Tomoe Shinohara
Encyclopedia
is a Japanese singer, actress, fashion design
er, producer
and artist
. She is notable for her flamboyant fashion sense and bubbly (sometimes goofballish) personality, as well her distinctive squealing speaking voice. She is also a close friend of singer Eiko Matsumoto.
and Enrique Iglesias
.
In the West, Tomoe Shinohara is perhaps best known in the anime
world for contributing the single "Ultra Relax" as the second opening theme song for the series Kodomo no Omocha, though this single
is a small footnote to a larger body of musical work. Aside from music, she has taken parts in several films, dorama, commercials, and TV programs. She is a regular cast member on the children's TV series Monsterdio, from which five albums of cast recordings were released in 2005 and 2006.
Shinohara has also had some experience as an anime voice actor
. In 2002, she voiced Hotaru-chan in Ghiblies Episode 2.
In 2005
she formed a music, dance and performance group called PANIKARAQS (which means "Water Ballet" in Urdu
) with Yuka Honda
(formerly of Cibo Matto
), Steve Eto, and Chikage. Focusing on live performance, they have not released any CDs to date. However in 2005
, Shinohara released a solo CD single, "asoFever 2005", which served as the sixth Ending Theme for the anime Zatch Bell!
.
Shinohara has had at least one song appearance on the NHK
program Minna no Uta
.
In a 2005 press conference in France
, Tomoe (as she likes to be referred to) expressed a dream to perform with Daft Punk
.
Fashion design
Fashion design is the art of the application of design and aesthetics or natural beauty to clothing and accessories. Fashion design is influenced by cultural and social latitudes, and has varied over time and place. Fashion designers work in a number of ways in designing clothing and accessories....
er, producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
and artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
. She is notable for her flamboyant fashion sense and bubbly (sometimes goofballish) personality, as well her distinctive squealing speaking voice. She is also a close friend of singer Eiko Matsumoto.
Career
In October 1996, Shinohara began as a regular hostess on the FujiTV music variety show "LOVE LOVE Aishiteru". In addition to her co-hostess duties she had her own segments called "PuriPuriPretty". In these segments she interviewed such international celebrities as Tim BurtonTim Burton
Timothy William "Tim" Burton is an American film director, film producer, writer and artist. He is famous for dark, quirky-themed movies such as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Corpse Bride and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet...
and Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish pop music singer, a son of singer Julio Iglesias.Enrique started his musical career on Mexican label Fonovisa...
.
In the West, Tomoe Shinohara is perhaps best known in the anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
world for contributing the single "Ultra Relax" as the second opening theme song for the series Kodomo no Omocha, though this single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
is a small footnote to a larger body of musical work. Aside from music, she has taken parts in several films, dorama, commercials, and TV programs. She is a regular cast member on the children's TV series Monsterdio, from which five albums of cast recordings were released in 2005 and 2006.
Shinohara has also had some experience as an anime voice actor
Voice acting
Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters and radio and audio dramas and comedy, as well as doing voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides.Performers are called...
. In 2002, she voiced Hotaru-chan in Ghiblies Episode 2.
In 2005
2005 in music
-Events:*During the year 2005, 12 rock music albums scored number 1 in the USA. This was the first time even ten albums have scored number 1 since 1996.-January:...
she formed a music, dance and performance group called PANIKARAQS (which means "Water Ballet" in Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
) with Yuka Honda
Yuka Honda
Yuka Honda is a Japanese musician who resides in New York City. She is a multi-instrumentalist musician, composer, record producer, and co-founder of the band Cibo Matto...
(formerly of Cibo Matto
Cibo Matto
Cibo Matto are a New York City-based band formed by two Japanese women, Yuka Honda and Miho Hatori, in 1994...
), Steve Eto, and Chikage. Focusing on live performance, they have not released any CDs to date. However in 2005
2005 in music
-Events:*During the year 2005, 12 rock music albums scored number 1 in the USA. This was the first time even ten albums have scored number 1 since 1996.-January:...
