Kana Nishino

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Kana Nishino
Native name 西野 カナ
Birth name 西野 加奈子 (Nishino Kanako)
Born (1989-03-18) March 18, 1989 (age 35)
Matsusaka, Mie, Japan
Genres Pop, R&B, J-pop
Occupation(s) Singer, lyricist
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2008–present
Labels Aniplex, Sony Music Entertainment Japan
Associated acts Giorgio Cancemi, Verbal (M-Flo), Wise
Website www.nishinokana.com

Kana Nishino (西野 カナ Nishino Kana?, born March 18, 1989) is a Japanese singer and songwriter signed with SME Records' Newcome Inc. She debuted on February 20, 2008, with the single "I". CNN said that she was the favorite singer of teenage girls in Shibuya, Tokyo, signalling Sony's jump on the bandwagon effect started by Avex.[1]

Biography

Early life (1989-2007) and early career (2008-2010)

Nishino studied English from an early age, and went to America twice. She became interested in various genres of music, including hip-hop, R&B and reggae, but she also enjoyed Japanese literature, and started singing Japanese folk songs. Her dream of becoming a singer started in junior high school. When she was 16, her mother secretly sent a demo tape of hers to the Miss Phoenix Audition, and she was rated the top singer entrant out of approximately 40,000 applicants. A year later in 2006, she was signed to SME Records.

In 2007 while preparing to be a singer, she was also studying English literature at college. At the time she met Australian duo Nervo, who offered Nishino a song called "I Don't Wanna Know" for use in her music project. Nishino rewrote the song's lyrics into Japanese herself, and re-titled it "I".

In December 2007 her official site opened, and from that time onwards "*I* ~Merry Christmas ver.~" was available as a digital download from several Japanese sites, including Mora. Interestingly, the original version of the song "I Don't Wanna Know" was available as a digital download on the American iTunes site from New Year's Day onwards. The physical version was released two months later, on February 20, 2008.

Nishino's second single was called "Glowly Days". Her third single, "Style", was used as the second ending theme song for the anime series Soul Eater and her fourth single "Make Up" is used in the ONA Chocolate Underground from UK's miniseries Bootleg with one of its b-sides, "Kirari", as an insert song.

After her first four singles, her music took a more R&B feel to it. Her fifth single "Tōkutemo feat. Wise" was released as a full-track digital song (Chaku Uta Full) on March 11, 2009. The physical CD was released on March 18, 2009. It is her first physical single to enter the top 50 in the Japanese Oricon single charts. Wise's digital single "Aenakutemo feat. Kana Nishino" debuted at number 9 on the RIAJ Digital Track Chart.[2]

Nishino released her sixth single "Kimi ni Aitaku Naru Kara" on June 3, 2009. The single hit number 14 on the Oricon weekly single charting, being her best single release of the six. The digital version of the single debuted at number 5 on the RIAJ Digital Track Chart.[3]

Her album Love One. was released on June 24, 2009, and features all six singles, a b-side, "Celtic", a pro and epilogue (featuring "kirari"), along with five completely unreleased songs: "doll" (track 3), "Girlfriend" (track 4), "Kimi no Koe o feat. Verbal (M-Flo)" (track 5), "Life goes on..." (track 7), and "candy" (track 9). "Kimi no Koe o" reached number 5 on RIAJ's digital track charts.

Nishino released her seventh single "Motto...". The full-track ringtone digital download of the song began on October 14 and the physical CD was released on October 21, 2009. The song debuted at the number 1 spot on the RIAJ Digital Track Chart.[4] She released the double A-side single "Dear.../Maybe" on December 2, 2009. After releasing two more singles "Best Friend" and "Aitakute Aitakute", she released her second album To Love on June 23, 2010.

On August 4, 2010, Kana Nishino released her eleventh single, "If." This song was used as the theme and ending song of the movie "Naruto Shippuden 4: The Lost Tower".The single reached number 5 on the Oricon charts and sold over 85,000 copies. Her 12th single, "Kimi tte", was released on November 3, 2010.

Big success in Japan (2010-2013)

Kana competed in the 61st Kohaku Uta Gassen, which took place on December 31, 2010, with "Best Friend." On February 9, 2011, the single "Distance" was released. She also collaborated with Wise on the single "By your side" which was released on March 16, 2011.[citation needed]. Two months later on May 18, 2011 her new single 'Esperanza' was released. In spring of 2012, Nishino's cute looks have her in the magazines "CUTiE" "JELLY", "JJ", "Popteen", "Ray", and "ViVi" (in alphabetical order). In September 2012, Nishino released her 4th album called Love Place. It was released in two versions: a limited CD+DVD edition and a regular CD-only edition. The song "Be Strong" was used to promote the album. The album was later re-released in Taiwan in a big package version including a unique 2013-year desk calendar. The album won the Best Prize in the "Grand prix record Nippon! Shining 54th" latest original album "Love Place".

Best albums and box albums (2013)

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Discography

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Awards

MTV Video Music Awards Japan

Year Recipient/Nominated work Award Result
2010 "Motto..." Most Popular Karaoke Song Won
2011 "Kimi tte" Best Pop Video
Most Popular Karaoke Song
Nominated
to Love Best Album Won
2012 "Tatoe Donna ni..." Best Female Artist Video Nominated
2013 "Always" Best Female Artist Video Won

Japan Record Awards

The Japan Record Awards is a major music awards show held annually in Japan by the Japan Composer's Association.

Year Recipient/Nominated work Award Result
2010 to LOVE Excellent Album Won
2011 "Esperanza" Excellent Work Won
2012 "GO FOR IT!!" Excellent Work Won
Love Place Excellent Album Won
2013 "Sayonara" Excellent Work Won

Japan Cable Awards

Year Recipient/Nominated work Award Result
2010 "Kimi tte" Outstanding Performance Won
2011 "Watashitachi" Outstanding Performance Won
2012 "Tatoe Donna ni..." Outstanding Performance Won
2013 "Sayonara" Outstanding Performance Won

Japan Gold Disc Award

Year Recipient/Nominated work Award Result
2010 to LOVE The Best 5 Albums Won
"Aitakute Aitakute" Most Downloaded Song Won
"if" Top 5 Downloaded Songs Won
"Best Friend" Won
2012 "Tatoe Donna ni..." Top 5 Downloaded Songs Won

Billboard Japan Music Awards

Year Recipient/Nominated work Award Result
2010 Kana Nishino Best Pop Artist Nominated
2014 Artist of the Year Won
2015 Won

Best Hits Kayosai

Year Recipient/Nominated work Award Result
2009 Kana Nishino Gold Artist Won
2010 Won

References

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