Tomoe Shinohara

Infobox musical artist


Name = Tomoe Shinohara
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Background = solo_singer
Born = birth date and age|1979|3|29
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Origin = Flagicon|Japan Higashimurayama City,
Japan
Genre = Japanese Pop
Dance
Occupation = Singer, actress, fashion designer, record producer, artist
Years_active = 1995 – present
Label = Jagged Apple, Dream Machine / Warner Music Japan
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nihongo|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 trademark squealing speaking voice. She is also a close friend of singer Eiko Matsumoto.

Career

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 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".

Music

Albums

* スーパー・モデル (Super Model) (1996)
* MEGAPHONE SPEAKS (1998)
* DREAM&MACHINE (1999)
* DEEP SOUND CHANNEL (1999)

ingles

* 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 Gashbell" 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)
* ("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)

External links

* [http://www.takeitag.co.jp/tomoe/ Official page]
* [http://walker.zozo.jp/walker/tomoeshinohara/ Official Blog]
* [http://www.tsforever.com Unofficial Spanish/Catalan Page]
* [http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Shinohara_Tomoe DramaWiki Page]
* [http://www.myspace.com/tomoeshinohara Tomoe Shinohara's MySpace]
* [http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=Tomoeight Tomoe Shinohara's Youtube Channel - "tomoeight"]