Editing Timo Kotipelto (section)

{{short description|Finnish musician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2014}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2014}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Timo Kotipelto
| background = solo_singer
| image = Stratovarius (PK) – Wacken Open Air 2015 03.jpg
| caption = Kotipelto at [[Wacken Open Air]], 2016
| birth_name = Timo Antero Kotipelto
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|3|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Lappajärvi]], Finland
| death_date = 
| genre = {{hlist|[[Power metal]]|[[symphonic metal]]|[[neoclassical metal]]}}
| occupation = Musician, songwriter
| instrument = Vocals
| years_active = 1982–present
| label = [[SPV GmbH]]
| associated_acts = {{hlist|||}}
| current_member_of = {{flatlist|
* [[Stratovarius]]
* [[Kotipelto]]
* [[Cain's Offering]]
}}
| past_member_of =
}}

'''Timo Antero Kotipelto''' (born 15 March 1969)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kotipelto.com/about-me/ |title=About me |publisher=Kotipelto.com |accessdate=2014-07-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405010108/http://www.kotipelto.com/about-me/ |archivedate=5 April 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> is a Finnish musician best known as the lead singer of the [[power metal]] band [[Stratovarius]], whom he joined in 1994, as well as fronting his own band [[Kotipelto]].