Hiromi Miyake

Hiromi Miyake ( Japanese 三宅宏実 , Miyake Hiromi * 1. October 1982 in Tokyo , Japan ), known by her first name Hiromi is a Japanese J-Pop - singer-songwriter with pop - and R & B -Einflüssen. At first she worked as backing vocals for artists such as Namie Amuro .

life and career

Hiromi was born in Tokyo and started playing koto at the age of five . After a series of performances, she was awarded a certificate by the Japanese Koto Association at the age of twelve . While studying in secondary education , she took singing lessons after performing a vocal performance. This resulted in her performing in some Tokyo nightclubs .

In summer 2002 she attended in Boston , United States , on a College , the Faculty of Psychology . She took further singing lessons and workshops on music production at the local singing school Bristol Voice Studio . She also took classical singing lessons in Salzburg , Austria in the summer of 2004 . After these singing lessons she took part in a singing competition organized by the radio station 93.7 FM under the title Star 93.7 , which she then won. During this time she also acted solo as a support act for artists such as Monica , Kimberley Locke and Tamyra Gray . In the winter of 2004 she finished her studies and traveled back to Japan.

In May 2006 she released her first digital collaboration single entitled Fire !! as a guest contribution to the artist Coyass . The digital single LOVE followed later in October of the same year with FRG as a guest contribution, making this her debut single. The song has not yet appeared on any of their albums.

For the studio album Play by Namie Amuro , she took up her position as backing vocals in the songs Hide & Seek , Top Secret and Baby Don't Cry .

More digital singles followed until she released her debut album entitled Rainbow on June 24, 2009 . This studio album was on the download portal iTunes as Hiromi's edition titled and did not have the song Recover , but two more titles Complete and Hate U . The CD version reached number 62 in the weekly Oricon charts and stayed there for five weeks with a total of 3000 units sold.

She is often mentioned with her pseudonym Rainbow Voice .

Discography

Albums

publication	title	Chart placements	Sales	Remarks
May 21, 2008	True Colors	173 (3 weeks)	-	1. Extended play
June 24, 2009	Rainbow	62 (5 weeks)	3,000	1st studio album
0December 2, 2009	Hot chocolate	-	-	2. Extended Play (Rental Album)
January 11, 2011	Magic	46 (5 weeks)	2,000	2nd studio album
20th July 2012	Trick Mixed by DJ Mike-Masa	-	-	2nd album for rent (rental mash-up album)
October 24, 2012	Honesty	58 (4 weeks)	-	3rd studio album
March 27, 2013	Reason: I Still Love You	-	-	3. Extended Play (digital)
June 12th, 2013	Incomplete: Traces of 5 Years	87 (2 weeks)	-	4th studio album
December 11th 2013	Best collaborations	-	-	1. (limited) collaboration album
April 16, 2014	5 Shūnen Live "Incomplete" in Shibuya 5 周年 LIVE -INCOMPLETE- in SHIBUYA	229 (1 week)	-	1. Live album
October 28, 2015	Best: My Select	245 (1 week)	-	1st compilation
	Best: Fan Select	271 (1 week)	-	2nd compilation
December 12, 2017	Phenomenon	-	-	4. Extended play

Singles

publication	title	Chart placements	Sales	Remarks
September 16, 2009	Aisaretai 愛 さ れ た い Beloved	130 (1 week)	-	1. Single
July 24, 2013	Partner feat. Cimba	-	-	2nd single

Digital singles

1. LOVE (with FRG) (released October 15, 2006)
2. Koiwazurai ( 恋 煩 い ) (released October 15, 2007)
3. Our Christmas Song (released December 12, 2007)
4. Vanilla (released July 15, 2008)
5. Fallin 'in Love Again (released December 1, 2010)
6. Butterflies (released August 3, 2011)
7. Nita Mono Dōshi ( 似 た も の ​​ど う し ) (released November 9, 2011)
8. Teenage Love (released July 25, 2012)
9. I Need You: Aisaretai ( 愛 さ れ た い ) (released September 26, 2012)
10. Honesty (with Hisatomi) (released October 10, 2012)
11. Don't Say It's Over (released February 27, 2013)
12. M (released May 22, 2013)
13. Hello Mr. Santa Claus (with Miku aka Tomboy) (released December 4, 2013)
14. Not the End (released July 15, 2015)
15. Tequila Sunrise (released July 29, 2015)
16. Bye Bye Yesterday (released October 2, 2015)

Songwriting

In addition to her own singing career, she wrote song texts for artists such as Block B , Kumi Kōda and The Grace .

Initial release	Sound carrier title	Song title	Artist
February 14, 2007	Stay true	I'm Proud feat. Mariko Ide	Makai
April 30, 2008	Nao'ymt wit '"1st Season"	Sweet Apple Pie feat. Yūbi	Nao'ymt
September 24, 2008	Stars	Shine Your Light on Me feat. KCO	Makai
0January 7, 2009	Dear ...	Sukoshi de Īkara 少 し で い い か ら	The Grace
November 13, 2013	Dreaming Now!	XXX	Kumi Koda
02nd July 2014	SWAG	Swaggalicious	Tomomi Itano
17th December 2014	Come party!	Man Up !!
February 18, 2015	Sucker	Break the rules	Charli XCX
0July 1, 2015	Gimme Gimme Luv	Belly dancer	Tomomi Itano
August 24, 2015	Never stop	"	Nissy
September 30, 2015	Dance dance dance	Hey you!	E-girls
December 24, 2015	Playing with Fire	"	Nissy
20th January 2016	Be with You (Japanese Ver.)	"	5signal
April 20, 2016	Hide & Seek	Triple "O"	Tomomi Itano
June 15, 2016	Toy	Toy (Japanese Version)	Block B
June 22, 2016	Smiley Days	I wish	Sayaka Shionotani
August 24, 2016	Mada Kimi wa Shiranai My Prettiest Girl ま だ 君 は 知 ら な い	"and aquarium	Nissy
November 2, 2016	Get ready	OMG Watashi no Only One 私 の	Tomomi Itano
0December 7, 2016	Alive: Always in Your Heart	Burning love	My name
22nd March 2017	Hayaku Aitai は や く 逢 い た い	Alright!	Dream Ami
29th March 2017	Yesterday	Yesterday (Japanese Version)	Block B

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Generasia Hiromi - Information In generasia (English), accessed on September 12, 2017
2. ↑ Discogs Namie Amuro - Play In Discogs , accessed on September 12, 2017
3. ↑ Generasia Rainbow (Hiromi) In generasia (English), accessed on September 12, 2017
4. ↑ Oricon Hiromi CD Album Ranking In Oricon (Japanese), accessed September 12, 2017
5. ↑ ^{a b} Generasia Hiromi In generasia (English), accessed on September 12, 2017
6. ↑ Oricon Hiromi CD Single Ranking In Oricon (Japanese), accessed on September 12, 2017

Web links

• Official Website (Japanese)
• Official Fan Club (Japanese)
• Official Blog (Japanese)
• Hiromi on Facebook (Japanese)
• Hiromi on Twitter (Japanese)
• Hiromi on Instagram (Japanese)