Kotori Shigemoto

Description
Kotori Shigemoto is a Japanese tarento, fashion model, singer, and voice actress, born on October 5, 1996, in Tokushima Prefecture. She began her entertainment career in 2006 and gained prominence as a member and the leader of the dance and vocal group Dream5, which was formed through the NHK educational program Tensai TV-kun Max. Her voice acting career is closely linked to the popular Yo-kai Watch franchise, marking her debut in the industry.

Shigemoto is primarily known for voicing the character USApyon, also referred to as Usapyon or USA-pyon, across multiple installments of the Yo-kai Watch media mix. Her first involvement was in the Yo-kai Watch anime television series in 2015. She subsequently reprised the role in the 2015 video game Yo-kai Watch Busters and the 2016 game Yo-kai Watch 3. Her filmography also includes the anime films Yo-kai Watch: Enma Daiō to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan! and Yo-kai Watch: Sora Tobu Kujira to Double Sekai no Daibōken da Nyan!. Beyond the Yo-kai Watch franchise, her voice acting work includes a role in the Japanese dub of the 2017 animated film Sing, where she voiced a member of a rabbit trio.

In addition to her on-screen roles, Shigemoto contributed to the Yo-kai Watch series through music, performing theme songs for the anime such as Yōkai Taisō Daiichi and Dan Dan Dubi Zuba! as a member of Dream5. Her activities as a voice actress were part of a broader career in entertainment that also included television appearances, radio programs, and magazine serializations. She announced her retirement from the entertainment industry in March 2019.