, nicknamed "Shibajun", is a

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female singer-songwriter. In 2016 she was diagnosed with partial hearing loss.

Musical characteristics

Many of her songs are of slow and medium

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s expressive of fragility. Occasionally her soft vocals are accompanied by herself on the piano. In her early stages of her singing career, she was known to have travelled extensively nationwide to perform live at local record stores in front of small crowds. She has provided lyrics to the well-known Japanese singing-duo

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for their song "Tsukiyo".

Discography

Numbers in bold represent peak Oricon Weekly Ranking position.

Singles

* June 27, 2001 (Indies Release) Uncharted * October 31, 2001 Uncharted * February 20, 2002 No. 90 * June 26, 2002 No. 34 * October 23, 2002 No. 20 * January 29, 2003 No. 17 * May 8, 2003 No. 43 * September 10, 2003 No. 8 * January 28, 2004 No. 20 * November 25, 2004 No. 22 * February 23, 2005 No. 31 * May 18, 2005 No. 30 * April 19, 2006 No. 8 * July 26, 2006 No. 22 * '' Hiromi'' January 11, 2007 No. 5 * September 12, 2007 No. 15 * May 28, 2008 No. 15 * September 17, 2008 No. 13 * ''Love Letter'' October 7, 2009 No. 14 6,061 copies sold

Studio albums

* March 20, 2002 No. 59 * February 26, 2003 No. 12 * February 25, 2004 No. 15 * March 30, 2005 No. 6 * February 21, 2007 No. 9 * June 18, 2008 No. 9 * November 4, 2009 No. 9 17,380 copies sold * August 3, 2011 * March 27, 2013 * December 17, 2014 * September 20, 2017 * October 31, 2018

Compilations

* '' Single Collection'' September 21, 2005 No. 23 * March 14, 2007 No. 36 * All Time Request BEST ～しばづくし～ November 25, 201

DVDs

* March 26, 2003 * ''Live at Gloria Chapel'' June 23, 2004 * September 21, 2005 * September 26, 2007 * March 4, 2009

Digital releases

* September 27, 2006

References

1976 births Living people Japanese women singer-songwriters Japanese singer-songwriters Musicians from Setagaya Dreamusic artists 21st-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese women singers {{Japan-singer-stub