is a Japanese actress and singer. She is known for starring as Hitomi Nakayama in (1991), Sanae Misaki in (1992), and Tomoko Ōno in (2001). 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 starred in the 1991 film as Hitomi Nakayama; Excite News described her personality as Hitomi as "rather loose [...] with her special skill being genki".

The 1996 video game Mega Man X3 (Rockman 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.

Filmography

Television

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! scope="col" |Title

! scope="col" |Role

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| 1992 || || Sanae Misaki ||

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| 2001 || || Tomoko Ōno ||

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Film

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! scope="col" |Year

! scope="col" |Title

! scope="col" |Role

! scope="col" class="unsortable"|Ref.

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| 1991 || || Hitomi Nakayama ||

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| 1994 || Ghost Pub || ||

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! scope="row"| "Befriend/One More Time"

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  • Released: 5 June 1996
  • Label: EMI Music Japan

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| colspan="6" style="font-size:90%;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

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References

  • JMDb Profile
  • at Phoenix