Yuuka Nanri
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, commonly referred to as Yuuka
, is a seiyū
and also a known Japanese pop singer. She is contracted to Space Craft Entertainment of Space Craft Group.
's (an educational programme) in 1995, as a child star.
In 1997, she joined , a stage
group for young girls as one of its seventh generation members, and began acting in musicals and other theatrical performances. She quit the group in August 2001.
In 2001, she also debuted as a seiyū
in the Japanese version of The Powerpuff Girls
as Bubbles. After that, she officially started her seiyū activities as the lead of Gunslinger Girl
. She has voiced many weak-looking and gentle characters, though in My-HiME
, she voiced for Nao Yūki, a morally ambivalent middle school student who enjoys preying on perverted men.
In late 2003, tiaraway
, a fixed-term seiyū duo consisting of Nanri and fellow Japanese singer Saeko Chiba
, was formed. After releasing three singles and an album, they disbanded on March 6, 2005 after its first (and final) live concert, both wanting to go separate paths. Currently, she is a vocalist of Yuki Kajiura
's "FictionJunction
" project.
FictionJunction Yuuka
is a duo with Yuki Kajiura, a famed anime music composer who writes and produces all their music. FictionJunction YUUKA achieved fame and attention from the media with songs such as and which were used as insert songs in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
and its sequel Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
respectively. Nanri also performed most of the vocal tracks featured in Madlax
(soundtracked by Kajiura), such as Margaret, Cradle and Madlax, in addition to the opening and ending themes recorded by FictionJunction Yuuka.
In 2006, she was selected to be the main character of the musical . The musical had four performances in total, from April 13 to April 16 of the same year. Because of this, she was not able to voice act for Karen Ichijō from the second season of the anime School Rumble
, which also broadcasted in April. She also graduated from university with a major
in vocal music
that year in March.
She held her first solo concert, entitled Premium Live 2007, as FictionJunction Yuuka in 2007, on February 8 and February 15. It was announced at the concert that there will be another showing of ANGEL GATE.
FictionJunction YUUKA
is a pop duo, part of Japanese composer Yuki Kajiura’s solo project FictionJunction, consisting of Yuuka Nanri and Kajiura .-Biography:...
, is a seiyū
Seiyu
Voice acting in Japan has far greater prominence than in most other countries. Japan's large animation industry produces 60% of the animated series in the world; as a result, Japanese voice actors, or , are able to achieve fame on a national and international level.Besides acting as narrators and...
and also a known Japanese pop singer. She is contracted to Space Craft Entertainment of Space Craft Group.
Biography
Yuuka Nanri first debuted on NHKNHK
NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....
's (an educational programme) in 1995, as a child star.
In 1997, she joined , a stage
Stage (theatre)
In theatre or performance arts, the stage is a designated space for the performance productions. The stage serves as a space for actors or performers and a focal point for the members of the audience...
group for young girls as one of its seventh generation members, and began acting in musicals and other theatrical performances. She quit the group in August 2001.
In 2001, she also debuted as a seiyū
Seiyu
Voice acting in Japan has far greater prominence than in most other countries. Japan's large animation industry produces 60% of the animated series in the world; as a result, Japanese voice actors, or , are able to achieve fame on a national and international level.Besides acting as narrators and...
in the Japanese version of The Powerpuff Girls
The Powerpuff Girls
The Powerpuff Girls is an American animated television series created by animator Craig McCracken and produced by Hanna-Barbera for Cartoon Network...
as Bubbles. After that, she officially started her seiyū activities as the lead of Gunslinger Girl
Gunslinger Girl
Gunslinger Girl is an ongoing manga by Yu Aida. It first premiered in the November 2002 issue of the monthly shōnen magazine Dengeki Daioh. The chapters are also being published in tankōbon volumes by ASCII Media Works. 13 volumes have been released in Japan as of April 2011...
. She has voiced many weak-looking and gentle characters, though in My-HiME
My-HiME
is an anime series, created by Sunrise. Directed by Masakazu Obara and written by Hiroyuki Yoshino, the series originally premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo from September 2004 to March 2005...
, she voiced for Nao Yūki, a morally ambivalent middle school student who enjoys preying on perverted men.
In late 2003, tiaraway
Tiaraway
Tiaraway was a seiyū duo consisting of Saeko Chiba and Yuuka Nanri.- Biography :Tiaraway started out as a fix-termed seiyū duo in 2003, formed after the pair had recorded a song for the anime Memories Off 2nd...
, a fixed-term seiyū duo consisting of Nanri and fellow Japanese singer Saeko Chiba
Saeko Chiba
is a prolific Japanese seiyū and singer, born on August 26, 1977 in Hachinohe, Aomori. She grew up in Tokyo, Japan, and married on her 30th birthday: August 26, 2007. She is contracted to the Space Craft Group...
