Hitomi Hayashi (林仁美 Hayashi Hitomi*) born May 12, 1984 in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan), is a Japanese singer who rose to prominence as a CM model in Taiwan and Hong Kong. She released the first of her three singles “Hi Low” in the summer of 2006, which earned her a good dose of star power in not only Taiwan and Hong Kong, but in her home country of Japan as well. Her first album included the three singles, and enjoyed moderate success throughout Asia. Later that year, she embarked on a 32-city tour in Japan and Taiwan, well surpassing her mark for ticket sales. In late 2007, Hitomi released her acclaimed follow-up "This Is Hitomi," which spawned successful singles including the #2 hit "Winter Story," a song about the growing suicide trend among youths in Japan. Also in 2007 she took