Yoshino Nanjō

Yoshino Nanjō

Nanjō (left) appearing as the vocalist of fripSide at Anime Festival Asia 2012
Native name 南條 愛乃
Born (1984-07-12) July 12, 1984
Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Occupation Voice actress, singer
Years active 2005–present

Yoshino Nanjō (南條 愛乃 Nanjou Yoshino, born July 12, 1984[1]) is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Shizuoka Prefecture affiliated with office EN-JIN. Among her most popular roles is Eli Ayase from Love Live!. She is currently the lead singer of the Japanese pop and trance duo fripSide.[2]

Biography

Nanjō's music career began in 2009 when she replaced the singer Nao as the lead singer of the band fripSide. Her first song as a member of the band was "Only My Railgun", which was used as the opening theme to the anime television series A Certain Scientific Railgun.[3] In 2010, she was cast in the Love Live! franchise as Eli Ayase, a member of the fictional idol group μ's, as well as a member of its sub-unit BiBI.[4] She released her first mini-album "Katarumoa" in 2012. She released her first solo single "Kimi ga Emu Yūgure" (君が笑む夕暮れ) on November 27, 2013; the title song is used as the first ending theme to the 2013 anime television series Tokyo Ravens.[5] In 2015, she together with the other voice actresses of Love Live!, received the Best Singing Award at the 9th Seiyu Awards for best musical performance group.[6]

Voice roles

Anime

2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016

Movie

2014

2015

OVA/ONA

Video games

2006
2007
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015

References

  1. 南條愛乃. TSUTAYA online (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-07-01.
  2. "南條 愛乃 profile at fripSide" (in Japanese).
  3. "To Aru Kagaku no Railgun's Opening Theme Lands at #3". Anime News Network. November 11, 2009. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
  4. "Love Live, Copihan, Ace Attorney Promos Streamed". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  5. 君が笑む夕暮れ (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  6. "Sayaka Kanda, Daisuke Ono Win 9th Annual Seiyū Awards". Anime News Network. March 6, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  7. 幻影異聞録♯FE : 黒乃 霧亜 (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 June 2015.
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