is a Japanese female singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 and composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

, born in Kanazawa, Ishikawa

Kanazawa, Ishikawa

is the capital city of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.-Geography, climate, and population:Kanazawa sits on the Sea of Japan, bordered by the Japan Alps, Hakusan National Park and Noto Peninsula National Park. The city sits between the Sai and Asano rivers. Its total area is 467.77 km².Kanazawa's...

. She is credited simply as Hitomi for her vocals, not to be confused with J-pop singer Hitomi

Hitomi

better known by her stagename , is a Japanese singer and songwriter. She began her career as model, and after meeting Tetsuya Komuro he began managing her career as a pop singer...

.

Kuroishi is noted for her involvement with the soundtrack of the Last Exile

Last Exile

is a Japanese animated television series created by Gonzo. It featured a production team led by director Koichi Chigira, character designer Range Murata, and production designer Mahiro Maeda. The three had previously worked together in Blue Submarine No. 6, one of the first CG anime series...

anime series, for which she composes as part of the group Dolce Triade (the other members are Maki Fujiwara and Yuki Yamamoto) in addition to performing the ending theme Over The Sky.

Kuroishi has worked alongside composer Kotaro Nakagawa

Kotaro Nakagawa

is a Japanese composer and arranger. He is a graduate of the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music's school of music.He is the son of trumpet player Yoshihiro Nakagawa, the elder brother of trombone player Eijirō Nakagawa and the nephew of clarinet player Takeshi Nakagawa and trombone...

 for a number of anime soundtracks, namely Planetes

Planetes

is a Japanese hard science fiction manga by Makoto Yukimura. It was adapted as a 26-episode television anime by Sunrise, which was broadcast on NHK from October 2003 through April 2004...

, Gun X Sword

Gun X Sword

, is a Japanese animated television series produced by AIC A.S.T.A. The series is directed by Gorō Taniguchi and written by Hideyuki Kurata.The story is set on the "Planet of Endless Illusion", a place where rogues of all sorts gather. The protagonist, Van, travels the world searching for a man...

and, most recently in 2006, Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion

Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion

, often referred to as simply Code Geass, is a Japanese anime series created by Sunrise, directed by Gorō Taniguchi, and written by Ichirō Ōkouchi, with original character designs by manga authors Clamp...

, which includes the insert songs Stories, Innocent Days, Alone, Sensibility, Masquerade, Continued Story, and several others.

Contributions

• Baby Baachan (TV) : Theme Song Music (OP)
• Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (TV) : Music
• Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (TV) : Music
• Dog Soldier: Shadows of the Past (OAV) : Music
• Hoshi Neko Full House (OAV) : Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Composition (OP), Theme Song Performance
• Last Exile
  Last Exile
  is a Japanese animated television series created by Gonzo. It featured a production team led by director Koichi Chigira, character designer Range Murata, and production designer Mahiro Maeda. The three had previously worked together in Blue Submarine No. 6, one of the first CG anime series...
  
   (TV) : Music, Theme Song Performance (ED)
• Planetes
  Planetes
  is a Japanese hard science fiction manga by Makoto Yukimura. It was adapted as a 26-episode television anime by Sunrise, which was broadcast on NHK from October 2003 through April 2004...
  
   (TV) : Theme Song Composition (ED2,ep7,10,14,16,19,22,24,25IN)
• Shangri-La
  Shangri-La (novel)
  is a Japanese science fiction light novel, written by Eiichi Ikegami and illustrated by Ken'ichi Yoshida. The novel was initially serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Newtype magazine between April 2004 and May 2005. The chapters were collected into a single bound volume on September 23, 2005, and was...
  
   (TV) : OST songs (Mimikazari no Yakusoku)
• Toki-iro Kaima (OAV) : Theme Song Arrangement (ED #1), Theme Song Composition (ED #1)

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