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Kotomi Kitashirakawa (北白川小兎美) is the granddaughter of Project Blue commander Lord River-n-White, who is also the king of Bunnyland.

Description[]

Kotomi's older sister, Komomo Kitashirakawa, is the frequently-kidnapped princess of Bunnyland, and Kotomi is considered to be the "second princess."[1] Kotomi is devoted to her sister, although she gets impatient or frustrated by Komomo at times. After the events of Rabio Lepus, Kotomi joins the Bunnyland army in order to protect her sister.[1] She later appears as a hidden character in some Sonic Wings games, piloting an aircraft shaped like Rabio known as the Aka Usagi (Red Rabbit).

Kotomi has short dark hair with brown eyes in Rabio Lepus and blue eyes in the Sonic Wings series. In the original Rabio Lepus, Kotomi wears a Playboy-style bunny girl outfit, but in Rabio Lepus Special, she wears a more modest bunny hoodie. In the Sonic Wings games, Kotomi dresses as a soldier, wearing a tank top or a shirt and vest. She also wears caps with bunny ears on them. Her Sonic Wings attire is the uniform of the Bunnyland army.[2]

The kanji making up her name "Kotomi" (小兎美) mean "pretty little rabbit," while the kanji making up "Kitashirakawa" (北白川) mean "north," "white," and "river" respectively.

Rabio Lepus[]

Kotomi is kidnapped by Yohmaoh's army, along with her older sister Princess Komomo Kitashirakawa and their grandfather King Taro Kitashirakawa. Kotomi is held captive on a spaceship and the first of the royal family to be rescued by the mechanical rabbits Rabio and Lepus.

Kotomi appears as a teenaged girl with black hair and brown eyes. She wears a black strapless leotard with a bunny-ears headband, a collar with a bow tie, cuffs, and black high heels.

Rabio Lepus Special[]

Unlike the other two members of the royal family, Kotomi's appearance is changed significantly in this remake. She looks much younger and is shown wearing a white hoodie with bunny ears rather than a bunny-girl leotard. Her hair is now brown instead of black.

In the game manual's artwork, Kotomi wears a carrot-shaped brooch that is not show in-game. On the cover, this brooch pins a blue bow to her hoodie, while in the interior artwork, it is the clasp of a white cape like those worn by the princess and king. The cover art reveals that she is wearing a hoodie instead of a full-body costume, with what appears to be a peach skirt, yellow socks, and brown shoes.

Metal Rabbit[]

Kotomi is shown on two advertisements for this unreleased game, which was to share the setting of Rabio Lepus. She is dressed very differently from her earlier appearances, in the black tank top and bunny ears cap she later wears in Sonic Wings 3, although her eyes are brown instead of blue.

Kotomi is aiming a gun in a pose very similar to one later used for her in Sonic Wings games. Her gun and attire suggests that Metal Rabbit was to take place after Kotomi joined the Bunnyland army following the events of Rabio Lepus.

Ojanko High School[]

Activity: Tennis Club
Class: First year, second class
Birthplace: Hokkaido
Blood Type: A

Kotomi appears as the mahjong challenger representing the tennis club, using the name Fuyumi Kitayama (北山冬美). This is a play on her original name, as 北山 means "northern mountains," 冬 means "winter," and 美 means "beauty." Upon defeating her, the player wins her tennis racket.

Sonic Wings[]

After the final boss battle in single-player mode, Lord River-n-White returns home to his two granddaughters, Kotomi and Komomo. They think he's only joking when he tells them about his adventures as a fighter pilot.

Sonic Wings 3[]

Kotomi is a secret unlockable character. Komomo has been kidnapped once again, and Kotomi fights the enemy and searches the world to rescue her. After the final boss battle, Kotomi finally reaches Komomo, but the princess has already rescued herself with a very big gun.

In two-player mode, Kotomi is paired with "The Man," whose true identity is Gore. Kotomi asks Gore for help in rescuing her kidnapped sister, and their interactions are mostly professional. After the final boss battle, they find the base where Komomo is being held. Gore goes in the front while Kotomi comes in the back, just in time to see Gore kidnapping the princess. Gore escapes with Komomo, leaving Kotomi behind.

Sonic Wings Special[]

Kotomi flies the Aka Usagi on a mission to rescue her kidnapped sister, Princess Komomo. In two-player mode, Kotomi is paired with Gore under the alias of "The Man."

Kotomi and Komomo are also shown in Lord River-n-White's 1P ending if the final stage is Another Dimension. He returns home to his granddaughters, who don't believe the story of his adventure.

One-Player Mode Endings[]

  • Fight in Orbit final stage: Kotomi reaches Komomo on an alien planet, only to find that the impatient princess has already rescued herself.
  • Another Dimension final stage: Komomo is glad to see Kotomi flying the Aka Usagi, but she has already rescued herself. She advises Kotomi to use a ribbon power-up, like Rabio in Rabio Lepus. When Kotomi responds that she was using a ribbon, Komomo tells her to be more careful with her missiles and not fire them arbitrarily.
  • Bermuda final stage: Kotomi finally reaches her sister, only to have the king scold her for being late. As it turns out, she was only practicing the rescue mission, and the king makes her start over from the beginning. "Oh, again?" sighs Komomo.

Two-Player Mode Endings[]

  • Fight in Orbit final stage: Kotomi and Gore rescue Komomo, but Gore flies away before the girls can thank him. This seems to be the only ending where Gore isn't a villain.
  • Another Dimension final stage: Kotomi and Gore land at the base where the captured princess is being held. Gore tells Kotomi that he'll go in first, but when she enters, she finds that he has now kidnapped Komomo! The Aka Usagi chases after Gore's Diabloon with Kotomi yelling for Gore to wait up.
  • Bermuda final stage: Kotomi lands at the base, but her sister is not there. She tries to question a soldier about Komomo's whereabouts, but Gore shoots him with an arrow before he can answer, saying he told him not to talk about the princess.

Sonic Wings Limited[]

Kotomi appears in her Bunnyland army uniform on a monitor in the background of the Kyoto stage. The monitor gives her name as "Little Rabbit," in English.

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