is a Japanese actress,

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and

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singer from

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. She is represented by Space Craft Entertainment.

Biography

Yūka Nanri debuted on

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's (an educational programme) in 1995 as a child star. In 1997, she joined , a stage group for young girls as one of its seventh generation members, and acted in musicals and other theatrical performances. Nanri left the group in August 2001 and made her

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debut that year as Bubbles in the Japanese version of ''

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''. After that, she officially started her voice acting activities as the protagonist of ''

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''. She has voiced many weak-looking and gentle characters, though in ''

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'' she played Nao Yūki, a morally ambivalent middle school student who enjoys preying on perverted men. In late 2003 Nanri formed

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, a voice acting duo with fellow Japanese singer

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. After releasing three singles and an album tiaraway disbanded on March 6, 2005 after its first (and final) live concert. Nanri and Chiba cited wanting to go down separate paths as the reason for ending the group. In 2006 Nanri was asked to voice Karen Ichijō from the second season of the anime ''

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'', but she turned it down to play the main character of the musical , and participated in four performances from April 13–16. She graduated from university in March of the same year with an

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. Nanri is a currently a vocalist for

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's "

FictionJunction Yuuka is a pop duo from Japan consisting of Yuuka Nanri (vocals) and composer Yuki Kajiura (composition, lyrics and keyboards). It is part of Kajiura's solo project FictionJunction. Biography The pair first met at , a stage group for teenage girls wh ...

" project. She held her first solo concert, entitled ''Premium Live 2007'', as FictionJunction Yuuka in February 2007. Nanri's first mini-album, "LIVE ON!", was released August 22, 2012.

Filmography

Anime

* ''

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'' (2001

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), Megumi Soma * ''

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'' (2001 TV series), Narumi Ijuuin (ep 134) * ''

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'' (2002 OVA), Mao Nome * ''

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'' (2003 TV series), Sakura * ''

'' (2003 TV series), Henrietta * ''

'' (2004 TV series), Nao Yūki, Female student (ep 22) * '' W~Wish'' (2004 TV series), Akino Iida * ''

'' (2004 TV series), Karen Ichijou * ''

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'' (2004 film), Sayuri Sawatari * ''

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'' (2005 TV series), Juliet Nao Zhang * '' School Rumble: Extra Class'' (2005 OVA), Karen Ichijou * ''

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'' (2006 OVA), Juliet Nao Zhang * ''

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'' (2009 TV series), Nami Shishidō * ''

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'' (2011 TV series), Saori Chiba * '' Corpse Party: Missing Footage'' (2012 OVA), Mayu Suzumoto * ''

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'' (2012 TV series), Ritsuko Mukae * ''

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'' (2013 TV series), Liz T. Blood * '' Corpse Party: Tortured Souls'' (2013 OVA), Mayu Suzumoto * ''

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'' (2014 TV series), Queen Bee Sofia * ''

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'' (2015 TV series), Saya Takatori

Drama CDs

* '' 7 Seeds'' (2003), Natsu Iwashimizu * ''

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'' (2005), Nao Yūki * '' Mai-Otome'' (2005), Juliet Nao Zhang

Games

* ''

'' (2001), Megumi Sōma, Nozomi Sōma * '' W~Wish'' (2004), Akino Iida * '' D→A:BLACK'', Hīro Enomoto * '' D→A:WHITE'', Hīro Enomoto * ''

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After Rain Vol.2'' (2005), Megumi Sōma * ''

~Unmei no Keitōju~'' (2005), Nao Yūki * '' Musashi: Samurai Legend'' (2005), Tamie * '' Corpse Party BloodCovered: ...Repeated Fear'' (2010), Mayu Suzumoto * '' Corpse Party: Book of Shadows'' (2011), Mayu Suzumoto * '' Corpse Party 2U'' (2012), Mayu Suzumoto

Musicals

* , Lucy * ''big'' * ''FUNK-a-STEP'' * ''FUNK-a-STEP2'' * * * , Satsuki Katayama * , Akane Saitō * , Momoko * (2006), Yuri

Dubbing

Live-action

* '' Bella Martha'', Lina Klein ( Maxime Foerste)

Animation

* ''

'' (1998), Bubbles * '' Frankenweenie'' (2012), Elsa Van Helsing

Songs

* cover (2011), in album HARVEST

Discography

releases *

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releases *

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releases

Albums

* 012.03.14 Rondo... Tsuki no Kioku wo Tadotte. (ロンド...月の記憶をたどって。)

Mini-albums

* 012.08.22 LIVE ON!

Singles

* Fun! Fun! ★Fantasy "Fun! Fun! ★Fantasy" was the 4th theme song for the anime Selfish Fairy Mirumo de Pon. Track listing # # #"Fun! Fun! ★Fantasy (instrumental)" #"Nanairo Mirai (instrumental)" Charts *

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"Odyssey" is Nanri's first official single and the opening for the anime Dengeki Gakuen RPG: Cross of Venus.
Catalog Number :UMCK – 5229 Track listing # #"Dear" #"Odyssey (instrumental)" #"Dear (instrumental)" Charts * Tsukishirube "Tsukishirube" was the ending theme for the anime

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.
Catalog Number :VTCL – 35084 Track listing # # #"Tsukishirube (instrumental)" #"Ame no Sanpomichi (instrumental)" Charts * Shizuku "Shizuku" was the ending theme song for .hack//Quantum.
Catalog Number :VTCL – 35097 Track listing # #*Vocalists: Yūka Nanri, Takumi Ozawa, Kaori Nishina # #"Shizuku (instrumental)" #"Heart Bible (instrumental)" Charts * Kiseki "Kiseki" was the ending theme for the anime

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.
Catalog Number :VTCL – 35115 Track listing # # #"Kiseki (instrumental)" #"Anata to Watashi no Uta (instrumental)" Charts * BLOODY HOLIC "BLOODY HOLIC" was the ending theme for the anime

.
Catalog Number :VTCL-35156 Track listing #"BLOODY HOLIC" #"snow wind" #"BLOODY HOLIC" (without vocal) #"snow wind" (without vocal)

References

External links

Official blog

Official website
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nanri, Yuka 1960 births Living people People from Sasebo Voice actresses from Nagasaki Prefecture Japanese child actresses Japanese women pop singers Japanese video game actresses Japanese voice actresses Musicians from Nagasaki Prefecture Anime singers 21st-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese women singers