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Hitomi Shimatani

January 01, 1970

Hitomi Shimatani (島谷ひとみ, Shimatani Hitomi, born 4 September 1980) is a Japanese pop singer.[1]

Hitomi Shimatani
島谷 ひとみ
Shimatani in 2015
Background information
Birth name島谷 瞳 (Shimatani Hitomi)
Born (1980-09-04) September 4, 1980 (age 43)
Kure, Hiroshima, Japan
Genres
Occupation(s)singer
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active1999–present
LabelsAvex Trax (1999–2021)
AI.R LAND/Daiki Sound (2021–present)
Websiteshimatani.tokyo

Formerly signed to the Avex Trax label for 22 years, Shimatani started her career as an Enka singer with the release of her debut single "Ōsaka no Onna" (大阪の女, Ōsakan Woman) in 1999, but later decided to get into the dance/pop style for her music. Shimatani's music has also appeared in several video games and television shows.

Shimatani is currently releasing music under her own label, AI.R LAND RECORD, under Daiki Sound.

Biography edit

Early life edit

At the age of seventeen, while still in high school, Shimatani attended "The Japan Audition 1997", where she was chosen as the winner out of around 200,000 people and got a recording contract with the Avex label. After this she continued her studies in high school in Hiroshima, although she started to take vocal lessons in Tokyo during the weekends. She graduated from Shimizugaoka High School.

1999–2002: Debut and mainstream success edit

Her first single, entitled "Ōsaka no Onna" which was an enka song, was released in 1999 on the Avex Trax label. The single went to the top of the Oricon's Enka charts and much critical acclaim, but failed to chart within the Top 40 of the mainstream charts, selling rather poorly. "Ōsaka no Onna" became then Shimatani's only enka single, as since her second one, "Kaihōku", she turned into more mainstream pop influences.

Mainstream success did not come until 2001 with the release of Shimatani's third single, "Papillon", a Japanese version of Janet Jackson's song "Doesn't Really Matter". The single became her first Top 15 single in the Oricon charts, and eventually stayed within the Top 50 for twenty weeks, selling over 200,000 copies. Her sixth single "Shanty", which was used as theme song of TBS' TV drama Pretty Girls, became her first Top 10 single in the Japanese charts, peaking at number seven. In May 2002 she released another cover, this time of "Amairo no Kami no Otome" by the 60's group sounds band Village Singers. The song became a massive success, peaking at number 4 and leading to a "boom of covers" in Japan.[2] It also became one of the most preferred songs to be sung in karaokes by Japanese people (it stayed at the top position of the Oricon Karaoke charts for 18 weeks, and it took the first position of its yearly charts). At the end of this successful year, Shimatani was invited for the first time to the most important Japanese TV show of New Year's Eve, the Kōhaku Uta Gassen on the NHK channel. From this time she would be invited to be in the show for another 3 years in a row.

In 2003 she debuted as an actress in the Fuji TV drama Boku dake no Madonna, where she was given one of the main roles, and also made a debut as voice actress in the animated movie Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey. In 2004 she also participated in her first musical, A Star is Born, along with Yukie Nakama and Eriko Imai.[3]

2005–2007: Pop to classical crossover edit

In February 2005, Shimatani released her first concept album, Crossover, which marked a sustained shift her music, from mainstream J-pop to classical-influenced tunes. Since then her music has been heavily influenced by string instruments and pianos, instead of electric guitars, bass and keyboards, and also started to include some world ethnic elements. The first album released under this new style was Heart & Symphony, which featured four singles including "Garnet Moon" (theme song of PlayStation 2's Another Century's Episode) and "Falco" (theme song of Miss Earth & The Law Of Ueki). The album peaked at number 7 on the Oricon charts.

