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Born on September 4, 1980 in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, Hitomi Shimatani is a singer, seiyū and actor. That puts Hitomi Shimatani at 46 years old in 2026. Education on record includes Shimizugaoka Senior High School. The listed height is 161 cm. Credited works include Amairo no Kami no Otome.
My Take
What gets me about Hitomi Shimatani is the pivot. She arrived in 1999 as an enka singer, the most tradition-bound corner of Japanese music, and then walked away from it to make dance-pop. That is not a tweak; that is discarding an entire persona and rebuilding in public, with a label watching. It worked. "Amairo no Kami no Otome" is still the song people name first when they hear her name. What I notice just as much is the twenty-two years she spent with one label, in an industry that usually chews through singers and moves on. Longevity like that is not luck. It is somebody deciding, over and over, to keep going, and being willing to become a different artist in order to do it.
This take was written by generative AI, one per person, from publicly reported facts (editorial policy). It is a reading of the record, not reporting.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Hitomi Shimatani
- Name (Japanese)
- 島谷ひとみ
- Reading
- しまたに ひとみ
- Born
- September 4, 1980 (age 46)
- Origin
- Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
- Height
- 161 cm
- Occupation
- singer / seiyū / actor / model / recording artist
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Monkey
- Agency
- バーニングプロダクション→Grick→個人事務所/FORM JAPAN（業務提携）
- Active years
- 1999 -
2. Background
- High school
- Shimizugaoka Senior High School
3. Works & records
Works summary
- Appearances
- 345 (1999–2026)
- By year
- 1999: 5, 2000: 3, 2001: 9, 2002: 11, 2003: 13, 2004: 10, 2005: 7, 2006: 8, 2007: 18, 2008: 16, 2009: 9, 2010: 7, 2011: 11, 2012: 11, 2013: 7, 2014: 10, 2015: 13, 2016: 7, 2017: 3, 2018: 8, 2019: 10, 2020: 5, 2021: 10, 2022: 4, 2023: 3, 2024: 2, 2025: 5, 2026: 2
- Debut work
- 紳助の人間マンダラ
Filmography / notable works
| Category | Title |
|---|---|
| Notable work | Amairo no Kami no Otome |
4. Links
- Official sitehttps://shimatani.tokyo/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/shimatani_hitomi_official/
- Xhttps://x.com/Shimatani_Staff
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitomi%20Shimatani
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B3%B6%E8%B0%B7%E3%81%B2%E3%81%A8%E3%81%BF
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q236692
5. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Works and profile fields sourced from Wikipedia reflect content as of 2026-08-26. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Hitomi Shimatani born?
Born September 4, 1980 (age 46).
Where is Hitomi Shimatani from?
Hitomi Shimatani is from Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
What does Hitomi Shimatani do?
Hitomi Shimatani works as singer, seiyū, actor, model, recording artist.
How tall is Hitomi Shimatani?
Hitomi Shimatani is 161 cm.
What agency is Hitomi Shimatani with?
Hitomi Shimatani is with 個人事務所/FORM JAPAN.
How long has Hitomi Shimatani been active?
1999 -.
What is Hitomi Shimatani known for?
Notable works include Amairo no Kami no Otome.
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