Nano (singer)

Nano (ナノ, stylized as nano) is a Japanese American singer and lyricist managed by HoriPro and signed to the Flying Dog label. She can sing in both Japanese and English, as Nano was born in New York.[1] Nano posted music on YouTube and Niconico before being signed by a record label.[2]

For the Swedish singer, see Nano Omar.
Nano
Nano at FanimeCon 2018
Background information
BornNew York City, USA
OriginNew York City, USA
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • lyricist
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years active2006–present
LabelsFlying Dog
Associated acts
Websitewww.nanonano.me

Biography

Nano was born on July 12, in New York City, USA.[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, anime and Avril Lavigne 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. 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, "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.

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."

Discography

Albums

Studio albums
Year Information Oricon
peak position[6]
2012 Nanoir
  • Released: 14 March 2012
 12
2013 N
  • Released: 27 February 2013
 8
2015 Rock On.
  • Released: 28 January 2015
 6
2017 The Crossing
  • Released: 31 May 2017
 20
2020 I
  • Released: 18 March 2020
 58

Live albums
Year Information Oricon
peak position[6]
2013 Remember your Color.
  • Released: 5 June 2013
 24

Remix albums
Year Information Oricon
peak position[6]
2016 Nano's Remixes
  • Released: July 13, 2016
 50

Singles
Year Information Oricon
peak position[7]		 Billboard
Japan Hot 100[8]		 Album
2012 "Now or Never"
  • Released: 23 May 2012
 25[9] 93 N
"No Pain, No Game"
  • Released: 10 October 2012
 11[10] —
2013 "Nevereverland"
  • Released: 6 April 2013
 — —
"SAVIOR OF SONG"
  • Released: 30 October 2013
 10[11] — Rock on.
2014 "Born to Be"
  • Released: 19 February 2014
 19[12] 36
"INFINITY≠ZERO / SABLE"
  • Released: 23 July 2014
 31[13] 67
2015 "Bull's Eye"
  • Released: 28 October 2015
 29[14] — The Crossing
2016 "DREAMCATCHER"
  • Released: 2 November 2016
 45[15] —
2017 "MY LIBERATION / PARAISO"
  • Released: 2 February 2017
 33[16] —
2018 "Utsushiyo no Yume (nano ver.)"
  • Released: 22 August 2018
 73[17] —
"Star light, Star bright"
  • Released: 21 November 2018
 77[18] —
2019 "Kemurikusa"
  • Released: 6 February 2019
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

References
  1. nano Official Site (in English). nano Official
  2. "正体不明の"ナノ"、2012年デビュー". Barks Japan (in Japanese).
  3. "Blog profile". Ameba. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
  4. "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).
  5. "nano Restarts Activities, Forth Single to be Ending Theme for "Magical Warfare" Anime". Barks.
  6. "nanoのアルバム売上ランキング". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  7. "nano - Oricon Single Ranking". Oricon.
  8. Billboard. Nano - Chart History
  9. "Now or Never" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  10. "No pain, No game<ナノver.>" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  11. "SAVIOR OF SONG<ナノver.>" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  12. "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.
  13. "INFINITY≠ZERO/SABLE(ナノver.)" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  14. "Bull's Eye(ナノver.)" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  15. "DREAMCATCHER(ナノver.)" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  16. "MY LIBERATION/PARAISO(ナノver.)" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  17. "Oricon ranking - Utsushiyo no Yume". Oricon.
  18. "Oricon ranking - Star light, Star bright". Oricon.
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