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Hitomi

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hitomi is a model turned singer, She is known for her highly sexy image and not being afraid to express her sexuality. Her debut single, Let's Play Winter, was released in 1994 and her second album by myself was able to reach #1 on the Oricon charts. She has released 10 albums to date and has a rather consistent sound, with a nice rock feel to her tracks. Recently her music has more of a dance feel.


Profile

  • Stage Name: hitomi (ヒトミ)
  • Real Name: Furuya Hitomi (古谷仁美)
  • Date of Birth: 1976.01.26
  • Blood Type: B
  • Place of Birth: Tochigi, Japan
  • Height: 168 cm / 5'6"
  • Blood Type: B
  • Zodiac Sign: Aquarius
  • Idol: Madonna
  • Favorite Musicians: Beck, Bjork, Radiohead


Information

Like many Japanese artists, hitomi was first produced by Komuro Tetsuya, one of the top Japanese producers of the 1990s. Komuro scouted her at a modeling audition, and produced hitomi until he encouraged her to do her own songwriting. This was first shown in her album thermo plastic, released in 1999. The album reached #2 on the Oricon.

The spirit of her sexuality is evident in many of her single and album covers, and even titles of her albums. The title of her single compilation h may be seen as just the first letter of her name, but it also a euphemism for sex, as the Japanese pronunciation of the letter is "etchi" or ecchi.

hitomi is married to an executive in the Japanese advertising industry and has been since 2002. She has never disclosed any information about her husband, other than that they had been close friends since their first meeting eight years earlier. It has been speculated that he is (like her) a Kanagawa native based in Tokyo.

hitomi celebrated the birth of her mixed twins in May 2003. As with her spouse, hitomi initially declined to disclose any details about her children to the Japanese media. Later that year, however, hitomi revealed to members of her fan club that her girl's name is Sumire (after the heroine of Murakami Haruki's novel Sputnik Sweetheart), and her boy's name is Hideaki. It turned out that hitomi had made the disclosures because she had already disclosed the information in a different, 'physical' way: she had tattooed her twin children's names on each of her thighs. 'Sumire' is on her right leg, and 'Hideaki' is on her left leg. In addition, hitomi also revealed that Sumire was older than Hideaki by "sixty-nine seconds".

hitomi holds a Bachelor's Degree in Humanities (majoring in Applied Sociology), awarded by the Kanto Gakuin University of Yokohama, Japan.

hitomi has made no secret of the fact that she holds the American singer Madonna as her idol, and that she hopes to have a career like the material girl's. hitomi even went as far as to deliver a brief rendition of Madonna's hit song Like A Virgin at a 2001 concert, as a tribute to her personal heroine.


Discography

Albums

  • [1995.09.27] GO TO THE TOP
  • [1996.09.11] by myself
  • [1997.11.12] déjà-vu
  • [1999.02.24] h
  • [1999.10.13] thermo plastic
  • [2000.12.13] LOVE LIFE
  • [2002.01.30] huma-rhythm
  • [2002.09.04] SELF PORTRAIT
  • [2003.10.16] HTM ~TIARTROP FLES~
  • [2004.05.12] TRAVELER
  • [2006.09.27] LOVE CONCENT

Singles

  • [1994.11.28] Let's Play Winter
  • [1995.02.22] WE ARE "LONELY GIRL"
  • [1995.04.21] CANDY GIRL
  • [1995.07.26] GO TO THE TOP
  • [1996.02.28] SEXY
  • [1996.05.22] In the future
  • [1996.08.08] by myself
  • [1997.04.09] BUSY NOW
  • [1997.06.11] problem
  • [1997.10.01] PRETTY EYES
  • [1998.04.22] Sora (空)
  • [1998.12.02] Progress
  • [1999.01.27] Someday
  • [1999.06.16] Kimi no Tonari (君のとなり)
  • [1999.08.04] there is...
  • [1999.10.06] Taion (体温)
  • [2000.06.28] LOVE 2000
  • [2000.09.20] MARIA
  • [2000.11.08] Kimi ni Kiss (キミにKISS)
  • [2001.04.18] INNER CHILD
  • [2001.08.22] IS IT YOU?
  • [2001.10.24] I am/innocence
  • [2002.01.09] SAMURAI DRIVE
  • [2002.02.14] Understanding
  • [2002.08.21] flow/BLADE RUNNER
  • [2004.02.11] Hikari (ヒカリ)
  • [2004.04.28] Kokoro no Tabibito/SPEED*STAR (心の旅人/SPEED☆STAR)
  • [2005.06.01] Japanese girl
  • [2005.08.24] Love Angel
  • [2005.11.23] CRA"G"Y☆MAMA
  • [2006.05.10] GO MY WAY
  • [2006.09.13] Ai no Kotoba (アイノコトバ)

DVDs

  • [2000.03.29] nine clips
  • [2001.03.07] nine clips 2
  • [2001.08.22] LIVE TOUR 2001 LOVE LIFE
  • [2002.03.13] Plus (nine clips + nine clips 2) (プラス)
  • [2002.09.04] hitomi LIVE TOUR 2002 huma-rhythm
  • [2002.12.04] frozen in time
  • [2004.09.29] hitomi live tour 2004 TRAVELER
  • [2005.06.01] hitomi 2005 10TH ANNIVERSARY LIVE THANK YOU
  • [2005.11.23] "hitomi Japanese girl collection 2005 ～LOVE MUSIC,LOVE FASHION～"
  • [2006.03.29] hitomi LIVE TOUR 2005 “Love Angel”

External Links

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