, also credited as Gumi and Meg Rock, is a Japanese singer, lyricist, composer and musician.

Biography

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.
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's song "I Can't Wait") as well as from Japanese to English.

Career

Throughout her career, she has operated under many names. Under the direction of

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, Megumi Hinata had her singing debut in 1998 as GUMI (グミ) and sang the theme song and several insert songs for the immensely popular '' Card Captor Sakura'' anime. She changed her solo stage name to meg rock in 2004. 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 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''. As a producer and lyricist, she is known either as meg rock, meg hinata or Megumi Hinata. She has produced songs for a great number of singers, the most famous of which include

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Discography

Singles

*1998.04.22 Catch You Catch Me / HITORIJIME (ヒトリジメ) (as GUMI) – first season opening theme to '' Card Captor Sakura'' *2000.07.26 c/w you. (as g.e.m.) *2002.07.20 Itoshii Kakera (愛しいかけら) (in Melocure) – first season opening theme to '' UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie'' *2003.02.01 1st Priority (in Melocure) – opening theme to '' Stratos 4'' *2003.10.22 Meguriai (めぐり逢い) (in Melocure) – second opening theme to '' UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie'' *2005.02.23 Baby Low Tension (ベビーローテンション) (as meg rock) – opening theme to ''

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's ''Jewelry'') – opening theme to '' Okusama ha Mahō Shōjo'' *2005.11.09 clover (as meg rock) – opening theme to '' SoltyRei'' *2006.05.10 incl. (as meg rock) – ending theme to '' Joshikōsei GIRL'S HIGH'' *2008.10.22 Kimi no Koto (君のこと) (as meg rock) *2009.01.21 Egao no Riyū (笑顔の理由) (as meg rock) – opening theme to '' Asu no Yoichi!''

Albums

*2000.10.25 ''g.e.m.'' (as g.e.m.) *2004.03.17 ''Melodic Hard Cure (メロディック・ハード・キュア)'' (in Melocure) *2004.09.29 ''Loveboat (ラブボ)'' (as meg rock) *2008.02.27 ''mighty roller coaster'' (as meg rock) *2011.07.13 ''slight fever'' (as meg rock)

Miscellaneous songs

* "Chiisa na Uta" (in UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie) * "GO THE DISTANCE" (with MI:LAGRO) * "PEACE WITHIN THE BRIGHTNESS" (with MI:LAGRO) * "picnic" (as GUMI, in Card Captor Sakura) * "super duper love love days" (as GUMI, in Card Captor Sakura) * "Sweet Darling" (produced by

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: "be your girl", "Cry baby", "Hoshi ni Negai wo", "I Can't Wait" (

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: "Heart Wing -Kokoro no Tsubasa-", "Himitsu", "Tanoshii Eikaiwa de Happy Life wo!" *

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: "Dry Curry", "Kaze ni Nosete", "Namida-biyori" *

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: "SHINKA-SHINKA" *

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: "staple stable", "Kaerimichi", "Ambivalent World", " Renai Circulation", "Sugar Sweet Nightmare", "étoile et toi", "étoile et toi (édition le blanc)", "Futakotome", "marshmallow justice", "Platinum Disco", "perfect slumbers", "chocolate insomnia", "happy bite", "Mōsō♥Express", "white lies", "fast love", "Kogarashi Sentiment", "snowdrop", "the last day of my adolescence", "Orange Mint", "border", "decent black", "mathemagics", "Yūritsu Hōteishiki", "mein schatz", "terminal terminal", "dreamy date drive", "dark cherry mystery", "07734", "étoile et toi (édition le noir)", "icecream°", "caramel ribbon cursetard" *

: "Atashi ga Shuyaku!", "Tashika na Mono" * Ritsuko Okazaki: "Itsu de mo Hohoemi wo" * Ryōko Shintani: "Hajimete" * Sh15uya / SAE: "Sekai no Owari" * SHIPS (in ''

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''): "LOVE*MEGA" *

: "Catch You Catch Me", "happily ever after", "Kimi ni Melolon", "Macaroon♥Holiday", "Ōedo ha Carnival!", "Sherbet-iro no Jikan", "Sora-iro DAYS", "through the looking glass", "Tsuzuku Sekai" * UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie

: "Kimi wo Sagashiteru", "Marble", "Save♥", "STAR WORDS", "Watashitachi no Miracle" * Umika as Yamako: "Ichigo Iro no Kimochi"

Sources and notes

External links

official website
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