Biography

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 her career as a voice actress.

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 Omiya's Sonic City Hall.

She previously lived in Hyogo until March 2009, and moved to Tokyo the next month, two months after the formation of the unit "Sphere" at February 15, 2009.

Born in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, at the age of three years, Kotobuki, along with her parents, was caught up in the Great Hanshin earthquake.

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. Even in singing, Kotobuki is said to learn just as fast, "a pro in harmonization" according to her fellow castmate in K-On!, Satomi Sato, and "someone who has good sense in pitch" according to one of K-On's staff members in charge of music.