Hikaru Kotobuki

is a Japanese musician known for his work with Susumu Hirasawa (P-Model), and Jun Togawa.

In the early 1980s, Kotobuki joined Morio Agata's tour as a keyboard player and guitarist. After Agata's tour, Kotobuki and Agata formed a band which they called the Yukiyama Brothers. During his time with the Yukiyama Brothers, he played the keyboard on Shigeru Izumiya's tour.

Kotobuki joined the band P-Model in 1987, which was formed by Susumu Hirasawa. In his time with P-Model, he played the keyboard as well. Hikaru Kotobuki played many concerts and released music videos with P-Model. Unfortunately recordings from this time only survive as live video sound sources. The band took a four-year break, but came back together in 1991 under the name Thaw P-Model. Originally formed as a joke, the band has continued sporadically to this day and have released three studio albums and live CDs from their shows in Paris, Berlin and Tokyo. Key members are Hikaru Kotobuki, Lion Merry (ex-Yapoos and Metrofarce) and Masaaki Taniguchi.

He also performs as a solo act with a backing band.

In 2016 Kotobuki was involved in a memorial concert for Isao Tomita, where a live orchestra was blended with the synthetic performer Hatsune Miku to perform Tomita's work. Kotobuki had previously worked with Tomita on his 2012 Ihatov Symphony, which was the work performed at the memorial concert.

Discography As Phnonpehn Model Errors of P-MANIA! (1993, HIRASAWA BYPASS, various artists release) Desk Top Hard Lock (1994, DIW/SYUN, as "Kotobuki Hikaru with Phnonpenh MODEL") PATCHWORKS (1998, Club Lunatica/Captain Trip Records) THE LAST FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL GLUTTONS (1998, Snowdonia, various artists release) melting high/berlin～paris～tokyo (1999, Club Lunatica) SHINONOME (東雲 (しののめ)) (2000, Club Lunatica) General Midge (2007, IRQ, inc.)