Blue Archive continued introducing students from Odysseia Maritime High School on August 23, 2026 with Fuchigami Kotone (淵上コトネ), the vice president of its Diving Club. She is voiced by Yukari Amane (天音ゆかり).
Kotone has extremely poor eyesight and normally wears high-prescription glasses. In contrast, her hearing and intuition are remarkably sharp, allowing her to guide fellow club members by sound when underwater visibility becomes unreliable.
Quick Summary
- Game: Blue Archive
- Name: Fuchigami Kotone
- Japanese name: 淵上コトネ
- Romanization: Fuchigami Kotone
- Official introduction: August 23, 2026
- School: Odysseia Maritime High School / オデュッセイア海洋高等学校
- Club: Diving Club / ダイビング部
- Position: Vice president
- Voice actor: Yukari Amane / 天音ゆかり
- Defining trait: Extremely poor eyesight
- Glasses: Uses a high prescription
- Strength: Exceptional hearing
- Additional strength: Exceptional intuition
- Underwater role: Helps lead club members when visibility is poor
- Navigation: Relies on hearing when sight is not dependable
- Character reveal: Official student-introduction visual
- Kotone's comment: She says it may take her time to remember faces because her eyesight is poor
- Diving Club group reveal: August 21, 2026
- School video: Welcome to Odysseia Maritime High School!
- Members shown: Sayuri, Kokoro, Kotone, and Makina
- Kokoro: Introduced as Diving Club president
- Kotone: Introduced as vice president
- Related event: DIVE into OCEAN!
- Event focus: Diving Club investigates an unknown area beneath the sea
- Exploration target: Something hidden on the seabed
- Kotone rarity: Not detailed in this student introduction
- Combat role: Not detailed
- Attack / Defense type: Not detailed
- Skill kit: Not detailed
- Recruitment / pickup details: Not specified in the introduction
- Exact event start date: Not included in the initial August 21 teaser
- Blue Archive developer: NEXON Games
- Japanese operation: Yostar
- Genre: School / youth / story RPG
Kotone Introduction, Odysseia, and the Diving Club
A Vice President With Extremely Poor Eyesight
Kotone's official profile immediately highlights a trait that affects her everyday life: her eyesight is extremely poor.
She wears high-prescription glasses and even admits that remembering someone's face may take her some time because she cannot see particularly well.
The detail is not simply part of her visual design. It connects directly to how she operates as a member of the Diving Club.
Hearing and Intuition Become Kotone's Strengths
Her limited eyesight is offset by exceptionally sharp hearing and intuition.
When underwater conditions make visual navigation difficult, Kotone can reportedly rely on sound to find her way and lead the other Diving Club members.
That gives her defining ability a practical connection to the club rather than leaving the glasses as a purely cosmetic character trait.
Yukari Amane Voices Kotone
The student-introduction visual also identifies Yukari Amane as Fuchigami Kotone's voice actor.
The introduction offers a small glimpse of Kotone's speaking style as well. She is fairly straightforward about her eyesight, acknowledging that learning someone's face may take her a while.
Other profile details such as her birthday and school year have not been disclosed through this announcement.
The Four Diving Club Members Are Getting Individual Identities
Two days earlier, Welcome to Odysseia Maritime High School! presented four Diving Club students together: Sayuri, Kokoro, Kotone, and Makina.
Denfaminicogamer notes that the club name and glimpses of some students had appeared earlier in the 7th PV, but the August 21 video marked their first substantial group reveal.
Individual introductions are now establishing their positions and personalities, including Kokoro as club president and Kotone as vice president.
DIVE into OCEAN! Takes the Club Beneath the Sea
The Diving Club is also at the center of the newly announced event DIVE into OCEAN!.
Its official teaser says the students will head out to investigate an unknown area hidden beneath the seabed, facing the challenges of the open sea on the way to their destination.
Kotone's ability to guide people when underwater visibility fails naturally fits that premise, although her specific role in the event story has not yet been detailed.
Kotone's Gameplay Details Are Still Pending
The August 23 introduction focuses on Kotone's personality, club position, and sensory abilities.
Her rarity, combat position, attack type, defense type, EX Skill, other skills, and pickup or recruitment details were not explained in that post.
It is therefore too early to assign her a gameplay build or role before the next official announcement.
Why This Matters
1) Her profile directly fits the Diving Club
Kotone's hearing is not just characterization—it has a practical function when the team faces poor underwater visibility.
2) The Diving Club hierarchy is becoming clearer
After the four members appeared together, individual profiles are beginning to establish their responsibilities, including Kotone as vice president.
3) The reveal arrives alongside a new Odysseia story
DIVE into OCEAN! places the Diving Club at the center of an undersea expedition, immediately giving the newly introduced students a story context.
Character and Game Information
Additional confirmed information currently includes:
- Fuchigami Kotone received her individual introduction on August 23, 2026
- the official post uses コトネ in its text and 淵上コトネ on her character visual
- Kotone attends Odysseia Maritime High School
- she is vice president of the Diving Club
- Kokoro is the Diving Club president
- Yukari Amane voices Kotone
- Kotone has extremely poor eyesight
- she normally wears high-prescription glasses
- her hearing and intuition are described as exceptionally strong
- when underwater visibility is poor, she can guide club members using sound
- Kotone says it may take time for her to remember people's faces
- the Odysseia introduction video was published on August 21, 2026
- it showed Sayuri, Kokoro, Kotone, and Makina
- all four belong to the Diving Club
- the group reveal arrived as part of the broader Odysseia Maritime High School introduction
- the newly announced event is titled DIVE into OCEAN!
- the event focuses on the Diving Club investigating an unknown area beneath the seabed
- the initial teaser did not provide a specific event start date
- Kotone's student introduction does not state her rarity
- her combat position and attack/defense types were not disclosed in the post
- her skill kit has not yet been shown
- pickup and recruitment details were also not specified in the introduction
- current official information is available through Blue Archive Official X
- the school introduction is available through Blue Archive Official YouTube
- the event teaser is available through Blue Archive Official X
- the official game site is available through the Blue Archive Official Website
Closing
Fuchigami Kotone gives Odysseia Maritime High School another distinct identity as the Diving Club's vice president, using remarkable hearing and intuition to compensate for her very weak eyesight.
With DIVE into OCEAN! already announced, the next questions concern Kotone's role in the story and her gameplay details. Her rarity, skills, combat role, and recruitment information remain pending further official announcements.
- Blue Archive Official X — Fuchigami Kotone Student Introduction, Diving Club Role, Eyesight, Hearing, and Intuition
- Blue Archive Official YouTube — Odysseia Maritime High School and Diving Club Introduction Video
- Blue Archive Official X — DIVE into OCEAN! Event Teaser and Undersea Investigation Premise
- Denfaminicogamer — Sayuri, Kokoro, Kotone, Makina Reveal and Odysseia Diving Club Background
- Dengeki Online — Odysseia Maritime High School Reveal, New Event Context, NEXON Games and Yostar Information
