Hitomi Shimatani (島谷㠲㠨㠿, Shimatani Hitomi, born 4 September
1980) is a Japanese pop singer signed to the Avex Trax label.Shimatani
started her career as an Enka singer with the release of her debut
single "Ōsaka no Onna"(大阪㠮女, Ōsakan Woman) in 1999, but
later decided to get into the dance/pop style for her music.
Shimatani's music has also appeared in video games and also anime
series.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.Her first
single, entitled "ÅŒsaka 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.
"ÅŒsaka no Onna" became then Shimatani's only enka single, as since
her second one, "KaihÅ ku", she turned into more mainstream pop
influences.
1980) is a Japanese pop singer signed to the Avex Trax label.Shimatani
started her career as an Enka singer with the release of her debut
single "Ōsaka no Onna"(大阪㠮女, Ōsakan Woman) in 1999, but
later decided to get into the dance/pop style for her music.
Shimatani's music has also appeared in video games and also anime
series.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.Her first
single, entitled "ÅŒsaka 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.
"ÅŒsaka no Onna" became then Shimatani's only enka single, as since
her second one, "KaihÅ ku", she turned into more mainstream pop
influences.
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