Hitomi Yoshida (Japanese: 吉田 仁美, Hepburn: Yoshida Hitomi, born 13 July 1984) is a Japanese singer and actress affiliated with Amuleto.[1] She is known for voicing Haru Miura in Reborn!, Muco in Lovely Muco, Mimi Tachikawa in Digimon Adventure tri., and Miyū Aikawa in Occultic;Nine. Her singing career include theme songs in Our Home's Fox Deity, Heaven's Lost Property, Pretty Cure, and Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger.

Hitomi Yoshida
吉田 仁美
Born (1984-07-13) 13 July 1984 (age 39)
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actress
Years active2000–present
EmployerAmuleto
Notable work
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active2008–present
LabelsNippon Columbia

Biography edit

Hitomi Yoshida, a native of Chiba Prefecture, was born on 13 July 1984.[1] After living in Germany for a few years, she joined Gekidan Tohai and started working as a child actress in the early-1990s.[2] She was a regular cast member of Utate Odoronpa! [ja] from 2000 until 2007.[2][1]

In 2006, Yoshida debuted as a voice actress in the Japanese dub of the Pixar movie Cars,[3] voicing the twin characters Mia and Tia.[1] Later, she voiced Haru Miura in Reborn!, Yuku in Jewelpet Happiness, and Luciano in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's.[1] In January 2014, she was cast as Win in Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart.[4] In March 2015, she was cast as Miyū Aikawa in Occultic;Nine.[5] In May 2015, she was cast as Mimi Tachikawa in Digimon Adventure tri.,[6] and she reprised her role in the 2020 film Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna.[7] In July 2015, she was cast as Muco, the titular character of Lovely Muco.[8] In July 2020, she voiced Rui Ōkami, the werewolf character in the Nocturne Boogie anime shorts.[9]

Yoshida was the singer of all four ending themes of Smile PreCure! and DokiDoki! PreCure, the ninth and tenth installments in Toei Animation's Pretty Cure franchise.[1] She sang (alongside Mayu Kudō [ja] and Tomoyo Kurosawa) "Pretty Cure: Eien no Tomodachi (2013 Version)", the theme song of Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 2: Friends of the Heart.[10] She sang both ending themes of HappinessCharge PreCure!, the eleventh installment in Toei Animation's Pretty Cure franchise, and voices Ohana/Cure Sunset in the last series' 28th episode.[1][11]

Yoshida and Sora Izumikawa formed the singing duo Hitomisora for the 2008 anime Our Home's Fox Deity.[12] She was the singer of "Ring My Bell", the opening theme of the 2009 Heaven's Lost Property anime,[13] and she later returned for its sequel Heaven's Lost Property: Forte's theme song "Heart no Kakuritsu" and Heaven's Lost Property the Movie: The Angeloid of Clockwork's theme song "Second".[1] She also formed the unit Blue Drops with Saori Hayami for the Heaven's Lost Property franchise.[2] She and Tatsuhiko Yoshida [ja] sang the opening theme song of Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger (the 2018 entry of the Super Sentai metaseries).[14]

On 28 May 2014, Yoshida's album ".htm" was released from Nippon Columbia.[15] A second album, "10rder", was released from Nippon Columbia on 27 June 2018.[16]

She has also appeared in several stage productions, including as Chizuru Yukimura in the "Hajime Saito Edition" of the Hakuoki musicals, and she appeared in the live-action dramas Kōmyō ga Tsuji and The Embalmer.[1] In 2016, she began voicing Choromy, one of the puppet characters in the "Garapico" segments in Okaasan to Issho.[17]

Yoshida announced her marriage on 13 July 2016, her 32nd birthday.[3]

Discography edit

Albums edit

Title Year Album details Peak chart positions Sales
JPN JPN
Hot
".htm" 2014
  • Released: 28 May 2014
  • Label: Nippon Columbia
"10rder" 2018
  • Released: 27 June 2018
  • Label: Nippon Columbia
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Singles edit

