Koto

Italo Disco

Koto is a name used by several artists, including: 1. An italo disco act founded in the 80s. 2. KOTO, a Japanese solo idol who performs with an electropop sound. 3. KOTO (real name: Koto Kate Hachiya), a Japanese singer-songwriter who debuted in 2005 with Universal Music. 1: Koto represents the sound of the early Italo Disco era from the 80s with his melodic synth driven dancetracks. Originally, Koto was a duo of composer Anfrando Maiola and producer, late Stefano Cundari. Due to their record label being purchased by a bigger label (ZYX Music) the rights for the name Koto also went to ZYX, which had asked Dutch producer Michiel Van Der Kuy (Laserdance) to work on the Koto project. He has re-recorded some of old Koto hits (Masterpieces) and some more albums. He performed several times on the German music show Formel Eins wearing a karate suit (black belt of course) and bouncing in front of his keyboard while playing hits like Jabdah and Visitors. Later, Anfrando Maiola has won back the rights to the name Koto and continues the project, but in different, techno style. 2: Her debut single KOTOlip was produced by Sasaki Kissa of new wave / synth punk unit Recoride. She is also the lead singer of the band kotofolic, and a member of シャオチャイポン (Xiao Chai Pon). In addition to music and performance, KOTO owns the clothing brand vanilla bunnies, and the KOTORA record label, a new imprint of Universal Music. KOTO began dancing in elementary school, and entered m...