Hitomi Shimatani

Hitomi Shimatani

Born in Hiroshima Prefecture. Since her debut in July 1999, she has released a steady stream of quality works. Her ''singing ability'' that transcends genres and allows her to sing various types of music, as well as her highly transparent ''singing voice'', have been well received, and she has produced many hit songs such as "The Maiden with the Flaxen Hair," "Perseus," "Papillon," "YUME Biyori" and "Papillon. YUME Biyori" and many other big hit songs. She has also won numerous awards, including the NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen for four consecutive years and the Newcomer of the Year Award at the National Cable Awards. In 2018, "YUME Biyori" was selected as the theme song for LGBT events. After the Great East Japan Earthquake, she released a charity song, "Shiawase wo Unerunakeru Yoni", which she sang together with 77 children from the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake affected areas and children in Tohoku in hope for their recovery, and sang the SDGs UN support song, "CYCLE~Cycle~", released in 2019, and performed at charity concerts. She has been actively working on her own activities. In December 2020, Hitomi Shimatani released a new concept band "miscellaneous miscellaneas" with Hitomi Shimatani as the vocalist, which became a hot topic. On March 1, 2022, they will distribute a digital single, a song to support marathon runners, "Yori Faster! a song in support of marathon runners, was released as a digital single on March 1, 2022. On July 8, 2022, they released their 35th single, "Mystic World". On January 21, 2023, they released the triple A-side single "Tabi/Kisummer in the 13th month/Re:START! Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)