Nano (singer)

Nano
Born	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:

• "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.

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.

External links

• Official website