Nano (singer)

Nano
Born (1988-07-12) July 12, 1988
Origin New York, United States
Genres J-pop, J-Rock
Occupation(s) singer, lyricist
Instruments Vocals, Guitar
Years active 2006–present
Labels Flying Dog
Associated acts My First Story, Neko, Underbar
Website www.nanonano.me

Nano (ナノ, stylized as nano) is a singer who originally posted music on YouTube and Niconico before being signed by a record label.

Biography

Nano was born on July 12, 1988 in New York,[1] but later returned to Japan. Some of Nano's covers are therefore tagged "The returnee has" (帰国子女が).

Nano posted covers of Vocaloid, anime and Avril Lavigne songs online, first on YouTube and later on the Japanese site Niconico. Nano is bilingual, and sometimes writes English lyrics to the covered songs, giving them a western touch without losing the original style. Eventually this led to a record deal with Japanese major label Flying Dog. The 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 "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, "Born To Be" for Magical Warfare, "Sable" for M3 the dark metal, and "Rock On." for the first film of Arpeggio of Blue Steel, Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Ars Nova DC.

Some of Nano's other commercially featured works include:

Discography

Studio albums

Year Information Peak Oricon
chart position
2012 Nanoir
  • Released: 14 March 2012
12[2]
2013 N
  • Released: 27 February 2013
8[3]
2015 Rock On.
  • Released: 28 January 2015
6[4]

Live albums

Year Information Peak Oricon
chart position
2013 Remember your Color.
  • Released: 5 June 2013
24[5]

Singles

Year Information Peak Oricon
chart position
2012 "Now or Never"
  • Released: 23 May 2012
25[6]
2012 "No Pain, No Game"
  • Released: 10 October 2012
11[7]
2013 "Nevereverland"
  • Released: 6 April 2013
2013 "Savior of Song"
  • Released: 30 October 2013
10[8]
2014 "Born to Be"
  • Released: 19 February 2014
19[9]
2014 "Infinity≠Zero/Sable"
  • Released: 23 July 2014
31[10]
2015 "Bull's Eye"
  • Released: 28 October 2015
29[11]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

References

  1. "Blog profile". Retrieved November 16, 2014.
  2. "nanoir" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  3. "N" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  4. "Rock on." (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  5. "Remember your color." (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  6. "Now or Never" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  7. "No pain, No game<ナノver.>" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  8. "SAVIOR OF SONG<ナノver.>" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  9. "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.
  10. "INFINITY≠ZERO/SABLE(ナノver.)" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  11. "Bull's Eye(ナノver.)" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 18, 2016.

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