, was formed. After releasing three singles and an album, they disbanded on March 6, 2005 after its first (and final) live concert, both wanting to go separate paths. Currently, she is a vocalist of Yuki Kajiura
Yuki Kajiura
, born August 6, 1965 in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese composer and music producer. She has provided the music for several popular anime series, such as one of the Kimagure Orange Road movies, Noir, .hack//SIGN, Aquarian Age, Madlax, My-HiME, My-Otome, .hack//Roots, Pandora Hearts, Puella Magi...
's "FictionJunction
FictionJunction
FictionJunction is Japanese composer Yuki Kajiura’s solo project. To date, all such collaborations have consisted of a vocalist, with Kajiura on the keyboard or the piano. Most FictionJunction songs have been featured in an anime series , most notably Gundam Seed, Tsubasa Chronicle and recently...
" project.
FictionJunction Yuuka
FictionJunction YUUKA
is a pop duo, part of Japanese composer Yuki Kajiura’s solo project FictionJunction, consisting of Yuuka Nanri and Kajiura .-Biography:...
is a duo with Yuki Kajiura, a famed anime music composer who writes and produces all their music. FictionJunction YUUKA achieved fame and attention from the media with songs such as and which were used as insert songs in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
is an anime series developed by Sunrise and directed by Mitsuo Fukuda. As with other series from the Gundam franchise, Gundam SEED takes place in a parallel timeline, in this case the Cosmic Era, the first to do so...
and its sequel Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
is an anime television series, acting as a sequel of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED by Sunrise. It retains most of the staff from Gundam SEED, including Director Mitsuo Fukuda. Set two years after the original Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, the plot follows the new character Shinn Asuka, a soldier from ZAFT,...
respectively. Nanri also performed most of the vocal tracks featured in Madlax
MADLAX
is a 26-episode Japanese anime television series produced in 2004 by the Bee Train animation studio. Kōichi Mashimo directed Madlax and the soundtrack was composed by Yuki Kajiura...
(soundtracked by Kajiura), such as Margaret, Cradle and Madlax, in addition to the opening and ending themes recorded by FictionJunction Yuuka.
In 2006, she was selected to be the main character of the musical . The musical had four performances in total, from April 13 to April 16 of the same year. Because of this, she was not able to voice act for Karen Ichijō from the second season of the anime School Rumble
School Rumble
is a Japanese Shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Jin Kobayashi. First serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine from October 22, 2002 to July 23, 2008, all 345 chapters were later collected in 22 tankōbon volumes by Kodansha. Shōnen Magazine Special published a sequel, School Rumble Z,...
, which also broadcasted in April. She also graduated from university with a major
Academic major
In the United States and Canada, an academic major or major concentration is the academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits....
in vocal music
Vocal music
Vocal music is a genre of music performed by one or more singers, with or without instrumental accompaniment, in which singing provides the main focus of the piece. Music which employs singing but does not feature it prominently is generally considered instrumental music Vocal music is a genre of...
that year in March.
She held her first solo concert, entitled Premium Live 2007, as FictionJunction Yuuka in 2007, on February 8 and February 15. It was announced at the concert that there will be another showing of ANGEL GATE.
Singles
| # | Title | Release Date | Oricon Weekly Peak | Sales | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2003.10.08 | #134 | N/A | 4th theme song of . | |
| 2 | Odyssey | 2009.02.25 | #78 | 1,347 | First official single. Opening theme song to Dengeki Gakuen RPG: Cross of Venus Dengeki Gakuen RPG: Cross of Venus is a Japanese action role-playing video game developed by Pegasus Japan and published by ASCII Media Works for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console, and was first released in Japan on March 19, 2009 in limited and regular editions. The game was produced in commemoration of the fifteenth... . |
| 3 | 2010.02.24 | #36 | 4,908 | Ending theme song to Ookami Kakushi. | |
| 4 | 2010.11.24 | #89 | 1,404 | Opening theme song to .hack//Quantum .hack//Quantum is an animated three episode OVA animated series by Kinema Citrus studio in Japan and presented by Bandai Visual. The series was initially scheduled to be released in November 2010 however this schedule was later changed. The first episode was released on January 28 2011 with the following two... . |
|
| 5 | 2011.08.03 | #23 | 4,022 | Ending theme song to Sacred Seven Sacred Seven , is a 2011 Japanese science fiction anime television series produced by Sunrise under the direction of Yoshimitsu Ohashi. Script supervisor is Shin Yoshida with mechanical designs by Ippei Gyōbu... . |
Anime
- Memories Off 2ndMemories Off 2ndis a Japanese romance visual novel developed by KID for the Dreamcast and PlayStation consoles. It is the second game in the Memories Off series. The game was released for the PlayStation Portable on May 29, 2008.-Characters:...
(2001 OVAOriginal video animation, abbreviated as media , are animated films and series made specially for release in home-video formats. The term originated in relation to Japanese animation...
), Megumi Soma - The Prince of TennisThe Prince of Tennisis a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Takeshi Konomi. The title is often shortened to , a portmanteau of the two parts in the Japanese pronunciation of the words "Tennis Prince". The manga was first published in Japan in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump in July 1999, and ended...
