May Nakabayashi

May Nakabayashi (2010)

May Nakabayashi ( Japanese 中林芽依 , Nakabayashi Mei ; born October 21, 1989 ), also known under the name May'n , is a Japanese singer. Outside of Asia she is best known for her interpretation of the singing voice of the character Sheryl Nome from the anime series Macross Frontier . She is currently under contract with Victor Entertainment's Flying Dog label.

Career

In 2003, she was in the talent show 28th Horipro - Audition - Talent Scout Caravan - Love Music ( ホリプロ·タレントスカウトキャラバン·ラブミュージック·オーディション , Horipuro · Tarento Sukauto Kyaraban · Rabu Myūziku · Ōdishon ) reached the final. In 2005 the first single releases Crazy Crazy Crazy and Sympathy followed . In 2006 the 3rd single Fallin 'in or Not followed .

However, she only had her breakthrough in 2007 when she took over the singing voice of the characters Sheryl Nome from the anime series Macross Frontier . Diamond Crevasse and Lion are the best known pieces.

To this day it is still successful in the Japanese charts and in other Asian countries. She is regularly on tour in Asia.

Discography

Albums

Type	year	title	Oricon			Ref.
Type	year	title	Peak	Weeks	Sales	Ref.
Studio	2009	Styles Label: Victor Entertainment (VTZL-11; VTCL-60190) Released: Nov 25, 2009	# 7	10	36.611
	2010	Cosmic Cuune Label: Victor Entertainment (VTCL-60230) Released: Nov 24, 2010	# 6	10	49.663
	2011	If you ... Label: Victor Entertainment Published: Feb 23, 2011	# 7	8th	28.493
EP	2009	May'n ☆ Street ( メイン ☆ ストリート ) Label: Victor Entertainment (VTCL-60090) Released: Jan 21, 2009	# 2	9	37.503
EP	2009	Universal Bunny ( ユニバーサル・バニー ) Label: Victor Entertainment (VTCL-60177) Released: Nov 25, 2009	# 3	16	101.599

Singles

year	title	Oricon			album	Theme song	Ref.
year	title	Peak	Weeks	Sales	album	Theme song	Ref.
2005	Crazy Crazy Crazy Label: Universal Music Japan (UPCI-5012) Published: Apr 27, 2005; June 1, 2005 (re-release)	-	-	-	-
2005	Sympathy Label: Universal Music Japan (UPCI-5018) Released: Aug 3, 2005	-	-	-	-
2006	Fallin 'in or Not feat. SEAMO Label: Universal Music Japan (UPCI-5039) Released: Sept 27, 2006	# 159	1	-	-	Love Get Chu ~ Miracle Voice Actress Hakusho ~
2008	Diamond Crevasse / Iteza ☆ Gogo Kuji Don't be late ( ダイアモンドクレバス / 射手座 ☆ 午後九時 Don't be late) Label: Victor Entertainment (VTCL-35025) Released: May 8, 2008	# 2	27	108.504	-	Macross Frontier
2008	Lion Label: Victor Entertainment (VTCL-35033) Released: Aug 20, 2008	# 3	19th	123,900	May'n Street	Macross Frontier
2009	Kimi Shinitamō Koto Nakare ( キミシニタモウコトナカレ ) Label: Victor Entertainment (VTCL-35070) Released: May 6, 2009	# 10	14th	20.671	Styles	Shangri-La
2009	pink monsoon Label: Victor Entertainment (VTCL-35088) Released: Oct 21, 2009	# 5	9	38.703	Universal bunny	Macross Frontier - Itsuwari no Utahime
2010	Ready go! Label: Victor Entertainment (VTCL-35093) Released: July 28, 2010	# 21	8th	13,292	If you ...	Ōkami-san to Shichinin no Nakamatachi
2010	Shinjitemiru Label: Victor Entertainment (VTCL-35101) Released: 20/13/2010	# 14	4th	8.513	If you ...	Injitemiru 7-nichikan no Death Game
2011	Scarlet Ballet Label: Victor Entertainment (VTCL-35106) Released: May 11, 2011	# 9	10	22,469	-	Aria the Scarlet Ammo
2011	Brain Diver Label: Victor Entertainment (VTCL-35116) Expected Nov. 2, 2011	-	-	-		Phi Brain: Kami no Puzzle
2012	Chase the world Label: Victor Entertainment Released: May 9, 2012	# 11	...	-		Accel World

