Kotoko (singer)

Kotoko (2012)

Kotoko ( Japanese コ ト コ ; born January 19, 1980 in Sapporo ), usually written only in capital letters, is a female J-pop , trance and techno singer.

She also composes and writes her own lyrics, as well as for other singers.

She often works with the producers of I've Sound and has contributed songs to many animes and computer games , such as Shakugan no Shana , Hayate no Gotoku! , Kannazuki no Miko and Starship Operators .

biography

Even when she was in elementary school, she believed that her career would depend on her voice and attended as many auditions as possible. In addition, she attended courses at the Haura Music School, with which she improved her skills.

She became a professional singer in 1999. She won an audition organized by the producers of I've Sound and impressed with her first two albums. Their second album, Glass no Kaze , received many good reviews and was highly praised in many Internet communities.

Her first album is called Sora o Tobetara and was released in 2000. Many songs were later re-recorded for their first I've sound album Hane .

Kotoko's first appearance in the US was her successful appearance at the Anime Expo 2005, followed by the KOTOKO LAX Tour.

Discography

Singles

#	title	Release date	Oricon charts	Sales	Remarks
	Yume o motomete ... ( 夢 を 求 め て ... )	2001			under the name Ko-tton
	LOVE A RIDDLE / I can't get over your best smile	0Dec 5, 2001
	Shooting Star	Jan. 26, 2002
1.	Oboete ii yo / DuDiDuWa * lalala ( 覚 え て て い い よ / DuDiDuWa * lalala)	Aug 11, 2004	15th	19,000	Album: Glass no Kaze
2.	Re-Sublimity	Nov 17, 2004	8th	50,000	Album: Glass no Kaze
3.	Chi ni Kaeru - on the Earth ( 地 に 還 る〜on the earth〜)	Feb 23, 2005	19th	29,000
4th	421 -a will-	Oct 13, 2005	16	14,000	Album: Glass no Kaze / Uzu-Maki
	Face of Fact -RESOLUTION Ver.-	01st Mar 2006
5.	being	23 Mar 2006	4th	35,000	Album: Uzu-Maki
6th	Chercher (Chercher 〜シ ャ ル シ ェ〜)	Oct 25, 2006	16	19,000	Album: Uzu-Maki
7th	Kirei na Senritsu ( き れ い な 旋律 )	07th Mar 2007	18th	12,000
8th.	Hayate no Gotoku! ( ハ ヤ テ の ご と く! )	23 Mar 2007	7th	34,000
9.	Shichiten Hakki Shijō Shugi ( 七 転 八 起 ☆ 至上 主義! )	Oct 17, 2007	8th	24,000
10.	Real Onigokko ( リ ア ル 鬼 ご っ こ )	Dec 19, 2007	15th	11,000
11.	BLAZE	March 12 2008	13	27,000
12.	Special Life!	May 21, 2008	13	14,500
-	U make Ai dream (U make 愛 dream)	0Dec 3, 2008	46	5,600
-	Ao-Iconoclast / Pigeon-The Green-ey'd Monster	June 24, 2009	26th	7,000
-	Snipe	June 24, 2009	43	6,200
13.	Daily-daily dream	Aug 26, 2009	16	10.428
14th	Screw	0Dec 2, 2009	24	5.311
15th	Hekira no Sora e Izanaedo	0July 7, 2010	18th	7.618
16.	Loop-the-Loop	Oct 20, 2010	18th	6,682
17th	Light My Fire	Nov 16, 2011	19th	11,361
18th	→ unfinished →	May 16, 2012

Albums

#	title	Release date	Oricon charts	Sales
	Sora o tobetara ( 空 を 飛 べ た ら ... )	Dec 29, 2000
	hitorigoto	Dec 29, 2001
	Starry Crystal	Dec 28, 2003
1.	Hane ( 羽 -hane- )	Apr 21, 2004	7th	40,000
	Hane - Tour Pamphlet CD ( 羽 -hane- ツ ア ー パ ン フ レ ッ ト CD)	July 24, 2004
2.	Glass no Kaze	0June 8, 2005	6th	48,000
3.	Uzu-maki	Dec 13, 2006	16	37,000
4th	Epsilon no Fune	Oct 14, 2009	12	15,000
5.	Hiraku Uchuu Pocket	0Oct 5, 2011	21st	5.199

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} The official numbering always refers only to records of a certain label (here Geneon ).

Web links

• Official Website (Japanese)
• Entry on Geneon (Japanese)
• Profile at Oricon (Japanese)