In 2006, Shimatani released three singles. The first one was the double A-side single "Haru Machibito/Camellia", released on March 15. Another double A-side single, entitled "Destiny: Taiyō no Hana/Koimizu: Tears of Love" was released on June 21. "Destiny: Taiyō no Hana" was used as opening theme for Black Jack 21. Finally, "Pasio" was released on November 15. The b-side of this single, "True Blue", was used as insert song for anime television series The Law of Ueki, was used as insert song for beauty pageant television series Miss Earth.. This year she also played the lead role of Anne Shirley during the touring performance of Anne of Green Gables in Japan, and starred in the live action film The Prince of Tennis as Sumire Ryuzaki.

On March 7, 2007, Shimatani released her 6th studio album, Prima Rosa, which peaked at number 16 on the Oricon charts. She also recorded a cover of High School Musical's "When There Was Me And You" (in Japanese entitled "Anata to Ita Toki"), which was included as part of the Disney film's Japanese soundtrack. On December 5, Shimatani released her first cover album, Otoko Uta: Cover Song Collection, on which she only recorded covers originally sung by male artists, such as Anzen Chitai, Begin and Masayoshi Yamazaki. For the album she also made a new crossover version of "Amairo no Kami no Otome", which she performed live at that year's Kōhaku.

2008–present edit

In March 2008, Shimatani released the single "Nakitai Nara" in March 2008, which debuted at number 34 at the Japanese charts, being her lowest peaking song since "Yume Biyori" in 2003. In June she released the triple A-side single "Wake You Up/Ame no Naka ni wa, Ame no Naka wo, Kaze no Naka ni wa, Kaze no Naka wo/Marvelous". "Wake You Up" was used as the theme song of K-tai Investigator 7, which started airing in early April 2008; "Ame no Naka ni wa, Ame no Naka wo, Kaze no Naka ni wa, Kaze no Naka wo" was a song to pay tribute to poet Mitsuo Aida and was also released as a single by itself; "Marvelous" was used as theme song for Wrestling Asia Senshuken 2008 (the previous song used for this show was "Neva Eva", which was released back in 2007). The single debuted at number 33 on the Oricon charts. On July 16, Shimatani released her seventh studio album, Flare.

On March 4, 2009, she released her thirtieth single, "Smiles", which is being used as the theme song for the drama Parallel, in which Shimatani herself stars. In July she celebrated her tenth anniversary in music releasing the greatest hits album Best & Covers, and also holding a special live concert in the Itsukushima Shrine.

In 2011, Shimatani became part of the rock musical Rock of Ages, along with other musicians such as Takanori Nishikawa and Misono.[4] On October 1, 2011, Hitomi started her own radio program called Eyes on Me in FM Yokohama.[5]

Discography edit

Main article: Hitomi Shimatani discography

Studio albums

Compilations & cover albums

DVDs

  • 8colors Clips+Live, October 23, 2002
  • Vibration!: Live & Clips, March 17, 2004
  • Concert Tour 2004, December 22, 2004
  • Special Live: Crossover, June 15, 2005
  • Visual Works 2004–2006, March 15, 2006
  • Premium Live 2005: Heart & Symphony & More, March 15, 2006
  • Special Live: Crossover II, December 13, 2006
  • Live 2007 – Prima Rosa, September 12, 2007
  • Cross Over III: Premium Meets Premium, November 8, 2008

References edit

  1. ^ "Shimatani Hitomi - 島谷ひとみ". JaME U.K. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  2. ^ "４年間の軌跡を辿る 島谷ひとみ、ヒット曲満載のベストを発売". 24 December 2003. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  3. ^ "島谷ひとみ、ニュー・シングル発売！ ミュージカルもスタート". Barks.jp. 18 March 2004. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  4. ^ ロックミュージカル「ROCK OF AGES／ロック・オブ・エイジズ」オフィシャルサイト
  5. ^ Fm yokohamaで島谷ひとみの新番組「eyes on me」がスタートします！

External links edit

  • Official website
  • Official website by Avex
  • Eye-Land Official Fan Club Website
  • JaME Profile
  • JaME Interview with Shimatani Hitomi
  • J!-ENT Interview/Feature

