Hitomi Kaneko (金子 仁美) is a female Japanese classical music composer.

[1] Born in Japan in 1965, Ms. Kaneko graduated from the composition class at Toho Gakuen School of Music in 1988, and completed postgraduate studies in 1994.

She went to study in France with a French Government scholarship in 1990.

She also attended the Summer Music Festivals in Avignon and Darmstadt with scholarships in 1992.

She is at present a full-time professor of Toho Gakuen School of Music.