Self Portrait (Hitomi album)

Self Portrait
A tightly framed photograph of Hitomi with the title "Self Portrait" superimposed in a white, all caps, sans serif typography style. Against a blue backdrop; her strawberry blonde hair is cut in a choppy, mid-length bob style; her head and gaze are rotated away from the viewer.
Greatest hits album by
Hitomi
ReleasedSeptember 4, 2002 (2002-09-04)
GenreJ-pop
Length62:27
LabelAvex Trax
Hitomi chronology
Huma-rhythm
(2002) 		Self Portrait
(2002) 		HTM: Tiartrop Fles
(2003)
Singles from Self Portrait
  1. "Understanding"
    Released: February 14, 2002
  2. "Flow", "Blade Runner"
    Released: August 21, 2002

Self Portrait (stylized as SELF PORTRAIT) is the second greatest hits album by Japanese singer and songwriter Hitomi. It was released through Avex Trax on September 4, 2002, coinciding with the video album Hitomi Live Tour 2002 Huma-Rhythm. The two-disc compilation spanned Hitomi's eight-year career at that point; viewing it as the beginning of a fresh start, she devised a release "atypical" of the traditional greatest hits format.

The first half of Self Portrait showcases material released after her previous compilation, H (1999), whereas the second half features new renditions of her earlier work, as well as one new song: "Vibes". It includes the single "Understanding", released merely weeks after her last album earlier that year, and a live recording of "Flow".

Self Portrait debuted at number one on the Oricon Weekly Charts. It went on to become Hitomi's longest-charting album at twenty weeks, selling 636,000 copies in total and becoming the twenty-first highest selling album of 2002. Self Portrait received generally positive reviews from music critics, who commented on her artistic growth. At the 17th Japan Gold Disc Awards, the release received an accolade for Rock & Pop Album of the Year.