Hikari Shiina

Birth: November 18, 1994

Age: 30

Gender: Female

Hometown: Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Years Active: 2009 ~ Present

Height: 150cm

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Hikari Shiina is a Japanese model, singer, and television personality. Shiina debuted as a model in the fashion magazine Ranzuki in 2009. She modeled exclusively for the fashion magazine Popteen from 2010 to 2016.

During middle school, Shiina often watched anime and played video games at home due to frequently being suspended for violence, such as destroying property and throwing firecrackers. After seeing an application for magazine models, she decided to apply to "shine somewhere." In 2009, Shiina began appearing in the fashion magazine Ranzuki as an amateur model, and subsequently began modeling for other gyaru fashion magazines such as Egg and Men's Egg. From 2010 to 2016, she modeled exclusively for the fashion magazine Popteen under the nickname "Pikarin." While modeling for Popteen, Shiina's cosplay photoshoots of anime characters went viral, notably during a time where there was no crossover between gyaru fashion and anime.

In 2012, Shiina made her singing debut under the name Pikarin Shiina (椎名ぴかりん) and branded herself as an "idol from the Demon World." Shiina thought up her Pikarin persona while modeling for Popteen. She released her first single "Shinryaku Pikarin Densetsu" on December 12, 2012, which was used as an ending theme to the television program Happy Music. On October 16, 2013, Shiina released "Toro Amachu" as her second single, which was used as the theme song for Donyatsu, an anime series she also starred in.