Download singles

Year	Title
2005	Happy Released: Dec 11, 2005
2007	Ame ni Saku Hana ( 雨に咲く花 ) Released: Jan 31, 2007
2009	my teens, my tears Released: Oct 21, 2009

DVDs & Blu-ray

title	date	medium	distribution	Article no.	Brief description
May'n ☆ Act	03/25/2009	DVD	Victor Entertainment	VTBL-3	Concert at Akasaka Blitz ( Tokyo ) on Jan. 19, 2009
May'n Special Concert BD BIG ☆ WAAAAAVE !! in Nippon Budokan	05/26/2010	Blu-ray	Victor Entertainment	VTXL-1	Concert at Nippon Budokan ( Tokyo ) on Jan. 24, 2010
May'n Special Concert DVD BIG ☆ WAAAAAVE !! in Nippon Budokan	05/26/2010	DVD	Victor Entertainment	VTBL-9	Concert at Nippon Budokan ( Tokyo ) on Jan. 24, 2010

collaboration

title	date	Type	distribution	Article no.	additive
Macross F (Frontier) OST1 "Nyan Fro"	06/04/2008	CD	Victor Entertainment	VTCL-60060	"Sheryl Nome starring May'n".
Macross F (Frontier) OST2 "Nyan Tra"	10/08/2008	CD	Victor Entertainment	VTCL-60061	"Sheryl Nome starring May'n".
Macross F (Frontier) VOCAL COLLECTION "Nyan Tama"	December 3, 2008	CD	Victor Entertainment	VTCL-60100	"Sheryl Nome starring May'n".
Macross F (Frontier) Galaxy Tour FINAL in Budokan	10/30/2009	DVD	Bandai	BCBM-0011	Concert recording
Macross F (Frontier) Galaxy Tour FINAL in Budokan	11/27/2009	Blu-ray	Bandai	BCXE-0216	Concert recording
Macross F (Frontier) Concept Album "Cosmic Cuune"	11/24/2010	CD	Victor Entertainment	VTCL-60230	"Sheryl Nome starring May'n".

Concerts and public appearances

Solo concerts

January 2009: May'n CONCERT TOUR 2009 "May'n Act": January 22nd, Big Cat, ( Osaka ); January 23, the Bottom Line, ( Nagoya ); January 28-29, Akasaka BLITZ, ( Tokyo ).
July & August 2009: May'n SUMMER TOUR 2009 "LOVE & JOY": July 26th, Zepp ( Fukuoka ); July 31, Zepp ( Sendai ); August 2, Zepp ( Sapporo ); August 7, Zepp ( Osaka ); August 8, Zepp ( Nagoya ); August 12-13, Zepp ( Tokyo ).
November 2009: May'n College Festival Live, November 1st, Nippon Institute of Technology
November 2009: "May'n Live & Talk" Otemae Festival, November 8th, 2009
January 2010: May'n Special Concert January 24th 2010, Nippon Budokan ( Tokyo ) "BIG ★ WAAAAAVE !!"
March 2010: May'n BIG ★ WAAAAAVE !! ASIA TOUR 2010: March 7th, KL Live @ 1st Floor, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; March 19, Hong Kong International Trade and Exhibition Center, Kowloon, Hong Kong; March 21st, Legacy Taipei, Taiwan.
May'n Pure Live, Nagashima Spa Land, Mie, Japan.
May'n SUMMER TOUR 2010 "PHONIC ◆ NATION":

