Kotonoha (Kokia Album)
Kotonoha is Japanese for word, language, or waka. It may also refer to: * Kotonoha Katsura, a female main character in the fiction ''School Days'' (visual novel) * Kotonoha, a scanlation group *Kotonoha (website), a discussion forum website *Kotonoha (Chitose Hajime album), a 2001 mini album by Chitose Hajime * Kotonoha (Kokia album), a 2010 extended play album by Kokia *Kotonoha, a fictional world that appears in works by Ryo Sasaki is the pen name of a Japanese manga artist and illustrator, who draws comics about video games, video games characters as well as original material. Activities *Between 1991 and 1996 Ryo Sasaki designed several comics for the Video Game Manga se ...

Waka (poetry)
is a type of poetry in classical Japanese literature. Although ''waka'' in modern Japanese is written as , in the past it was also written as (see Wa, an old name for Japan), and a variant name is . Etymology The word ''waka'' has two different but related meanings: the original meaning was "poetry in Japanese" and encompassed several genres such as ''chōka'' and ''sedōka'' (discussed below); the later, more common definition refers to poetry in a 5-7-5-7-7 metre. Up to and during the compilation of the ''Man'yōshū'' in the eighth century, the word ''waka'' was a general term for poetry composed in Japanese, and included several genres such as , , and . However, by the time of the '' Kokinshūs compilation at the beginning of the tenth century, all of these forms except for the ''tanka'' and ''chōka'' had effectively gone extinct, and ''chōka'' had significantly diminished in prominence. As a result, the word ''waka'' became effectively synonymous with ''tanka'', and t ...
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School Days (visual Novel)
''School Days'' is a Japanese visual novel developed by 0verflow, released on April 2005, for Windows as an adult game. It was later ported as a DVD game and for the PlayStation 2 (PS2) and PlayStation Portable (PSP). The story, a dramatic slice-of-life, follows Makoto Ito, a high school student who becomes the ambivalent love interest of several girls during his second term, and the effects this has on himself and his relationships with other characters. Though the game requires little interaction from users, ''School Days'' engages the player through a plot that they are given opportunities to change the course of during play. The game concludes with an ending specific to the outcome of the story, some of which became notorious for their graphic violence. 0verflow announced work on ''School Days'' in October 2004 and marketed it through public venues that showcased the game's innovative use of anime-like cinematics and voice. The game ranked as the best-selling visua ...
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Scanlation
Scanlation (also scanslation) is the fan-made scanning, translation, and editing of comics from a language into another language. Scanlation is done as an amateur work performed by groups and is nearly always done without express permission from the copyright holder. The word "scanlation" is a portmanteau of the words scan and translation. The term is mainly used for Japanese manga, although it also exists for other languages, such as Korean manhwa and Chinese manhua. Scanlations may be viewed at websites or as sets of image files downloaded via the Internet. History Frederik Schodt describes having "dreamed of anga translationas far back as 1970 or 1971". Subsequently, Schodt, Jared Cook, Shinji Sakamoto, and Midori Ueda formed a group named Dadakai. Schodt referred to Dadakai as "really the beginning of manga translation", however described these efforts as "way too early" because they could not get anything published. One of the manga Dadakai licensed was Osamu Tezuka's manga ...
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Kotonoha (website)
Kotonoha is Japanese for word, language, or waka. It may also refer to: * Kotonoha Katsura, a female main character in the fiction ''School Days'' (visual novel) * Kotonoha, a scanlation group * Kotonoha (website), a discussion forum website * Kotonoha (Chitose Hajime album), a 2001 mini album by Chitose Hajime * Kotonoha (Kokia album), a 2010 extended play album by Kokia *Kotonoha, a fictional world that appears in works by Ryo Sasaki is the pen name of a Japanese manga artist and illustrator, who draws comics about video games, video games characters as well as original material. Activities *Between 1991 and 1996 Ryo Sasaki designed several comics for the Video Game Manga se ...

Kotonoha (Chitose Hajime Album)
Kotonoha is Japanese for word, language, or waka. It may also refer to: * Kotonoha Katsura, a female main character in the fiction ''School Days'' (visual novel) * Kotonoha, a scanlation group *Kotonoha (website), a discussion forum website * Kotonoha (Chitose Hajime album), a 2001 mini album by Chitose Hajime * Kotonoha (Kokia album), a 2010 extended play album by Kokia *Kotonoha, a fictional world that appears in works by Ryo Sasaki is the pen name of a Japanese manga artist and illustrator, who draws comics about video games, video games characters as well as original material. Activities *Between 1991 and 1996 Ryo Sasaki designed several comics for the Video Game Manga se ...

Chitose Hajime
is a Japanese singer from Amami Ōshima. She sings in the shima-uta style particular to that region, with distinctive falsetto effects. History Early life Chitose Hajime began learning shamisen under her mother's encouragement from a young age. At age 10 she began to pick up ''shima-uta'', a style of singing passed down through generations. She won many folk and other song competitions during her teens, traveling to events across Japan. She released two traditional folk albums on cassette on an indie label, the first at age 16, and at age 17 was approached by numerous record labels following a grand prize win at a local folk song contest. Stating in a later interview that she was "suspicious of them", she decided not to join the labels or pursue music, and instead chose to study to become a beautician, following in the footsteps of her older sister. She moved to Osaka in 1997. However, she suffered from asthma and had severe allergic reactions to many of the chemicals used by ...
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Kotonoha (Kokia Album)
Kotonoha is Japanese for word, language, or waka. It may also refer to: * Kotonoha Katsura, a female main character in the fiction ''School Days'' (visual novel) * Kotonoha, a scanlation group *Kotonoha (website), a discussion forum website *Kotonoha (Chitose Hajime album), a 2001 mini album by Chitose Hajime * Kotonoha (Kokia album), a 2010 extended play album by Kokia *Kotonoha, a fictional world that appears in works by Ryo Sasaki is the pen name of a Japanese manga artist and illustrator, who draws comics about video games, video games characters as well as original material. Activities *Between 1991 and 1996 Ryo Sasaki designed several comics for the Video Game Manga se ...

Kokia (singer)
is a Japanese singer and songwriter performing under the stage name Kokia (styled KOKIA). Her most well known songs are (which reached number 2 in Hong Kong when it was covered by Sammi Cheng) and " The Power of Smile" (which topped at No. 8 in the singles chart). She is also recognized for her numerous contributions to anime/game soundtracks, the most notable being " Ai no Melody/Chōwa Oto (With Reflection)" for the film '' Origin: Spirits of the Past'', " Follow the Nightingale" for the game ''Tales of Innocence'', " Tatta Hitotsu no Omoi" for the anime '' Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino'', and "For Little Tail" for the game ''Tail Concerto''. Kokia often performs in Europe, basing her activities in Paris and releasing music through Wasabi Records, a subsidiary of Kazé. Biography Early life, Pony Canyon debut Kokia was born in 1976. She started playing the violin when she was two and a half years old, but preferred the family piano. Often instead of playing with toys, Kokia pl ...
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