Nano (singer)
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Hana Ishiyama Ohara, known professionally as Nano (ナノ, stylized as nano; born July 12, 1988), is a
Flying Dog label. Born in New York City, Nano sings in both Japanese and English.[1] Nano posted music on YouTube and Niconico before being signed by a record label.[2]
Biography
Nano was born on July 12 in New York City.[3] She was raised in the United States as a child but then moved to Japan when she was fourteen.
Nano posted covers of
Nanoir
was released on March 14, 2012. Nano's first live performance was on March 16, 2013.
Nano has recorded several original theme songs for various
M3 the dark metal, "Dreamcatcher" for Magical Girl Raising Project, "Rock On." for the first film of Arpeggio of Blue Steel, Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Ars Nova DC, “star light, star bright” for Conception, and "Kemurikusa" for Kemurikusa. "No Pain, No Game" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.[6]
Some of Nano's other commercially featured works include:
- "Destiny: 12 Kaime no Kiseki" as the opening of the Conception: Ore no Kodomo o Undekure!.
- "Silence" as the theme song of the Japanese horror channel Den Of Horror: Horror no Sokutsu!
- "Happy Ending Simulator" as the theme song of the arcade game Gunslinger Stratos 2.
- "Scarlet Story" as the theme song for the Japanese TV puppet show Sherlock Holmes.
- "Infinity≠Zero" as the theme song for the Japanese live action film Bakumatsu Kokosei.
- "Paralyze:D" as the theme song of the PlayStation Vita game Re:Vice[D].
- "Identity Crisis" and "Restart" for the video game Warriors Orochi.
- "Mirror, Mirror" for the PlayStation Vita game Bad Apple Wars.
- "Dare Devil" for the mobile phone game "Houkago Girls Tribe."
- "Nevereverland" as the theme song for the anime OVA Ark IX.
- "INFERNO" as the theme song of Gira Husty from the Japanese tokusatsu television drama Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger.
Discography
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Information | Oricon peak position[7] |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Nanoir
|
12 |
| 2013 | N
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8 |
| 2015 | Rock On.
|
6 |
| 2017 | The Crossing
|
20 |
| 2020 | I
|
58 |
| 2021 | ANTHESIS
|
74 |
| 2023 | NOIXE
|
— |
Live albums
| Year | Information | Oricon peak position[7] |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Remember your Color.
|
24 |
Remix albums
| Year | Information | Oricon peak position[7] |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Nano's Remixes
|
50 |
Singles
| Year | Information | Oricon peak position[8] |
Billboard Japan Hot 100[9] |
Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | "Now or Never"
|
25[10] | 93 | N | |||||||||
"No Pain, No Game"
|
11[11] | — | |||||||||||
| 2013 | "Nevereverland"
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— | — | ||||||||||
"SAVIOR OF SONG"
|
10[12] | — | Rock on. | ||||||||||
| 2014 | "Born to Be"
|
19[13] | 36 | ||||||||||
"INFINITY≠ZERO / SABLE"
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31[14] | 67 | |||||||||||
| 2015 | "Bull's Eye"
|
29[15] | — | The Crossing | |||||||||
| 2016 | "DREAMCATCHER"
|
45[16] | — | ||||||||||
| 2017 | "MY LIBERATION / PARAISO"
|
33[17] | — | ||||||||||
| 2018 | "Utsushiyo no Yume (nano ver.)"
|
73[18] | — | I | |||||||||
"Star light, Star bright"
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77[19] | — | |||||||||||
| 2019 | "Kemurikusa"
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49[20] | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ nano Official Site (in English). nano Official
- ^ "正体不明の"ナノ"、2012年デビュー". Barks Japan (in Japanese).
- ^ "Blog profile". Ameba. Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
- ^ "日本初のイージス艦上撮影実現！ナノ新曲PV制作に密着". Natalie.mu (in Japanese).
- ^ "nano Restarts Activities, Forth Single to be Ending Theme for "Magical Warfare" Anime". Barks.
- ^ "THE RECORD 2020年2月号" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
- ^ a b c "nanoのアルバム売上ランキング". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- ^ "nano - Oricon Single Ranking". Oricon.
- ^ Billboard. Nano - Chart History
- ^ "Now or Never" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
- ^ "No pain, No game<ナノver.>" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
- ^ "SAVIOR OF SONG<ナノver.>" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
- ^ "TVアニメション「魔法戦争」エンディングテーマ Born to be(ナノver.)" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
- ^ "INFINITY≠ZERO/SABLE(ナノver.)" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
- ^ "Bull's Eye(ナノver.)" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
- ^ "DREAMCATCHER(ナノver.)" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
- ^ "MY LIBERATION/PARAISO(ナノver.)" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
- ^ "Oricon ranking - Utsushiyo no Yume". Oricon.
- ^ "Oricon ranking - Star light, Star bright". Oricon.
- ^ "Oricon ranking - Kemurikusa". Oricon.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nano (singer).
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