, better known by her stage name is a Japanese musician, singer, voice actress and DJ from

Kanagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kana ...

who is affiliated with Hibiki. She was formerly active as a solo musician under the name Haruca, releasing the single "Eien no Kotae" in 2017. She is known for her roles as Nanami Hiromachi in ''

BanG Dream! ''BanG Dream!'', also known as , is a Japanese music media franchise owned by Bushiroad. Created by Bushiroad president Takaaki Kidani in January 2015 with original story by Kō Nakamura, the project began as a manga before exp ...

'', where she also serves as the bassist of the band

Morfonica Morfonica is a Japanese all-female band, all-female rock band that is part of Bushiroad's media franchise ''BanG Dream!''. Formed in 2020, the group's members portray fictional characters in the project's anime series and mobile game ''BanG Dream ...

, and as Rinku Aimoto, the protagonist of the multimedia franchise ''

D4DJ ''D4DJ'' (''Dig Delight Direct Drive DJ'') is a Japanese music media franchise created by Bushiroad, with original story by Kō Nakamura. Takaaki Kidani is credited as executive producer. It consists primarily of live disc jockey performan ...

''.

Biography

Nishio was born in Kanagawa Prefecture on March 31, 1994. During her youth, she played the violin and was in an orchestra in elementary school before quitting as a middle schooler. She also had an interest in

anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...

and

manga Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...

from an early age, and upon entering

Keio University , mottoeng = The pen is mightier than the sword , type = Private research coeducational higher education institution , established = 1858 , founder = Yukichi Fukuzawa , endowmen ...

, she decided to pursue a career as a

voice actress Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an audience. Performers are called voice actors/actresses, voice artists, dubbing artists, voice talent, voice-over artists, or voice-over talent ...

. She began her entertainment activities as a singer in 2016 under the stage name Haruca. In October 2017, she released the single , the title song of which was used as the ending theme to the anime series '' Kado: The Right Answer''; the single peaked at 98 on the

Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in Nov ...

weekly charts. In April 2019, she joined the talent agency Hibiki following an audition, and changed her stage name to Yūka Nishio. Later in the year, she was cast as Rinku Aimoto, the main protagonist of the franchise ''

'' and member of the unit Happy Around!. Before joining the series, Nishio had DJing experience at a club. She also voiced Yuu Higashiyama for the

collectible card game A collectible card game (CCG), also called a trading card game (TCG) among other names, is a type of card game that mixes strategy game, strategic deck building elements with features of trading cards, introduced with ''Magic: The Gathering'' in ...

''Rebirth for you'' and its corresponding anime ''Rebirth''. In 2020, Nishio joined the music project ''

'', voicing the character Nanami Hiromachi as well as becoming bassist of the band

. She was unfamiliar with the bass guitar prior to joining the band; as Morfonica is a rock violin group, Nishio developed a rapport with violinist and bandmate Ayasa over their mutual background in the instrument. Nishio co-hosts the

YouTube YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by ...

series ''Monica Radio'' alongside bandmate

Hina Suguta is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Hyōgo Prefecture who is affiliated with Animo Produce. She is known for voicing Marin Kitagawa in ''My Dress-Up Darling''. She is also a member of the band Morfonica, a part of the multimedia franch ...

. On August 22–23, she participated in the BanG Dream! 8th Live by performing with Happy Around! as the

opening act A opening act, also known as a warm-up act, support act, or supporting act, is an entertainment act (musical, comedic, or otherwise), that performs at a concert before the featured act, or "headliner". Rarely, an opening act may perform again a ...

Raise A Suilen Raise A Suilen (stylized as RAISE A SUILEN) is a Japanese all-female rock band that is part of Bushiroad's media franchise ''BanG Dream!''. Formed in 2018, the group's members portray fictional characters in the project's anime series and mobile ...

's The Depths concert and with Morfonica on the following day's Special Live: Summerly Tone. On April 21, 2022, Hibiki announced Nishio had tested positive for

COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...

, forcing her to skip upcoming events like Morfonica's Resonance concert and ''D4DJ'' anniversary program. For the former,

backing track A backing track is an audio recording on audiotape, CD or a digital recording medium or a MIDI recording of synthesized instruments, sometimes of purely rhythmic accompaniment, often of a rhythm section or other accompaniment parts that live music ...

s of her

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

and bass were used in her place.

Filmography

Anime

;2020 *'' BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico: Ohmori'', Nanami Hiromachi *'' D4DJ First Mix'', Rinku Aimoto *''ReBirth'', Yuu Higashiyama ;2021 *'' D4DJ Petit Mix'', Rinku Aimoto *'' BanG Dream! Film Live 2nd Stage'', Nanami Hiromachi *'' BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico Fever!'', Nanami Hiromachi *''

The Fruit of Evolution is a Japanese fantasy light novel series written by Miku and illustrated by U35 (spelled "Umiko"). It began serialization online in January 2014 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was later acquired by F ...

'', Eris McClain ;2022 *'' BanG Dream! Poppin'Dream!'', Nanami Hiromachi *'' BanG Dream! Morfonication'', Nanami Hiromachi ;2023 *'' D4DJ All Mix'', Rinku Aimoto

Video games

;2020 *''D4DJ Groovy Mix'', Rinku Aimoto *'' BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!'', Nanami Hiromachi ;2022 *''

Cardfight!! Vanguard is a Japanese multimedia franchise jointly created by Akira Itō, Satoshi Nakamura, Mitsuhisa Tamura, and Bushiroad president Takaaki Kidani. It currently consists of multiple anime television series, an official tradi ...

Dear Days'', Yuki Ichidoji

Dubbing

*''

Middlemost Post ''Middlemost Post'' is an American animated comedy television series created by John Trabbic III that premiered on Nickelodeon on July 9, 2021. Premise Parker J. Cloud, a former raincloud, their friend Angus, and pet walrus Russell deliver ...

'', Lily

References

External links

Official agency profile
* 1994 births Bushiroad Japanese bass guitarists Japanese DJs Japanese voice actresses Keio University alumni Living people Morfonica members Voice actresses from Kanagawa Prefecture {{DEFAULTSORT:Nishio, Yuka