[PV] HIMEKA - "明日へのキズナ"

[crayonsinorange]

日本語は外人にとって覚えにくいけどひめかさんの発音は正しいそ­うw　きれいな

[KiraDraw]

BEAUTIFUL CA

[ThePaprikacat]

i just know that she is canadian !! great. i love her voice ^^

[minkymoma00]

I support her!!!!!! beautiful voice!!!

From Kenya!!

[KeepCalmHaveCupcakes]

Himeka is way better than Beckii Cruel. THIS is breaking into the Japanese market done RIGHT.

Support from Oz here :D

[KiraDraw]

@KeepCalmHaveCupcakes wow you just made may day XD

[yaminara95]

i've listened to this song hundreds of times when i was an otaku (not anymore) but i've never seen the mv until now

[chibanteEcatia]

VALKYRIA CHRONICLES OPPENING :D

[lalagirl211]

how come she can speak japanese even though she is french??

[Theimprebel]

@lalagirl211 she is French Canadian. And learning a language is as easy or hard as the effort you put into learning it and finding the method that works for you the best.

[lalagirl211]

@Theimprebel ohh search arriety's song by cecile corbel..she is french too..that is very tough for me learning japanese language i can speak 3 including english but japanese..nah!

[ShawnAquino096]

I SURELY THINK THAT HIMEKA WILL BE THE NEW BOA RIGHT? SHE SURELY LOOK AND THE VOICE KIND OF SAME ^^

[farronclaire]

Support from Canada HERE!!! :D

[ooooota22]

才能と実力，努力する心があれば道は開けます。

夢をかなえたい人（外国の方も）は日本に来てほしいです。



[flipcy08]

a pure blooded canadian with an asian culture! damn she's hot!

[campos4u2c]

i love this song

awsome

[TzeffNL]

She doesn't look Japanese! :-P

[teraniel11]

@TzeffNL because shes not..!! shes canadian!!

[TzeffNL]

@teraniel11 CANADIAN??? Amd sings FLUENTLY in Japanese??? WOW!

[rgasp12]

she has the same dream as me. The difference is i haven't achieved it yet, im only 14, and i live in america. My parents want me to sing opera and i don't know what to tell them. They know i have always wanted to go to japan, but discourage my japanese when i speak it.

[kennyc002]

Canada represent.

[zyclops00]

i prefer japapese artist to sing in japanese

[BorderlineChocolate]

So what if she's not Japanese. Close your eyes and she has a better voice than half of the Japanese artists out there and that's the truth.

[farrahgedden]

@BorderlineChocolate yeah totally agree

she's so great,I'm impress

Stop people to be narrow minded => "japanese song for japanese singer" -_-" sometimes Japanese artist try to sing in english and you say what "English song for english people"?

[ReyaLi1987]

@BorderlineChocolate

i really agree with u.

i'm not saying that japanese singers are not good,

but always japanese people choose cute girls as idols although they're not so talented.

if u're cute,then u're on..

same as the food.. huhu.

[DCMAC12]

@ReyaLi1987 Here in North America, the sluttier you are, the more popular you are!

[Barbaryotaku]

Mangas made in America are not real mangas. This is not a real Japanese song for the same reasons.

[singalongmysong]

@Barbaryotaku she's sang for sony music japanese international, she now lives in japan, and she's sung for many anime openings, including tegami bachi

[Barbaryotaku]

@singalongmysong never heard of tegami bachi. What is it about? Is it any good?

[singalongmysong]

@Barbaryotaku It's about a boy who was mailed by a letter bee. He looked up to the letter bee, and decided in the future he'd become one too. but when he did become one, he learned gauche is no longer a letter bee.

[XxBETHANIEISHAPPYxX]

@singalongmysong Tegami Bachi is awesome but the boy crys 2 much >3<

[blasianYaoi]

anyone else watched her from the begining? when she made youtube videos of japanese covers. shes always been someone i looked up to

[swirlyeyes]

she actually has a slight accent, but i am not trying to nitpick, it's still a very good song with a powerful chorus.

and to all the people who are disappointed she isn't japanese.. there are actually already quite a few. BoA and younha is korean, crystal kay is african american and korean.

there are still quite a few i can't name because i forget their names. my point? race should not be an issue.

