Jun Shibata

I'll be honest, Jun Shibata is one of those Tokyo-born singer-songwriters I reach for when the night gets quiet and a little heavy. Her voice has this clean, glassy quality, but underneath it there's a real ache, the kind that sneaks up on you somewhere past midnight. What gets me is that she writes both the music and the words herself, so it never feels manufactured; it feels like she's actually reaching into the messy, unspoken corners and putting them into a melody. She's not the type to whip a crowd into a frenzy, and I love that about her, she just sits beside you instead. There's a quiet, thoughtful intelligence to her songwriting, plain on the surface yet weirdly devastating once it lands. A keeper for the lonely hours.

Jun Shibata is a Japanese singer-songwriter and composer born on November 19, 1976, in Setagaya, Tokyo. She writes her own music and lyrics and is known for her clear, emotionally resonant vocal style. She studied at Tama University. Her official website is shibajun.jp and she is active on Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).

Name (English)

Jun Shibata

Name (Japanese)

柴田淳

Reading

しばた じゅん

Born

November 19, 1976 (age 49)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Dragon (辰)

Origin

Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

Occupation

Singer-songwriter / Singer / Composer / Songwriter

University

Tama University

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.shibajun.jp/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/shibatajun_official/
• Xhttps://x.com/shibatajun
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9F%B4%E7%94%B0%E6%B7%B3

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Singer-songwriter
• Singer
• Composer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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