Nana Eikura

Nana Eikura
Nana Eikura promoting April Bride in Tokyo - 2009, with co-star Eita
Native name	榮倉 奈々
Born	(1988-02-12) February 12, 1988 (age 28) Izumi, Kagoshima, Japan
Years active	2002-present
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Spouse(s)	Kento Kaku (m. 2016)

Nana Eikura (榮倉 奈々, Eikura Nana^?, born February 12, 1988) is a Japanese model, actress, and occasional radio show host affiliated with Ken-On Group.

She was born in Izumi, Kagoshima, and raised in Sagamihara, Kanagawa. While a junior high student, she was scouted in front of the 109 department store in Shibuya, Tokyo. During her middle-teenage years, Nana modeled in several fashion magazines, mainly in Seventeen.

During the 2000s, Eikura was featured in Seventeen along with Emi Suzuki and several others. Eikura later began appearing in various advertisements and collections in the mid-2000s and has appeared in many TV advertisements. A model turning into an actress is usually considered a "loser" in modeling, but Eikura, a successful model, began acting in the mid-2000s. Since around 2007, Eikura has intentionally gained nearly 12 kg (27 pounds).

In the mid-2000s she sometimes nicknamed herself the "Spider", like "Spider Eikura", after her top favorite MMA fighter, who has thin and long arms, Anderson "The Spider" Silva. She was also given the nickname relating to combat sports "Samoan Eikura" because of her facial resemblance to Mark Hunt and Samoa Joe. In 2006 soon after PRIDE Critical Countdown Absolute, Eikura, under the nickname Samoan Eikura, interviewed Mark Hunt on the Tokai TV show The MMA Kingdom where Hunt said "I've never seen such a skinny Samoan".