Kumiko Nikaido
Vindication...sweet.
If you watch Mobile Suit Gundam Seed, then you know the opening theme song "Believe" comes from Ms. Tamaki. Her song, "Realize", is also used in that anime series, so bonus points for that, too. She just did a mini-tour in California, hitting up L.A. (Pacific Media Expo center), San Jose (MusicFest; S.J. Civic Auditorium), and San Francisco (Amoeba Music and Sony Metreon) which wrapped up last week.
Check out her music videos of "Believe", "Realize", and "Shining Star", which are all fun and energetic. (They're all out there on the net......go download pronto!)
Her debut album, "Greeting", came out in the U.S. on April 20th, courtesy of Tofu Records (subsidiary of Sony Music Japan). Check out their site as www.tofurecords.com.
Oh yeah, her birthday was on June 1st......so happy belated b-day!
