Shimokawa Mikuni

Pop music and anime tone of voice operating are two split regions of Japanese present biz, but Mikuni Shimokawa manages to pretty much bridge both (even though staying over the J-pop aspect). Starting her career in a number of minor girl rings, Shimokawa discovered her niche being a performer of anime theme music, the most known which are her efforts fully Metal Anxiety! series. She information original material aswell, although her graph success is normally moderate. The Hokkaido-born Shimokawa produced her pro debut within the 21-solid idol group Checkicco that challenged Morning hours Musume in 1998-2000, but didn’t contend with them. In 1999, Shimokawa also sang and performed trumpet within the Checkicco’s spin-off Chees, but shortly she opted to begin with a solo profession, debuting using the one “Believer Tabidachi no Uta” b/w “Adrenalin” (1999), which reached amount 30, placing her personal graph record for singles. The very first full-length 39, out in 2000, have scored amount 23 — once again much better than any following album, the majority of which didn’t climb greater than 80th place. Some also landed beyond the very best 100, but Shimokawa still continuing to record, totaling fiv primary albums within the 2000s, not forgetting four produces with addresses of anime designs and her very own music. Three Full Steel Anxiety!-related singles arrived in 2002-2003, most of them achieving the Best 50. In 2006, Shimokawa also teamed up with Hiroyuki Matsugashita and Takayuki Ito in NapsaQ, which released the record NapsaQ Seishun Melody Request, made up of theme song addresses requested by supporters.