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