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| month=October 1993

|Img_capt = Hitomi Takahashi from ''Communication''

| birthplace=[[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]

|Background = solo_singer

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|Birth_name = 高橋 瞳 (''Takahashi Hitomi'')

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|Born = [[April 8]], [[1989]]

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| preceded=[[Carrie Westcott]]

|Origin = [[Shiogama, Miyagi|Shiogama]], [[Japan]]

| succeeded=[[Julianna Young]]

|Instruments = [[Singing]]

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|Genre = [[J-Rock]]/[[J-Pop]]

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|Occupation(s) = [[singer-songwriter]]

| pmoy-succeeded=[[Julie Lynn Cialini]]

|Years_active = 2005–Present

|Label = [[Sony Music|gr8 records!]]

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|Notable_songs = Bokutachi no Yukue

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|URL = http://www.takahashihitomi.com/

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'''Jennifer McCarthy''' (born [[November 1]], [[1972]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[model (person)|model]], [[comedian]], [[actor|actress]] and [[author]]. She first appeared in ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine in October 1993 and was named [[List of Playmates of the Year|Playmate of the Year]] in its June 1994 issue. She later began a career in television and film and has recently started writing books. She and fellow model and actress [[Pamela Anderson]] are generally considered the most recognizable Playboy Playmates.

'''Hitomi Takahashi''' (高橋 瞳 ''Takahashi Hitomi'', born [[April 8]], [[1989]]) is a [[J-pop|J-Pop]] singer who's from [[Miyagi Prefecture]] in [[Japan]]. Hitomi debuted in 2005, and made a successful debut with her single [[Bokutachi no Yukue (Hitomi Takahashi)|Bokutachi no Yukue]], which entered the weekly charts at '''#1'''.

==Profile Biography ==

=== Early life ===

*'''Real Name''': {{nihongo|Hitomi Takahashi|高橋 瞳|Takahashi Hitomi}}

*'''Birthdate''': [[April 8]], [[1989]]

*'''Birthplace''': [[Miyagi Prefecture]], [[Japan]]

*'''Height'''：1,47cm

*'''Favorite Artists'''：[[Shiina Ringo]], [[Shaka Labbits]], [[Maroon 5]], [[Avril Lavigne]], and [[Ellegarden]]

She was cool. And it was good.

==Biography==

McCarthy was born in [[Chicago, Illinois]], to a middle-class [[Irish American]] [[Catholic]] family that lived in Southwest Chicago in the [[West Elsdon, Chicago|West Elsdon]] neighborhood. She is the second of four daughters; her sisters are named [[Joanne McCarthy|Joanne]], [[Amy McCarthy|Amy]] and Lynette. Her mother, Linda, was a housewife, and her father, Dan McCarthy, was a steel mill foreman.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/specials/magazine4/articles/mccarthy.html</ref> She attended St. Turibius Grade School on Chicago's South Side. As a teenager, McCarthy attended [[Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School]] (whose school sweater she donned in the pages of ''Playboy'') and was cheerleader at both [[Brother Rice High School]] and [[St. Laurence High School]]s,<ref>Austin, Michael and Jennifer Wehunt, "Before They Were Famous," ''[[Chicago (magazine)|Chicago]]'', pg. 76, February 2007, Volume 56, number 2.</ref><!-- no citation for status as cheerleading captain--> although she has referred to herself as an "outcast" at her school.<ref>http://www.usaweekend.com/98_issues/980719/980719talk_mccarthy.html</ref> After McCarthy graduated from high school, she attended [[Southern Illinois University Carbondale]] to study nursing. She needed money to pay for college, so she decided to submit her picture to ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine to make money. She was accepted and became a model.

Hitomi Takahashi was born on [[April 8]], [[1989]]. Because of her abnormally large eyes, her parents named her "Hitomi", which means "pupil/eye" in [[Japanese language|Japanese]]. By the influence of her father, she grew up listening to his favorite music, which was [[classic rock]] like [[Eric Clapton]] and the [[Beatles]].

=== Modeling and acting career ===

In 2002, she entered junior-high/middle school. Once entering middle school, Hitomi joined the school softball team and expressed an interest in becoming an artist's backup dancer. So, every morning she would practice dancing before she went to [[Kendo]] practice; she obtained the first level degree in Kendo. Every night after school Hitomi and her friends would gather together and [[street dance]].

