Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Hitomi Shimatani (born September 4, 1980 in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan), is a female J-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" 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. Hitomi Shimatani's childhood dream, like many others, was to become a famous singer. At the age of seventeen, when she was still in high school, Shimatani decided to pursue this goal and attended "The Japan Audition 1997" hosted by the music label avex trax.