associated_acts years_active birth_place label name background birth_date instrument genre article_title birth_name occupation
speed 1996 -lrb- solo -rrb- 2009 - -- 2000 -lrb- speed -rrb- 1999 -- 2003 okinawa , japan toy 's factory / avex hitoe solo_singer 7 april 1981 vocals , drums , saxophone pop , r & b hitoe arakaki
 hitoe arakaki singer
hitoe arakaki

in 1999 , arakaki released her first solo single , `` inori '' , which topped the oricon charts at no. 2 .
on december 2002 , she released her second single , `` i got you '' , and the album `` i 'll do it my way '' .
besides `` inori '' , all tracks on the album were co-written by her .
in february 2003 , she released her third single , `` i 'll do it my way '' .
