Hana Ishiyama Ohara (born July 12, 1988), known professionally as Nano (ナノ, stylized as nano), is a Japanese-American singer and lyricist managed by HoriPro and signed to the 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]
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.jpg) Nano at FanimeCon 2018 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Hana Ishiyama Ohara |
| Born | July 12, 1988 New York City, U.S |
| Origin | New York City, U.S |
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| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | Flying Dog |
| Website | www |
Biography
editNano was born on July 12, 1988, 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 Vocaloid and anime songs online, first on YouTube and later on the Japanese site Niconico. She is bilingual, and sometimes wrote English lyrics to the cover songs, giving them a Western touch without losing the original style. Eventually, this led to a record deal with Japanese major label Flying Dog. Her debut album 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 anime series, such as, "Bull's Eye" for Hidan no Aria, "Now or Never" for Phi Brain: Puzzle of God, "No Pain, No Game" and "Exist" for Btooom!, "Savior of Song" (feat. My First Story) for Arpeggio of Blue Steel,[4] "Born To Be" for Magical Warfare,[5] "Sable" for 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 PlayStation Portable game 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
editAlbums
editStudio albums
edit| Year | Information | Oricon peak position[7] |
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| 2012 | Nanoir
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12 |
| 2013 | N
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8 |
| 2015 | Rock On.
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6 |
| 2017 | The Crossing
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20 |
| 2020 | I
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58 |
| 2021 | ANTHESIS
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74 |
| 2023 | NOIXE
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Live albums
edit| Year | Information | Oricon peak position[7] |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Remember your Color.
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24 |
Remix albums
edit| Year | Information | Oricon peak position[7] |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Nano's Remixes
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50 |
Singles
edit| Year | Information | Oricon peak position[8] |
Billboard Japan Hot 100[9] |
Album | |||||||||
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| 2012 | "Now or Never"
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25[10] | 93 | N | |||||||||
"No Pain, No Game"
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11[11] | — | |||||||||||
| 2013 | "Nevereverland"
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— | — | ||||||||||
"SAVIOR OF SONG"
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10[12] | — | Rock on. | ||||||||||
| 2014 | "Born to Be"
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19[13] | 36 | ||||||||||
"INFINITY≠ZERO / SABLE"
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31[14] | 67 | |||||||||||
| 2015 | "Bull's Eye"
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29[15] | — | The Crossing | |||||||||
| 2016 | "DREAMCATCHER"
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45[16] | — | ||||||||||
| 2017 | "MY LIBERATION / PARAISO"
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33[17] | — | ||||||||||
| 2018 | "Utsushiyo no Yume (nano ver.)"
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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
edit- ^ nano Official Site (in English). nano Official
- ^ "正体不明の"ナノ"、2012年デビュー". Barks Japan (in Japanese). November 28, 2011.
- ^ "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
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- Official website (in English)