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translated from the existing Japanese Wikipedia article at ja 島谷ひとみ see its history for attribution You may also add the template Translated ja 島谷ひとみ to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation Hitomi Shimatani 島谷ひとみ Shimatani Hitomi born 4 September 1980 is a Japanese pop singer 1 Hitomi Shimatani島谷 ひとみShimatani in 2015Background informationBirth name島谷 瞳 Shimatani Hitomi Born 1980 09 04 September 4 1980 age 43 Kure Hiroshima JapanGenresJ pop danceOccupation s singerInstrument s VocalsYears active1999 presentLabelsAvex Trax 1999 2021 AI R LAND Daiki Sound 2021 present Websiteshimatani tokyo Formerly signed to the Avex Trax label for 22 years Shimatani started her career as an Enka singer with the release of her debut single Ōsaka no Onna 大阪の女 Ōsakan Woman in 1999 but later decided to get into the dance pop style for her music Shimatani s music has also appeared in several video games and television shows Shimatani is currently releasing music under her own label AI R LAND RECORD under Daiki Sound Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Early life 1 2 1999 2002 Debut and mainstream success 1 3 2005 2007 Pop to classical crossover 1 4 2008 present 2 Discography 3 References 4 External linksBiography editEarly life edit At the age of seventeen while still in high school Shimatani attended The Japan Audition 1997 where she was chosen as the winner out of around 200 000 people and got a recording contract with the Avex label After this she continued her studies in high school in Hiroshima although she started to take vocal lessons in Tokyo during the weekends She graduated from Shimizugaoka High School 1999 2002 Debut and mainstream success edit Her first single entitled Ōsaka no Onna which was an enka song was released in 1999 on the Avex Trax label The single went to the top of the Oricon s Enka charts and much critical acclaim but failed to chart within the Top 40 of the mainstream charts selling rather poorly Ōsaka no Onna became then Shimatani s only enka single as since her second one Kaihōku she turned into more mainstream pop influences Mainstream success did not come until 2001 with the release of Shimatani s third single Papillon a Japanese version of Janet Jackson s song Doesn t Really Matter The single became her first Top 15 single in the Oricon charts and eventually stayed within the Top 50 for twenty weeks selling over 200 000 copies Her sixth single Shanty which was used as theme song of TBS TV drama Pretty Girls became her first Top 10 single in the Japanese charts peaking at number seven In May 2002 she released another cover this time of Amairo no Kami no Otome by the 60 s group sounds band Village Singers The song became a massive success peaking at number 4 and leading to a boom of covers in Japan 2 It also became one of the most preferred songs to be sung in karaokes by Japanese people it stayed at the top position of the Oricon Karaoke charts for 18 weeks and it took the first position of its yearly charts At the end of this successful year Shimatani was invited for the first time to the most important Japanese TV show of New Year s Eve the Kōhaku Uta Gassen on the NHK channel From this time she would be invited to be in the show for another 3 years in a row In 2003 she debuted as an actress in the Fuji TV drama Boku dake no Madonna where she was given one of the main roles and also made a debut as voice actress in the animated movie Doraemon Nobita in the Wan Nyan Spacetime Odyssey In 2004 she also participated in her first musical A Star is Born along with Yukie Nakama and Eriko Imai 3 2005 2007 Pop to classical crossover edit In February 2005 Shimatani released her first concept album Crossover which marked a sustained shift her music from mainstream J pop to classical influenced tunes Since then her music has been heavily influenced by string instruments and pianos instead of electric guitars bass and keyboards and also started to include some world ethnic elements The first album released under this new style was Heart amp Symphony which featured four singles including Garnet Moon theme song of PlayStation 2 s Another Century s Episode and Falco theme song of Miss Earth amp The Law Of Ueki The album peaked at number 7 on the Oricon charts In 2006 Shimatani released