Yūka Nanri (南里 侑香, Nanri Yūka; born March 13, 1984) is a Japanese actress, voice actress and J-pop singer from Sasebo, Nagasaki. She is represented by Space Craft Entertainment.
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Biography
Yūka Nanri debuted on NHK's Utatte Odoronpa (うたってオドロンパ) (an educational programme) in 1995 as a child star.
In 1997, she joined Minami Aoyama Shōjo Kageki Dan (南青山少女歌劇団, South Aoyama Female Opera Group; also known as Nanshō), 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 voice acting debut that year as Bubbles in the Japanese version of The Powerpuff Girls. After that, she officially started her voice acting activities as the protagonist of Gunslinger Girl. She has voiced many weak-looking and gentle characters, though in My-HiME she played Nao Yūki, a morally ambivalent middle school student who enjoys preying on perverted men.
In late 2003 Nanri formed tiaraway, a voice acting duo with fellow Japanese singer Saeko Chiba. 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 School Rumble, but she turned it down to play the main character of the musical ANGEL GATE ~Haru no Yokan~ (ANGEL GATE～春の予感～, ANGEL GATE ~Spring's Premonition~), and participated in four performances from April 13–16. She graduated from university in March of the same year with an academic degree in vocal music.
Nanri is a currently a vocalist for Yuki Kajiura's "FictionJunction Yuuka" 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
Memories Off 2nd (2001 OVA), Megumi Soma
The Prince of Tennis (2001 TV series), Narumi Ijuuin (ep 134)
Macross Zero (2002 OVA), Mao Nome
Godannar (2003 TV series), Sakura
Gunslinger Girl (2003 TV series), Henrietta
My-HiME (2004 TV series), Nao Yūki, Female student (ep 22)
W~Wish (2004 TV series), Akino Iida
School Rumble (2004 TV series), Karen Ichijou
The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004 film), Sayuri Sawatari
My-Otome (2005 TV series), Juliet Nao Zhang
School Rumble: Extra Class (2005 OVA), Karen Ichijou
My-Otome Zwei (2006 OVA), Juliet Nao Zhang
Sora Kake Girl (2009 TV series), Nami Shishidō
Wandering Son (2011 TV series), Saori Chiba
Corpse Party: Missing Footage (2012 OVA), Mayu Suzumoto
Sakamichi no Apollon (2012 TV series), Ritsuko Mukae
Blood Lad (2013 TV series), Liz T. Blood
Corpse Party: Tortured Souls (2013 OVA), Mayu Suzumoto
Space Dandy (2014 TV series), Queen Bee Sofia
Drama CDs
7 Seeds (2003), Natsu Iwashimizu
Mai-HiME (2005), Nao Yūki
Mai-Otome (2005), Juliet Nao Zhang
Games
Memories Off 2nd (2001), Megumi Sōma, Nozomi Sōma
W~Wish (2004), Akino Iida
D→A:BLACK, Hīro Enomoto
D→A:WHITE, Hīro Enomoto
Memories Off After Rain Vol.2 (2005), Megumi Sōma
My-HiME ~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
World's End Club (2020), Yuki
Arknights (2024), Civilight Eterna
Musicals
Goodbye Girl (グッバイガール, Gubbai Gāru), Lucy
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FUNK-a-STEP
FUNK-a-STEP2
Waltz ga Kikoeru? (ワルツが聞こえる?, Warutsu ga Kikoeru?)
Christmas Juliet ~Eve no Kiseki (クリスマスジュリエット～イヴの奇跡～, Kurisumasu Jurietto ~Ivu no Kiseki~)
Highschool Revolution ~Ai to Yūki no Tabidachi~ (ハイスクール Revolution～愛と勇気の旅だち～, Haisukūru Revolution ~Ai to Yūki no Tabidachi~), Satsuki Katayama
Christmas Juliet ~Eve no Kiseki [Another Showing] (クリスマスジュリエット～イヴの奇跡～ [再演], Kurisumasu Jurietto ~Ivu no Kiseki~ [Saien]), Akane Saitō
Nagareboshi no Rarabai (流れ星のララバイ, Nagareboshi no Lullaby), Momoko
ANGEL GATE ~Haru no Yokan~ (ANGEL GATE～春の予感～) (2006), Yuri
Dubbing
Bella Martha, Lina Klein (Maxime Foerste)
The Powerpuff Girls (1998), Bubbles
Frankenweenie (2012), Elsa Van Helsing
Songs
Arashi no Hero (嵐の勇者(ヒーロー)) cover (2011), in album HARVEST
Discography
tiaraway releases
FictionJunction releases
FictionJunction YUUKA releases
Albums
[2012.03.14] Rondo... Tsuki no Kioku wo Tadotte. (ロンド...月の記憶をたどって。)
Mini-albums
[2012.08.22] 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" (Fun! Fun! ★ふぁんたじー, Fun! Fun! ★Fantajī)
"Nanairo Mirai" (ナナイロミライ)
"Fun! Fun! ★Fantasy (instrumental)"
"Nanairo Mirai (instrumental)"
Charts
Odyssey
"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
"Odyssey" (オデッセイ)
"Dear"
"Odyssey (instrumental)"
"Dear (instrumental)"
Charts
Tsukishirube
"Tsukishirube" was the ending theme for the anime Ookami Kakushi.
Catalog Number
VTCL – 35084
Track listing
Tsukishirube (月導, Guidepost of the Moon)