Rumi Shishido (宍戸留美) is a seiyuu, independent recording artist, cameraman, illustrator, media personality and a former J-pop singer from Hiroshima, Japan. She is born on 6 November 1973, in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Rumi released her first single on 21 May 1990. Her final release as a J-pop artist was on 22 April 1996. In 1989, Shishido was selected as the winner of a contest hosted by Lotte's and appeared on their television commercial in the following year. Her first single, titled Cosmic Rendezvous (コズミック・ランデブー), was released in 1990. Known by her idol nickname Run Run (るんるん), she joined the members of Lip's and 楽天使 (Rakutenshi) to form the short-lived idol group 七つ星 (Nanatsuboshi), although it did not interfere with her own solo work. In 1992, Shishido, then 18 years old, terminated her idol contract with Sony Records, and is now an independent singer. Since then, she has also branched out into the voice acting industry. Despite this, Shishido's vocals remain popular for their bright yet mature nature. Neil Strauss of The New York Times compared her ripe, melodic voice from her first indies album, Set Me Free, to Debbie Gibson and Liz Phair. Since meeting guitarist 鴫原浩平 (Kohei Shigihara), most of Shishido's music has been composed by him. The first song produced by the two was titled Lion to Kyūka (ライオンと休暇) in 2006, which Shishido describes as the song [seeming] to have been [her] image and that [t]hough [she is] refreshing, [she sings] the sense of the vanity of life of the man and woman. On May 9, 2010, Shishido celebrated her 20th year anniversary in the music industry with a commemorative performance that was streamed live on Ustream. Her performance set a record of having the most people view her video on the entire history of the website. Shishido's first start at a voice acting career (seiyuu) was in 1992, when she voiced Uni Charm Password from the OVA series of KO Beast. In 1995, she broke through with her first leading role as Mikako Koda from Neighborhood Story, and likewise Onpu Segawa from the Ojamajo Doremi series. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.