Minako Kotobuki

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Minako Kotobuki
Minako Kotobuki.jpg
Native name 寿 美菜子
Born (1991-09-17) September 17, 1991 (age 32)
Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Occupation Actress, voice actress, singer
Years active 2005-present
Website ameblo.jp/kotobukiminako-blog/
Musical career
Genres J-pop
Instruments Vocals, keyboard
Years active 2009–present
Labels Sony Music Entertainment Japan / Music Ray'n
Associated acts Sphere, Ho-kago Tea Time / Sakurakou K-ON Bu
Website www.kotobukiminako.com

Minako Kotobuki (寿 美菜子 Kotobuki Minako?, born September 17, 1991) is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer from Hyōgo Prefecture.[1] She is best known for her role as Tsumugi Kotobuki in the anime series K-On! about a high school girl band. The show launched her music career as she performed the opening and ending themes and joined the three other voice actresses as the music group Sphere.

Acting career

At the age of three years, Kotobuki and her parents were caught up in the Kobe earthquake. Not long after having seen a 1997 Japanese film entitled Chikyuu ga Ugoita Hi ("The Day the Earth Moved"), all of these events inspired Kotobuki to pursue a career in voice acting.[2]

Kotobuki's most notable role in the span of her voice acting career is Tsumugi Kotobuki from K-On!. She has also played various popular voice roles such as Karina Lyle/Blue Rose from Tiger & Bunny, Mitsuko Kongō from the Index and Railgun anime series, Yūko Nishi from A Channel, and Natsumi Aizawa from Natsuiro Kiseki.

Music career

Kotobuki began her musical career with the performance of the opening and ending themes of the 2009 anime series K-On! with fellow voice actresses Aki Toyosaki, Yōko Hikasa, and Satomi Satō.[3] Shortly after, she performed the opening theme of the 2009 Hatsukoi Limited series with Aki Toyosaki, Ayahi Takagaki, and Haruka Tomatsu.[4] The four are affiliated with Music Ray'n, an artist management and publishing group of Sony Music Entertainment.[5][6] They are currently known as the musical group Sphere and released their first single, "Future Stream", on April 22, 2009.[4]

Coupled with the release of her first album My Stride, Kotobuki had her first solo Japan-wide concert tour entitled Our Stride in 2012 spanning across four dates and venues starting from November 18 in Kobe's International House Kokusai Hall and ending on December 9 in Ōmiya's Sonic City Hall.[7][8][9][10]

Kotobuki is said to be "the fastest learner on how to dance" among her peers as far as her being a member of Sphere goes so much that she even guides the other three members of Sphere on dancing.[11] Even in singing, Kotobuki is said to learn just as fast, "a pro in harmonization" according to her fellow cast mate in K-On!, Satomi Satō and "someone who has good sense in pitch" according to one of K-On's staff members in charge of music.[12]

During her stint in both seasons of the K-On! anime series, she and her fellow cast members were involved in two live events, and just like the character she portrayed in K-On!, she was in charge of playing the keyboard in both occasions. She also played the keyboard on some of her own songs during her Our Stride solo concert tour and on Sphere's first 2013 live event, Music Rainbow 02.

She also participated in the anime series, Aikatsu! and was the voice actress of Kanzaki Mizuki.

Discography

Singles

  • "Shiny+" (September 15, 2010)
  • "Startline" (November 24, 2010)
  • "Dear my..." (September 14, 2011)
  • "Kokoro Sky" (April 11, 2012)
  • "Prism" (June 19, 2013)
  • "Pretty Fever" (November 20, 2013)
  • "Believe x" (Believe Cross) (April 16, 2014)
  • "black hole" (April 8, 2015)
  • "Candy Color Pop" (September 16, 2015)
  • "Bye Bye Blue" (March 2, 2016)

Albums

  • My Stride (2012)
  • Tick (2014)[13]

Filmography

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Live-action film

2005
  • Hibi - Young Kumiko Kamiyama
2006
  • Ghost of Yesterday - Fumiko
  • Koufuku no Switch - Young Hitomi
  • Hinami - Mina, Satsuki
2008
  • Bluebird - Michiru[14]
  • -x- (Minus Kakeru Minus) - Rin Fujimoto
2013
  • Schoolgirl Complex: Broadcasting Club Edition - Ikumi Motonishi (School teacher)[15]
2014

Anime

2006
  • Red Garden (anime voice-over debut) - Student C, Grace A
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016

Anime films

2009
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015

Video games

2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
  • Ro-Kyu-Bu!: Naisho no Shutter Chance (Vita) - Natsuhi Takenaka
  • Suzunone Seven! Portable (PSP) - Mayo Shouno
  • Hyrule Warriors (Wii U) - Lana, Cia
  • Grimoire 〜Shiritsu Grimoire Mahou Gakuen〜 (Smartphone game) - Senri Wagatsuma
  • Heroes Placement (Smartphone game) - Obana Tonomine
  • Aikatsu! 365 Idol Days (3DS) - Mizuki Kanzaki
2015
2016

Tokusatsu

2016

Theater

2014
  • Tanin no Me - Belinda
  • Eclipse - Hanezu, Young Seimei[27]

Overseas dubbing

References

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