NaNa is a Japanese singer-songwriter and dancer.
She was affiliated with LDH and assumed to have been signed to the company in 2007, when she made her official debut as a singer.
Since 2010, she belongs to Tiny Voice Production as a songwriter and composer under the name of NaNa★MUSiC.
She is also a member of the dance team OH GIRL! and the producer and designer of the accessory brand ALOHA Diamonds.
Career[]
NaNa has been active with OH GIRL!, a dance team that was formed in 2002, even before her debut. After working as a professional dancer, choreographer, back-up dancer and instructor for a number of artists, she decided to try her hand at music. In 2006, she participated in the Starz Audition, one of the biggest club music auditions ever held by Avex (rhythm zone). She won the first place in the Kanto region and began to work as a singer.[1]
In 2007, NaNa officially debuted as a singer under the record label UNIVERSAL SIGMA with the singles "Movin' on" (September 15) and "SHOW GIRL" (December 12), both heavily influenced by R&B. Her first single was produced by STY who also wrote the song No Other Man for her collaboration with EXILE. After that, her collaboration with CIMBA titled "Call" reached the #1 spot on the Japanese iTunes R&B charts, making it her most famous work to this day.
In 2009 she signed with Tiny Voice Production as a songwriter and composer under the name of NaNa★MUSiC. Her songwriting credits include works for artists such as Koda Kumi, w-inds., A.B.C-Z, Crystal Kay, MAX, Arisa Mizuki, Da-iCE and Happiness.[1]
NaNa re-launched her solo career in 2014 with the release of the digital single "7WALK" under OG RECORDS, a record label she had founded herself. In February 2015, she also launched her own accessory brand, ALOHA Diamonds.
Discography[]
Studio albums[]
- [2016.09.28] #music
Singles[]
- [2007.09.15] Movin' on
- [2007.12.12] SHOW GIRL
Digital singles[]
- [2010.12.08] Merry Christmas
- [2014.02.05] 7WALK
- [2015.07.08] Trippy Girl
- [2016.04.13] Spring Love
- [2016.05.25] Fly to the sky
- [2016.06.29] Lonely Girl (ロンリーガール)
- [2016.07.27] PERFECT TIME
- [2018.04.18] DREAMER
- [2019.11.27] White Love
- [2020.01.29] All For You
Compilations/Others[]
- [2006.02.15] ZEEBRA - The New Beginning "(#12 "Slow Down (Album Mix)" feat. NaNa)
- [2006.xx.xx] STARZ FILE ("Baby ~part2~")
- [2007.03.07] EXILE - EXILE EVOLUTION (#9 "No Other Man" feat. NaNa)
- [2009.06.24] MIC BANK - Eye Gift (#8 "Heartbreakers" feat. NaNa)
- [2010.03.24] Sweep - LOVE BEATS (#1 "Tell the truth" feat. NaNa [OH GIRL!])
- [2010.08.11] CIMBA - Words And Notes (#4 "Call" feat. NaNa (OH GIRL!))
- [2011.12.14] Zeebra - Black World / White Heat (Disc 2 - #3 "Money In My Pocket" feat. NaNa)
- [2012.04.13] Francfranc presents DANCING AROUND THE GLOBE (#7 "2 Decades of love" - Kentaro Takizawa feat. NaNa)
- [2015.11.18] CIMBA - BALLAD BEST (#2 "Call" feat. NaNa)