Shimatani!
Hitomi shimatani , compared to some other popular Japanese artists , shes fairly “New” to the music industry , Having released her first Debut Single in 1999. All that i’ve got to say about her is … DAMN i love her music. I can listen to her music over and over on repeat all day long , and every song just fits right in!
Her music has been popping up all over the Japan ,appearing in more than one popular anime series ( The Law of Ueki, InuYasha)
On July 16, 2008, Hitomi released her seventh studio album, Flare. On March 4, 2009, she released her thirtieth single, SMILES, which is being used as the theme song for the drama Parallel, in which Shimatani herself stars.
(on a side note , i absolutely LOVE the new single SMILES 
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Shimatani had a part in the Prince of Tennis Live-Action Film as the character of Sumire Ryuzaki. She plays a young and optimistic girl who is Nanjiro Echizen‘s classmate. She was also in the 11-episode drama Boku dake no Madonna (She is my only Madonna / …and I love her). Though she wasn’t actually in the movie, she did a cover of Vanessa Hudgens’ song “When There Was Me And You”, titled “Anata To Ita Toki”, from the hit Disney film High School Musical.
Two of her songs id highly recommend if you are into J-Pop:
Destiny
SMILES
