Kinya Kotani

Kotani Kinya
Kotani Kinya
Origin	Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Genres	Pop/rock
Occupation(s)	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] He sang the theme songs for the anime Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle and various songs for Gravitation.

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title	Album information	Oricon^[3]
Peak position
Mad Soldiers' Laboratory	Released: October 21, 1999 Catalog No.: ARCJ-114 Mini-album
History P-20	Released: June 7, 2000 Catalog No.: ARCJ-137 Re-released: July 1, 2002 (ESCL-9036)
What? xxPhysicalxx	Released: July 4, 2001 Catalog No.: ARCJ-171 Re-released: July 1, 2002 (ESCL-9037)
Native	Released: November 12, 2004 Catalog No.: KKCD-00001
Mikazuki (三日月)	Released: August 30, 2006 Catalog No.: YRCN-11084
彩 -IRO-	Released: February 2, 2010 Catalog No.: QUEST-0009NE
Continuation	Released: November 11, 2010 Catalog No.: QUEST-0010 Mini-album

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title	Single information	Oricon^[4]
Peak position
"Kōnetsu Blood" (高熱ＢＬＯＯＤ)	Released: January 6, 2000 Catalog No.: ARDJ-5096
"Jōnetsu Ballad" (情熱BALLAD)	Released: May 3, 2000 Catalog No.: ARCJ-139
"Sweet Sweet Samba"	Released: July 19, 2000 Catalog No.: ARCJ-145
"Easy Action"	Released: December 6, 2000 Catalog No.: ARCJ-158
"No! Virtual"	Released: February 28, 2001 Catalog No.: ARCJ-166
"Love Stuff"	Released: May 23, 2001 Catalog No.: ARDJ-5099
"Blaze" Opening theme song for Tsubasa Chronicle	Released: June 22, 2005 Catalog No.: YRCN-10092
"Aerial" Opening theme song for The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom	Released: August 17, 2005 Catalog No.: YRCN-10108	63
"It's" Opening theme song for Tsubasa Chronicle Second Season	Released: May 24, 2006 Catalog No.: YRCN-10138
"Best Position!!!"	Released: January 26, 2008 Catalog No.: RPG-00000
Sora, Kaze (ソラ、カゼ)	Released: October 3, 2012 Catalog No.: YRCN-90203	81

DVDs

LIVE physical small club circuit 2001 July 1, 2002 ESBL-9038
Live physical "ex. - 0126. 2000 to 2002 June 19, 2002 ESBL-9011
Kinya ga yuku! Daihyakka July 1, 2002 ESBL-9039
Kinya ga kuru!? Daihyakka July 1, 2002 ESBL-9040

Books

"Aka" Kotani Kinya Artist Book 1 October, 2000 ISBN 4-87279-049-9
"Ao" Kotani Kinya Artist Book 2 November, 2000 ISBN 4-87279-051-0
"Kiiro" Kotani Kinya Artist Book 3 January, 2001 ISBN 4-87279-059-6

References

^ "Official profile". Archived from the original on 2009-12-26. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
^ Katoh, Hidekazu; Kamo, Ayumi; Yoshida, Sayuri (July 2007). "Tsubasa— RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE". Newtype USA. 6 (7): 46–51. ISSN 1541-4817.
^ コタニキンヤのアルバム売上ランキング [Kinya Kotani Album Sales Ranking]. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved January 15, 2016.
^ コタニキンヤのシングル売上ランキング [Kinya Kotani Single Sales Ranking]. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved January 15, 2016.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)
Kinya Kotani at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

[1] "Official profile". Archived from the original on 2009-12-26. 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.

[o-disco-albums-3] コタニキンヤのアルバム売上ランキング [Kinya Kotani Album Sales Ranking]. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved January 15, 2016.

[o-disco-singles-4] コタニキンヤのシングル売上ランキング [Kinya Kotani Single Sales Ranking]. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved January 15, 2016.

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