Nanawo Akari

Nanawo Akari is a Japanese singer-songwriter born on November 12, 1995, in Abeno-ku, Japan. From Osaka, she began her career as an independent musician in 2011, performing at live houses and uploading songs to Niconico before signing to Sony Music Entertainment Japan and making her major debut in 2018. Working in J-pop, she builds songs around bright melodies, electronic production, and playful hooks; her music is upbeat, direct, and highly melodic, with polished dance-pop energy, singer-songwriter clarity, catchy choruses, and a lively vocal delivery. She began making music in bands, then started a solo career in 2014 after her group disbanded. After passing the Sony Music Artists audition 「Bocchi」, she moved to Tokyo. From January 2016 to June 2017, she served as the second MC of TV Tokyo's 『ロック兄弟』. In 2016, she uploaded her first song as ナナヲアカリ, 「ハッピーになりたい」, to YouTube. That same year, she made her live debut at Shimokitazawa THREE and released the indie mini-album 『ネクラロイドのつくりかた』. Her major debut included "One Room Sugar Life (ワンルームシュガーライフ)", the opening theme of "Happy Sugar Life", and her first full album followed in October 2018. She later performed "Turing Love feat.Sou (チューリングラブ feat.Sou)" for "Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumei shitemita", "Raika (雷火)" for "Heion Sedai no Idaten-tachi", "Renai Nou (恋愛脳)" for "Engage Kiss", and "Seikai wa Iranai (正解はいらない)" for "Sentai Daishikkaku". She has also worked in other media, producing the fashion brand 「Internet Boy Meets Girl」 and co-creating the short film 「日曜日とマーメイド」 in 2022, in which she appeared as herself. In March 2026, after appearing alongside Surii and Chogakusei, she announced an October one-man live, and in June 2026 she was confirmed as a guest for Wienners' two-man tour.