KOTOKO

KOTOKO promoting Sweet Cyclone -☆Yeah☆- (2022)

KOTOKO (ことこ) is a Japanese singer, composer and lyricist specializing 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. She is curently under the NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan label.

Profile

• Stage Name: KOTOKO
• Birthdate: January 19th
• Birthplace: Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
• Blood Type: A
• Height: 150cm
• Label:
  • NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan (2004–2010, 2018–)
  • Warner Home Video (2011–2018)

Discography

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)

KOTOKO×ALTIMA promoting "PLASMIC FIRE" (2016)

KOTOKO promoting tears cyclone -Kai- (2018)

KOTOKO promoting tears cyclone -Sei- (2019)

KOTOKO promoting "SticK Out" (2020)

Studio 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)
• [2018.06.27] tears cyclone -Kai- (廻; Rotation)
• [2019.06.26] tears cyclone -Sei- (醒; Awake)
• [2022.06.22] Sweet Cyclone -☆Yeah☆- (すぅぃ～とさいくろん-☆いぇいっ☆-)

Best Albums

• [2003.12.28] Starry Crystal (Indie)
• [2009.12.23] KOTOKO ANIME'S COMPILATION BEST
• [2023.09.13] Redecorate Myself (リデコレイト・マイセルフ) (20th Anniversary Album)

Other Albums

• [2004.04.21] Hane Live Tour 2004 (Live album)

Box Sets

• [2020.04.21] KOTOKO's GAME SONG COMPLETE BOX "The Bible"
• [2020.11.17] KOTOKO Anime song’s complete album "The Fable"

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
• [2020.11.17] SticK Out
• [2022.01.19] Fastest!

Digital Singles

• [2015.03.25] Art as
• [2015.04.19] Oboetete Ii yo (2015 Ver.) (覚えてていいよ)
• [2020.03.20] Omoi no Shiori (想いの栞)
• [2023.10.07] Puzzle

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)
• [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) (Indie)
• [2016.08.28] Sign of Suspicion (Comic Market 90 (C90))
• [2020.11.27] SWEET×SWEET / NEGAIGOTO

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-" (by KOTOKO & Utatsuki Kaori), #5 "Kageri -Album Mix-", #8 "Feel in tears", #9 "Natsukusa no Senro" (by KOTOKO & 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-" (by KOTOKO & 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-")
• [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!")
• [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 Monotachi"
• [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＝∞" (by KOTOKO & Shimamiya Eiko), #9 "Kyururun Kiss de JUMBO♪♪", #11 "Princess Brave!", #13 "Maple Syrup", #14 "Double HarmoniZe Shock!!" (by KOTOKO & 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↑"" (by KOTOKO to Utatsuki Kaori))
• [2010.06.25] SHORT CIRCUIT III (#1 "blossomdays", #2 "Raspberry", #3 "Crash Course ~Koi no Tokubetsu Lesson~" (by 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☆" (by 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")
• [2010.12.19] VA Compilation CD Vol.2 "Panorama" (#2 "Do you feel loved?", #4 "Time heals all sorrows")
• [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-" (by 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 =∞" (by KOTOKO to Shimamiya Eiko), #6 "Lilies line", #8 "↑Seishun Rocket↑", #10 "blossomdays", #11 "SHORT CIRCUIT", #12 "Double HarmoniZe Shock!!" (by KOTOKO & 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~" (by Lia, Tada Aoi, Kawada Mami, Shimamiya Eiko, KOTOKO, Utatsuki Kaori, Chata, Rita, LiSA))
• [2012.07.29] Visual Arts 20th Anniversary (Disc 2 #1 "Princess Brave! (DJ Shimamura's Can't Stop Braving! Remix)", #5 "Presto (Shouya Namai Remix)", #7 "Crash Course ~Koi no Tokubetsu Lesson~ (Funky Special Lesson)", #8 "bumpy-Jumpy! (M-Project Makina Mix)", #12 "Stars Biscuit (DJ SHARPNEL's odds&ends remix)")
• [2012.09.28] Pure Girl Theme Song & Soundtrack (#1 "One-Chance!!" (by 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")
• [2016.08.12] Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm Piano Album #1 (#22 "True Colors ~Contrail~")
• [2017.06.30] Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm Extra1 Vocal & Sound Collection (#1 "One Small Step")
• [2017.02.22] Haruna Luna - S×W EP (#1 "S×W -soul world-" (by KOTOKO × LUNA))
• [2017.10.04] fripSide - crossroads (Disc 1 #12 "brave new world -crossroads version-" (Guest Vocals: nao, KOTOKO, Kurosaki Maon))
• [2017.12.22] Nekopara Original Soundtrack (#2 "▲MEW▲△MEW△CAKE", #26 "▲MEW▲△MEW△CAKE (Inst Ver.)")
• [2018.10.03] Tatsh - Erika (Full ver.) (feat. KOTOKO)

External Links

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