Side A:

date	Hall
30th July	Nagano Club Junk Box
July 31	Niigata Lots
August 2nd	Kashiwa Palooza
4th of August	Saitama-Fukutoshin Heaven's Rock VJ-03
8th August	Shizuoka Live House Hamamatsu Madowaku
August 10	Kyoto Muse Hall
12. August	Okayama Crazy Mama Kingdom
13 August	Hiroshima Club Quattro
15th of August	Kumamoto Drum Be-9 V1
20th of August	Yokohama Bay Hall

Side B:

date	Hall
the 9th of September	Zepp Fukuoka
September 11	Zepp Osaka
12th September	Zepp Nagoya
September 15th	Zepp Sendai
17th of September	Zepp Sapporo
September 20th + 21st	Zepp Tokyo

Concerts with other artists

July 27, 2008: Macross F Super-dimensional Live, Zepp ( Tokyo )
August 6, 2008: Macross F Super-dimensional Live, Namba Hatch, ( Osaka )
August 31, 2008: Animelo Summer Live 2008 "Challenge", Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Prefecture
October 13, 2008: Macross F Galaxy Tour Final presented by Yōko Kanno , Pacifico Yokohama ( Yokohama )
October 22, 2008: Macross F Galaxy Tour Final presented by Yōko Kanno , Osaka Kosei Nenkin Kaikan ( Osaka )
November 5, 2008: Macross F Galaxy Tour Final "We don't do this favor often", Nippon Budokan ( Tokyo )
November 23, 2008: Anime Festival Asia 2008, Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Center ( Singapore )
February 21, 2009: Ani-Uta (Anime Song) 2009 Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu Media Dome ( Kitakyushu )
May 9, 2009: Animax Musix, Shinagawa Stellar Ball ( Tokyo )
July 7, 2009: Yōko Kanno and the Seatbelts "Super-dimensional Tanabata Sonic", Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Prefecture
August 22, 2009: Animelo Summer Live 2009 "Re: Bridge" ", Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Prefecture
October 17th + 18th, 2009: Macross Crossover Live "AD 2009 × 45 × 59", Makuhari Messe ( Chiba )
November 22, 2009: Yoshiki Fukuyama & May'n concert, Anime Festival Asia 2009, Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Center ( Singapore )
December 1st, 2009: "Act Against AIDS" 2009 Live in Nagoya, Zepp ( Nagoya )
December 13, 2009: Yoshiki Fukuyama & May'n Concert in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
March 13, 2010: Masami Okui Birth Live '10 "Magical Night: Sorcerer in the White Universe", Liquidroom ( Tokyo )
March 14, 2010: Ani-Uta Kitakyūshū 2010, Kitakyushu Media Dome ( Kitakyūshū )
May 15 + 16, 2010: Animax Musix Spring 2010, JCB Hall ( Tokyo )
August 29, 2010: Animelo Summer Live 2010 "evolution", Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Prefecture
November 3, 2010: Animax Musix Fall 2010, Yokohama Arena ( Yokohama )
November 14, 2010: "Anisong Spirit Side B" concert, Anime Festival Asia 2010 at the Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Center ( Singapore )
December 22nd + 24th, 2010: Macross F Superdimensional Super Live "Merry Christmas Without You", Nippon Budokan ( Tokyo ); World Memorial Hall, Port Island, ( Kobe )

