Hana Ishiyama Ohara, known professionally as , is a
Japanese-American singer and lyricist managed by HoriPro and signed to the
Flying Dog
''Flying Dog'' is the second studio album released by former Racer X (band), Racer X and Mr. Big (American band), Mr. Big guitarist Paul Gilbert.
Track listing
Personnel
* Paul Gilbert – Singing, vocals, guitars, organ (music), organ and ...
label. Born in
New York City, Nano sings in both Japanese and English.
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/ref> Nano posted music on YouTube and Niconico before being signed by a record label.
Biography
Nano was born on July 12, 1988, in New York City. She was raised in the United States as a child but then moved to Japan
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when she was fourteen.
Nano posted covers of Vocaloid and anime songs online, first on YouTube and later on the Japanese site Niconico. She is bilingual
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, and sometimes wrote English lyrics to the cover songs, giving them a Western touch without losing the original style. Eventually, this led to a record deal with Japanese major label Flying Dog
''Flying Dog'' is the second studio album released by former Racer X (band), Racer X and Mr. Big (American band), Mr. Big guitarist Paul Gilbert.
Track listing
Personnel
* Paul Gilbert – Singing, vocals, guitars, organ (music), organ and ...
. Her debut album ''Nanoir'' was released on March 14, 2012. Nano's first live performance was on March 16, 2013.
Nano has recorded several original theme songs for various anime series, such as, "Bull's Eye" for '' Hidan no Aria'', "Now or Never" for '' Phi Brain: Puzzle of God'', "No Pain, No Game" and "Exist" for '' Btooom!'', "Savior of Song" (feat. My First Story
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) for '' Arpeggio of Blue Steel'', "Born To Be" for ''Magical Warfare
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'',Kemurikusa
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''.
Some of Nano's other commercially featured works include:
*"Destiny: 12 Kaime no Kiseki" as the opening of the PlayStation Portable
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game '' Conception: Ore no Kodomo o Undekure!''.
*"Silence" as the theme song of the Japanese horror channel ''Den Of Horror: Horror no Sokutsu!''
*"Happy Ending Simulator" as the theme song of the arcade game ''Gunslinger Stratos 2
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''.
*"Scarlet Story" as the theme song for the Japanese TV puppet show ''Sherlock Holmes
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''.
*"Infinity≠Zero" as the theme song for the Japanese live action film ''Bakumatsu Kokosei''.
*"Paralyze:D" as the theme song of the PlayStation Vita
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game ''Re:Vice '.
*"Identity Crisis" and "Restart" for the video game '' Warriors Orochi''.
*"Mirror, Mirror" for the PlayStation Vita
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game ''Bad Apple Wars''.
*"Dare Devil" for the mobile phone game "Houkago Girls Tribe."
*"Nevereverland" as the theme song for the anime OVA ''Ark IX''.
Discography
Albums
Studio albums
Live albums
Remix albums
Singles
References
External links
* (in English)
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1988 births
Living people
J-pop singers
American musicians of Japanese descent
American women musicians of Japanese descent
Singers from New York (state)
American expatriates in Japan
21st-century American singers
Utaite
21st-century American women