After getting accepted by ''Playboy'' in 1993, the magazine wanted her to pose for the October issue. McCarthy was paid $30,000 for the photo shoot. McCarthy became the Playmate of the Month and later the Playmate of the Year. With this, McCarthy gained attention and popularity. In [[1994]], McCarthy moved to [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]. For a time, she hosted ''Hot Rocks'', a [[Playboy TV]] show featuring uncensored [[music video]]s.

In [[1995]], [[MTV]] chose McCarthy to be the host of a new dating show called ''[[Singled Out]]'', for which she left ''Hot Rocks''. Her job as a host was a success, and Playboy wanted her to model more. In [[1996]], McCarthy landed a small part in the comedy ''[[The Stupids]]''. In [[1997]] McCarthy launched two shows. The first one was an MTV sketch comedy show called ''The Jenny McCarthy Show'', which was popular enough that NBC signed her to do a sitcom later that year called ''Jenny'', generally considered a disappointment and was quickly canceled. Also in [[1997]], she appeared on one of two covers for the September issue of ''Playboy'', the other cover had [[Pamela Anderson]] on the cover. McCarthy also released an autobiography: ''Jen-X''. McCarthy once modeled for Candies, a shoe company. In one advertisement, McCarthy posed naked wearing only shoes and having her panties off while sitting on a toilet seat. This stirred a controversy.

In the year of 2003, while she was at dance practice, Hitomi was encouraged to try to sing at a local popularity event. Hitomi disliked singing [[karaoke]] in front of such a large crowd, but her friends greatly encouraged her to sing, and from that time on the desire to become a singer awoke in her.

In [[1998]], McCarthy starred in ''[[BASEketball]]''. In [[1999]], she starred in ''[[Diamonds (1999 film)|Diamonds]]'', a movie which was directed by her husband [[John Mallory Asher]]. The next year, she appeared in the popular horror movie ''[[Scream 3]]''. Since [[2001]], McCarthy has guest-starred in many shows as ''[[Stacked]]'', ''[[Charmed]]'', ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]'', ''[[Fastlane (TV series)|Fastlane]]'' and ''[[Just Shoot Me!]]''.

During her second year in junior-high school, in the middle of the summer of 2003, Hitomi applied for the Sony Music Auditions. For the auditions, she recorded the [[rock (music)|rock]] song "Ukifune" by the band [[GO!GO!7188]], but because the deadline was drawing near, she sent in the tape without listening to it. Also, because a change of interest, Hitomi moved from singing [[dance music]] to singing [[rock music]].

In [[2003]], McCarthy appeared in ''[[Scary Movie 3]]'' along with model and actress [[Pamela Anderson]]. In [[2005]], McCarthy produced, wrote and starred in ''[[Dirty Love]]'' along with [[Carmen Electra]]. The same year, McCarthy hosted a new show on [[E!]] called ''Party at the Palms''. The reality show, which is filmed at [[The Palms]] Hotel in [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]], features hotel guests, party goers and celebrities acting outrageously with McCarthy. In March 2006, she was given [[2005 Golden Raspberry Awards|Razzie Awards]] for "Worst Actress," "Worst Screenplay," and "Worst Picture" for her work on ''Dirty Love'', which also netted her then-husband, [[John Mallory Asher|John Asher]], a Razzie for "Worst Director."

In 2004, Hitomi was selected as the finalist for the Sony Music SD audition (Vo-che3), from around 20,000 others. She was worried that because of her height (147 cm), she would be overlooked, but her powerful voice attracted the attention of people as she sang live.

=== Public persona ===

At the end of 2004, she was chosen to sing the theme song for "[[Gundam SEED DESTINY]]", and recording for her song "''Bokutachi no Yukue''" began at the end of the year.

Though McCarthy initially rose to fame because of her sexual image, a frequent source of her celebrity derives from [[toilet humor]], particularly the shock of seeing a beautiful woman urinate, vomit, pass gas, or pick her nose.