[Taro0309]

入社選考に落ちました。

ですが、カナダ人のHimekaさんが日本でこんなにがばってい­る姿を見ると

負けられないという気持ちでいっぱいになります。

Himekaさんの曲を聞くと元気になります。

[XxHeeroxX]

Just doesn't seem right.. since she isn't even Japanese. How disappointing.

[TheBeatboxHitmanTwo]

@XxHeeroxX Racist much?

[speedcrash21]

いいねー聴いてて日本人と変わらない。



[Mystl1]

Wow.......

[Laurence0227]

A "made in Japan" Canadian Idol....

[Laurence0227]

A made in Japan Canadian Idol....

[darkfiremat]

QUÉBEC PWN EVEN IN JAPANESE

[gabi326jjk]

@darkfiremat lol =P c'est plus facil a parler le japonais si tu est francais...

[nanawantjapan]

@gabi326jjk oui ce tres facil si vouz parlez l'espagnol aussi

[Darkrise714]

Can't wait to see her live tomorrow. =P

[HimeBerrii]

wow now she's talented!

[ToxicMonkies]

She has my support, 100%!!

*from USA* =P

[flutteringleaf]

いや、これは、・・・、たまげたね\0o0/

[tawashii]

this song is really great! there is no border! she is great! she should become more popular!! she's much better than so-called japanese idol, i mean her songs are!

[Keikuina]

Holy crap, she's really good O_O

I want an autograph ( o 3o)b

And Otakuthon is in 2 weeks :D

[peresuke1]

うまい！情熱感じますわ。

[kingchideau876]

This was the best part of this anime.

[aragorn202]

Does anyone know of any other non-Japanese (and non-Asian) jpop singers aside from Himeka? I think she may be the only one. Tons of respect for her.

[bintaigirl]

@aragorn202 I know another one. Jenya came from Russia and she works as an animation singer and a voice artist in Japan. Her Japanese is great too. You can search the keyword ''ジェーニャ'' for her videos in youtube. But so far there is just 2 songs on Youtube, so you might have to look on other websites for more.

[kairixangel]

@aragorn202

Tsuchiya Anna & Olivia Lufkin

They are half but they're awesome C: I love Ana especially 8D

[XxAlexisAggressivexX]

@aragorn202

There's beckii cruel, but she's doesn't compare to himeka imo.

[tkglobe85]

if I just heard the song I would definitely think she's Japanese. 2 thumbs up!!!!

[disney12love]

日本語がとてもきれい。この人の努力は見習わなければならないと­思った。応援してます♪

[fuhmakun]

うまいなー！

[DSt3w01]

let me tell you somthing: she is going to be a guest of honnor this year at an anime festival held at montreal and i might go there and i might get an autograph too :S

[aiJenni]

@DSt3w01 SERIOUSLY?! What is the anime festival called?! :O

[DSt3w01]

@aiJenni its i think called otakuthon date:august 13-15

[Bonihaz94]

Se has a very nice voice!!!

[KaiKarina]

AHHHHh himeka i wish i could do what you have done. i want to sing in japan so soooo bad. im going to keep practicing!

[Saerdna79]

I've never seen a jpop mv where the lipsync looks remotely believable anyway. And also, racism here is ridiculous, really. Why can't a caucasian/african sing in japanese or asian languages? Asian singers throw in engrish in basically all their tracks and there are many examples where they've sung english songs and have tried to break through overseas. Most of them have foreign singers as rolemodels as well. Your arguments make you look like insecure little brats and your idols are ashamed of you

[pinkpandaapple]

@Saerdna79

Because they(the haters) know they will never ever step a foot in Japan.

At least this weaboo is more Japanese then us :>.

Kudos for you Himeka =).

I only wish she sings less covers...

I hope she finds someone who can writes for her songs with her pruuuttty voice =).

[JSkelentonKey]

o, i thought they only had asian singers who were actually asian. unlessa totalimportlike britney and beyonce.

