Minako Kotobuki is credited as the Japanese voice actress for 'A Certain Scientific Railgun.'
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A certain scientific company related to railgun production
Minako Kotobuki provides the Japanese voice for Mitsuko after marriage in 'A Certain Scientific Railgun.'
Request for the duration of the anniversary song and proposal for cut-out songs
When producing "Shining days, shining stars!", Minako Kotobuki saw that the original song was over 5 minutes and 20 seconds long and suggested using 5 minutes and 15 seconds to echo the 15th anniversary. This request was later handled together with the MV Bell Keep.
During the recording, she suggested to Taku Sugawara that a certain part suited Ayahi Takagaki, and the four of them decided which song to cut on their own. Members played solo material on their phones for a listen, discussed the vocal style and the meaning of the lyrics, and prioritized allocation based on the meaning of the lyrics.
Arrangement for the first ci composition
While producing "emotion," she proactively suggested trying lyric-writing, first challenging each song she had already received, and set a deadline for each song with her team.
Write down the characters and rhythm on paper
When writing "Ambitious Map," she wrote down the actions and experiences of the characters on paper as if preparing a character. When handling dense English phrases, she first memorized the rhythm into words, then added pronunciations one by one.
Laughter is left for the final version
While recording "Ambitious Map," she couldn't keep up with the lyrics she wrote and burst out laughing. After hearing the finished version, she realized that the laughter was kept at the end.
Switching between two ci poems
She simultaneously worked on the lyrics for "Ambitious Map" and "I Wanted to Do," switching back and forth between the two, feeling that this back-and-forth helped her focus.
Word heat and sentence endings modification
She also adjusted the words of "Ambitious map" to a stronger intensity, changing the tone by fine-tuning the endings.
Related entries
- Participated Works:A certain scientific railgun
- Voice Actor:Post-marriage Photon (a scientific railgun)
- Arrangers who keep CD bells according to their own song length:Katsuhiko Kurosu
References
- ASCII MEDIA WORKS: Railgun Game Materials
- Animate Times: Sphere members discuss adaptations, solo performances, and song breakdowns
- LisAni: Minako Kotobuki talks about how to arrange her first emotion lyric work (previous page)
- LisAni: Minako Kotobuki discusses Ambitious map lyric writing methods and recording laughter (later page)
Data compiled on: 2026-10-16.