Minako Kotobuki

Minako Kotobuki 寿 美菜子
Born	September 17, 1991 (1991-09-17) (age 20) Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Occupation	Voice actress, singer
Website
musicrayn.com/kotobuki/kotobuki top.html

Minako Kotobuki (寿 美菜子, Kotobuki Minako^?, born September 17, 1991) is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.^[1] She is best known for her role in K-On!. Her career as a musician began with her performance of the opening and ending themes of the anime series K-On! in April 2009. In the same month, she and three other voice actresses debuted as the musical group Sphere with their single "Future Stream".

Singing career

Kotobuki began her singing 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.^[2] Shortly after, she performed the opening theme of the 2009 Hatsukoi Limited series with Aki Toyosaki, Ayahi Takagaki and Haruka Tomatsu.^[3] The four are affiliated with Music Ray'n, an artist management and publishing group of Sony Music Entertainment.^[4][5] They are currently known as the musical group Sphere and released their first single "Future Stream" on April 22, 2009.^[3]

Discography

Singles

• "Shiny+" (September 15, 2010)
• "Startline" (November 24, 2010)
• "Dear my..." (September 14, 2011)

Filmography

Bold denotes leading roles.

Films

• 2005 Bluebird^[6]
• 2006 Ghost of Yesterday
• 2011 K-On! The Movie - Tsumugi Kotobuki
• 2011Towa no Quon - Cyborg Delta AKA Hizuru Asuka

TV anime

2007

• Minami-ke: Female Student B (ep 8)^[7]

2008

• Kyōran Kazoku Nikki: Hijiri Yamaguchi

2009

• Hatsukoi Limited: Rika Dobashii^[8]
• K-On!: Tsumugi Kotobuki^[2]
• Umi Monogatari: Anata ga Ite Kureta Koto: Kanon Miyamori
• Final Fantasy XIII: Serah Farron (video game)
• Toaru Kagaku no Railgun - Mitsuko Kongou
• Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahō - Kaho Sakazaki

2010

• Asobi ni iku yo! - Chaika
• Chu-Bra!! - Yako Jingūji
• Hyakka Ryōran Samurai Girls - Sen Tokugawa
• K-On!! - Tsumugi Kotobuki
• Otome Youkai Zakuro - Daidai
• Toaru Majutsu no Index II - Mitsuko Kongou

2011

• A Channel - Yūko
• Guilty Crown - Kanon Kusama
• Dog Days - Veil
• Manyū Hiken-chō - Chifusa Manyū
• Ro-Kyu-Bu! - Natsuhi Takenaka
• Softenni - Misaki Shidou
• Tiger & Bunny - Karina Lyle/Blue Rose
• Hanasaku Iroha - Eri Mizuno
• Tamayura ~hitotose~ - Chihiro Miyoshi

2012

• Natsuiro Kiseki^[9]

References

1. ^ "Profile (Minato Kotobuki Profile)" (in Japanese). Music Ray'n. http://www.musicrayn.com/kotobuki/kotobuki_profile.html. Retrieved 2009-05-14. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "けいおん！公式ホームページ ／ スタッフ&キャスト (K-ON! / Staff & Cast)" (in Japanese). Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc.. http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/k-on/staffcast/staffcast.html. Retrieved 2009-05-14. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "TVアニメ『初恋限定。』 - スフィア (TV Anime Hatsukoi Limited - sphere)" (in Japanese). Lantis. http://lantis.jp/new-release/data.php?id=981b7a3091fec9a964ecdcf874fdcad1. Retrieved 2009-04-18. 
4. ^ "Official Sphere site — Sphere" (in Japanese). planet-sphere.jp. http://www.planet-sphere.jp/sphere.html. Retrieved 2009-04-19. 
5. ^ "株式会社 ミュージックレイン (Music Ray'n Inc.)" (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment. http://www.sme.co.jp/sme/corporate/mra.html. Retrieved 2009-04-19. 
6. ^ "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}". http://www.shikounorappasya.or.tv/bluebird/cast.html. Retrieved 2 June 2011. 
7. ^ "みなみけ - キャラクター (Minami-ke Characters)" (in Japanese). King Records. http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/minami-ke/1/character.html. Retrieved 2009-04-18. 
8. ^ "Official Hatsukoi Limited site - スタッフ&キャスト (Staff & Cast)" (in Japanese). j-hatsukoi.com. http://www.j-hatsukoi.com/staff_cast.html. Retrieved 2009-04-17. 
9. ^ "みなみけ - Voice Actress Group Sphere Star in Natsuiro Kiseki Anime (Updated)" (in English). Sunrise (Japan). http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-09-17/voice-actress-group-sphere-star-in-natsuiro-kiseki-anime. Retrieved 2011-11-13. 

External links

• Current personal blog (Japanese)
• Personal blog (Japanese)
• Minako Kotobuki at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
• Official site of Sphere (Japanese)

Persondata
Name	Kotobuki, Minako
Alternative names
Short description	Seiyū
Date of birth	September 17, 1991
Place of birth	Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Date of death
Place of death