Eiko Shimamiya has thyroid cancer
 

did you guy know that eiko shimamiya has thyroid cancer? I can't believe it...I am soooooooooooooooooo sad..

she is the one who sings the opening for higurashi no naku koro ni

My favorite song in the entire world is sung by her (uchuu no hana)

I hope she gets well and continues to sing with her AMAZING voice. She has such an angelic voice

What?! :no That's very unfortunate....I've heard of her before.

WHAT? When?

How?

oh no :( Do you know how easy it is to damage your throat and your vocal cords? :'(

okay, so she has thyroid cancer? Maybe it's not so bad then...maybe she'll be okay.

I hope she gets better...I'm just sad for her.

Eiko has been one of my most beloved artists since I first heard O.

I hope, that, even if she can't sing, she will continue to write. She has so much musical ability. She is one of the reasons why I will always have faith in Japanese artists....just one of those people that made me love music even more for it's power.

I love her so much <3 Eiko Marathon.

omg! What?! Is this for real?

Poor eiko D:

Luckily I think only 4.3% out of all cases actually dies. This is a cancer type more common to Japan and Hawaii, and I wonder why that is...
Horrible. I hope she recovers, both from the illness itself and the nauseating experience it is to be a cancer patient.

Yes actually. I cried when I first saw it. It was like announced in May or something and its been depressing me these last couple months

Apparently she has to have her lymph nodes removed. So she might not be able to really sing much. That's what made me cry

She said she would be fine though. Like survive. I think she tweeted a lot of this. And there's a video on either her own or the I've site that I have been wishing to find a translation too
Its definitly not a happy time amongst the girls anyhow

She also had to cancel her Perfect World tour to the dismay of her fans. But we all support the sweetheart through all of this. She's a strong and talented woman with an amazing voice. And music.

For me she's in my top 3 musicians ever. And I really care about her

I feel bad because she has a school too. *sigh* maybe shell keep composing as she's amazing at it

Anyway all I can say is that eiko is fine. She just might not be able to sing much anymore T.T
That is why this year is depressing. An Cafe, Eiko, and Utada are all out for a while. The only two musicians in my top 5 ever are ayu and MUCC

I just hope the best for our lovely eiko. She's just truly a gem in this world of jpop.

I know...she's my second fav singer after ayu of course....BUT my favorite song is sung by Eiko....it's ssooo beautiful. words can't express how wonderful it is

Tell me what's your fav eiko song? Or favorite song I should say. I can't tell by ur description cuz all her songs are like beautiful.

After listening to a couple of her songs for the first time, I gotta say I am very impressed. A very clear and strong voice that woman has, wow.

^We should turn u into an eiko fan XD lol what songs did u listen to?

And yeah her voice is not what I get to hear from a lot of fav female artists of mine
And I just love it and I hate the mere idea of it having to be damaged.

^
I think I'm already there! I have such a huge love for music that I find it hard to dislike anything and extremely easy to, well, fall in love ^-^

To the opening for HNNKN , I need you Ai no uta and Super Scription of data (TBR). I absolutely loved the last song, but the others too. The last one was just...wow.

Haha. Yes those are all like amazing songs. Might I suggest Scheherazade. Its pretty lovely. So is Naraku no Hana and Diorama and All Alone and yeah I could go on XD

U like super scription? I love that one. Its much brighter than a lot of her stuff. As is Paranoia and FLOW ...by sound at least

uchuu no hana ^_^ (flower of the universe) BEST SONG EVAR...

the other version of the song uchuu no hana(e) is just as beautiful... ^_^

:(

How sad! I hope everything turns out for the best.

I'll have to find somewhere to download Scheherazade, it's not on yt >.<
Naraku no Hana tricked me. It opened like "OLIVIA, OLIVA, OLIVIA...nope, it's Kokia. Only better." And then BAM. Great beat and fantastic melody.

All of her songs really have got great melodies, they're enchanting with almost an eerie sound to them.
Well it's official. You got me hooked on Eiko Shimamiya!

Ont though I seriously hope she recovers as fast as possible. I held my own mother in law when she died from 3 years of battling it, so I know how it looks and leaves people feeling hurt. I already lost one really fantastic seiyuu/singer to Leukimia.

