にしな (Nishina)

Overview

Nishina (にしな, born July 25, 1998) is a Japanese musician signed to Warner Music Japan and managed by RED. She has released albums including odds and ends, 1999 and 日々散漫, and performs everywhere from small live houses to major halls.

Career

Nishina began performing at live houses and posting videos to YouTube after taking Sony Music's newcomer training course "the LESSON."

From October 2020 she released a new digital single every month for six months. In November 2020 she was chosen for Space Shower's "SPACE SHOWER RETSUDEN NEW FORCE," and in January 2021 for Spotify's "RADAR: Early Noise 2021."

Her first album, odds and ends, came out on April 7, 2021 via Warner Music Japan. On June 25 she held her first headline show, "hatsu," at Zepp Tokyo. In 2021 she also appeared on radio, including "Nishina's 8DAYS" (April, Nippon Cultural Broadcasting) and "Nishina's All Night Nippon 0 (ZERO)" (November).

In April 2022 she played the hall tour "Toratora" in Osaka and Tokyo. Her second album, 1999, arrived on July 27, 2022, followed from October by a one-man tour in Tokyo, Nagoya, Kyoto and Osaka, and then an acoustic tour at 17 venues nationwide limited to audiences born in 1999 or later. In 2022 she also appeared on Music Station and performed "Heavy Smoke" and "Seiran Yuei" on THE FIRST TAKE.

In 2023 she toured seven shows, including an added date at Zepp DiverCity, under the title "Kuranberi Jamu o Kakete."

In 2024 she held the 11-city "Feeling" tour, with its final at NHK Hall in Tokyo. On February 29 she played a surprise concert before the entire student body of a commercial high school in Niigata, at the principal's request, the day before graduation. On March 16 she joined "tiny desk concerts JAPAN" as a backing vocalist for Fujii Kaze, who respects her as a singer. On September 18 she released "Kyo mo Totetomo," a 15-second song written for an Instagram campaign, exclusively on Instagram. From November 10 to 29 she played the "SUPER COMPLEX" Zepp tour, six shows in five cities.

On April 12, 2025 she held the one-man show MUSICK at Tokyo International Forum Hall A, followed by the live house tour MUSICK 2 from June 2 to 26.

On March 18, 2026 she released 日々散漫, her first album in about three and a half years. A free launch concert took place on March 22 at Kitaya Park in Tokyo, and a tour of the same name began on March 29.

Media and Collaborations

She has appeared on radio programs such as "Good VibeSOUP" (from April 2022) and "ALL The Feels" (April 2024), and was interviewed on ZIP! in June 2024. She served as visual model for une nana cool (December 2023) and Converse Japan's "CHEWY PS" (June 2025), and appeared in Spotify's brand campaign (June 2021).

Musical Style

Nishina's genre is J-pop. Live, she plays instruments such as the Fender Duo Sonic, Fender Mustang and Epiphone Casino electric guitars and a Taylor 114ce JPN LTD acoustic guitar.