Shimamiya Eiko

Shimamiya Eiko (2012)

Shimamiya Eiko (島みやえい子) is a Japanese singer, composer and lyricist who gained prominence as a result of her long association with I've Sound.

Profile

• Name:: Shimamiya Eiko (島みやえい子 or 島宮えい子)
• Birthplace: Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
• Birthday: April 20
• Blood Type: A
• Height: 153.5cm (5ft)

Information

Shimamiya Eiko began working with I've Sound in 1999 and has contributed to a large number of I've Sound compilation albums. She has also been a member of I've Sound vocal units Healing Leaf and Love Planet Five. She has at various times been credited under the pseudonyms EIKO and PEKO.

Shimamiya composes most of her own music and is noted for the sensitive and poetic nature of her lyrics. She also runs a music school called Shimamiya Size (S-size). She made her major label debut with the mini-album ULYSSES, and released her first full-length album O on October 4, 2006.

Discography

Albums

• [2006.10.04] O (オー)
• [2008.04.02] Hikari Nadeshiko (ひかりなでしこ)

Mini-Albums

• [2001.12.29] hologram
• [2002.08.10] VANILLA
• [2003.12.28] Ozone
• [2005.12.14] Endless Loop
• [2005.03.16] ULYSSES (Concept Album)
• [2010.04.28] Perfect World

Best Albums

• [2011.06.29] E.P.S -Eiko PRIMARY SELECTION-

Singles

• [2000.??.??] Takino no Mori (滝野の森; Cascade Field Forest)
• [2003.01.01] Aoi Kajitsu (青い果実; Unripe Fruit)
• [2003.06.25] Myou (妙; Exquisite)
• [2004.12.01] Yume no Senro / Anata wo Nosete (夢の線路・あなたを乗せて; Dream Tracks / You Board)
• [2006.05.24] Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (ひぐらしのなく頃に; When Cicadas Cry)
• [2007.08.22] Naraku no Hana (奈落の花; Flower of Hell)
• [2008.04.16] WHEEL OF FORTUNE (Unmei no Wa) (運命の輪; Wheel of Fortune)
• [2009.04.08] Chikai (誓い; Vow)
• [2009.06.24] Super scription of data
• [2009.07.29] Paranoia
• [2012.06.09] Onkalo
• [2012.10.28] Yellow

Compilations / Other

• [1999.12.24] regret (#13 Last regrets -X'mas floor style-)
• [2000.07.17] verge (Disc 1 #6 Dreamer, #7 Now and heaven; Disc 2 #2 Hyouketsu no Yoru, #6 Around the mind, #10 Glass no Tsuki, #11 verge)
• [2002.06.26] Disintegration (#5 To lose in amber, #13 Ouji yo -Tsuki no Urakara-)
• [2002.12.29] diRTY GiFT (#4 World My Eyes)
• [2003.09.05] LAMENT (#2 SNOW -Album Mix-, #10 Ame ni Utau Tanshikyoku)
• [2003.09.05] OUT FLOW (#9 Sora wo Mau Tsubasa -Album Mix-, #10 Suna no Shiro -The Castle of Sand-)
• [2003.10.25] Atashi wa Meron (あたしはめろん) (CD Drama)
• [2004.12.29] Mixed Up -I've Remix Style- (#7 Suna no Shiro -The Castle of Sand- "Mixed Up POR x TAKESHI style")
• [2005.09.30] COLLECTIVE (#1 'Automaton)
• [2007.06.22] SHORT CIRCUIT II (#8 Otomegokoro＋√Nekomimi＝∞)
• [2007.12.29] I've MANIA Tracks Vol.1 (#8 sensitive 2001)
• [2008.09.24] master groove circle (Disc 1 #6 WHEEL OF FORTUNE (Unmei no Wa) (SINE6 remix); Disc 2 #2 Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (SORMA No.1 remix), #7 Hikari Nadeshiko (Eric Mouquet from Deep Forest remix))
• [2008.12.28] The Front Line Covers (#2 DROWNING, #7 I will...)
• [2009.03.25] I've Sound 10th Anniversary "Departed to the future" Special CD BOX (Paranoia)

External Links

• Eiko Shimamiya official site
• Geneon Universal website