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Kinya Kotani

Japanese singer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ2465843 ↗
Source-derived summary

Kinya Kotani (コタニ キンヤ, Kotani Kin'ya; born July 16, 1979), also known as KINYA, is a male singer and actor from Saitama Prefecture, Japan. He sang the theme songs for the anime Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle and various songs for Gravitation.

Discography

Albums

Singles

DVDs

LIVE physical small club circuit 2001 July 1, 2002 ESBL-9038

Live physical "ex. - 0126. 2000 to 2002 June 19, 2002 ESBL-9011

Kinya ga yuku! Daihyakka July 1, 2002 ESBL-9039

Kinya ga kuru!?

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Kinya Kotani” as japanese singer. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1979, 2001, 2002, 2000—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Kinya, Kotani and Japanese can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as japanese singer. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2465843. The first chronological checks are 1979, 2001, 2002 and 2000.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Kinya Kotani”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Kinya Kotani primary sources, Kinya Kotani archive and Kinya research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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This entry incorporates text from “Kinya Kotani” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.