[CooleyMillie]

I think this game is really cool we play it all the time during the summer with my dad he is awesome at it. I managed to get the game absolutely free for my ps3 here - 115 games. com they have hundreds and the best part is they are all totally free oh i almost forgot 0:32 to 3:52 was brilliant

[Colae13]

i never seen her perform for real but the way she sing its ok but some of the lyrics doesnt fit in her lips like its lip sing.thats what i see in vid ok..dont mind me saying what i saw,.and the reaction is quite overdone..maybe its full of emotions or shes being over reacting in the vid. i'll watch her other vids to poloish my mind on her singing.thats all in my mind.ok.

[yuffiexrikku]

just amazing. I loved this song when I watched the 1st episode of Valkyria.

didn't know it was her who sang it.

[AnimeEpisodesDutch]

I don't remember for sure .. but I tought she had a youtube account .. I remember her name.

[cats48]

She's from Quebec, Canada just like me! All I can say is wow. Hopefully one day I can speak japanese as well as her!!!

[ayumi8870]

this person is amazing...there is more foreigner singer in japan,monkey majik,stephanie etc etc and the one that gonna blow ur mind is JERO..black guy singing enta,japanese traditional genre..damn!

[poophead156]

wtf a white person singing this song!?

[apusama]

@poophead156 what, white people are incapable of singing other languages?

[ladyers]

Perfect the history

[pibegorila]

hola me podes pasar el link del video porfavor gracias

[FallenStarsPro]

SHES AMAZING!!

[robosamarai24]

i want her to be mah big sister! 0w0

shes my idol!

[Neochemist11]

whoa! she's white! that's awesome and excellent voice, can't wait to hear mirai...

[hacyune1]

カトリーヌ可愛いｗｗ

ひめかじゃなくてカトリーヌでもいいんじゃないかなｗ

[agagonrr]

USA support x2, you have my kudos ms. catherine! i usually play this song on ipod while playing either airsoft or paintball, would usually initiate the assault on the chorus and try to mimic the opening animation sequence.

[agagonrr]

USA x2 suppport here, you have my kudos HIMEKA!

[Leafshinoby]

and I didn't knew she was a canadian O_O""

[Maliki79]

Same here. I thought she looked a little odd for a Japanese native. Turned out she wasn't. (Heh) But nationality aside, this song is AWESOME!

[xxNightberryx]

i disagree sooo much with you, then your saying Japanese shouldn't sing english as well?? god, get over ur complex!!

[MonkeySketch]

she's a inspiration TT^TT)9 <333

[majlzo]

unreal =) voice pitch of average japanese girl is much higher. and this what makes her voice unique in Jpop, as well as her gorgeous look. beautiful creature !!!

[faerylight]

I'm so proud of you, Catherine!!

[InkedPictures]

I love her voice and her songs, but I don't think she looks all that hot....

[anikid0392]

This and Hatenaki Michi is the best.

[RedHilariousComments]

Wow! I had no idea she was really Canadian. When I first heard her her Japanese was so convincing! This is a nice surprise =D

[Nick3889]

@RedHilariousComments Same here i had No idea she was Canadian

[serriphiel]

Wow, I used to follow her youtube page years ago, when she would post anime cover songs from Canada. I was surprised to find that she had moved to Japan in hopes of becoming a professional singer, let alone that she had made it! She deserves it, she's amazing!

[Naturerocks411]

She is amazing *_*

[cookie4me]

Yeah it's the same for me.

I used to follow her too, untill she closed her youtube page or something, she just disspeared, right?

I just randomly typed in her name in the searchbar just now..and I find this! It's amazing! I'm on the brink of tears, I'm so happy for her! It's amazing how people can follow their dreams and realize them, even if it seems impossible. I applaud her.

[Ym1r]

shoulda kept with her blog :P

[ohizumi]

いい人材だなあ

これからどんどん歌唱力やパフォーマンスも向上してくるだろうし­、楽しみ

何より好きでここまで来た努力がすごいと思う

[cacasi222]

perfect Japanese.

[hirorabbit]

綺麗ないい声だよな

[Eglastre]

Wow himeka finally realesed a pv for asu e no kizuna this was a good video. Himeka is well deserving of this she has struggled.

[AznTubeChannel]

amazing voice! wish i had money to go to japan

[coolbunny2344]

I love her voice but she isn't very good at lipsynching .___. She kinda freaks me out.

