Biography
グミ (gumi), is debut solo stage name for female Japanese artist 日向めぐみ (Megumi Hinata), which she used for her discography from debut 1998. until 2004. She changed her stage name in 2004. to meg rock.
She is also a member of メロキュア (MELOCURE).
As グミ (gumi) she debuted in 1998, under the direction of Kohmi Hirose, and sung the theme song and several insert songs for the immensely popular Card Captor Sakura anime. She is also well-known for writing, composing, and performing songs in various anime series, including Cardcaptor Sakura, Peach Girl, Girl's High, Solty Rei, and Stratos 4.
Megumi Hinata began learning to play the piano at the age of four, and said she first became interested in music in the latter half of elementary school, which she spent in the United States. After returning to Japan, she began writing lyrics and music, and participated in band activities at school.
Hinata is considerably fluent in English. Her lyrics often contain whole verses or choruses in English, and she has even written a few songs entirely in English. She has also translated lyrics for other artists from English to Japanese (Hilary Duff’s song “I Can’t Wait”, for example) as well as from Japanese to English.
In addition to her solo career, she had a side project with Akimitsu Honma from 2000 to 2001 called g.e.m., and another with Ritsuko Okazaki started in April 2002 called メロキュア (MELOCURE), which ended abruptly due to Okazaki’s death in 2004. MELOCURE created music for a number of anime series including UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie, Stratos 4, and Oku-sama wa Mahō Shōjo: Bewitched Agnes.
Official site: www.megrock.com
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