Another Candies ad, which did not cause as much controversy, found McCarthy passing gas in a crowded elevator. A sketch on her MTV show centered around her character, a well-coifed business woman, answering the question of "What did you have for lunch?" by forcing herself to vomit all over a table (which she then ate on-screen). The direct contrast of McCarthy's reputation as a sex symbol and this often grotesque humor is closely associated with her image. This image was taken to a new extreme in her film ''Dirty Love'', which featured McCarthy's character sitting in a massive pool of her own [[menstrual blood]].[http://www.hecklerspray.com/glory-at-the-razzies-for-tom-cruise-nicole-kidman/20062393.php]

In 2005, she was in the middle of high school entrance exams as the title for her 1st single "''[[Bokutachi no Yukue (Hitomi Takahashi)|Bokutachi no Yukue]]''" was announced. The single was released on April 2005, and debuted at '''#1''' on the [[Oricon]] charts. Hitomi became the second female singer to have a debut single in the #1 spot, and the third solo artist to have a debut single reach '''#1'''. The single ended up selling well over 100,000 copies.

McCarthy has authored a series of three books about her experience with pregnancy and raising her son, Evan.

Hitomi soon entered senior high school, and started her first radio personality on Date fm (FM Sendai) called "Takahashi Hitomi ~Sound D・N・A~".

* ''Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth about Pregnancy and Childbirth''

* ''Baby Laughs: The Naked Truth about the First Year of Mommyhood''

* ''Life Laughs: The Naked Truth about Motherhood, Marriage, and Moving On''.[http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b/105-8650915-7462816?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=+%22jenny+mccarthy%22+&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=Go]

McCarthy is also an occasional columnist for ''[[FHM]]'' magazine and is currently a spokesperson for [[Weight Watchers]].

=== Personal life ===

[[Image:SympathyHitomi8.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Hitomi Takahashi posing for her album "sympathy".]]The second single from Hitomi, "''[[evergreen (Single)|evergreen]]''", was released on [[August 12]], [[2005]]. The song was used as the theme song for the Japanese TV drama "New Kids War". The single sales were discouraging, the single only debuting at #22 on the Japanese Oricon Charts, and selling the poor amount of a little less than 30,000 copies.

In [[1993]], McCarthy underwent [[breast augmentation]] to enhance her look as a model for ''[[Playboy]]''. Borrowing a page from fellow [[Playmate]] [[Pamela Anderson]]'s publicity playbook, McCarthy took them out in 1998.

McCarthy dated her manager Ray Manzella for a short time in 1998. After breaking up with Manzella, McCarthy began dating actor/director [[John Mallory Asher|John Asher]]. The couple got engaged in [[January]] [[1999]], and married that year on [[September 11]]. They have a son, Evan Joseph, born on [[May 18]], [[2002]]. In [[August]] [[2005]], McCarthy and Asher filed for [[divorce]].

Hitomi's third single, "''[[Aozora no NAMIDA]]''", was used as the 1st opening theme song for the anime [[BLOOD+]], and was released on [[October 12]], [[2005]]. Its first week on the charts reached the #8 place on the [[Oricon]] charts with 44,629 copies sold. This was a huge leap from her past single "[[evergreen (Single)|evergreen]]".

In a February [[2006]] interview with [[Howard Stern]], [[pornography|adult]] actress [[Jenna Jameson]] said she had two sexual encounters with McCarthy.<ref>http://www.marksfriggin.com/news06/1-30.htm#wed</ref> When McCarthy visited Stern's show in April 2006, she denied having sex with Jameson, but said she "made out" with her during the two encounters. McCarthy also took a [[polygraph|lie detector]] test and passed the questions regarding Jameson. During the appearance, McCarthy also admitted to having performed [[oral sex]] on women and that she cheated on her ex-husband with both men and women.<ref>http://marksfriggin.com/news06/4-24.htm#tue</ref> However, in a later appearance on ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live]]'', she claimed they didn't cheat on each other because it was totally agreed upon.

The first studio album from the singer, "''[[Sympathy (Hitomi Takahashi)|sympathy]]''", was released on [[March 1]], [[2006]]. The album came in two formats, CD only and CD+DVD (limited edition), and contained 12 tracks total, 7 of them being previously unreleased songs. At the release of the album, Hitomi held her first live concert on [[April 1]], [[2006]]. During her concert, Hitomi sung a new song. At first, this song was untitled, but thanks to the Japanese TBS website, the song's name was revealed as "Little Star"!{{ref|TBS}} As of now, it is unknown if this song will be a single or not.

