snIpe
• [2009.08.26] daily-daily Dream
• [2009.12.16] SCREW
• [2010.07.07] Hekira no Sora e Izanaedo (碧羅の天へ誘えど; Invitation to the Blue Sky)
• [2010.10.20] Loop-the-Loop
• [2011.11.16] Light My Fire
• [2012.05.16] →unfinished→
• [2012.12.19] Restart (リスタート)
• [2014.07.23] TOUGH INTENTION
• [2014.11.05] ZoNE-iT

Digital Singles

• [2015.03.25] Art as
• [2015.04.19] Oboetete Ii yo (2015 Ver.) (覚えてていいよ)

Split Singles

• [2002.01.26] Shooting Star (split with Kawada Mami)
• [2003.07.24] Second Flight (split with Sato Hiromi and Kawada Mami)
• [2005.02.23] radiance / Chi ni Kaeru ~on the Earth~ (地に還る～on the Earth～; Return to the Earth) (split with Kawada Mami)
• [2006.03.01] Face of Fact -RESOLUTION Ver.- / undelete (split with Kawada Mami)
• [2012.09.28] One-Chance!! (split with Sato Hiromi) (Digital)
• [2013.08.07] Kaiki Shinsei -recurrent nova- / Natsukaze Nostalgia (回帰新星 -recurrent nova- / 夏風ノスタルジア) (split with Sato Hiromi)
• [2014.11.28] Wings of Courage -Sora wo Koete- (Wings of Courage -空を超えて-) (split with Kawada Mami)
• [2016.07.20] PLASMIC FIRE (KOTOKO × ALTIMA)

Other Singles

• [2001.12.05] LOVE A RIDDLE
• [2001.12.29] Hitorigoto (ひとりごと; Monologue) (Comiket Release)

Video Releases

• [2005.04.01] KOTOKO LIVE TOUR 2004 WINTER ~Fuyu no Shizuku ga Tsurete Kita Kimi ga Seija da★Happy White X'mas★~ (KOTOKO LIVE TOUR 2004 WINTER ～冬の雫が連れて来た君が聖者だ★Happy White X'mas★～)
• [2007.08.29] Starlight Symphony -KOTOKO LIVE 2006 IN YOKOHAMA ARENA-
• [2010.07.07] "thank you" and "from now"　KOTOKO LIVE IN BUDOKAN 2010 『Pleasure×Pleasure=Pleasure!!!』
• [2013.01.30] Visual Arts Daikansha Sai LIVE 2012 in YOKOHAMA ARENA - Kimi to Kanaderu Ashita e no Uta -
• [2015.04.22] MUSIC VIDEO COLLECTION "26stories"
• [2015.09.30] 10th Anniversary The Grand Final Live "ARCH"

