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OK decided to make a simple thread talking a little bit about the 3 hitomis people usually get confused with (hitomi, Hitomi Yaida, Hitomi Shimatani)

I'll start with hitomi Geez I hope it won't be too confusing lol.

hitomi (ALL IN LOW CASES)

The artist named just "hitomi" under low cases used to be a model, has a very thin body and is quite pretty. If you get to see her lips and listen to her nasal voice you won't ever forget who she is. Her style is a mix of pop, slow classic style ballads and some rock. She's been around since 1994, will make 10 years of career now
hitomi and Hitomi Shimatani are both under avex label

Here's some screenshots from her PVs: http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/attach...tid=2128&stc=1

intro
Hitomi Furuya is a vibrant young lady with a distinctive voice. Her music transcends all eastern and western cultures in the basic theme of love and life, so watch out, she's going to take the world by storm!

history
She met Tetsuya Komuro at an audition while she was doing a model for magazines. The following year of November in 1994, she made a CD debut titled "Let's Play Winter" from avex trax. Since then, all lyrics in her productions have been written by hitomi, herself.

profile know MORE about hitomi?
Full Name: Hitomi Furuya
Prefecture: Kanagawa
Date of Birth: 26 January 1976
Blood Type: B
Star sign: Aquarius
Height : 167cm (5'6")
Weight : 48 kg (105lbs)
Measurements : 82-59-82 (32":23":32")
Previous Job: Fashion model

albums
# DATE NAME NOTES

01 27 Sep 1995 GO TO THE TOP
02 11 Sep 1996 By Myself
03 12 Nov 1997 Deja-Vu Got No.2 in Oricon Charts
04 24 Feb 1999 h Got No.1 in Oricon Charts continuously for 2 weeks
05 Oct 1999 Thermo Plastic
06 Dec 2000 Love Life
07 Jan 2002 huma-rhythm
08 Sep 2002 SELF PORTRAIT
09 Oct 2003 HTM `TIARTROP FLES`
10 2004 Traveler

singles
# DATE NAME NOTES

01 28 Nov 1994 Let's Play Winter
02 22 Feb 1995 We are "Lonely Girl"
03 21 Apr 1995 Candy Girl 400,000 copies
04 26 Jul 1995 Go to the Top Got No.1 in Oricon Charts
05 28 Feb 1996 Sexy
06 22 May 1996 In the future
07 07 Aug 1996 By myself Got No.1 in Oricon Charts
08 09 Apr 1997 Busy Now
09 11 Jun 1997 Problem
10 01 Oct 1997 Pretty Eyes
11 22 Apr 1998 Sora Composed by hitomi, herself
12 02 Dec 1998 Progress
13 27 Jan 1999 Someday
14 1999 kimi no tonari
15 04 Aug1999 there is ...
16 1999 taion
17 Jun 2000 LOVE 2000
18 2000 MARIA/eien toiu CATEGORY
19 Nov 2000 kimi ni KISS
20 2001 INNER CHILD
21 Aug 2001 IS IT YOU?
22 Jan 2002 SAMURAI DRIVE
23 2002 Understanding
24 Aug 2002 flow/BLADE RUNNER
25 hikari
26 kokoro no taibito/SPEED STAR

Source:http://www.geocities.com/luvhitomi/

hitomi (Tochigi Prefecture, 1976- )
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If you spend any time watching Japanese television, you'll have seen this slinky songstress apearing in commercials advertising not just her latest single but also cars, makeup or a host of other products. Starting as a teen-fashion magazine model while still in school, hitomi (she dropped her family name, Furuya, and went all lower case - very hip!) has been around longer than Hamasaki Ayumi, who in many ways she resembles, but has only lately started to catch up in the popularity stakes.

She married a design company employee in November 2002 and went "into hiding" for a year and a half. In May 2004, she started her first tour in almost two years. She got publicity for the tour by playing an unannounced "secret live" in the departures lobby of Tokyo's Haneda Airport.

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One of the many artists discovered and raised by J-Pop super-producer Komuro Tetsuya, hitomi got her start in music with the avex trax label in 1993. She made her debut with Let's Play Winter in 1994 and the next year sold 400,000 copies of Candy Girl, her third single. She released three chart-topping albums and had considerable success under the guidance of Komuro, who encouraged her to write her own songs. But she really hit the big time after she went her own way in 1999.

Like Hamasaki, she is more independent than the closely-guarded "idols" and chooses her own look, which has made her one of the fashion leaders adulated by teenage girls across the country. Her skinny frame and come-hither expression have also ensured her a large male fan base. This broad-based popularity have enabled her to make the leap from recording artist to "image" girl, with all the lucrative comercial deals that brings.

hitomi is not afraid to use her sexuality, and indeed looks up to Madonna as one of her role models in this respect. Even when dressed, she tends to leave plenty of skin showing. She has appeared nude, with strategically placed long golden locks, on an album cover (right), released a single called Sexy, and her last release with Komuro was a greatest hits album simply called H. The double entendre is lost unless you know that the letter is pronounced "etchi" in Japanese, which is slang for sex.

She knows the right names to drop to establish her credibility, listing Beck, Bjork and Radiohead as her favorite western artists and Jane Birkin, Serge Gainsbourg and Vincent Gallo as her favorite actors.

http://www.japan-zone.com/modern/hitomi.shtml

Official website: http://www.avexnet.or.jp/hitomi/