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.

Entertainment World
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. They quickly became friends after talking with each other, and Minami was introduced to Ruby's twin brother Aquamarine Hoshino.

The First Concert
Minami converse about the dating reality show The Beginning of My Love With An Idol with Ruby, and how her brother Aqua ended up kissing his fellow cast member Akane Kurokawa and started dating her. Frill Shiranui later joined in, and both Minami and Ruby talked about she is actually really funny in private when her TV appearance made her seem to have a cool demeanor.

2.5D Stage Play
Minami visited the Tokyo Blade stage adaptation rehearsal place along with Ruby, and she was approached by one of the actors, Sakuya Kamoshida. He asked for her contacts but was interrupted by Melt Narushima before he was able to get it.

The Main Story
Minami was asked by Ruby to feature on a cosplayer segment in the ''Dig Deep! One Chance'' show, and shows up to the shoot wearing a faun-like cosplay. She meets up with Ruby and then introduced to Mimi Yoshizumi and Meiya.

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).