Real name: Makiko Shiina

Effective period / Period of releases: 2003

Hekiru Shiina is a Japanese pop/rock artist and seiyuu. She made her musical debut in 1992 as part of the Idol group Hummingbird, and later made her solo debut in 1994. Slowly over the years Shiina has been trying to distance herself from her original made-up idol image. With the release of her Baby blue eyes album her musical styling switched over to a pop/rock sound. She is Japan's third best selling seiyuu, with over 1,202,018 copies of her releases sold.