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Takahashi Hitomi

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Takahashi Hitomi promoting Atashi no Machi, Ashita no Machi (2008)

Takahashi Hitomi (高橋瞳) is a Japanese pop/rock artist who releases under the gr8! records sublabel of Sony. She is probably best known for contributing her songs to anime. She made her debut in April 2005 with Bokutachi no Yukue.

Profile

Information

Before Debut

Takahashi was born on April 8, 1989. She was named Hitomi due to the fact that her eyes were very big - Hitomi in Japanese means "eye". As a child, she was influenced by her father's music, which included artists such as Eric Clapton and the Beatles.

When she was in middle-high, Takahashi expressed the thought of becoming a back-up dancer, and danced with her friends, but when Takahashi sang karaoke, Takahashi's friends encouraged her to sing live. After that, she became confident enough to become a singer. Although she had previously wanted to sing dance music, she chose rock music as her style.

sympathy era

Takahashi auditioned for the Sony Music SD Auditions in 2004. Although she was chosen for her voice, she panicked that they would choose someone else over her small stature. Fortunately, those watching the audition saw her for her voice, not her look. She was chosen over 20,000 participants and was selected to sing one of the theme songs for Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny. She recorded Bokutachi no Yukue in 2004.

Bokutachi no Yukue was announced in 2005, while Takahashi took her exams. The single was released in April 2005, and debuted on the Oricon Charts at #1. This made her the second solo female artist to have a debut single achieve #1, and the third artist to achieve this. Takahashi would later release her sophomore single "evergreen", which sold a modest amount and charted at #22 for the week. Returning to an anime tie-in, "Aozora no Namida" was released as the opening song for the anime Blood+. The song ranked #8 on the charts. Takahashi's debut album "sympathy" reached #10 on the charts on March 2006, and she performed live in April of the same year to promote the album.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Compilation / Soundtrack

Featured Releases

Concerts

  • [2006.04.10] Shibuya CLUB QUATTRO Concert
  • [2006.05.14] - [2006.11.25] Live "Sympathy" ~BOXX Series~
  • [2006.11.10] Takahashi Hitomi LIVE in Shiga
  • [2007.03.29] LIVE "Candy Line"
  • [2007.12.04] - [2007.12.13] live tour 2007 "Bamboo Collage"
  • [2008.08.03] - [2008.08.31] Ikenai Ko Tour 2008 "Atashi no Machi, Ashita no Machi"

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