, Shinohara released a solo CD single, "asoFever 2005", which served as the sixth Ending Theme for the anime Zatch Bell!
Zatch Bell!
Zatch Bell!, known in Japan as is a shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Raiku. It was published in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday...
.
Shinohara has had at least one song appearance on the NHK
NHK
NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....
program Minna no Uta
Minna no Uta
, literally Everyone's Songs, is a five minute NHK TV and radio program broadcasting several times daily since 1961. The program is generally used as filler at the end of regular television programs...
.
In a 2005 press conference in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Tomoe (as she likes to be referred to) expressed a dream to perform with Daft Punk
Daft Punk
Daft Punk are an electronic music duo consisting of French musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter . Daft Punk reached significant popularity in the late 1990s house movement in France and met with continued success in the years following, combining elements of house with synthpop...
.
Albums
- スーパー・モデル (Super Model) (1996)
- MEGAPHONE SPEAKS (1998)
- DREAM&MACHINE (1999)
- DEEP SOUND CHANNEL (1999)
Singles
- チャイム (Chaimu) (1995)
- やる気センセーション (Yaruki Sensation) (1996)
- クルクル ミラクル (Kurukuru Mirakuru) (1996)
- ウルトラリラックス (Ultra Relax) (1997)
- まるもうけ (Marumouke) (1997) as Shinoland Punk
- ココロノウサギ (Kokoro no Usagi) (1997)
- 君んち。 (Kiminchi.) (1999)
- HAPPY POINT (2000)
- an Audio (2000)
- I wanna say to... (2000) as Tomoé
- 遊FEVER 2005 (asoFever 2005) (2005) -- "Konjiki no GashbellZatch Bell!Zatch Bell!, known in Japan as is a shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Raiku. It was published in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday...
" Ending theme.
Units
- カロゴンズのテーマ (Karogons no Tema) by Yusuke Santamaria + Tomoe Shinohara (1998)
- カロゴンズのラヴソング (Karogons no Lovesong) by Yusuke Santamaria + Tomoe Shinohara (1998)
- キャラだもん (Kyaradamon) by Ryudo Uzaki + Tomoe Shinohara (2001)
- 明日に続く空 (Ashita ni tsuzuku sora) by Eiko Matsumoto + Tomoe Shinohara (known as ZuTTO)(2004)
- MOLMOTT + S by Molmott + Tomoe Shinohara (2004)
Dorama
- FiVE (1997)
- 先生 知らないの? (Sensei Shiranai no?) (1998)
- Konya wa Eigyōchu (1998)
- 夜逃げ屋本舗 (Yonigeya-honpo) (1999)
- バーチャルガール (Virtual Girl) (2000)
- Koi Suru Nichiyōbi (2004)
Films
- デボラがライバル (Deborah ga Raibaru) (1997)
- 秘密 (Himitsu) (1999)
- Gojira, Mosura, Kingu Gidora: Daikaijū Sōkōgeki (2001)
- Koi ni Utaeba (2002)
- Godzilla: Final WarsGodzilla: Final Warsis a 2004 Japanese science fiction-kaiju film directed by Ryuhei Kitamura, written by Wataru Mimura and Isao Kiriyama and produced by Shogo Tomiyama. It is the twenty-eighth film in the Godzilla film series, and the sixth in terms of the series' Millennium era...
(Gojira: Fainaru Uôzu) (2004)
Theatre
- TENSHI KARA NO SHOUTAIJOU (2000, including original music and costume design)
- ARIGATOU SABOTEN SENSEI (2002)
- GEKKOU NO TSUTSUSHIMI (2002)
- BLOOD BROTHERS (2003)
- FAUST (2004)
- PIPPI (2004, 2006)
- SPOOKY HOUSE (2004)
- BIGGEST BIZ (2006)
- JAIL BREAKERS (2006)
- THREEPENNY OPERA (2007)