Singer hitomi announced on her blog that she became a mother this week. On Tuesday, she gave birth to a baby girl.

hitomi married actor Masayoshi Haneda at the end of June, and she was already in her fourth month of pregnancy at the time. She was previously married for five years to a former rapper, but they never had any children.

The singer plans to return to work in March. She already has a new song scheduled for release in the spring.