Kotori Minami

Kotori Minami 2007

**Kotori Minami** (南ことり, *Minami Kotori*) is one of the nine main characters and the tritagonist in the 2007 Love Live! School Idol Project 2007. She is a school idol and muay thai fighter or bartender and the best friend of Umi Sonoda.

She is one of the three tritagonists alongside Nozomi Tojo and Eli Ayase in Nisekoi μ's, and one of the Honoka's three tritagonists in Nisekoi: All Imagin Riders Destiny.

In the anime, She is one of the three tritagonists along with Nozomi and Eli in Love Live! School Idol Project, and one of the Honoka's three tritagonists in Nisekoi: All Imagin Riders Destiny.

## Appearance

She has grayish-brown hair that reaches down to her waist, with a small ahoge and a white headband decorated with a bow. She also has a pair of orange eyes.

She is usually seen wearing her Otonokizaka Academy uniform, which consists of a white blouse with a blue ribbon, a blue skirt, black stockings, and brown shoes. She also wears a yellow wristband on her left arm and a red one on her right arm.

As a bartender, she wears a dark blue suit with a long white sleeved shirt and red shoes.

As a muay thai fighter, she wears a black sports bra, black shorts, black gloves, and black ankle wraps. She also ties her hair in a ponytail with a yellow ribbon.

## Story

### 2007: The School Idol

Kotori Minami a friends Honoka Kosaka and Umi Sonoda realm hope someday would in her life.

## Powers

* **Supernatural Strength** - Kotori has ability strength, powers, strike, and arts.
* **Enhanced Powers** - Kotori has ability powers such as Earth or Sand.
* **Enhanced Strike** - Kotori has ability kick strikes such as Double Knee Press, Somersault Kick, and Big Butt Press.
* **Enhanced Arts** - Kotori has ability techniques such as Tiger Wave, Soil Wave, Tiger Geyser, Soil Geyser, and Sand Bomb Geyser.
* **Enhanced Speed** - Kotori has ability fast speed.
* **Enhanced Durability** - Kotori has ability increase durable.
* **Supernatural Stamina** - Kotori has ability stamina.
* **Enhanced Reflexes** - Kotori has ability reflexes by dodging bullets.
* **Geokinesis/Terrakinesis** - Using her incredible strength, Kotori can manipulate the grounds of the Earth to her advantage.
	+ **Tiger Wave** - Kotori can fire a projectile of soil that travels through the ground, or form an explosive area-of-effect strike known as Soil Wave.
		- **Tiger Geyser** - By punching the ground, Kotori can make a more powerful version of the Tiger Wave, creating a massive geyser of earth coming from below the ground. She can either summon extra rows of geysers with a single punch, punch a few more times for one extra each, or wave her fist around to create more in one setting.
* **Sand Manipulation** - Kotori can use sand power to increase the damage of her super attacks.
	+ **Sand Blast** - Kotori can create a strong dust current by kicking the dust.

## Skills

* **Advanced Kicking:** Kotori uses a lot of powerful kicks in her moveset.
* **Watching TV**: Kotori likes to watch TV shows, especially dramas and comedies. She often gets inspired by the characters and situations she sees on TV, and sometimes imitates them in her daily life or in her performances. She also likes to watch TV with her friends and family, and share her opinions and feelings with them.
* **Eating Soba**: Kotori loves to eat soba, a type of Japanese noodle dish. She likes to eat it hot or cold, with various toppings and sauces. She often goes to soba restaurants with her friends, or makes it at home with her mother. She says that eating soba makes her happy and energetic.
* **Soccer**: Kotori enjoys playing soccer, especially with her childhood friends Honoka and Umi. She is good at dribbling, passing, and shooting. She likes to play as a forward or a midfielder, and sometimes as a goalkeeper. She says that playing soccer helps her improve her stamina, agility, and teamwork skills.

## Quotes

* "Diligence day by day, Element of Earth refining my flower! Subterra. Tigrerramon!" (日々是精進、花を磨く大地のエレメント！土遁　ティグレスモン！, *Hibikoreshōjin, hana o migaku Daichi no Eremento! Doton Tiguresumon!*)
* "Finisher! Tiger Geyser!" (必殺！タイガーゲイザー！, *Hissatsu! Taigā Geizā!*) (Tiger Geyser)
* "Blowing! Soil Geyser!" (吹き行け！ソイルゲイザー！, *Fukiyuke! Soiru Geizā!*) (Soil Geyser)
* "Blowing! Sand Soil Mirage!" (吹き行け！サンドソイルミラージ！, *Fukiyuke! Sando Soiru Mirāji!*) (Sand Soil Mirage)
* "Blowing! Sand Bomb Geyser!" (吹き行け！サンドボムゲイザー！, *Fukiyuke! Sando Bomu Geizā!*) (Sand Bomb Geyser)

## Trivia

* Kotori is also similar long haired to Kula Diamond from The King of Fighters series.
	+ Shes also resemblance to Ingrid in Capcom Fighting Jam.
* Kotori has several moves that are similar to those of Terry Bogard, a character from the King of Fighters series. For example, she has:
	+ Tiger Wave, which is a projectile attack that resembles Terry's Power Wave.
	+ Soil Wave, which is a ground-based attack that creates a shockwave similar to Terry's Round Wave.
	+ Tiger Geyser, which is a super move that unleashes a powerful blast of energy from her fist, akin to Terry's Power Geyser.
* However, Kotori Minami also has some unique moves that are based on her personality and abilities. For example, she has:
	+ Double Knee Press, which is a flying kick attack that can hit multiple times.
	+ Big Butt Press, which is a humorous move that involves her landing on her opponent with her rear end.
	+ Sand Bomb Geyser, which is her awakened ultimate move that creates a massive explosion of sand from the ground.
* The various media in the project disagree on the relationships between the second-years.
	+ In the manga which was published earlier, Honoka is closer to Umi as the two of them are childhood friends and not Kotori.
* It is possible for the kanji of her last name to reference the Minami-za, the last remaining Kabuki theater in Kyoto.
	+ Kabuki itself is an expressive form of Japanese theater that includes—but is not limited to—dance, song and an emphasis on elaborate costume. This may explain her heavy role as a seamstress of exaggerated and elaborate costumes and ties with the musical and dancing theme of the series.
* Kotori has been fighting stance Muay Thai to King from Art of Fighting series.
	+ Shes also somersault kick to Lilica Felchenrow from the Arcana Heart series.
	+ She in also hip attack to Rainbow Mika from the Street Fighter series.