three singles The first one was the double A side single Haru Machibito Camellia released on March 15 Another double A side single entitled Destiny Taiyō no Hana Koimizu Tears of Love was released on June 21 Destiny Taiyō no Hana was used as opening theme for Black Jack 21 Finally Pasio was released on November 15 The b side of this single True Blue was used as insert song for anime television series The Law of Ueki was used as insert song for beauty pageant television series Miss Earth This year she also played the lead role of Anne Shirley during the touring performance of Anne of Green Gables in Japan and starred in the live action film The Prince of Tennis as Sumire Ryuzaki On March 7 2007 Shimatani released her 6th studio album Prima Rosa which peaked at number 16 on the Oricon charts She also recorded a cover of High School Musical s When There Was Me And You in Japanese entitled Anata to Ita Toki which was included as part of the Disney film s Japanese soundtrack On December 5 Shimatani released her first cover album Otoko Uta Cover Song Collection on which she only recorded covers originally sung by male artists such as Anzen Chitai Begin and Masayoshi Yamazaki For the album she also made a new crossover version of Amairo no Kami no Otome which she performed live at that year s Kōhaku 2008 present edit In March 2008 Shimatani released the single Nakitai Nara in March 2008 which debuted at number 34 at the Japanese charts being her lowest peaking song since Yume Biyori in 2003 In June she released the triple A side single Wake You Up Ame no Naka ni wa Ame no Naka wo Kaze no Naka ni wa Kaze no Naka wo Marvelous Wake You Up was used as the theme song of K tai Investigator 7 which started airing in early April 2008 Ame no Naka ni wa Ame no Naka wo Kaze no Naka ni wa Kaze no Naka wo was a song to pay tribute to poet Mitsuo Aida and was also released as a single by itself Marvelous was used as theme song for Wrestling Asia Senshuken 2008 the previous song used for this show was Neva Eva which was released back in 2007 The single debuted at number 33 on the Oricon charts On July 16 Shimatani released her seventh studio album Flare On March 4 2009 she released her thirtieth single Smiles which is being used as the theme song for the drama Parallel in which Shimatani herself stars In July she celebrated her tenth anniversary in music releasing the greatest hits album Best amp Covers and also holding a special live concert in the Itsukushima Shrine In 2011 Shimatani became part of the rock musical Rock of Ages along with other musicians such as Takanori Nishikawa and Misono 4 On October 1 2011 Hitomi started her own radio program called Eyes on Me in FM Yokohama 5 Discography editMain article Hitomi Shimatani discography Studio albums Papillon 2001 Shanti 2002 Poinsettia Amairo Winter Memories EP 2002 Gate Scena III 2003 Tsuioku Love Letter 2004 Heart amp Symphony 2005 Prima Rosa 2007 Flare 2008 Honjitsu Tonai Bousho 2014 Compilations amp cover albums Delicious The Best of Hitomi Shimatani 2003 Crossover 2007 Otoko Uta Cover Song Collection 2007 Best amp Covers 2009 Otoko Uta II 2010 Sign Music 2012 15th Anniversary Super Best 2013 DVDs 8colors Clips Live October 23 2002 Vibration Live amp Clips March 17 2004 Concert Tour 2004 December 22 2004 Special Live Crossover June 15 2005 Visual Works 2004 2006 March 15 2006 Premium Live 2005 Heart amp Symphony amp More March 15 2006 Special Live Crossover II December 13 2006 Live 2007 Prima Rosa September 12 2007 Cross Over III Premium Meets Premium November 8 2008References edit Shimatani Hitomi 島谷ひとみ JaME U K Retrieved 27 November 2010 ４年間の軌跡を辿る 島谷ひとみ ヒット曲満載のベストを発売 24 December 2003 Retrieved 28 June 2013 島谷ひとみ ニュー シングル発売 ミュージカルもスタート Barks jp 18 March 2004 Retrieved 28 June 2013 ロックミュージカル ROCK OF AGES ロック オブ エイジズ オフィシャルサイト Fm yokohamaで島谷ひとみの新番組 eyes on me がスタートします External links editOfficial website Official website by Avex Eye Land Official Fan Club Website Hitomi Shimatani Official Blog CrossOver Fans Website JaME Profile JaME Interview with Shimatani Hitomi J ENT Interview Feature Wiki Hitomi Shimatani at the Asian Pop Culture wiki Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hitomi Shimatani amp oldid 1194553971, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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