Kotoko (musician)

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Kotoko
Kotoko at Animazement in 2012
Background information
Birth name石田琴子[1]
Ishida Kotoko
BornJanuary 19[a]
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • singer
  • songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active2000–present
Labels
Websitekotoko.asia

Kotoko (stylized as KOTOKO, born January 19

Warner Home Video in 2011, and remained with the label until 2018. She is currently signed with NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
.

Kotoko composes and writes lyrics (for herself as well as other singers in I've Sound) for numerous other song collections. She has contributed songs to numerous

To Love-Ru,[3] Accel World, Phantasy Star Online and Argevollen
, among others.

Life and career

From elementary school, Kotoko believed her career would be influenced by her voice and tried to involve herself in as many auditions as possible.[4] In addition to regular education, she attended courses at the music school Haura where she polished her musical talents.

Kotoko became a professional singer in 2000.[4] 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.[4] She released her first album Sora o Tobetara (空を飛べたら, I Can Fly) in 2000.[5] Many of the tracks on this album were later re-recorded for her first I've Sound album, Hane (羽 -hane-, Feather), which is officially considered her first album.[6] Her first I've Sound CD appearance was on the CD "Dear Feeling" sold in Comiket 59, together with singer Aki. She then appeared on the album Disintegration, a collection of various songs from I've Sound's singers.[7] Since then, she 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

Blazblue: Calamity Trigger, and her song "Hekira no Sora e Izanaedo" was used as the opening theme for the BlazBlue sequel BlazBlue: Continuum Shift
.

Her 17th single "Light My Fire" was written by Ryo of Supercell and was used as the first opening theme to the 2011 anime series Shakugan no Shana Final.[10] She also appeared at the Animazement anime convention in 2012[11] and returned to the event in 2014.[12] She collaborated with the band Altima in performing the song "Plasmic Fire", which is used in the anime film Accel World: Infinite Burst.[13] She collaborated with Luna Haruna on the song "SxW (Soul World)"; the song is used as the theme song to the video game Accel World VS Sword Art Online: Millennium Twilight.[14] In February 2018, she announced that she was returning to Geneon, now known as NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan. She released an album titled Tears Cyclone in June 2018.[15]

Discography

Main article: Kotoko discography

Notes

  1. ^ a b Year of birth unknown

References

  1. ^ "四川省文化厅关于同意日本艺人石田琴子等来川演出的批复". www.sccnt.gov.cn. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
  2. ^ DeMott, Rick (June 30, 2006). "Geneon Releases Kannazuki No Miko, Strawberry Marshmallow, Elemental Gelade". Animation World Network. Retrieved July 20, 2010.
  3. ^ "To Love-Ru/Pokémon Promos, GeGeGe Film's 1st 9 Minutes Posted". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  4. ^ a b c Mays, Jonathan. "Sound Decision – KOTOKO". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
  5. ^ "DISCOGRAPHY OTHER". Mutant Dwarf. Archived from the original on April 8, 2014. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
  6. ^ "羽 -hane-". I've Sound Explorer. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
  7. ^ "Disintegration". I've Sound Explorer. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
  8. ^ "Geneon Anime Festival at Anime Expo to Feature KOTOKO Concert". Geneon. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
  9. ^ "Kotoko does 'Assault Girls' theme". Tokyograph. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
  10. ^ ""Light My Fire" Kotoko" (in Japanese). Shakugan no Shana Production Committee. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
  11. ^ "N. Carolina's Animazement to Host Singer Kotoko, Manga Creator Mayu Shinjo". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  12. ^ "Animazement to Host Musical Guest Kotoko". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  13. ^ Komatsu, Mikakazu (November 23, 2015). "VIDEO: Preview for "Accel World: Infinite Burst" Theme Song Performed by KOTOKO x ALTIMA". Crunchyroll. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  14. ^ "Accel World VS Sword Art Online: Millennium Twilight Game's Promo Previews Theme Song". Anime News Network. December 21, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  15. ^ "6月27日KOTOKO ニューアルバム「tears cyclone -廻-」発売決定！" (in Japanese). NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan. Retrieved February 13, 2019.

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