[whereismarty]

Ahah! It's the video that is out of sync with the sound coolbunny, not her. ;)

[coolbunny2344]

It doesn't matter if the vid isn't synced, she's just really bad at pertending to be singing. Her mouth is moving way too dramatically.

[MusicalMeredy]

彼女は美しい歌手の...

[e2023098]

アニメ界の枠を超えて通用する人だと思います。

アニメ界もいい人をみつけましたね。

[yomanyo13]

Canada for the fucking win niggas

[karen00eva]

発音とか全然ネイティブ！！！！！

声量もハンパねえっす（´・ω・｀）

[orangious1]

Really proud of her hahah !

[555kana]

wow, her voice is totally Japanese !

[wikipediafornoobs]

japanese people are open as hell.

[clearclean2007]

日本人が歌ってると思い込んでた。

ぜんぜん違和感がなくてビックリ。

[Cyral189]

When I first heard this song, I thought immediately that it was going to be a Japanese singer like always, but however, I was very surprised to find out that she wasn't Japanese, but rather a Canadian, who went to Japan in hopes of reaching her dream to become a singer. I read her blog, and I was amazed on how she went and learned the language, worked, and eventually sung her way through a competition and eventually succeeding in her dreams. Support from Canada! We will be rooting!

[Sifirela]

Support from the U.S.A here! :)

[ShannonThePaperBoy]

@Cyral189 Japanese singers? In Japan??No way.

[Jungiboy]

Wow. I heard this before seeing who the singer was. I'm amazed she has no accent. Her Japanese is amazing!!

[anikid0392]

When is the Letter Bee ending coming out? She sings good in that one too. It's called Endless Road or something.

[bobthydead]

.....I would of NEVER guessed that this person was a French Canadian from her voice.

Honestly, she sounds Asian!

[4XleafXcloverX]

so awesome how she pronounces japanese well when she comes from france and cananda...^^ I'm new to her, but she seems cool~

[GioisDio]

She is a Quebecer like iam ! :D

Québec Canada !

[Jambette]

tabarnack,est trop dla bombe ! Bravo !

[VladmiraIII]

awsome song

[gustaphX]

PV HIMEKA - Asu e no Kizuna

[purrlovee]

*spits out juice after reading info* She's Canadian?! ....AND FRENCH???!! Her Japanese is perfect! O.O Never knew talent like this came from my country. Awesome singer and I'm way proud to be Canadian. :D

[Ilovethething]

himeka allait a animo a montmorency avec moi et des amie on est fier d'elle on la aider en lui enovoyant de l'argent et la supporter pendant le concour voila quelle a un clip

bravo ma belle

[TheNicomegu310]

初めて聴いた時に、

衝撃を受けたのを覚えてる．

[xChiyukix]

Yay canada : D

[LuckyNoDice747]

Pff! Himeka est plus que Canadienne est Quebequoise X_^ lol chuis pas purist j'fais juste niaiser mais elle a un mechant bon talent dans les trois langues

[raijin15]

Wow...just wow...

Never would guess she's not Japanese. Hope we get more songs by her (Hatenaki Michi <3)

[PockyBebop]

Wow. This girl blows me away! If I listened to this song with my closed, I wouldn't have guessed that she was Canadian. She sounds better than the majority of female Japanese idols out these days. Props to her! I hope she continues to have a successful career.

[anividz]

she sounds great and her japanese is flawless

yay, proud to be a canadian : )

go himeka!

[mangafreak97]

In the beginning i thought that her accent was really off... lacks of sharpness but she showed me a whole nnew side of Japanese Pop Thank YOu

[UltimateShikamaruFan]

Wow this is truely beautiful. Go Himeka!!! ^-^

[Chibimaochan]

Is this the same girl who posted covers of anime songs on youtube?

[helluia]

yes, himeka44 ;D

[MirroredGenesis]

Cristi Vee?

Nahhh

[NtWarrior18]

very awesome song, also is the anime chronicles of valkyria that uses this sing as opening

[WindytheHedgehog]

sugoi desune~~~ Himeka chang~~~

now, i'm your no.1 fan~~~~

oh! thank you for upload this wonderful video~^^

[TheYellowPerv]

Her japanese is great

[prockjohn]

OH WOW!!!!!!!!!!!its a music video would have never guess there will be one hahaha 5/5!!!

