Tomoe Shinohara

is a Japanese singer, actress, fashion designer, producer and artist. She is notable for her flamboyant fashion sense She is also a close friend of singer Eiko Matsumoto.

Career In October 1996, Shinohara began as a regular hostess on the FujiTV music variety show "LOVE LOVE Aishiteru". In addition to her co-hostess duties she had her own segments called "PuriPuriPretty". In these segments she interviewed such international celebrities as Tim Burton and Enrique Iglesias.

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 2002, she voiced Hotaru-chan in Ghiblies Episode 2. 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.

In a 2005 press conference in France, Tomoe (as she likes to be referred to ' Music

Albums スーパー・モデル (Supermodel) (1996) MEGAPHONE SPEAKS (1998) DREAM&MACHINE (1999) DEEP SOUND CHANNEL (1999) VIRGIN DRINKS REMIX (2001) Supermodel 15th Anniversary Edition (2010) -:*Better*:- (2012) -:*Oh Yes Say Lala*:- (2012) Tomoe Shinohara ☆ALL TIME BEST☆ (2017)

Singles チャイム (Chime) (1995) やる気センセーション (Yaruki Sensation) (1996) クルクル ミラクル (Kurukuru Miracle) (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. Sakura no Sakumade (2011)

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) MOLMOTT + S by Molmott + Tomoe Shinohara (2004) おんなのこ☆おとこのこ (Onna no ko ☆ Otoko no ko) by Tomoe Shinohara + Vanilla Beans (known as ShinoVani) (2016)

Drama 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/Deborah, the Rival) (1997) Himitsu (1999) Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) Ghiblies Episode 2 (voice) (2002) Koi ni Utaeba (2002) Godzilla: Final Wars (Gojira: Fainaru Uôzu'') (2004) Irasshaimase Kanja-sama (2005) Chorus-tai: Kanojotachi no Kiseki (2007) Yamagata Scream (2009) Exhalation (Sakerareru Koto) (2010) Stray Cat Girl (Neko to Densha) (2012) Princess Jellyfish (2014)

Theatre TENSHI KARA NO SHOUTAIJOU (2000, including original music and costume design) ARIGATOU SABOTEN SENSEI (2002) GEKKOU NO TSUTSUSHIMI (2002) Blood Brothers (musical) (2003) – Linda FAUST (2004) PIPPI (2004, 2006) SPOOKY HOUSE (2004) BIGGEST BIZ (2006) JAIL BREAKERS (2006) THREEPENNY OPERA (2007)