Hidemi Woods was born and raised in Kyoto, Japan.
Singer, songwriter and author. Runs an original design brand ERIZEN.
EDUCATION:
KURIBAYASHI PIANO SCHOOL 1968 – 1979
NOTRE DAME WOMEN’S COLLEGE March 1983
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Freelance
■ Regularly played at local halls in Kyoto, JAPAN 1983 – 1986
■ Guest-appeared on local radio programs 1983 – 1986
■ Played regularly at a bar and halls in Tokyo 1986 – 1988
■ Made music for Japanese major labels 1986 – 1989
■ Started a label, The Marketplace 1989
The Marketplace
■ Signed and produced several artists 1989 – 1995
■ Produced and released over 30 compilation albums 1989 – 1995
■ Became a pioneer of Japan’s compilation album boom of 90s. 1989
■ Released an album ‘Not enough. / 88TH’ 1992
■ Made a promotion video 1993
■ Appeared on TV 1993
Music Marketplace
■ Moved to California, USA 1994
■ Started a label, Music Marketplace 1994
■ Influenced and provoked the carry-bag boom and Japanese teens’ boom of Western boots 1995 – 1996
■ Made albums in Quebec, CANADA 1997 – 2001
88th Planet Project
■ Renamed my label to 88th Planet Project 2008
■ Write stories 2009 – Present
■ Published ‘Hidemi’s Rambling / Hidemi Woods’ 2010
■ Published ‘Hidemi’s Rambling Volume 2 / Hidemi Woods’ 2010
■ Released ‘Sunrise / Hidemi Woods’ 2010
■ Published ‘Hidemi’s Rambling Volume 3 / Hidemi Woods’ 2011
■ Published ‘Hidemi’s Rambling Volume 4 / Hidemi Woods’ 2012
■ Published ‘An Old Tree in Kyoto / Hidemi Woods’ 2014
■ Released a single ‘Lousy Neighbor / Hidemi Woods’ 2018
■ Released an album ‘Hidemi / Hidemi Woods’ 2018
■ Published ‘Surviving in Japan / Hidemi Woods’ 2019
■ Published ‘The Girl in Kyoto / Hidemi Woods’ 2020
■ Attained Kindle #1 best seller by category in Amazon with several books in 2020
■ Released 1st Audiobook ‘Japanese Dream / Hidemi Woods’ 2020
■ Published ‘My School Days in Kyoto / Hidemi Woods’ 2021
■ Attained Kindle #1 best seller by category in Amazon with several books in 2021
■ Released Audiobook ‘My Naked Spa in Japan / Hidemi Woods’ 2021
■ Published 1st Hardcover ‘Kyoto / Hidemi Woods’ 2022
■ Released Audiobook ‘The Family in Kyoto / Hidemi Woods’ 2022
■ Started Podcast ‘Talking and Reading from Japan by Hidemi Woods’ 2022
[Kindle] Living in Japan: The Girl’s Days with Desire by Hidemi Woods‘2023
[Audiobook] Living in Kyoto / Hidemi Woods ‘2023
[Design] Runs an original design brand ERIZEN ‘2023
[Kindle] Country Life in Japan: Living in the Rural Snowy Town ‘2024
[Kindle]Passion: The Beginning of My Music Career ‘2025
[Audiobook by virtual voice narration] Kyoto, My School Days in Kyoto,The Girl in Kyoto,Surviving in Japan,An Old Tree in Kyoto,Country Life in Japan,Japanese Millennials, Living in Japan,My Fear and Hope,Leaving Kyoto,Montreal,Travel to Tokyo,Living in The Rural Town of Japan,A Japanese Girl in The Catholic School of Kyoto,Diary of The Snowy Country in Japan,The Return to Anaheim,The Singer-songwriter,The Japanese Family Goes to Europe,The Japanese Girl’s Days,Country Living in Mountain of Japan,Cats, Dogs and Kyoto, Japan,Travel to Kyoto, Passion, ‘2025
■Making a new album and writing a new book at present