Performances outside of Asia

America

Los Angeles - Anime Expo 2010

Europe

France - Paris - Japan Expo 2011

Germany - Kassel - Connichi 2011

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↑ Oricon Page ( Japanese ) Styles Oricon Page. Retrieved October 16, 2009.
↑ "Cosmic Cuune" Oricon Page ( Japanese ) Styles Oricon Page. Retrieved October 16, 2010.
↑ May'n ☆ Street Oricon Page ( Japanese ) Oricon . Retrieved October 16, 2009.
↑ Universal Bunny Oricon Page ( Japanese ) Oricon . Retrieved October 16, 2009.
↑ Crazy Crazy Crazy Oricon Page ( Japanese ) Oricon . Retrieved October 16, 2009.
↑ Sympathy Oricon Page ( Japanese ) Oricon . Retrieved October 16, 2009.
↑ "'Fallin' in or Not feat. SEAMO '" (January 2007) Newtype USA . p. 120.
↑ Fallin 'in or Not Oricon Page ( Japanese ) Oricon . Retrieved October 16, 2009.
↑ Diamond Crevasse / Iteza Gogo Kuji Don't be late Oricon Page ( Japanese ) Oricon . Retrieved October 16, 2009.
^ "Lion" Oricon Page ( Japanese ) Oricon . Retrieved October 16, 2009.
↑ Kimi Shinitamō Koto Nakare Oricon Page ( Japanese ) Oricon . Retrieved October 16, 2009.
↑ "pink monsoon" Oricon Page ( Japanese ) Oricon . Retrieved October 30, 2010.
↑ "Ready Go!" Oricon Page ( Japanese ) Oricon . Retrieved October 30, 2010.
^ "Shinjitemiru" Oricon Page ( Japanese ) Oricon . Retrieved October 16, 2009.
↑ Scarlet Ballet, Oricon Page (japanese), accessed January 27, 2017
↑ Brain Diver
↑ Big Cat homepage
↑ Bottom Line homepage
↑ KL Live homepage
↑ Legacy Taipei homepage (Chinese)
^ Concert information
↑ I LOVE ANISONG - AFA'09- Anime Festival Asia . Afa09.com. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
↑ May'n - AFAX- I Love Anisong . Animefestival.asia. Archived from the original on December 30, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 1, 2011. @1@ 2

↑ Macross F concerts 2010 Official website ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / ftama.com

Web links

Commons : May'n - collection of images

Official Website (Japanese)

personal data
SURNAME	Nakabayashi, May
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	中林芽依 (Japanese); Nakabayashi, Mei; May'n
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	japanese singer
DATE OF BIRTH	October 21, 1989

[1] Oricon Page ( Japanese ) Styles Oricon Page. Retrieved October 16, 2009.

[2] "Cosmic Cuune" Oricon Page ( Japanese ) Styles Oricon Page. Retrieved October 16, 2010.

[3] May'n ☆ Street Oricon Page ( Japanese ) Oricon . Retrieved October 16, 2009.

[4] Universal Bunny Oricon Page ( Japanese ) Oricon . Retrieved October 16, 2009.

[5] Crazy Crazy Crazy Oricon Page ( Japanese ) Oricon . Retrieved October 16, 2009.

[6] Sympathy Oricon Page ( Japanese ) Oricon . Retrieved October 16, 2009.

[7] "'Fallin' in or Not feat. SEAMO '" (January 2007) Newtype USA . p. 120.

[8] Fallin 'in or Not Oricon Page ( Japanese ) Oricon . Retrieved October 16, 2009.

[9] Diamond Crevasse / Iteza Gogo Kuji Don't be late Oricon Page ( Japanese ) Oricon . Retrieved October 16, 2009.

[10] "Lion" Oricon Page ( Japanese ) Oricon . Retrieved October 16, 2009.

[11] Kimi Shinitamō Koto Nakare Oricon Page ( Japanese ) Oricon . Retrieved October 16, 2009.

[12] "pink monsoon" Oricon Page ( Japanese ) Oricon . Retrieved October 30, 2010.

[13] "Ready Go!" Oricon Page ( Japanese ) Oricon . Retrieved October 30, 2010.

[14] "Shinjitemiru" Oricon Page ( Japanese ) Oricon . Retrieved October 16, 2009.

[15] Scarlet Ballet, Oricon Page (japanese), accessed January 27, 2017

[16] Brain Diver

[17] Big Cat homepage

[18] Bottom Line homepage

[19] KL Live homepage

[20] Legacy Taipei homepage (Chinese)

[21] Concert information

[22] I LOVE ANISONG - AFA'09- Anime Festival Asia . Afa09.com. Retrieved January 1, 2011.

[23] May'n - AFAX- I Love Anisong . Animefestival.asia. Archived from the original on December 30, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 1, 2011. @1@ 2

[24] Macross F concerts 2010 Official website ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / ftama.com