In December [[2005]], McCarthy began dating actor [[Jim Carrey]]. They did not make their relationship public until June 2006.

On [[February 22]], Hitomi's site updated revealing Hitomi's Official Fan Club, which was titled "H147." On another note, Hitomi won an award for New Artist of the Year, and sung live at the event. Also, for reasons unknown, Hitomi held two more concerts for her "sympathy" album. Both were performed at SHIBUYA BOXX on [[May 14]], [[2006]] & [[June 18]], [[2006]].{{ref|Site}}

In May [[2007]], McCarthy announced that her son was diagnosed with autism and would be coming out with a book on the subject shortly. ''Louder Than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism'' is due out in September of 2007.

In May 2006, online shopping websites reported that Hitomi would be releasing her 4th single on [[July 12]], [[2006]]. This went as a rumor, until her official website finally confirmed it in June, with the single officially given the title [[Communication (Hitomi Takahashi song)|Communication]].

She lives in [[Sherman Oaks, California]], next to heiress [[Margo Wilson]]. Her cousin is [[Melissa McCarthy]] of the [[Gilmore Girls]].

==Discography==

===Singles===

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!align="left"|#

!align="left"|Cover

!align="left"|Information

!align="left"|Sales

|-

!align="left"|1st /<br>Debut<br>Single

|align="left"|[[Image:BokutachinoYukueSingleBig.jpg|left|120px]]

|align="left"|'''''[[Bokutachi no Yukue (Hitomi Takahashi)|Bokutachi no Yukue]]'''''<br>僕たちの行方

*Released: [[April 13]], [[2005]]

*Format: CD5"

*Oricon Top 200 Weekly Peak: '''#1'''

!align="left"|135,898<br>copies sold

|-

!align="left"|2nd

|align="left"|[[Image:EvergreenSingleBig.jpg|left|120px]]

|align="left"|'''''[[Evergreen (Hitomi Takahashi song)|evergreen]]'''''

*Released: [[August 10]], [[2005]]

*Format: CD5"

*Oricon Top 200 Weekly Peak: #22

!align="left"|29,116<br>copies sold

|-

!align="left"|3rd

|align="left"|[[Image:AozoranoNAMIDASingleBig.jpg|left|120px]]

|align="left"|'''''[[Aozora no NAMIDA]]'''''<br>青空のナミダ

*Released: [[November 30]], [[2005]]

*Format: CD5", CD5"+DVD

*Oricon Top 200 Weekly Peak: #8

!align="left"|79,630<br>copies sold

|-

!align="left"|4th

|align="left"|[[Image:CommunicationJacket.jpg|left|120px]]

|align="left"|'''''[[Communication (Hitomi Takahashi song)|Communication]]'''''<br>コミュニケイション

*Released: [[July 12]], [[2006]]

*Format: CD5"

*Oricon Top 200 Weekly Peak: TBR

!align="left"|TBR

|-

|}

== Appearances in ''Playboy'' special editions ==

===Albums===

* ''Playboy's Playmate Review'' Vol. 10 May 1994 - front & back covers, pages 82-91.

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* ''Playboy's Girls of Summer '94'' June 1994.

!align="left"|#

* ''Playboy's Book of Lingerie'' Vol. 38 July 1994.

!align="left"|Cover

* ''Playboy's Playmates at Play'' July 1994 - pages 6-7.

!align="left"|Information

* ''Playboy's Book of Lingerie'' Vol. 39 September 1994 - page 25.

!align="left"|Sales

* ''Playboy's Wet & Wild Playmates'' September 1994 - page 73.

|-

* ''Playboy's Book of Lingerie'' Vol. 40 November 1994.

!align="left"|1st /<br>Debut<br>Album

* ''Playboy's Nudes'' November 1994 - cover.

|align="left"|[[Image:SympathyBig.jpg|left|120px]]

* ''Playboy's Playmates in Bed'' Vol. 1 January 1995.

|align="left"|'''''[[sympathy (Hitomi Takahashi)|sympathy]]'''''

* ''Playboy's Supermodels'' February 1995.

