Yoshino Nanjō

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

Yoshino Nanjō (南條 愛乃 Nanjou Yoshino, born July 12, 1984^[1]) 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 vocalist of the band fripSide.^[2]

Biography

Nanjō's music career began in 2009 when she replaced the singer Nao as the vocalist 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. 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.^[3] In 2015, she together with the other voice actresses of Love Live!, received the Best Singing Award at the 9th Seiyu Awards as best musical performance group.^[4][5]

Voice roles

Anime

2006

• Soul Link as Aya Sugimoto
• Tsuyokiss Cool×Sweet as Honoka Konoe
• Hanoka as Mika Kisaragi

2007

• D.C. II: Da Capo II as Koko Tsukishima

2008

• D.C.II S.S.: Da Capo II Second Season as Koko Tsukishima

2009

• Weiß Survive as Cal
• CANAAN as Maria Oosawa
• Modern Magic Made Simple as Student (ep 2)
• A Certain Scientific Railgun as Maaya Awatsuki
• Weiß Survive R as Cal
• Katekyo Hitman Reborn! as Yuni

2010

• Baka to Test to Shokanju as Aiko Kudō
• Tantei Opera Milky Holmes as Kokoro Akechi

2011

• Cardfight!! Vanguard as Rekka
• Hourou Musuko as Kanako Sasaki
• Hanasaku Iroha as Namiko Igarashi
• Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi as Young Hajime Nakatsugawa
• The Qwaser of Stigmata II as Tsubasa Amano
• Morita-san wa Mukuchi as Hana Matsuzaka
• Baka to Test to Shokanju Ni as Aiko Kudō
• Nekogami Yaoyorozu as Haruka, Kyōko Daimonji
• Maken-ki! as Otohime Yamato

2012

• Recorder and Randsell as Tetsuya
• Tantei Opera Milky Holmes Dai-Ni-Maku as Kokoro Akechi
• Bodacious Space Pirates as Yayoi Yoshitomi
• Another as Sayuri Kakinuma
• Recorder and Randsell Re as Tetsuya
• Shirokuma Cafe as Nursery School Teacher (ep 17)
• Cardfight!! Vanguard: Asia Circuit Hen as Rekka
• Tari Tari as Akiko Okuto
• Upotte!! as 88(SR-88A)
• Joshiraku as Gankyō Kūrubiyūtei
• Robotics;Notes as Akiho Senomiya

2013

• D.C.III: Da Capo III as Edward Watson
• Minami-ke Tadaima as Miyuki
• Love Live! as Eli Ayase
• A Certain Scientific Railgun S as Maaya Awatsuki
• Recorder and Randsell Mi as Tetsuya
• Senki Zesshō Symphogear G as Shirabe Tsukuyomi
• Futari wa Milky Holmes as Kokoro Akechi

2014

• The Pilot's Love Song as Nanako Hanasaki
• Riddle Story of Devil as Nio Hashiri
• Love Live! Season 2 as Eli Ayase
• Magica Wars as Matsuri Sengen
• PriPara as Nao

2015

• Classroom Crisis as Subaru Yamaki
• Senki Zesshō Symphogear GX as Shirabe Tsukuyomi
• Tantei Kageki Milky Holmes TD as Kokoro Akechi

2016

• Netoge no Yome wa Onna no Ko Janai to Omotta? as Yui Saitō / Nekohime
• Schwarzesmarken as Liz Hohenstein

Movie

2015

• Love Live! The School Idol Movie as Eli Ayase

OVA/ONA

• Ah! My Goddess: Itsumo Futari De as Eiru, Saaga
• Baby Princess 3D Paradise 0 [Love] as Sakura
• Morita-san wa Mukuchi as Hana Matsuzaka
• Penguin Girl as Nene Kurio
• A Certain Scientific Railgun as Maaya Awatsuki
• Love Live! School Idol Project OVA as Eli Ayase

Video Games

2006

• Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia as Krusche Elendia, Tastiella de Lu
• Soul Link EXTENSION as Aya Sugimoto

2007

• The Bincho-tan Shiawase-goyomi as Additional Voice

2009

• Little Anchor as Chloe Anderson
• Canvas 3: Tanshoku no Pastel as Renka Yamabuki

2010

• Ar tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel as Krusche Elendia
• fortissimo//Akkord:Bsusvier as Sakura
• Tales of Graces f as Little Queen
• Detective Opera Milky Holmes as Kokoro Akechi

2011

• Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru ~ Futari no Elder as Awayuki Reizei

2012

• Soulcalibur V as Leixia
• Da Capo III as Koko Tsukishima
• Robotics;Notes as Akiho Senomiya
• Tales of Graces f as Little Queen

2013

• The Guided Fate Paradox as Lanael Shiratori

2014

• Aiyoku no Eustia as Eustia Astraea
• Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart as Ryūka
• Magica Wars as Matsuri Sengen

2015

• Battle Girl High School as Renge Serizawa
• Genei Ibun Roku X FE – Kiria Kurono ^[6]
• Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward – Krile
• Stella Glow – Lisette

References

1. 南條愛乃. TSUTAYA online (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-07-01.
2. "南條 愛乃 profile at fripSide" (in Japanese).
3. 君が笑む夕暮れ (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
4. "Sayaka Kanda, Daisuke Ono Win 9th Annual Seiyū Awards". Anime News Network. March 6, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
5. "9th Seiyu Awards".
6. 幻影異聞録♯ＦＥ : 黒乃 霧亜 (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 June 2015.

External links

• Yoshino Nanjō at Twitter (Japanese)
• Yoshino Nanjō Official Blog (Japanese)
• Yoshino Nanjō at Anime News Network's encyclopedia