FUN FACTS
hitomi...
- hitomi is known for being tall and having super long legs (unlike other Japanese girls)
- hitomi's 1st best of album h represents the first letter of her name, on the other hand, when pronounced in Japanese, "ecchi", you get a slang for sex
- appeared on SHIBUYA 109's (popular shopping center) billboard in bikini, asking HOW ARE YOU? (IS IT YOU? single campaign)
- has her own private A4 full-colored magazine called no!cut
- the Japanese name Hitomi means "blue eyes"
- hitomi's international fans believed for a long time that she had two kids (twins); it was actually just a lie made up in Wikipedia (=> hitomi has no twins, please don't trust Wikipedia)
Private Life
- hitomi learns Chinese
- loves kids and animals
- owns two pugs, white and black (and had several other dogs before)
- likes Western culture; her album LOVE LIFE was inspired by music from UK and USA
- enjoys nail-art; unlike Ayumi Hamasaki she prefers to decorate her own nails
- appreciates stretching, walking, yoga, movies and BBQ during her free time
- is a friend of RINKA (famous Japanese model)
Lifestyle
- hitomi waits for the first move if she likes someone
- likes to use exotic salts in bath, like grapefruit or cucumber
- likes to wear shirts or hoodies with portraits of random people
- used to wear cowboy hats often
- thinks it's not hard to compose good songs if you involve your heart
- always makes and eats breakfasts
- is a fan of nice looking and healthy food; she likes to arrange her meals on many plates and then post pictures on her diary
- overcomes stressful situations well with good food and loved persons
- keeps her self-confidence by taking all comments about her easy
- is regarded as one of the fittest and most athletic female Japanese performers despite her advanced age compared to others
Career
- hitomi writes her own lyrics
- composed several of her songs herself
- always sings live (including TV appearances)
- performed songs in Japanese, English and French
- can play guitar
- loves animals; so far she advertised her music by a monkey (innocence PV + cover), sheeps (Love Angel PV, h booklet), parrot (GO MY WAY PV), fox and flamingos (h booklet), polar bear (Love Angel tour cover) and hernet (LOVE 2000 cover)
- covered Madonna's songs at her concerts (Like a Virgin, Holiday)
- covered Bananarama's Venus (used for her Gillette Venus commercial filmed in Hawaii)
- is a rocker in her heart - she enjoys singing rockish songs the most (MARIA, Love me darling)
- appeared bald in the PV flow (but don't worry, it wasn't real)
- won a "Nail Queen" award in 2005
- likes the song so you the most out of her album LOVE CONCENT
Random
- joked with Matsuda Ryohei (Nightmare Detective) that she wanted to see him naked (while Ryohei was wearing only a piece of cloth in the movie); that kind of statement made Ryohei very shy
- Ryohei haven't heard any hitomi song before the filming of Nigtmare Detective, but he said he would give it a try later
- Naoko Takahashi, 2000's Sydney Olympic gold medalist in women's marathon, was listening to hitomi's LOVE 2000 before the race, which gave her more energy; as a result of that, LOVE 2000 single re-appeared in charts