Sugiura Kotone (Kotochan) / Draft 3rd Generation

Name: Sugiura Kotone (杉浦琴音)
Age: 17 Years Old
Birthdate: December 18, 2000
Birthplace: Aichi, Japan
Height: 157cm
Blood type: O

Bound to Team M.

 

Intro video:
https://twitter.com/nmb48_official/status/979341548201504769

Name: Sugiura Kotone (杉浦琴音)
From Aichi, 17 years old.
Nickname: Kotochan (ことちゃん)

Catchphrase: Ureshii koto! Tanoshii koto! Anata no sukina no wa~? (Kotochan no koto!) Watashi no yume wa anata no tenshi ni naru koto!!
嬉しいコト！楽しいコト！あなたが好きなのは～？（ことちゃんのコトーーー！）私の夢はあなたの天使になるコト！！

 

Kotochan's SSK Poster

Kotochan's SSK Appeal Video

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"Hi everyone, from NMB48 Team M, Draft Kenkyuusei, I'm Kotone Sugiura. At the 3rd Draft Kaigi, thanks to the support of my fans, I managed to get into Team M. Today, I would like to listen to your heartbeat. Hmmm? You're not nervous at all! One day, I will become an idol that will make your heart flutter! It's my first Election, but I would like to make use of this chance and let more people know about me. Let me end of with my catchphrase! (Happy things, fun things, what do you like? Koto-chan! My dream is to become your angel!)"

 

Kotochan open twitter account
https://twitter.com/kotochannokoto

 

She's taking a hiatus
https://twitter.com/s_egg/status/1125718614017843201

 

She's been back and currently in first place (out of 3) for BiS x SHOWROOM. I only just started following her room. I've been interested in kotone since the draft. My nickname for her was "kao ga omoshiroi." But more recently I've been drawn into her sexy image.

A running joke is how soft-spoken she is. A strange thing with her SHOWROOM delivery is she will sometimes start a karaoke room and pick songs but not actually sing any of them. She holds the mic and speaks softly to the camera, it's not actual lyrics, and the gifts flow.




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https://twitter.com/kotochannokoto/status/1423058541342978048?s=19

 

koto-chan has picked up the flute. watch her progress.
day 1 unboxing

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day 2 hits a note

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day 3 playing with mirai

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after 5 days of watching kotone blow the same note. a song is beginning to form.
It's a bit hypnotic, this process of learning from showroom comments. there is obviously a music room at the theatre, but kotone has made this an interactive experience with fans. I also like that her flute keys have hearts (on the b-lever)


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Spoiler: spoiler

[hide]If you can hear the intro to enkyori poster then you may also be a music prodigy like kotone.[/hide]

 

Flute practice continues. Her perseverance seems to have successfully driven off half her showroom audience. At around 8 minutes into yesterdays 15min broadcast she had around 800 visitors (down from an average 2000 viewers)

You can barely hear her speaking voice so maybe wind instrument is a good medium for her but I don't like the pattern.

 

koto chan did not participate in 11th anniversary concerts on 2021.11.03 because poor health. her uchiwa was held up by members during the encore of the night concert and was the prop fan used during coconas "buy goods" presentation during the afternoon "scrap and build" set.

at the end of the nighttime set members wrote thank you messages on large sheets of white paper covering seats in an unused section spelling out "arigatou"

kotochans read roughly "I'll continue with NMB48 for a long time, please continue to support me"

 

kotochan is back and will perform in Nov 10 chotzetsu kawaii stage

https://ameblo.jp/nmb48/entry-12709041695.html

 

Sadly Kotochan announced her graduation today. A message from her has been posted on the NMB48 Official Blog:
https://ameblo.jp/nmb48/entry-12720014357.html

Via DeepL Translate:

 

Kotochan's graduation performance and final activity day is scheduled for 2/6:
https://ameblo.jp/nmb48/entry-12721811622.html