On Fri, 13 Oct 1995, Yung (William) Wong wrote:

*fume* anta ra! @_@

...

True, but when I hadn't seen the name Hitomi from any place other than 
Canada for the whole summer, I said, "Wait, when did Hitomi get into 
DNR?" ^_^;;

I believe the character was created before I arrived in North America.  
Hitomi is a common name you know.

Ichinohei Hitomi
Hitomi@escape.ca