Nano (singer)#Biography
{{Short description|Japanese-American singer (born 1988)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Nano
| image = FanimeCon 2018 139 (42448532251).jpg
| caption = Nano at FanimeCon 2018
| image_size =
| birth_name = Hana Ishiyama Ohara
| birth_date = July 12, 1988
| birth_place = New York City, U.S
| origin = New York City, U.S
| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar}}
| genre = {{hlist
|rock
}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|lyricist}}
| years_active = 2006–present
| label = Flying Dog
| associated_acts = {{hlist|My First Story|Neko|Underbar}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.nanonano.me}}
}}
Hana Ishiyama Ohara (born July 12, 1988), known professionally as {{Nihongo|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.nano Official Site (in English). [http://en.nanonano.me/ nano Official] Nano posted music on YouTube and Niconico before being signed by a record label.{{cite web|url=https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000075187 |title=正体不明の"ナノ"、2012年デビュー|website=Barks Japan|date=November 28, 2011 |language=Japanese}}
Biography
Nano was born on July 12, 1988, in New York City.{{cite news |url=http://profile.ameba.jp/niconiconano/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131016000916/http://profile.ameba.jp/niconiconano/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 16, 2013 |title=Blog profile |website=Ameba |accessdate=August 2, 2017 }} 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,{{cite web|url=http://natalie.mu/music/news/99085|title=日本初のイージス艦上撮影実現！ナノ新曲PV制作に密着|website=Natalie.mu|language=Japanese}} "Born To Be" for Magical Warfare,{{cite web|url=http://www.en.barks.jp/news/?id=1000004031| title= nano Restarts Activities, Forth Single to be Ending Theme for "Magical Warfare" Anime|website=Barks}} "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.{{cite web |title=THE RECORD 2020年2月号 |url=https://www.riaj.or.jp/riaj/open/open-record!file?fid=1798 |publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan |access-date=November 5, 2023 |language=Japanese}}
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
= Albums =
== Studio albums ==
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Information ! colspan="1"| Oricon |
2012
| align="center"| 12 |
| 2013
|N
| align="center"| 8 |
| 2015
|Rock On.
| align="center"| 6 |
| 2017
|The Crossing
| align="center"|20 |
| 2020
|I
| align="center"| 58 |
| 2021
|ANTHESIS
| align="center"| 74 |
| 2023
|NOIXE
| align="center"| — |
== Live albums ==
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Information ! colspan="1"| Oricon |
| 2013
|Remember your Color.
| align="center"| 24 |
== Remix albums ==
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Information ! colspan="1"| Oricon |
| 2016
| Nano's Remixes
| align="center"| 50 |
= Singles =
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
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- {{Official website|http://en.nanonano.me}} (in English)
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Category:American musicians of Japanese descent
Category:American women musicians of Japanese descent
Category:Singers from New York City
Category:Singers from New York (state)
Category:American expatriates in Japan
Category:21st-century American singers
Category:American women guitarists
Category:Japanese women guitarists
Category:21st-century American guitarists
Category:American emigrants to Japan