Tomoe Shinohara
| Tomoe Shinohara | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 29, 1979 |
| Origin | Higashimurayama City, Japan |
| Genres | Pop, dance, experimental |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, actress, fashion designer, record producer, artist |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Labels | Jagged Apple, Dream Machine / Warner Music Japan |
Tomoe Shinohara (篠原ともえ? Shinohara Tomoe, born March 29, 1979 in Higashimurayama, Tokyo) is a Japanese singer, actress, fashion designer,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.
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 Burton 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!.
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