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Yoshino Nanjō
Yoshino Nanjō
南條愛乃
Born	July 12, 1984 (age 40); Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Occupations	Voice actress; singer;
Years active	2006–present
Agent	Voice Kit
Notable credits	Love Live! as Eli Ayase; Robotics;Notes as Akiho Senomiya; Tantei Opera Milky Holmes as Kokoro Akechi; Clockwork Planet as Naoto Miura; Symphogear as Shirabe Tsukuyomi;
Height	150 cm (4 ft 11 in)
	Musical career
Genres	J-pop, Anison
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	2009–present
Labels	NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan;
Formerly of	fripSide
Website	nbcuni-music.com/yoshino_nanjo/

Yoshino Nanjō (南條愛乃, Nanjō Yoshino, born July 12, 1984^[1]) is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She is affiliated with Voice Kit. Among her most popular roles is Eli Ayase from Love Live! School Idol Project series. She became the lead singer of the Japanese pop and trance duo fripSide in 2009 until she announced in October 2021 her retirement from the music duo.^[2]^[3] Her nickname is Nanjolno.

Biography

Yoshino Nanjō was raised in Shimizu, a ward in the city of Shizuoka.^[4] 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.^[5] 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.^[6] She released her first mini-album "Katarumoa" on December 12, 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.^[7] 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.^[8] Meanwhile, at the 13th Seiyu Awards, Nanjo won the Influencer Award, she was the first recipient of the award as it was introduced in that year.^[9] She released a new album titled N no Hako (Nのハコ) on July 25, 2016.^[10] She released a new album titled THE MEMORIES APARTMENT -Anime- which featured all of her singles to date and six covers and also THE MEMORIES APARTMENT -Original- in which fans voted for their favourite song of Nanjo's from her entire discography (singles and covers excluded) simultaneously on July 18, 2018.^[11]

Discography

Singles

Year	Album name	Peak Oricon Chart Position
2013	Kimi ga Emu Yuugure (君が笑む夕暮れ)	33
2014	Anata no Aishita Sekai (あなたの愛した世界)	17
2015	Tasogare no Starlight (黄昏のスタアライト)	18
2015	Kimi wo Sagashi ni (君を探しに)	14
2016	Zero Ichi Kiseki (ゼロイチキセキ)	10
2017	Hikari no Hajimari (光のはじまり)	8
2017	Issai wa Monogatari (一切は物語) (feat. Nagi Yanagi)	7
2019	Kimi no Tonari Watashi no Basho (君のとなりわたしの場所)	13
2019	Sayounara no Wakusei (サヨウナラの惑星)	14
2020	Yabu no Naka no Synthesis (藪の中のジンテーゼ)	10
2020	Namida Nagaruru Mama (涙流るるまま)	23
2021	EVOLUTiON:	20
2022	Hitori to Kimi to (ヒトリとキミと)	24
2023	Sen (閃-Sen-)	22

Albums

Studio albums

Year	Album name	Peak Oricon chart position ^[12]
2015	Tokyo 1/3650 (東京1/3650)	5
2016	N no Hako (Nのハコ)	4
2017	San Trois (サントロワ∴)	6
2021	A Tiny Winter Story	20
2022	Journey's Trunk	30
2023	The Fantasic Garden	17