Title Year Single details Peak chart positions Sales
JPN JPN
Hot
"Yay! Yay! Yay!"
(B-side)
2012
  • Released: 7 March 2012
  • Label: Marvelous AQL
15[18]
"Mankai Smile!"
(A-side)
2012
  • Released: 5 September 2012
  • Label: Marvelous AQL
24[19]
"Kono Sora no Mukō"
(B-side)
2013
  • Released: 6 March 2013
  • Label: Marvelous AQL
11[20]
"Pretty Cure: Eien no Tomodachi (2013 Version)"
(with Mayu Kudō [ja] and Tomoyo Kurosawa)
2013
  • Released: 13 March 2013
  • Label: Marvelous AQL
47[10]
"Love Link/Kono Sora no Mukō: Dokidoki! PreCure to Issho" 2013
  • Released: 4 September 2013
  • Label: Marvelous AQL
19[21]
"PreCure Memory"
(B-side)
2014
  • Released: 5 March 2014
  • Label: Marvelous AQL
13[22]
"PreCure Taisō"
(A-side)[23]
2015
  • Released: 19 August 2015
  • Label: Marvelous
"Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger: Theme Song"
(with Tatsuhiko Yoshida [ja])
2018
  • Released: 14 March 2018
  • Label: Nippon Columbia
30[24]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Filmography edit

Anime television edit

2006
2009
2014
2015
2016
2019

Video games edit

2014
2015

Original net animation edit

2020
  • Nocturne Boogie, Rui Ōkami[9]

Animated film edit

2015
2020

Live-action television edit

2006
2007

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "吉田 仁美". Amuleto. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "「そらのおとしもの」特設サイト - blue drops プロフィール". 日本コロムビア. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  3. ^ a b "プリキュア声優・吉田仁美が結婚報告「夢溢れる楽しい家庭を」". eltha (in Japanese). 13 July 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  4. ^ a b Loveridge, Lynzee (31 January 2014). "Compile Heart Introduces More Mini Characters in Noire RPG Video". Anime News Network. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  5. ^ a b Loo, Egan (28 March 2015). "Steins;Gate Creator's Paranormal Science Novel Occultic;Nine Gets Game". Anime News Network. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  6. ^ a b Nelkin, Sarah (6 May 2015). "Digimon Adventure tri. is 6-Part Theatrical Anime With New Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  7. ^ a b Sherman, Jennifer (5 March 2019). "Digimon Adventure Film's Teaser Reveals Cast, Early Spring 2020 Debut". Anime News Network. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  8. ^ a b Hodgkins, Crystalyn (27 July 2015). "3rd Lovely Muco! Anime's Cast, October Premiere Revealed". Anime News Network. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  9. ^ a b Loo, Egan (8 July 2020). "Nocturne Boogie Anime Short Series Produced via Remote Work for July 10 Debut". Anime News Network. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  10. ^ a b "プリキュア~永遠のともだち~(2013 Version)". Oricon News. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  11. ^ a b Nelkin, Sarah (9 August 2014). "Singer Hitomi Yoshida, Former AKB48 Idol Sayaka Nakaya Guest Star in HappinessCharge PreCure! Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  12. ^ "「我が家のお稲荷さま。」オープニング&エンディングお披露目イベント開催!". Dengeki Online (in Japanese). 2 June 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  13. ^ Loo, Egan (10 July 2009). "Sora no Otoshimono, Tatakau Shisho Promos Streamed". Anime News Network. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  14. ^ Yoshida, Tatsuhiko; Yoshida, Hitomi (11 March 2018). "2つの歌が1曲になる!? 「快盗戦隊ルパンレンジャーVS警察戦隊パトレンジャー」主題歌を歌う吉田達彦&吉田仁美とDJ・出口博之がスペシャル対談!". Akiba Souken (Interview) (in Japanese). Interviewed by Hiroyuki Deguchi. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  15. ^ ".htm". Oricon News. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  16. ^ "10rder". Oricon News. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  17. ^ a b "おかあさんといっしょ:人形劇を5年ぶり一新 ロボットが初のメインキャラに". Mantan Web (in Japanese). 28 January 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  18. ^ "Let's go!スマイルプリキュア!/イェイ!イェイ!イェイ!(DVD付き)". Oricon News. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  19. ^ "満開*スマイル!/笑う 笑えば 笑おう♪(DVD付き)". Oricon News. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  20. ^ "Happy Go Lucky!ドキドキ!プリキュア(DVD付)". Oricon News. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  21. ^ "ラブリンク/この空の向こう~ドキドキ!プリキュアといっしょ~(DVD付)". Oricon News. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  22. ^ "ハピネスチャージプリキュア!WOW!/プリキュア・メモリ(DVD付)". Oricon News. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  23. ^ "プリキュア体操&プリキュア音頭~スマイルWink~". Oricon News. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  24. ^ "快盗戦隊ルパンレンジャーVS警察戦隊パトレンジャー 主題歌". Oricon News. Retrieved 7 October 2023.

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