Nana Mizuki

Overview

Nana Mizuki (水樹 奈々), born Nana Kondō on January 21, 1980 in Niihama, Ehime, is a Japanese voice actress, singer, narrator and actress represented by StarCrew. Her official fan club is S.C. NANA NET, and her younger sister is the singer MiKA. She is known for roles such as Hinata Hyuga in Naruto, Fate Testarossa in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, Tsubomi Hanasaki (Cure Blossom) in Heartcatch Precure!, Tsubasa Kazanari in Symphogear and Colette Brunel in Tales of Symphonia. Signature songs include "Shin'ai", "Eternal Blaze" and "Synchrogazer". She was the first voice actress to top both the weekly Oricon albums chart and singles chart. In July 2020 she announced her marriage to a man in the music industry.

Career

Early life

Trained from age five in enka by her father, she also studied piano and Electone. After winning the grand championship at a national singing contest, she moved to Tokyo, attended Horikoshi High School's performing arts course and studied at Yoyogi Animation Academy, graduating in March 1998 with the Horikoshi Award. In 1993 she released a cassette single, "Tsugazakura", as Nana Kondō, and in 1997 an image song, "Girl's Age", under the name Chisato Kadokura.

Debut and the 2000s

She debuted as a voice actress in the PlayStation game Noël: La Neige as Chisato Kadokura. Her debut single as Nana Mizuki, "Omoi", was released on December 6, 2000 through King Records, and her debut album Supersonic Girl followed in 2001. She formed the units Prits and nana×nana, and in 2002 began the radio show Mizuki Nana Smile Gang, which passed 1,000 episodes in May 2021. "Innocent Starter" (2004) reached No. 9 on the Oricon weekly singles chart, her first top 10 entry, and "Eternal Blaze" (2005) reached No. 2. She performed at Nippon Budokan in 2005, then Yokohama Arena (2007) and Saitama Super Arena (2008). In 2007 she won the Best Musical Performance award at the first Seiyu Awards for "Justice to Believe". Her seventh album Ultimate Diamond reached No. 1 on the weekly Oricon albums chart in June 2009, and that July she held the first solo dome concert by a voice actress at Seibu Dome. She also appeared at the 60th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen singing "Shin'ai", and went on to appear six years in a row through 2014.

The 2010s

Her 21st single "Phantom Minds" topped the weekly Oricon singles chart in January 2010, the first by a voice actress. That year she became Niihama's first Tourism Ambassador and won the Tomiyama Kei Award at the 4th Seiyu Awards. In January 2011 she published her autobiography Shin Ai, and in December she became the first voice actress to hold a concert at Tokyo Dome. In 2012 she held her first outdoor stadium concert and a dedicated performance at Heian Jingu in Kyoto. In 2013 she collaborated with T.M.Revolution on "Preserved Roses" and "Kakumei Dualism", winning a Japan Record Award special award, and held her first overseas concert in Taipei. In 2014 she received the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists, and her tenth album Supernal Liberty topped the weekly albums chart.

Recent activity

She released the singles "Get up! Shout!" and "Red Breeze" in 2021, and the album Delighted Reviver in July 2022. "Sugar Doughnuts" and "Turn the World" followed in 2023, and "ADRENALIZED" in 2024. In March 2025 she released the album Contemporary Emotion and the single "Electric Trick", and shrine performance releases from Heian Jingu and Izumo Taisha arrived later that year. The album The Museum IV was released in January 2026.

Musical style

Built on enka training, her music spans anime songs, J-pop and J-rock. She has performed many anime theme songs and built her reputation through large-scale live concerts.