@Rurutia: yes! That song is just really great and beautiful. Its cool that its ur fav. Its too hard for me to pick XD

@Kanzaki: I would send it to you if I had any of my music T.T althogh it was easy to get ayu. Very long story to why all my eiko and jrock songs aree wiped off my pc and my ipod been lost forever.
Which reminds me I should really start finding some of those eiko songs/albums

Anyway. I think a lot of her stuff is on yt. I thought scheherazade too. Try this (idk if this works on my phone)
http://m.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&cli...&v=nnGn0whn83s

And lol. Olivia then kokia XD but I see what u mean. And yeah it doesn't take much to like her songs for me. And I'm usually picky

Also that's really sad, hun *hugs*. And I hope eiko will just be fine and make the best of everything

^
That's sweet of you! I hope you get all of your music back.
Haha, my phone is from the stone ages so there's no way that will work :D But thank you anyway! I will find that song somehow.

Lol okay. I had to edit that post as I didn't finish replying to urs.

And oh I didn't mean watch it on ur phone. I just wasn't sure if mine would copy the link
And it did but I think its the mobile one. Cuz its totally there. Like most of her albums are XD
Idk :) I'm just happy u like Eiko. Spread the eiko love. I wish she would compose for ayu.

Haha, okay. I know, I'm a fast reader AND typer xD
I tried finding it on my pc, but no luck >_< And I shall spread the word! *salutes*

are you talking about the seiyuu for sailor star fighter/seiya by any chance?

I am. Niiyama Shiho's her name if I'm not mistaken.
She had the most amazing voice ever.

This isn't the former I've Sound SHIHO or shiho staravid or whatever she went by is it
Cuz I wouldve had no clue

If its someone else ill find some of their music. Either way its such a sad loss

Edit: nevermind. SHIHO is okay. And I found miss niiyama

You should listen to Aoi sora aoi umi. It's one of the best japanese songs that I've ever heard.

EDIT: GOD that was hard to find. Anyway, here it is (this is so off the topic, I'll stop talking about her, but I just want to share this)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLVMP075Syk

Makes me cry a little, even now.

Oh my.. I hope she'll recover soon! poor thing!! Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni is my fav anime of all time!!! The songs she sang for the anime is quite creepy but I like it though.. I'm missing it now!! Arrrrr.......!!!!

Depending on type of the thyroid cancer, it could be easily cured by surgery + radiotive iodide. Hoever, the surgery has a risk of injuring the laryngeal nerves which can result in vocla chord parlaysis and hoarseness destroying a singer's career...hopefully let's hope for the best, I guess.

Aww! That is so unfortunate. Hopefully she'll get better. :(

hey I'm trying to upload songs on mediafire, but everytime I try to upload them, it says failure....can you guys help me out please.. :(

That's weird. It worked fine for me just a couple of hours ago.
Maybe try switching browsers?

She is lucky because thyroid cancer is the only cancer that can be cured without problem. She'll just lose her thyroid but it's nothing. After two years she'll be ok! & normally her voice'll be ok if the surgeon is good! I'm experience in that matter as I have thryoid problem. I just have the left lobe now & I live perfectly.

Thyroid problems is the plague of this century but I think all problems have a solution.

Poor woman, I hope she'll be ok!
I do have a few songs of hers on my fave list!

I just found this out now, I can't believe it, I love her songs in Higurashi and her O and Hikari Nadeshiko albums :(

Hope it's just how Yoake says and that she'll recover though

Well she's been chilling out just fine I assume. She just won't be singing. For some time I guess. It depends on how she recovers. But I haven't heard much news about it since the original

There was a video on either her website or the I've Sound site where she was just talking for a while about it. It was a while ago. But I never heard a translation for it. But it was about situation I think

Anyway she tweets quite a bit (not like ayu tweet or anything) but she does use her twitter. I just wish I could understand what she was saying lol. I've only seen her tweet her in english twice. To me. And to this person trying to teach her how to grow some vegetables or something <3

I really wish we had more news

She's such a dear woman.

^Thanks for the info ^^ (just found her twitter, she's indeed a sweet woman, hehe *-*)

I won't mind if she's on hiatus for a year or two (or more) just that I was afraid that the surgery would affect her throat/voice and would cause her giving up her career which would be a big shame, her music is wonderful and she does put alot of emotion in it :(

Hoping the best of her!

I hope she'll get better!
She's one of my fave artists ;___;

I don't want to be insensitive...but maybe....if she can't sing anymore....she might start composing for other artists....*cough* Ayu *cough*...

I freaking love her! I hope she gets better without to much trouble and I hope her beautiful voice isn't damaged. Her songs "Endless Loop (回廊)", "To loose in amber", and "electric universe" are some of my top favorite songs...

^To Lose in Amber. . . :heart

i cant stop listening to her O album right now

I only know 1 of her song. so sad news from her :cry

^which song. and i think any of us eiko fans could suggest to u different songs.

and yeah it is sad. its just good thats shes getting along with her life just fine.

I have no idea who she is but I hope she'll be ok.