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KOTOKO

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KOTOKO (2011)

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 independent production company in August 2011. Her most recent releases have been via Warner Home Video.

Profile

  • Birthname: Horikawa Kotoko (堀川ことこ)
  • Birthplace: Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
  • Birth Date: January 19th, 1980
  • Blood Type: A

Biography

Kotoko was born in Sapporo, Japan on January 19, 1980. From elementary school, she believed her career would be influenced by her voice and tried to involve herself in as many auditions as possible. In addition to regular education Kotoko attended courses at the music school Haura where she polished her musical talents. She became a professional singer in 1999. Her first successful audition was with I've Sound, a team of producers using the talents of various female vocalists for their productions—best recognized for their many dating sim and eroge game soundtracks. Since then, Kotoko has performed opening and ending themes for a few anime and has gained significant recognition from her two I've Sound-related album releases. Her second album, Garasu no Kaze, released in June 2005 has been praised within multiple online communities. On October 13, 2005, she released her fourth maxi single, which featured a song from her Garasu no Kaze album, "421: A Will" and its B-side song called "Shuusou" (秋爽 The Refreshing Autumn Breeze?), which is featured in her third album, Uzu-Maki. Although not listed on her official Geneon website, Kotoko has actually released five albums. Her very first album was called, Sora o Tobetara, which was released in 2000. Many of the tracks on this album were later re-recorded for her first I've Sound album, Hane (羽 -hane- Feather), and was attributed as her first album. Her first I've Sound CD appearance was on the CD "Dear Feeling" (only released at "Comic Market 59".) with previous singer Aki. She then appeared on I've Girls Compilation Album Vol.3 "Disintegration", a series of albums with various songs from the I've Sound singers. Kotoko's first official performance in North America was her highly successful American concert debut at Anime Expo 2005, followed soon after by the Kotoko Lax Tour. Now that her self-composed hybrid of pop and techno beats—sometimes pop—have crossed the Pacific, Kotoko's lyrics have elevated her presence among thousands of North American J-pop/anime fans. In 2009, she wrote the song "Screw", for the Mamoru Oshii live-action movie Assault Girls. The song "Ao (Iconoclast) (蒼-Iconoclast) has also been featured as the opening theme song to the console version of video game Blazblue:Calamity Trigger. Kotoko released her 5th album,Hiraku Uchuu Poketto,on October 5,2011 under Warner Home Video.Kotoko's 17th single "Light My Fire" is written by Ryo of Supercell, and the song is used as the first opening theme to the 2011 anime series Shakugan no Shana Final.

Discography

KOTOKO Promoting Hiraku Uchuu Poketto (2011)

Albums

Best Albums

Singles

Split Singles

DVD

Comiket Releases

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))
  • [2005.06.24] 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)

External Links

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