Kotono Shibuya

Kotono Shibuya is a Japanese actress and singer. She is known for starring as Hitomi Nakayama in, Sanae Misaki in, and Tomoko Ōno in . She released two singles from EMI Music Japan, and one of her songs was "Befriend", the ending theme of the tokusatsu series Shichisei Tōshin Guyferd.

Biography

Kotono Shibuya was born on 9 June 1975 in Tokyo. Her career began during her childhood. She was educated at Horikoshi High School.
She starred in the 1991 film as Hitomi Nakayama; Excite News described her personality as Hitomi as "rather loose with her special skill being genki". In 1992, she starred with Ken Ogata in the TBS drama as Sanae Misaki. She appeared in the 1994 movie Ghost Pub. In 2001, she starred with Keiko Oginome in the drama as Tomoko Ōno. She has also acted in stage productions. CDJournal praised her acting skills as "solid".
Her debut single, "Ballerina ni Naritai/Blue Horizon", was released from EMI Music Japan on 14 October 1992. She sang "Befriend", the ending theme of the tokusatsu series Shichisei Tōshin Guyferd; it was released as a single from EMI Music Japan on 5 June 1996. She also had another CD release in 1996, "Let Me Try".
She was also a radio personality, appearing in such programmes as MBS Radio's Shibuya Kotono no Onakasuita and Nippon Cultural Broadcasting's Shibuya Kotono no Nashire Kayōkyoku Sunday Special.
The 1996 video game Mega Man X3 features "One More Time" and "I'm Believer" as the opening and closing themes in the PlayStation and Saturn versions in Japan.
She married actor in 1998. They had two sons before his death in 2020.