Kotoko Guest of Honor at Anime Expo 2005
According to the Anime Expo 2005 site, a special guest at Anime Expo 2005 is KOTOKO:(NOTE: Font changes have been made and there was a picture at the time of posting.)
KOTOKO
Kotoko made her first vocal debut on the extras disc of the game Effect~Child of the Devil under the Music Group I've. She has released many songs for many popular PC game titles and made her first debut in the anime industry as the singer for the Please Teacher series as well as the Please Twins series. Her first solo debut as an artist was with her album Hane (feather) last year. Her most recent title is the Opening and the Ending songs for Starship Operators and she is planning to release her second major solo album in June. Kotoko will be performing live in concert on July 2 as part of the Geneon Anime Festival; the festival will start at 1:00pm in the Main Events hall.(There is another link which leads to:)
KOTOKO
Establishing a dominant presence at the forefront of J-Pop and techno/trance music, newcomer KOTOKO is the hot, vocalist/songwriter associated with IVE, a music artists group based in Sapporo, Japan. IVE has been producing musical arrangements for various visual novels and dating sims for years and just recently launched themselves into the anime music world with their premier artist, KOTOKO. 2004 became KOTOKO's breakout year, as her full-length debut album, " Hane " (the music from which was used as the ending theme for the entertainment news show, "Anime TV") was released in April by Geneon Entertainment (Japan). Her clear and originative voice, coupled with her creative musical lyrics that fuse elements of J-Rock, techno/trance and J-Pop have continuously attracted legions of fans.Her melodic talents are further showcased on her first maxi CD single " Oboetete iiyo" ("You can keep remembering") which includes " DuDiDuWa*lalala, " the ending theme for the anime series " Mahou Shoujo Tai Arusu " ("Tweeny Witches") released in summer 2004. In November, her second maxi CD single, " Re-sublimity " (featuring "agony," the opening theme to the anime " Kannazuki no Miko ") shot up to #8 on ORICON's weekly singles chart (ORICON is Japan's equivalent of the BILLBOARD charts). Anime fans in the U.S. will already be acquainted with KOTOKO, through her theme songs to " Please Teacher! " (" Shooting Star ") and " Please Twins! " (" Second Flight ").
Check out KOTOKO's promotional video here!
(At the time of posting, the link is up on the Anime Expo 2005 site!)
More recently, she performed the ending theme song, " Chi ni Kaeru ~on the Earth~ " for the upcoming Geneon Entertainment anime series " Starship Operators ." Additionally, KOTOKO's single, "Wing My Way" will have the unique and unprecedented distinction of being the official ANIME EXPO theme song for this year's convention. With a meteoric rise in popularity, full-capacity live concert tours, and a second album, " Flap Wind " slated for a June 2005 release in Japan, KOTOKO continues to earn her status as one of the foremost music artists to watch on the anime scene. KOTOKO appears courtesy of Geneon Entertainment.
KOTOKO also wrote and performed the AX 2005 Theme Song "Wing My Way".
(There was a link to the song "Wing My Way" with both Japanese and English lyrics.)
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KOTOKO and Guests of 2005
