Minako Kotobuki (寿 美菜子) (born September 17, 1991 in Kobe, Japan) is a Japanese voice actress most known for her role as Tsumugi Kotobuki in K-On!. As such, she's often selected for reserved, formal Ojou-sama roles. Her real-life personality somewhat matches this—when she was little she auditioned for local TV dramas and plays but was occasionally turned down because she seemed "too mature" for the role.
Has a relationship with Aki Toyosaki and Yōko Hikasa, who voices Yui Hirasawa and Mio Akiyama respectively from the same series.
Part of the idol group Sphere with Haruka Tomatsu, Aki Toyosaki and Ayahi Takagaki. Interestingly, all four ladies featured in the Japanese dub for Sucker Punch, with Minako as the lead character Baby Doll.
She's originally from Kobe, and still remembers taking shelter in her family car during the 1995 earthquake. She was only three then, but such an experience would likely leave a lasting impression. Indeed, watching a 1997 documentary on the quake actually inspired her to pursue voice acting
. During radio shows she sometimes shows off her native Kansai dialect. Saying of radio shows, she has her own radio show called "Minako Kotobuki's Laugh♥Rough".
On July 24, 2023, she announced that she got married with a man outside the entertainment industry.
Notable Roles
- Aliquis in Pokémon: Paldean Winds
- Arunuuru in Demon King Daimao
- The Japanese dub-voice for Astrid Hofferson in How to Train Your Dragon
- Asuka Tanaka in Sound! Euphonium
- The Japanese dub-voice for Baby Doll in Sucker Punch.
- Bitter Sweet in Fairy Gone
- Cia and Lana in Hyrule Warriors
- Chaika in Cat Planet Cuties
- Chifusa Manyuu in Manyu Hikencho
- Chihiro Miyoshi in Tamayura
- Eri Mizuno in Hanasaku Iroha
- Fram Nara in Mobile Suit Gundam AGE
- Gin Tachibana in Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere
- Herja in Granblue Fantasy
- Hijiri Yamaguchi in Kyouran Kazoku Nikki
- Hikiotani Ito in Punch Line
- Isabella York in Violet Evergarden
- Izumi in Queen's Blade
- Kaho Sakazaki in Modern Magic Made Simple
- Kanon Kusama in Guilty Crown
- Kanon Miyamori in Umi Monogatari
- Karina Lyle/Blue Rose in Tiger & Bunny
- Konoka Yamada in Kamisama Minarai: Himitsu no Cocotama
- Minami Sagami in My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, as I Expected
- Misaki Shidou in Softenni
- Mitsuko Kongou in A Certain Scientific Railgun and A Certain Magical Index
- Mizuki Kanzaki in Aikatsu!
- Momo in Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card
- Naria in Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger
- Natsuhi Takenaka in Ro-Kyu-Bu!
- Natsumi Aizawa in Natsuiro Kiseki
- Nekomi Nabeshima in Medaka Box
- Noredo Nug in Gundam: Reconguista in G
- Qiu Bai in Arknights
- Regina Babylon in In Another World with My Smartphone
- Rickert in Berserk: The Golden Age Arc, Berserk (2016), and Berserk and the Band of the Hawk (succeeding Akiko Yajima)
- Rika Dobashi in Hatsukoi Limited
- Rikka Hishikawa/Cure Diamond in Doki Doki! PreCure
- Saint-Germain in Symphogear AXZ
- Sen Tokugawa in Samurai Girls
- Serah Farron in Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII-2, and Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
- Sera Silvers in Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor
- Shunma Suruga in Re:CREATORS
- Takahi Ninomiya in Valvrave the Liberator
- Tomoko Ryuujin in Majin Bone
- Toole in Fate/Apocrypha
- Touko Nanami in Bloom Into You
- Tsumugi Kotobuki in K-On!
- Vert Far Breton in Dog Days
- Vivian in The Seven Deadly Sins
- Yako Jinguuji in Chu-Bra
- Yuho in Lu Over the Wall
- Yuuko in A Channel
