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is a Japanese hip hop artist. She released her debut solo album ''Hime hajime'' in October 2003 and is part of DJ Honda's studio.〔(Hime, Japanese Female Rapper videos - JapanSugoi - Everything Cool about Japan )〕 Her works are notable for their use of Japanese cultural themes, including ''tanka'' metre and sampling of ''kabuki'' and ''bunraku'' narrations. Her works also often touch on themes of female empowerment; she describes herself as the voice of the "Japanese doll". One example of the incorporation of traditional Japanese poetry and contemporary hip-hop can be heard in the song ''Tateba shakuyaku'' or ''Standing, she's a peony''
In the chorus of the song, as seen above, Hime writes in a thirty-one-syllable tanka. Hime's embrace of the ancient form of poetry in her rapping, as well as her frequent use of Japanese cliches and traditional rhythms, show a trend in some Japanese hip hop to localize at the same time that they are embracing a global musical form. "Hime's use of Japanese cliches is provocative in a club setting where the latest slang from MTV tends to be most valued".〔Condry, Ian. Hip Hop Japan. Durham: Duke University Press, 2006.〕 Yet she also uses rhyme, something imported, since Japanese does not have much of a structure for rhyming. At the same time that she is embracing aspects of Japanese culture into her hip hop, we also see how Hime presents herself. Often in her videos she is dressed in ways that are clearly taken from American, and specifically hip hop, culture.〔(YouTube - HIME , Female Japanese Rapper , DJ Honda Records )〕 She Recently appeared on BET Hip Hop Awards 2008. Hime's songs "Black List", "Himehajime 2006", "In The Rain",and "Fuyajo" are featured in The Fast and the Furious video game for the PlayStation 2 and PSP. == Discography == * ; released 8 October 2003 * ; released 10 November 2004 * ; released 12 April 2006 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hime (rapper)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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