Kinya Kotani

Kotani Kinya
Origin Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Genres Pop/rock
Occupations Singer, actor
Associated acts Mad Soldiers
Website http://kotanikinya.net/

Kinya Kotani (コタニ キンヤ Kotani Kin'ya?, born July 16, 1979), also known as KINYA, is a male singer and actor from Saitama Prefecture, Japan.[1][2] His songs were made into theme songs for the anime Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle and various songs for Gravitation.

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Career

In Gravitation, Kotani was the singing voice for the lead singer of 'Bad Luck', Shuichi Shindou.

Kotani was previously in a band called Mad Soldiers. They released a mini-album called Mads Laboratory before Kotani released his solo singles. Mad Soldiers is also the backing band that performs the music in his songs, and they have also played at Kotani's concerts.

Kotani played Nagase Kenji in the J-Drama Love Story which aired from April 15, 2001 to June 24, 2001 in Japan.

Kinya also voice acted the part of Magma in the animation Spider Riders which aired from March 25, 2006 to April 29, 2007 in Japan.

Releases

Singles

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1 "Kōnetsu Blood" (高熱ＢＬＯＯＤ?)
  • Released: January 6, 2000
  • Catalog Number: ARDJ-5096
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2 "Jōnetsu Ballad" (情熱BALLAD?)
  • Released: May 3, 2000
  • Catalog Number: ARCJ-139
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3 "Sweet Sweet Samba"
  • Released: July 19, 2000
  • Catalog Number: ARCJ-145
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4 "Easy Action"
  • Released: December 6, 2000
  • Catalog Number: ARCJ-158
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5 "No! Virtual"
  • Released: February 28, 2001
  • Catalog Number: ARCJ-166
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6 "Love Stuff"
  • Released: May 23, 2001
  • Catalog Number: ARDJ-5099
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7 "Blaze"
  • Released: June 22, 2005
  • Catalog Number: YRCN-10092
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  • Opening theme song for Tsubasa Chronicle
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8 "Aerial" ??
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9 "It's" ??
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10 "Best Position!!!"
  • Released: January 26, 2008
  • Catalog Number: RPG-00000
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Albums

DVDs

Books

Participating works

References

  1. ^ "Official profile". http://kotanikinya.net/profile/. Retrieved 2010-05-07. 
  2. ^ Katoh, Hidekazu; Kamo, Ayumi; Yoshida, Sayuri (July 2007). "Tsubasa— RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE". Newtype USA 6 (7): 46–51. ISSN 1541-4817. 

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