Minami Kotobuki

"Dont'cha think googlin' me right in front of my face is a little bit rude?"

Minami Kotobuki (みなみ) is a character in Oshi no Ko manga series. She is a student in the Performing Art Programs of Yoto High School and a classmate of Ruby Hoshino and Frill Shiranui. In the show business industry, she works as a gravure model.

Appearance
Minami is a young girl with purplish-pink hair, that flows almost below her shoulder. As a student in the Yoto High School's Performing Arts Program, she wore a white shirt adorned with large ribbon tie.

Outside of school, Minami has been seen wearing different outfits. When Ruby is visiting Aqua's rehearsals for Tokyo Blade, she wore a turtlenecked long sleeve shirt along with belt that fits tightly to her waist. Later on, when Ruby asked her for help to fill a cosplayer slot, she wore a cosplay consisting of elven ears with beautiful earrings, faun-like horns, an intricate dress while her hair is tied back into a side ponytail.

Personality
Minami has been known as a girl that likes to "go with the flow". In her introduction to a fellow freshmen, Ruby, she speaks in a Kansai accent even though she's born in Kanagawa.

Story
Minami first met Ruby during the first day of school in Yoto High School's Performing Arts Program. As they complimented each other's appearance, Minami introduced herself to Ruby. Ruby quickly found out after searching her on the Internet that she's a gravure model.

Etymology

 * The name Minami is written in hiragana (みなみ), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (美波, 南 or 美海), it could possibly mean:
 * 美波 - "beautiful" (美) (mi) and "wave, breaker" (波) (nami).
 * 南 - "south".
 * 美海 - "beautiful" (美) (mi) and "sea, ocean" (海) (nami).
 * Minami's surname Kotobuki means "longevity, congratulations, one's natural life" (寿).