(2001 TV series), Narumi Ijuuin (ep 134) - Macross ZeroMacross Zerois an anime prequel OVA to The Super Dimension Fortress Macross released for the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Macross franchise during 2002 in Japan...
(2002 OVA), Mao Nome - GodannarGodannaris an anime series created and directed by Yasuchika Nagaoka.-Background:In 2042, alien threats known as the laid waste to Japan. During a final battle against the Mimetic beasts, Goh Saruwatari defeats the alien "boss" and saves his fiance, Anna Aoi, with his robot, the Dannar.Now, on their...
(2003 TV series), Sakura - Gunslinger GirlGunslinger GirlGunslinger Girl is an ongoing manga by Yu Aida. It first premiered in the November 2002 issue of the monthly shōnen magazine Dengeki Daioh. The chapters are also being published in tankōbon volumes by ASCII Media Works. 13 volumes have been released in Japan as of April 2011...
(2003 TV series), Henrietta - My-HiMEMy-HiMEis an anime series, created by Sunrise. Directed by Masakazu Obara and written by Hiroyuki Yoshino, the series originally premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo from September 2004 to March 2005...
(2004 TV series), Nao Yuuki, Female student (ep 22) - W~Wish (2004 TV series), Akino Iida
- School RumbleSchool Rumbleis a Japanese Shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Jin Kobayashi. First serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine from October 22, 2002 to July 23, 2008, all 345 chapters were later collected in 22 tankōbon volumes by Kodansha. Shōnen Magazine Special published a sequel, School Rumble Z,...
(2004 TV series), Karen Ichijou - The Place Promised in Our Early DaysThe Place Promised in Our Early Daysis a 90-minute Japanese anime film created and directed by Makoto Shinkai, following his previous work Voices of a Distant Star. As in the previous film, the soundtrack was composed by Tenmon...
(2004 film), Sayuri Sawatari - My-OtomeMy-Otomeis an anime series created by Sunrise. Directed by Masakazu Obara and written by Hiroyuki Yoshino, it is a spinoff of My-HiME anime series and as such My-Otome takes place in a new setting with new main characters....
(2005 TV series), Juliet Nao Zhang - School Rumble: Extra Class (2005 OVA), Karen Ichijou
- My-Otome ZweiMy-Otome Zweiis a Japanese OVA anime series, created by Sunrise. Directed by Masakazu Obara and written by Hiroyuki Yoshino, it consists of four episodes, which were released across three-month intervals and is the sequel to the original My-Otome anime series...
(2006 OVA), Juliet Nao Zhang - Sora Kake GirlSora Kake Girl, is a Japanese anime television series, created and produced by Sunrise. Based on the original concept by the Sunrise animation staff, the series is directed by Masakazu Obara and written by Jukki Hanada, overseeing a team of animators noted for their previous work on My-HiME and My-Otome.The...
(2009 TV series), Nami Shishidō - Wandering Son (2011 TV series), Saori Chiba
Games
- Memories Off 2ndMemories Off 2ndis a Japanese romance visual novel developed by KID for the Dreamcast and PlayStation consoles. It is the second game in the Memories Off series. The game was released for the PlayStation Portable on May 29, 2008.-Characters:...
(2001), Megumi Sōma, Nozomi Sōma - W~Wish (2004), Akino Iida
- D→A:BLACK, Hīro Enomoto
- D→A:WHITE, Hīro Enomoto
- Memories OffMemories Offis the title of a series of Japanese romance visual novel video games released by KID. The first game in the series, simply called Memories Off, was released in 1999 for the PlayStation. Memories Off titles have been released on the PC as well as video and handheld gaming consoles such as the...
After Rain Vol.2 (2005), Megumi Sōma - My-HiMEMy-HiMEis an anime series, created by Sunrise. Directed by Masakazu Obara and written by Hiroyuki Yoshino, the series originally premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo from September 2004 to March 2005...
~Unmei no Keitōju~ (2005), Nao Yūki - Musashi: Samurai LegendMusashi: Samurai LegendMusashi: Samurai Legend, known in Japan as , is a third-person action game developed and published by Square Enix in 2005 for Sony's PlayStation 2. Much like its predecessor, Brave Fencer Musashi, the game involves real-time combat in a 3D environment, and character designs by Tetsuya Nomura.The...
(2005), Tamie - Corpse Party BloodCovered: ...Repeated FearCorpse Partyis a horror adventure dōjin soft video game series developed by Team GrisGris. The first game in the series was developed using the RPG Maker software and released in 1996 for the PC-9801...
(2010), Mayu Suzumoto - Corpse Party: Book of ShadowsCorpse Partyis a horror adventure dōjin soft video game series developed by Team GrisGris. The first game in the series was developed using the RPG Maker software and released in 1996 for the PC-9801...
(2011), Mayu Suzumoto
Musicals
, Lucy- big
- FUNK-a-STEP
- FUNK-a-STEP2, Satsuki Katayama, Akane Saitō, Momoko (2006), Yuri