Akyem Kotoku has been in existence since 1500 AD. Frm their settlement in Adanse. believed to be de first seat of de Akan nation, dey moved to settle at Twifo in an area called Ntoasem widn de Senyase Division of the Denkyira Kingdom under the leadership of Nana Yaw Awere, believed to the first of Kotoku since there appears to be very little or no reliable information about Yaw Awere predecessore. The ruling dynasty was and still is the Agona Clan comprising Denkyira ,Kotoku and Bodweseago believed to be blood relations.