Yoshino Nanjō (南條 愛乃, Nanjō Yoshino, born July 12, 1984[1]) is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She is affiliated with Voice Kit. Among her most popular roles is Eli Ayase from Love Live! School Idol Project series. She became the lead singer of the Japanese pop and trance duo fripSide in 2009 until she announced in October 2021 her retirement from the music duo.[2][3] Her nickname is Nanjolno.

Yoshino Nanjō
南條 愛乃
Born (1984-07-12) July 12, 1984 (age 40)
Occupations
Years active2006–present
AgentVoice Kit
Notable credits
Height150 cm (4 ft 11 in)
Musical career
GenresJ-pop, Anison
InstrumentVocals
Years active2009–present
Labels
Formerly offripSide
Websitenbcuni-music.com/yoshino_nanjo/

Biography

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Yoshino Nanjō was raised in Shimizu, a ward in the city of Shizuoka.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] She released her first mini-album "Katarumoa" on December 12, 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.[7] 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.[8] Meanwhile, at the 13th Seiyu Awards, Nanjo won the Influencer Award, she was the first recipient of the award as it was introduced in that year.[9] She released a new album titled N no Hako (Nのハコ) on July 25, 2016.[10] She released a new album titled THE MEMORIES APARTMENT -Anime- which featured all of her singles to date and six covers and also THE MEMORIES APARTMENT -Original- in which fans voted for their favourite song of Nanjo's from her entire discography (singles and covers excluded) simultaneously on July 18, 2018.[11]

Discography

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Singles

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Year Album name Peak Oricon Chart Position
2013 Kimi ga Emu Yuugure (君が笑む夕暮れ) 33
2014 Anata no Aishita Sekai (あなたの愛した世界) 17
2015 Tasogare no Starlight (黄昏のスタアライト) 18
Kimi wo Sagashi ni (君を探しに) 14
2016 Zero Ichi Kiseki (ゼロイチキセキ) 10
2017 Hikari no Hajimari (光のはじまり) 8
Issai wa Monogatari (一切は物語) (feat. Nagi Yanagi) 7
2019 Kimi no Tonari Watashi no Basho (君のとなりわたしの場所) 13
Sayounara no Wakusei (サヨウナラの惑星) 14
2020 Yabu no Naka no Synthesis (藪の中のジンテーゼ) 10
Namida Nagaruru Mama (涙流るるまま) 23
2021 EVOLUTiON: 20
2022 Hitori to Kimi to (ヒトリとキミと) 24
2023 Sen (閃-Sen-) 22

Albums

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Studio albums

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Year Album name Peak Oricon chart position
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2015 Tokyo 1/3650 (東京1/3650) 5
2016 N no Hako (Nのハコ) 4
2017 San Trois (サントロワ∴) 6
2021 A Tiny Winter Story 20
2022 Journey's Trunk 30
2023 The Fantasic Garden 17

Mini albums

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Year Album Name Peak Oricon Chart Position
2012 Katarumoa (カタルモア) 83
2019 LIVE A LIFE 9

Best albums

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Year Album Name Peak Oricon Chart Position
2018 Nanjo Yoshino Best Album: THE MEMORIES APARTMENT – Original – 11
Nanjo Yoshino Best Album: THE MEMORIES APARTMENT – Anime – 12

Acoustic albums

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Year Album Name Peak
2020 Acoustic for you. 8

Filmography

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Anime

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2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

Animated films

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2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2019

OVA/ONA

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Video games

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2006
2007
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

Live-action Film

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Dubbing roles

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Live-action

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Animation

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References

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  25. ^ "Berserk Announces New Cast and Theme Song". comicbook.com. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  26. ^ "Yoshino Nanjō Voices, Creates Character for Neko no Robu Short Anime". Anime News Network. May 4, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  27. ^ "Saredo Tsumibito wa Ryū to Odoru: Dances with the Dragons Adds 16 Cast Members". Anime News Network. September 20, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  28. ^ "Killing Bites Anime Reveals Visual, More Cast, Staff". Anime News Network. December 8, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
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  31. ^ "Yatogame-chan Kansatsu Nikki Anime's 2nd Season Reveals New Cast, Visual, January 5 Premiere". Anime News Network. November 15, 2019. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  32. ^ "Yoshino Nanjō, Satomi Arai, Sumire Uesaka Join Cast of Hatena Illusion Anime". Anime News Network. November 17, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  33. ^ "Lapis Re:LiGHTs Anime's New Promo Video Reveals July 4 Premiere". Anime News Network. June 7, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
  34. ^ "King's Raid Anime Casts Ryōta Suzuki, Yoshino Nanjō as Original Characters". Anime News Network. June 5, 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  35. ^ "Shinka no Mi TV Anime Reveals 5 More Cast Members, New Visual". Anime News Network. September 8, 2021. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  36. ^ "Hanabi-chan wa Okuregachi Anime Reveals More Cast & Staff, July Premiere". Anime News Network. April 6, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  37. ^ "A Herbivorous Dragon of 5,000 Years Gets Unfairly Villainized Series' New Japanese Dub Video Unveils More Cast, Opening Song, January 6 Debut". Anime News Network. December 3, 2022. Retrieved December 4, 2022.
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