Hitomi Takahashi

A wide-eyed pop/rocker with a punkish slant, Hitomi Takahashi made a splash on the Japanese scene with her debut in 2005, but failed to replicate her success, although her moderate popularity rarely wavered due to her contribution to anime soundtracks, as well as collaborations with the synth-punk stars Beat Crusaders. Hitomi (her name means "eye"; she was so named, unsurprisingly, because of her large eyes) grew up in a music-loving family on a diet of Beatles and Eric Clapton. She was interested in dance-pop as a teen, but decided on a rock career after a successful karaoke...