IMPORTANT YEARS OF hitomi
1990 - hitomi appeared in the magazine 'High-leg club' (she was 14 years old)
1993 - in spring hitomi became a model of the magazine 'Fine'
- Tetsuya Komuro (famous Jpanese producer) discovered hitomi at an audition
1994 - debut single, Let’s Play Winter, released
- hitomi writes her own lyrics on Komuro's advice
1995 - breakthrough - single CANDY GIRL (used for Kodak's commercial)
1996 - hits Sexy and by myself released
1998 - hitomi graduated from the Komuro family (wanted more responsibility for her work)
- deals both with lyrics and song composition
1999 - first best of album, h, released
2000 - hit LOVE 2000 released
2001 - hit IS IT YOU? released
2002 - hit SAMURAI DRIVE released
- second best of album, SELF PORTRAIT, released
- on 3rd November, hitomi married former member of a hip-hop group GAS BOYS, U-SAN
2003 - hitomi was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, which caused a pause in her career
- cure went successfully
2004 - hitomi returned back with single HIKARI
2005 - on 17th May, avex dedicated hitomi her own record company, LOVE LIFE Records
- hit Japanese girl released
2007 - starred in a full-length picture, Akumu Tantei (Nightmare Detective)
- stage debut in a play Waiting for the Sun
- on 3rd November, she divorced with U-SAN after 5 years (they had no children)
- collection of all her singles and PVs, peace, is released
2008 - on the 20th of June, hitomi married Masayoshi Haneda (actor)
- hitomi and her husband are awaiting a baby
