If I must introduce some Japanese singer to Mancunian or British, I will select Shiina Ringo.
She charged of the music director in the film of "Sakuran." which wall paper is exactly my blog's as you can see.
It is difficult for me to describe her but I can say that her music, words and appearance are utterly unusual while very Japanese taste even retrospective.
I think that she is completely different from other usual J-pop singers.
References
Wikipedia "Shiina Ringo". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringo_Shiina
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