*Format: CD, CD+DVD

* ''Playboy's Book of Lingerie'' Vol. 44 July 1995 - cover.

*Released: [[March 1]], [[2006]]

* ''Playboy's Nudes'' October 1995.

*Oricon Top 200 Weekly Peak: #10

* ''Playboy's Winter Girls'' February 1996.

!align="left"|31,333<br>copies sold

* ''Playboy's Celebrating Centerfolds'' Vol. 1 December 1998 - pages 6-7.

|-

|}

== Filmography ==

===Featured/Collaborative Releases===

*MOBILE SUIT''[[Things GUNDAMto SEEDDo DESTINYin COMPLETEDenver BESTWhen ([[NovemberYou're 2Dead]],'' ([[20051995]])

* ''[[The Stupids (film)|The Stupids]]'' ([[1996]])

**("Bokutachi no Yukue")

*HIT STYLE (''[[January 25BASEketball]],'' ([[20061998]])

* ''[[Diamonds (1999 film)|Diamonds]]'' ([[1999]])

**("Bokutachi no Yukue")

*MATCHY TRIBUTE (''[[JanuaryPython 25(film)|Python]],'' ([[20062000]])

* ''[[Scream 3]]'' ([[2000]])

**("MIDDONAITO SHAFFURU")

* ''[[Thank Heaven]]'' ([[2001]])

* ''[[Crazy Little Thing]]'' ([[2002]])

* ''[[Scary Movie 3]]'' ([[2003]])

* ''[[Dirty Love]]'' ([[2005]]) (also producer and writer)

* ''[[John Tucker Must Die]]'' ([[2006]])

* ''[[Wieners (film)|Wieners]]'' ([[2007]])

=== Television work ===

==Concerts==

* ''[[Singled Out]]'' (host from [[1995]]-[[1997]])

*Hitomi Takahashi Live "Sympathy" ~BOXX Series~

* ''The Jenny McCarthy Show'' (1997-[[1998]])

* ''[[Jenny (TV series)|Jenny]]'' (1997-1998)

* ''[[The Big Breakfast]]'' (1998)

* ''[[Honey Vicarro]]'' ([[2001]]) (unsold pilot)

* ''Untitled Jenny McCarthy Project'' ([[2003]]) (unsold pilot)

* ''[[The Bad Girl's Guide]]'' ([[2005]]) (canceled after 6 episodes)

* ''Party @ the Palms'' ([[2005]]-[[2006]])

* ''[[Hope & Faith]]'' ([[2005]]) as Mandy

* ''[[Santa Baby]]'' ([[2006]])

* ''[[Bo! in the USA]]'' ([[2006]]) as Herself (Guest)

* ''[[The View]]'' ([[2006]]) as Herself (Guest Host)

* "Home Improvement" as Alex the Mechanic

== Pro-wrestling ==

==External links==

McCarthy made an appearance at the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation's]] [[WrestleMania XI]] on [[April 2]], [[1995]] as a guest valet for [[Shawn Michaels]]. She left after the match with the victor, [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight Champion]] [[Kevin Nash|Diesel]].

*[http://www.takahashihitomi.com/ Hitomi Takahashi Official Site]

*[http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Arch/SR/HitomiTakahashi/index.html Sony Site]

*[http://takahashihitomi.fateback.com/ Whereabouts]

== ReferencesBooks ==

* ''Belly Laughs, The Naked Truth about Pregnancy and Childbirth'' (ISBN 978-0-7382-0949-4)

*{{note|Site}} [http://www.takahashihitomi.com All Biography Reference Materials]

* ''Baby Laughs, The Naked Truth about the First Year of Mommyhood'' (ISBN 978-0-525-94883-4)

*{{note|TBS}} [http://www.tbs.co.jp/tbs-ch/lineup/o1037.html Japanese TBS Site]

* ''Life Laughs, The Naked Truth about Motherhood, Marriage, and Moving On'' (ISBN 978-0-525-94947-3)

== See also ==

{{Hitomi Takahashi}}

* [[List of people in Playboy 1990-1999]]

== Footnotes ==

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