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Catherine St-Onge, stage name HIMEKA, is an incredibly good singer of Japanese songs. So much so that she recently won an Animax contest. Here is the subtitled footage:

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I think that actually pursuing a career oneself loves by working hard and believing in their own abilities is something to look up to. She even moved to Japan just to do so. She sang the OP of recently released anime Valkyria Chronicles, by the way.

For some strange reason her story reminds me of Danny Choo's

via Japan Probe, Canadian Sings Theme for a Japanese Anime Song