Yoshino Nanjō

Yoshino Nanjō
Nanjō (left) appearing as the vocalist of fripSide at Anime Festival Asia 2012
Native name	南條 愛乃
Born	(1984-07-12) July 12, 1984 Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Voice actress, singer
Years active	2005–present

Yoshino Nanjō (南條 愛乃, Nanjō 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 lead singer of the Japanese pop and trance duo fripSide.^[2]

Biography

Nanjō's music career began in 2009 when she replaced the singer Nao as the lead singer 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.^[3] In 2010, she was cast in the Love Live! franchise as Eli Ayase, a member of the fictional idol group μ's, as well as a member of its sub-unit BiBI.^[4] 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.^[5] In 2015, she together with the other voice actresses of Love Live!, received the Best Singing Award at the 9th Seiyu Awards for best musical performance group.^[6]

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 Tatsunagi
• 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 Tatsunagi
• 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
• Cardfight!! Vanguard: Link Joker Hen as Rekka Tatsunagi
• 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
• Cardfight!! Vanguard: Legion Mate Hen as Rekka Tatsunagi
• 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

• And you thought there is never a girl online? as Yui Saitō / Nekohime
• Schwarzesmarken as Liz Hohenstein

2017

• Clockwork Planet as Naoto Miura^[7]
• Battle Girl High School as Renge Serizawa
• Atom: The Beginning: Maria
• Senki Zesshō Symphogear AXZ as Shirabe Tsukuyomi

Movie

2014

• Cardfight!! Vanguard the Movie: Neon Messiah as Rekka Tatsunagi

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

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
• Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE – Kiria Kurono ^[8]
• Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward – Krile Baldesion
• Stella Glow – Lisette

2017

• Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood – Krile Baldesion

References

External links

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