Akari Nanawo

is a Japanese musician and YouTuber from Osaka who is signed to Sony Music Associated Records. Starting her career as an independent musician in 2011, Akari gained a following performing at various live houses in Japan, as well as through uploading songs on the website Niconico. She was also cast in a stage play adaptation of the mobile game Fate/Grand Order. She made her major debut in 2018, performing the opening theme to the anime television series Happy Sugar Life. She released her first full album in October of that year.

Early life and career

Akari was born in Osaka on November 12, 1995. She also became the second host of the music program in January. She self-released her debut EP Shiawase ni Naritai in September 2016 and her second EP Nekuraroid no Tsukurikata in November. She quickly gained a following on Niconico: as of March 2018, her videos had been viewed at least 9 million times. She also began collaborating with other artists for her songs, including Deco*27. She reprised the role in the sequel stage plays Zettai Majū Sensen Babylonia (2019) and Kani Jikan Shinden Solomon (2020).

During a live performance in Tokyo, in March 2018, Akari announced that she would make her major debut under Sony Music Associated Records later that year. the song "One Room Sugar Life" is used as the opening theme to the anime television series Happy Sugar Life. The single peaked at #33 on Oricon's weekly charts and charted for nine weeks. Her second major single, "Turing Love feat. Sou/Piyo" was released on February 5, 2020; the song "Turing Love" is used as the ending theme to the anime television series Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It. Her third major single "Higher's High" was released on October 21, 2020; the title song is used as the opening theme to the anime television series Warlords of Sigrdrifa.

In 2022, she had her first overseas performance at Anime Festival Asia Singapore 2022.

Two of her songs, "Love Brain" and "Good Luck to Me Tomorrow", are included in the 2026 video game Forza Horizon 6 in-game radio station Gacha City Radio.

Personal life On February 27, 2025, Nanawo and the Oral Cigarettes's bass guitarist Akira Akirakani jointly announced their marriage.

Discography

Independent releases Extended plays + List of EPs, with selected details and chart positions Title EP details Peak chart positions Released: September 22, 2016 Label: Self-released Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — — Nekuraroid no Aishikata did not enter the Hot Albums chart but peaked at number 85 on the Top Albums Sales chart. Label: Self-released Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — — Iroiro Iukedo Ii ne ga Hoshii did not enter the Hot Albums chart but peaked at number 66 on the Top Albums Sales chart. Label: Sony Music Associated Records Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 15 — 14 Released: December 9, 2020 Label: Sony Music Associated Records Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 24 27 21 "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not eligible to chart.

Extended plays + List of EPs, with selected details and chart positions Title EP details Peak chart positions Label: Sony Music Associated Records Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 16 20 20 Dameleon Released: October 2, 2019 Label: Sony Music Associated Records Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 20 23 16 Released: April 8, 2020 Label: Sony Music Associated Records Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 17 20 19 Doping!!!!!! Released: February 21, 2024 Label: Sony Music Associated Records Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 44 — 41 "—" denotes an EP that did not chart or was not eligible to chart.

Best-of albums + List of best-of albums, with selected details and chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions Label: Sony Music Associated Records Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 22 Flying Best 2 did not enter the Oricon Combined Albums Chart but peaked at number 20 on the Digital Albums Chart. Nanakorobi Nanaoki and Flying Best 2 — "Higher's High" 15 — — — 2023 32 — — 2024 40 — "Seikai wa Iranai" did not enter the Japan Hot 100 but peaked at number 96 on the Download Songs chart. — — — 2025 25 — 96 50 — "Muri Muri Shinkaron" did not enter the Japan Hot 100 but peaked at number 41 on the Download Songs chart. 2026 — — "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not eligible to chart.