Nana Mizuki
Template:Infobox musical artist 2 Nana Mizuki (水樹 奈々, Mizuki Nana, born January 21, 1980 in Niihama, Ehime Prefecture), born Nana Kondō (近藤 奈々, Kondō Nana), is a popular Japanese singer–songwriter and voice actress. Born and raised in Niihama, Ehime, Japan, Mizuki was trained as an enka singer. She made her debut as a voice actress in 1998, however, she released her debut single "Omoi", under the King Records label on December 6, 2000. A year later, she released her debut album, Supersonic Girl on December 5, 2001.[1]
In the years that followed, Mizuki enjoyed modest success that concluded with the release of her single "Innocent Starter", which reached the top 10 Oricon singles chart, charting at #9.[2] Since then, Mizuki's releases have charted steadily higher in Japan, establishing her as one of the more popular singers in the country. Despite this, she remains a prolific seiyū, with over 130 voice roles in separate media.[3] On June 3, 2009, her album Ultimate Diamond peaked at #1;[4] while her single "Phantom Minds", released on January 13, 2010, also charted at #1,[5] further confirming her status as one of the highest-charting artists in Japan. Mizuki is the first seiyū to top the weekly Oricon albums chart and the weekly Oricon singles chart since its inception in 1968.[6][5]
Life and career
Born in Niihama, Ehime, Japan, she began to train enka when she was five years old.[7] In 1993, she released Compact Cassette single "Tsugazakura" (つがざくら, lit. "Phyllodoce Nipponica") as "Nana Kondo".[8] However, she passed the audition of game Noël: La Neige and became a seiyū.[7]
Mizuki released an image song single titled "Girl's Age" under the name Chisato Kadokura in 1998. When she performed a concert at the age of 20, she was scouted by the Japanese record label King Records. Her debut single as Nana Mizuki, "Omoi", was released on December 6, 2000. Her 2004 song "Innocent Starter" became her first Top 10 single and her 2005 single "Eternal Blaze" reached #2 position on Japanese Oricon weekly single charts.[7]
Mizuki won the "Best Musical Performance" award by her song "Justice to Believe" in the first Seiyū Awards in 2007. Since her seventh album Ultimate Diamond debuted at the #1 position on Oricon weekly album charts during the week of June 15, 2009, she became the first seiyū to reach the #1 position on the Oricon weekly single or album charts since its creation in 1968.[9] Ultimate Diamond sold over 74,000 copies in the first week, outselling the popular hip-hop band, Black Eyed Peas' album, The E.N.D., by over 20,000 copies in Japan.[4]
On November 23, 2009, NHK announced that Mizuki would take part in the 60th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen of New Year's Eve. It was Mizuki's first time appearing on the show. Nana chose her song "Shin'ai" for her performance.[10][11]
Many of the characters whom she has voiced were initially very shy/soft-spoken (however, after interactions with other people, they gradually opened up (e.g. Fate, Lili, Nyamo, Hinata, and Wrath), six of her characters have romantic feelings for the main characters (e.g. Oboro from Basilisk, Hinata Hyūga from Naruto, Colette Brunel from Tales of Symphonia, Tamao Tamamura from Shaman King and Moka Akashiya from Rosario + Vampire), some of her characters craved maternal attention (e.g. Fate Testarossa from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha and its sequels A's and StrikerS, Wrath and Maria), and she was also part of the seiyu quartet "Prits", alongside Yumiko Kobayashi, Natsuko Kuwatani and Hisayo Mochizuki (all four voiced characters in the anime Sister Princess).
Nana Mizuki voices Microsoft's Japanese Windows 7 official "OS-tan" mascot, Nanami Madobe. The mascot's name uses some wordplay on Mizuki's own name as well as the operating system ("Nana" = "seven").[12][13]
Voice acting roles
Leading roles in bold.
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Discography
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References
- ^ "Supersonic Girl" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved November 12, 2009.
- ^ "Innocent Starter" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved November 12, 2009.
- ^ "Nana Mizuki's article on ANN" (in Japanese). Anime News Network. Retrieved November 12, 2009.
- ^ a b Template:Ja icon "Oricon Weekly Album Charts for the third week of June 2009". Oricon. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
- ^ a b Template:Ja icon "紅白初出場の水樹奈々、デビュー10年目で声優史上初のシングル首位「感謝の気持ちでいっぱい」". Oricon. 2010-01-19. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
- ^ ,"Nana Mizuki is 1st Seiyū with #1 Album in Weekly Charts". Anime News Network. June 8, 2009. Retrieved November 12, 2009.
- ^ a b c Template:Ja icon "才色兼備の声優シンガーはオリコン2位！アニメ界を牽引する水樹奈々を直撃！". Nikkei Business Publications. 2008-12-10. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
- ^ Template:Ja icon "Tsugazakura". Ichimiya Group. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
- ^ Template:Ja icon "デビュー9年目の水樹奈々、声優史上初の首位獲得に「夢のような出来事」". Oricon. 2009-06-09. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
- ^ Template:Ja icon "嵐・木村カエラ・水樹奈々らが初出場 紅白歌合戦". Asahi Shimbun. 2009-11-23. Retrieved 2009-11-23.
- ^ "第60回NHK紅白歌合戦：出場歌手" (Japanese), NHK, http://www9.nhk.or.jp/kouhaku/artists/index.html (accessed January 29, 2010).
- ^ The OS war is won! Windows 7 gets officially endorsed OS-tan. Japanator.com
- ^ Mizuki Nana Voices Nanami Madobe The Banzai! Effect
- Taniguchi, Hiroshi et al. "The Official Art of Canvas2 ~Nijiiro no Sketch~". (November 2006) Newtype USA. pp. 101-107.