Rumi Shishido is a Japanese singer and voice actress from Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
12 Facts About Rumi Shishido
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Around the same time Rumi Shishido left her management, she debuted as a voice actress, with her breakthrough role being Mikako Koda from Neighborhood Story.
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Rumi Shishido was born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan as the only daughter of an old Samurai family; her grandfather was a buddhist monk.
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When Rumi Shishido was two years old, she moved to Hiroshima with her mother after her parents divorced.
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At the age of 16, Rumi Shishido was selected as the winner out of 85,000 contestants and appeared on their television commercial in the following year.
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In 1992, Rumi Shishido terminated her contract, citing interest in other career paths such as acting and film.
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Rumi Shishido's album was positively received, and Neil Strauss of The New York Times compared her "ripe, melodic voice" to Debbie Gibson and Liz Phair.
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Since meeting guitarist Kohei Shigihara, most of Rumi Shishido's music has been composed by him.
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On May 9,2010, Rumi Shishido celebrated her 20th anniversary in the music industry with a commemorative performance that was streamed live on Ustream.
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Rumi Shishido's performance set a record of having the most people view her video on the entire history of the website.
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Rumi Shishido's first start at a voice acting career was in 1992, when she voiced Uni Charm Password from the OVA series of KO Beast.
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Rumi Shishido auditioned for the role of Doremi in Ojamajo Doremi but did not get the part.