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Kotoko (stylized as KOTOKO, born January 19) is a Japanese J-pop singer from Sapporo, Hokkaido. Kotoko began her singing career as a member of I've Sound in 2000, and was later signed to Rondorobe under Geneon from 2004 to 2010. Kotoko left Geneon in 2010, left I've Sound and signed to Warner Home Video in 2011. She 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 anime and video games including Please Teacher!, Maria-sama ga Miteru, Hourglass of Summer, Hayate the Combat Butler, Kannazuki no Miko,Shakugan no Shana, BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, To Love-Ru,Accel World, and Argevollen, among others.
From elementary school, Kotoko believed her career would be influenced by her voice and tried to involve herself in as many auditions as possible. In addition to regular education she attended courses at the music school Haura where she polished her musical talents.
Kotoko (KOTOKO) is a 2011 Japanese film by cult director Shinya Tsukamoto. It is based on an original story by J-pop artist Cocco, who stars in the film alongside Tsukamoto.
Suffering from double vision, a single mother (Cocco) tries to take care of her baby in the grip of terrifying hallucinations. Experiencing a nervous breakdown, she is deemed unfit to take care of her child and has it taken away from her. The only respite the mother has from her visions is when she sings. An award-winning novelist (Tsukamoto) overhears her singing whilst riding the bus and the pair subsequently develop a volatile relationship.
Kotoko premiered at the 68th Venice International Film Festival where it won the Best Film award in the festival's Orizzonti section, the first Japanese film to do so.
The film was picked up for distribution in the UK by Third Window Films and was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on October 8, 2012.
akenai hi wa nai
yami wa mujou ni torimaite mo
mikansei na mama de sore wo kirisaite yaru
kurenai hi wa nai
kyou no fujouri ni nayandemo
mune no flame koko ni atte kiesou ni nai n da
kawaru kono sekai de tatta hitotsu
kimi no tsuyosa shinjite iru kara
hit bull's-eye!!
hi no naka de ikiru
sono kabe wo koeru
kenmei na bokura no subete
kokochiyoi hibi ni sayonara wo tsugete
sono imi wo tashikame ni yuku
nagai tabi ga matte iru kara chikai atte
uneru oozora no hate de nemuru toki he to sakarai susumou
kienai hi ga mai toki no rurou he manekou to mo
fuantei na mama de michi keri chirashiteru
kurenai ni mayoi asu no mugen ni mimodaetemo
mune no truth koko ni atte motomete iru kara
yureru kono hitomi no naka ni mebaeta kibou
tsuyoku sodatete yuketara
hit bull's-eye!!
sono ai ni kizuku
inochi no wa tsuzuku
sonzai ga bokura no hagane
mamoritai mono ni ima hane wo tsukete
songen wo torikaeshi ni yuku
nagai tabi no kono isshun wo kasane atte
unmei no juuryoku mo hanete toberu chikara to kotaete yuku yo
hit bull's-eye!!
hi no naka de ikiru
sono kabe wo koeru
kenmei na bokura no subete
kokochiyoi hibi ni sayonara wo tsugete
sono imi wo tashikame ni yuku
sono ai ni kizuku
inochi no wa tsuzuku
sonzai ga bokura no hagane
mamoritai mono ni ima hane wo tsukete
songen wo torikaeshi ni yuku
nagai tabi no sono shuumatsu ni mata deatte
unkai mo namida mo harete meguru toki he to kagayaki susumou