May Nakabayashi
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. | ||
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Peak | Weeks | Sales | ||||
Studio | 2009 |
Styles
|
# 7 | 10 | 36.611 | |
2010 |
Cosmic Cuune
|
# 6 | 10 | 49.663 | ||
2011 |
If you ...
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# 7 | 8th | 28.493 | ||
EP | 2009 |
May'n ☆ Street ( メ イ ン ☆ ス ト リ ー ト )
|
# 2 | 9 | 37.503 | |
Universal Bunny ( ユ ニ バ ー サ ル ・ バ ニ ー )
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# 3 | 16 | 101.599 |
Singles
year | title | Oricon | album | Theme song | Ref. | ||
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Peak | Weeks | Sales | |||||
2005 |
Crazy Crazy Crazy
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- | - | - | - | ||
Sympathy
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- | - | - | - | |||
2006 |
Fallin 'in or Not feat. SEAMO
|
# 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)
|
# 2 | 27 | 108.504 | - | Macross Frontier | |
Lion
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# 3 | 19th | 123,900 | May'n Street | |||
2009 |
Kimi Shinitamō Koto Nakare ( キ ミ シ ニ タ モ ウ コ ト ナ カ レ )
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# 10 | 14th | 20.671 | Styles | Shangri-La | |
pink monsoon
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# 5 | 9 | 38.703 | Universal bunny | Macross Frontier - Itsuwari no Utahime | ||
2010 |
Ready go!
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# 21 | 8th | 13,292 | If you ... | Ōkami-san to Shichinin no Nakamatachi | |
Shinjitemiru
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# 14 | 4th | 8.513 | Injitemiru 7-nichikan no Death Game | |||
2011 |
Scarlet Ballet
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# 9 | 10 | 22,469 | - | Aria the Scarlet Ammo | |
Brain Diver
|
- | - | - | Phi Brain: Kami no Puzzle | |||
2012 |
Chase the world
|
# 11 | ... | - | Accel World |
Download singles
Year | Title |
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2005 |
Happy
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2007 |
Ame ni Saku Hana ( 雨 に 咲 く 花 )
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2009 |
my teens, my tears
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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
swell
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
Web links
- Official Website (Japanese)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Nakabayashi, May |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 中 林 芽 依 (Japanese); Nakabayashi, Mei; May'n |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | japanese singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 21, 1989 |