Real name: Arakaki, Hitoe (新垣仁絵)** DOB: April 7, 1981.** POB: Okinawa, Japan.** Before becoming a solo artist, she was (and currently is) the oldest member of the J-pop group SPEED (an all female J-pop group from Okinawa, Japan.) HITOE is known for her dancing abilities and also for her always changing, unconvetional hair styles. Before releasing the album "I'll Do It My Way" in 2003, she released the singles "INORI", "I Got You", and "I'll Do It My Way" in 1999, 2002, and 2003 respectively. Besides, INORI all tracks on the album were co-written by her.* <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/HITOE">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.