Hitomi Shimatani
Well she is quite known for doing cover of songs like Papillon which is a cover from Doesn't Really Matter from Janet jackson. Her style is mainly pop and she seems to like the spanish style a lot since mosts of her songs have a spanish flavor added to them. She dances too. Most of her songs seems to be very cheerful. Her ballads are very sugary and happy, be careful those who are diabetic LOL
Some screenshots from a few of her PVS:
http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/attach...tid=2130&stc=1
review from some website:
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Shimatani Hitomi
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Real Name : Shimatani Hitomi 島谷瞳
Date of Birth : 04 September 1980
Place of Birth : Hiroshima, Japan
Blood Type : O
Height : 161 cm
Interest : Watching movies
Shimatani Hitomi was discovered among 200,000 contestants in The Japan Audition 1997.
Gifted with powerful vocal powess, Hitomi hopes to be able to sing like Kudo Shizuka.
However, formal vocal lessons only began in 1999 after she graduated from school.
She made her debut as an Enka singer with her debut single Osaka no Onna on 28 July 1999.
Shimatani Hitomi won 2 Best Newcomer Awards in 1999.
On 27 September 2000, Hitomi released her first JPOP single Kaihoku.
Her fresh and powerful vocals caught the attention of many people.
On 27 February 2001, Hitomi released her second single Papillion, a cover version of Janet Jackson's 'Doesn't Really Matter'.
Personally, I think Papillion sounds much better !
The lyrics also contained some foreign words which made it sound more interesting.
Her first album was also named with the same title.
Hitomi later released Shanti ( meaning 'peace' in the Indian language ) and subsequently her second album also with the same title.
She also released her third single, her own version of a Japanese classic Ama-iro no Kami no Otome, which won the hearts of many Japanese people.
Hitomi then released her eighth single Itsu no Hi ni ka in autumn 2002, and her third album Poinsettia in winter 2002.
Konayuki, one of the tracks in Poinsettia, happens to be one of my favorite songs.
Source: http://www.geocities.com/kai4shimatani/Profile.html
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Official website:
http://www.avexnet.or.jp/shimatani/