Kotori Minami is one of the nine main characters in Love Live!. She is 16 years old and a second year in high school. She is also known as "Legendary Maid Minalinsky" while working in Akihabara. Kotori was born on September 12 and is a Virgo. She has grayish-brown hair, normally styled in some way, and amber eyes. Her main color is gray. She is 159 centimeters tall, and her blood type is O. She is part of Printemps, a mini idol unit. Her solo album is called "Kotori, Lovin' You".
She is voiced by Aya Uchida in the PVs and the original Japanese version of the anime, who also voices Shiho Shishido, and Cristina Valenzuela in the English version of the anime, who also voices Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug.
Background
Since she was young, Kotori has been friends with Honoka Kousaka and Umi Sonoda. Her mother is the chairwoman of the school board.
Personality
Kotori Minami is known for having her head in the clouds. Despite this, she is the group's designer along with Nico Yazawa. Kotori has a very huge aptitude for fashion, and is very good at drawing the costumes for the group. Kotori is shown to be very kind to her friends, and does genuinely care about them, especially about their feelings.
Kotori is also shown as the most indecisive person among all nine members, and tends to have Umi Sonoda and Honoka Kousaka, her childhood friends, make decisions for her. She also has a hard time expressing her feelings, since she always takes other people's feelings into consideration.
Clubs and Hobbies
She is μ's wardrobe supervisor and helps with the choreography. It was discovered in episode 9 that Kotori works in a maid café in Akihabara and is a famous maid named "Minalinsky". She is known as a "Legendary Maid" in Akihabara due to her kindness, cuteness, and soft voice.