[0zzaazz0]

すごく上手い＾＾綺麗な日本語

[mangafreak97]

私に日本語を教えるか？

[0zzaazz0]

OK^^

[Naturerocks411]

Actually.. although she is a foreigner in japan, a lot of people say that she sounds so fluent and a nutal speaker when she sings.....

[devilchild94]

OMG i always thought it was a japanese singer! shes got an awesome voice

[VladmiraIII]

awesome

i saw the anime Vlakyria Chronicles

very beutifull

[sincerelypoetry]

She has a BEAUTIFUL voice and it sounds kind of like Tomiko Van's on certain notes. ~~~ There's no difference with her singing Japanese than a Japanese singing English - it's not their original language, but it's OK..so this should be too. There's no difference. I'd like to see more people being open-minded enough to love and accept other cultures. If we all did that, there'd be ALOT less racism.

[Weils]

Does her music videos always have European and fantasy elements to them? Can't wait for her newest music for the anime Tegami Bachi's ending theme.

[anikid0392]

Endless Road is such a good ending theme for Tegami Bachi!! HIMEKA is a great singer!

[coorokun555]

Don't be racist. It's like Beyonce singin in Spanish and Epik High rappin in english. nothin wrong, right? hahaha lol I thinks it's good to see people like HIMEKA once in awhile.

[VladmiraIII]

great song =)

[HimekaFeaTShion]

H-H-HIMEKAAAAAAAAAA?! QAQ

OMG X3

[ScarlettAlchemist17]

I just hear about her recently and after hearing the song she's amazing *o*

[futanoyuki]

she looks like a princess, i love her T_T

[ic7600]

Her Pronouciation of Japanese sounds so perfect

that I could never notice she wasn't Japanese

before I had watched this even though I am a Japanese.

[LeadPie]

she's not even japanese ?

[otaruaj89]

I love her voice. It's so unique!

[animerules1024]

is she really himeka??????

its so unbelieveable that she's the real singer.....!!!!!

[darkcheagle147]

This song is in Valkyria Chronicles Anime opening.

[koken911]

holy shit BEAST I inspire to be as good of a foreign speaker as you shIZZZ

[swordguy27]

The vid didn't sync with the sound

[themagnae]

oh my goodness!!!

himeka really made it!!!

AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

[shinjitsushinri]

I'm Japanese.

I went to her's live yesterday.

Yes! She is really like the goddess !

[MazingerZCorp]

lucky you

she is like an anime character turned into real life.

[lifestream85]

love that song

[MazingerZCorp]

I can only imagine if she sings in english. I hope she will eventually do both. She has no accent. None I can detect. Love it!!!! She is so pretty. An absolute star.

[SummerDew]

waw. i didnt know she's canadian until i watched this! i thought she was a japanese while listening to it in the anime

[lexus2k3]

ahhaha me too! :) there's no trace of an accent thats why i didnt find out until i searched for this haha

[nikz200]

must be difficult for her, at least she is trying her best and the song is good

[xtremeNarutoPK3]

wow, I thought the singer of this song was japanese, but i was obviously wrong xD She sounds so japanese!! Great song <3

[lightsoul007]

That's pretty cool that a Canadian girl gets to sing songs for japanese anime now. I don't speak any japanese so I can't tell how bad/good her accent is, but it sounds good either way and I haven't heard anyone complaining about it so she must be pretty on point.

[otatsat108]

Her Japanese accent is excellent . Hope she will get great songs and make success as anime song singer.

[bouelf]

I am really happy that she made it this far. I always told her to look forward and not give up! To think that we went to school together and I went out with her best friend for 7 years! I am really happy for her!

[RukiaWright]

not bad she can really sing good japanese

[DuranCloud]

Geh. Wow, there's who has non-slanted, stupid fetish ppl here and slanted, stupid fetish ppl here. Slanted or not slanted, does it really matter? She has a beautiful face. End of story. NOW SHUSH >=O Ur ruining my music.