Compilations / Other

• [2002.06.26] Disintegration (#1 Namida no Chikai, #2 Flow ~Mizu no Umareta Basho~, #3 I can't get over your best smile, #6 Resolution of Soul, #7 Wing My Way, #10 Kimi yo, Yasashii Kaze ni Nare)
• [2002.06.28] Deep Fantasy Mini Fan Disc ~priere~ (#2 Times Roll On)
• [2003.09.05] LAMENT (#3 Face of Fact, #4 Save your heart -Album Mix- (with Utatsuki Kaori), #5 Kageri -Album Mix-, #8 Feel in tears, #9 Natsukusa no Senro (with Utatsuki Kaori), #13 Lament)
• [2003.09.05] OUT FLOW (#1 Heart of Hearts, #2 Close to me..., #5 sensitive)
• [2003.11.27] SHORT CIRCUIT (#1 Change my Style ~Anata Konomi no Watashi ni~, #2 Ren'ai CHU! -Remix- (with Utatsuki Kaori), #4 Sakuranbo KISS! ~Bakuhatsu da Mo~n~, #8 Achichi na Natsu no Monogatari, #9 Magical Sweetie, #10 Cream + Mint, #12 Omoide wa Kaze no Naka de..., #13 Short Circuit)
• [2004.12.29] Mixed Up -I've Remix Style- (#8 Namida no Chikai -The Diving Pledge of Tears- (涙の誓い))
• [2005.02.23] Starship Operators (#37 Chi ni Kaeru ~On the Earth~ (TV Size))
• [2005.06.24] Motto Love Chu! Happy Come Come (#5 Renai CHU! Parapara remix 1, #6 Renai CHU! Parapara remix 2, #7 Renai CHU! (恋愛 CHU!))
• [2005.09.30] Collective (#2 Abyss, #6 We Survive, #8 Lupe, #11 Imaginary affair, #13 Trust You're Truth ~Ashita wo Mamoru Yakusoku~, #14 Collective)
• [2007.04.04] Love Planet Five - Tenjou wo Kakeru Mono Tachi （天壌を翔る者たち） (with MELL, Eiko Shimamiya, Kaori Utatsuki and Mami Kawada)
• [2007.06.22] SHORT CIRCUIT II (#1 Nee, ...Shiyou yo!, #2 ↑Seishun Rocket↑, #3 Princess Bride!, #5 Atarashii Koi no Katachi -SHORT CIRCUIT II EDIT-, #6 Mighty Heart ~Aru Hi no Kenka, Itsumo no Koigokoro~, #7 Hajimemashite, Koi., #8 Otomegokoro＋√Nekomimi＝∞ (KOKOTO & Shimamiya Eiko), #9 Kyururun Kiss de JUMBO♪♪, #11 Princess Brave!, #13 Maple Syrup, #14 Double HarmoniZe Shock!! (with Utatsuki Kaori)
• [2007.12.29] I've MANIA Tracks Vol. 1 (#3 HALLUCINO -Remix-, #5 Time heals all sorrows, #9 Crossed Destiny, #10 Philosophy -Proto type Mix-)
• [2008.09.24] master groove circle (Disc 1 #1 Suppuration -core- (G.M.S. remix), #4 Real Onigokko (Ben Watkins from JUNO REACTOR mix); Disc 2 #1 Re-sublimity (Shiva Joerg & HARD STUFF remix), #5 UZU-MAKI (Eat Static Remix))
• [2008.12.28] The Front Line Covers (#3 Kisetsu no Shizuku; #10 Belvedia)
• [2009.03.25] I've Sound 10th Anniversary "Departed to the future" Special CD BOX (Disc 2 snIpe)
• [2009.12.29] I've MANIA Tracks Vol. 2 (#3 prime -"thank you" and "from now"-, #6 absurd, #8 YA・KU・SO・KU, #9 CAVE, #11 Fatally, #13 ↑Seishun Rocket↑ (KOTOKO to Utatsuki Kaori)
• [2010.06.25] SHORT CIRCUIT III (#1 blossomdays, #2 Raspberry, #3 Crash Course ~Koi no Tokubetsu Lesson~ (KOTOKO to Utatsuki Kaori), #5 I need magic ~Tokenai Magi Kyun~, #6 O*Ma*Ma*Go*To. #7 Stars Biscuit. #8 Swift Love ~Kenzen Danshi ni Mono Mousu~. #10 lilies line, #11 Yumemiboshi boom! boom!, #12 Shoushiki! Butler Koushinkyoku. #14 Hoshizora Interceptor (KOTOKO to Utatsuki Kaori)
• [2010.09.24] EXTRACT (Disc 1 #1 La clef ~Meikyuu no Kagi~, #2 Ketsudan no entrance, #3 la piacere, #5 oblivion. #9 jihad. #11 Leaf ticket, #12 bumpy-Jumpy!; Disc 2 #1 Restoration ~Chinmoku no Sora~, #3 Onaji Sora no Shita de, #5 Gensou no Houseki, #7 HALLUCINO, #9 Undying Love)
• [2010.12.29] I've MANIA Tracks Vol. 3 (#2 cross up, #9 loose, #10 I pray to stop my cry)
• [2011.07.29] Tribal Link (#L01 IMMORAL, #R12 FLY TO THE TOP)
• [2011.12.29] Shimamiya Eiko - 5TEARS - EIKO SHIMAMIYA PRODUCE (#1 JUPITER ~2012~ K-Style)
• [2012.04.06] ACCEL WORLD SPECIAL SAMPLER (#2 →unfinished→ TV-Size)
• [2012.02.24] Hatsuyuki Sakura Special Soundtrack (#23 Presto, #24 Presto (instrumental))
• [2012.02.29] Shakugan no Shana F SUPERIORITY SHANA III Vol. I (#3 Light My Fire TV-Size)
• [2012.06.29] G.C. BEST I've GIRLS COMPILATION BEST (#4 Onaji Sora no Shita de, #7 Natsukusa no Senro -Album Mix- (KOTOKO to Utatsuki Kaori), #8 Wing my Way, #9 Face of Fact, #14 Leaf ticket, #15 jihad, #16 HALLUCINO, #18 bumpy-Jumpy!, #19 oblivion, #20 Imaginary affair, #23 COLLECTIVE)
• [2012.06.29] Omaira BEST SHORT CIRCUIT BEST (#1 Sakuranbo Kiss, #2 Princess Bride!, #3 Princess Brave, #4 Nee, ... Shiyou yo! , #5 Otome Kokoro + √Nekomimi =∞ (KOTOKO to Shimamiya Eiko), #6 Lilies line, #8 ↑Seishun Rocket↑ , #10 blossomdays, #11 SHORT CIRCUIT, #12 Double HarmoniZe Shock!! (KOTOKO and Utatsuki Kaori) #13 Maple Syrup)
• [2012.06.29] Orpheus ~Kimi to Kanaderu Ashita e no Uta~ (#1 Orpheus ~Kimi to Kanaderu Ashita e no Uta~ / Lia, Tada Aoi, Kawada Mami, Shimamiya Eiko, KOTOKO, Utatsuki Kaori, Chata, Rita, LiSA)
• [2012.07.29] Visual Arts 20th Anniversary (Sakura Mau Saka wo, Kimi to Aruku and Orpheus ~Kimi to Kanaderu Ashita e no Uta~)
• [2012.09.28] Pure Girl Theme Song & Soundtrack (#1 One-Chance!! / KOTOKO & Hiromi Sato)
• [2012.10.24] Circle of fifth (disc 1, #1 Shooting Star, disc 2, #3 World Link, #4 Teller of World )
• [2013.12.20] Karumaruka＊Circle Complete Soundtrack (Disc 1 #1 Floating Up)
• [2014.12.24] master groove circle "NIJIIRO" (#8 Maple Syrup -Awaken Somebody mix-, #11 Nee, Shiyou Yotsu! -Psy Speed Spin mix-)
• [2015.06.26] Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm Vocal & Sound Collection (#3 INFINITE SKY)

External Links

• Official Website
• Warner Home Video Official Profile
• NBC-Universal website
• Official Twitter