Megumi Nakajima

Megumi Nakajima

Megumi Nakajima ( Japanese 中 島 愛 , Nakajima Megumi ; born June 5, 1989 in Ibaraki Prefecture , Japan ) is a seiyū and singer of Japanese- Filipino descent. Her career began in 2007 with the success of the Seiyū in the Japanese anime television series Macross Frontier with the title role there, Ranka Lee. Megumi Nakajima is under contract with the talent agency Stardust Promotion .

Career

Nakajima's career began when she was selected in August 2007 after a nationwide casting for the title role in the anime television series Macross Frontier, which - common for title roles in Macross series and films - in the series and film universe - required both dialogue and singing.

After the end of the series Macross Frontier, for whose vocal performances she received the award of the best singing performance of the 3rd Seiyū Awards in March 2009, she took over an appearance in the television series Basquash with the character Citron ! . She received other leading roles in the anime television series and OVA Akikan! and the anime television series Kobato.

On June 26, 2009, Megpoid, a vocaloid software with your vocal record, was released .

Synchronous roles

She spoke leading and title roles in the following series and films:

series	Role name
Macross Frontier	Ranka Lee (debut)
Macross Frontier - Itsuwari no Utahime	Ranka Lee
fighter	Kaede Sakura
Kobato.	Chiho Mihara, Chise Mihara
Akikan!	Miku
Pokémon	Kotone (D / P 143 - 147)

Discography

Compilations

In the course of her debut speaking role as Ranka Lee, the various vocal pieces intoned by Megumi Nakajima were made accessible to the audience as part of the soundtrack releases. These included the two soundtrack albums Macross Frontier OST 1 Nyan FURO. and Macross Frontier OST2 Nyan TORA. , the soundtrack double album Macross Frontier Vocal Collection Nyan Tama and various singles. In these publications, her name is given the same rank as that of the character and listed as "Ranka Lee = Nakajima Megumi". The single Seikan Hikō ( 星 間 飛行 ) also appeared under this artist name, which reached number 5 in the Japanese Oricon single charts as the fourth with 34,501 copies sold in the first week of sales . The subsequent single entitled Lion , on which she can be heard together with May'n and whose title song was used for the second opening credits of the television series Macross Frontier , reached number 3 in the Oricon with a total of 56,000 units sold within the first week of sales -Single charts.

Singles

Her first own maxi single Tenshi ni Naritai (Japanese 天使 に な り た い ) was released on January 28, 2009. It was in the Oricon charts for a total of 5 weeks and reached number 13. On March 11, 2009, Nostalgia (Japanese ノ ス タ ル ジ ア ) followed. with 6 weeks in the charts and place 18. The third track on the single came out of a survey, which Macross track should be covered by Ranka Lee. The choice fell on Tenshi no Enogu by Mari Iijima , who was the last one in her role as Lynn Minmay in the movie The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? sang. For the anime Kobato. she sang the final theme Jellyfish no Kokuhaku ( ジ ェ リ ー フ ィ ッ シ ュ の 告白 ), which was released as a single on December 9, 2009. This reached number 26 and was on the chart for 3 weeks.

radio

In addition, she and Seiyū colleague Kenta Miyake hosted the web radio show Radio Macross (January 4 to March 28, 2008), which ran parallel to the television series and was streamed by the web radio operator Onsen . This was replaced on April 4, 2008 by Macross F ○ ※ △ with her, Yūichi Nakamura (spokesman for Alto Saotome) and Hiroshi Kamiya (spokesman for Michael Blanc) as moderators, on October 3 in Macross F ○ × △ and on 3 April 2009 renamed Macross F ○ ☆ △. Other radio programs with her as the presenter were Naka-Naka-Nakajima Megumi ( な か な か 中 島 愛 ) from April to June 2008, Nakajima Megumi no Shinkaron! ( 中 島 愛 の シ ン カ ロ ン! ) Since June 2009 and radio fighter: Kenji to Ai no Wakuwaku Zōmotsu-Land ( 賢 二 と 愛 の わ く わ わ く 臓 物 ラ ン ド ) since September 2009.

Web links

• Megumi Nakajima's website (Japanese)
• Official YouTube channel
• Megumi Nakajima's profile on the Anime News Network (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Profiles. (No longer available online.) In: 中 島 愛 オ フ ィ シ ャ ル ・ ウ ェ ブ サ イ ト -Megumi Nakajima Official Web Site. Archived from the original on August 21, 2008 ; Retrieved September 17, 2009 (Japanese). 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.  
2. ^ Yoko Kanno, Heroine's Voice Announced for New Macross (Updated). In: Anime News Network. August 18, 2007, accessed September 17, 2009 . 
3. ↑ 3rd Annual Seiyū Award Winners Officially Announced (Updated). In: Anime News Network. March 7, 2009, accessed September 17, 2009 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} see web link : Profile page at Anime News Network
5. ↑ 'Lion' is 4th Macross Frontier CD single in Top 5. In: Anime News Network. August 26, 2008, accessed September 17, 2009 . 
6. ↑ 天使 に な り た い - 中 島 愛 . (No longer available online.) In: オ リ コ ン ラ ン キ ン グ 情報 サ ー ビ ス 「you 大樹」 . Oricon, formerly in the original ; Retrieved January 23, 2010 (Japanese).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
7. ↑ ノ ス タ ル ジ ア - 中 島 愛 . (No longer available online.) In: オ リ コ ン ラ ン キ ン グ 情報 サ ー ビ ス 「you 大樹」 . Oricon, formerly in the original ; Retrieved January 23, 2010 (Japanese).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
8. ↑ ラ ン カ ・ リ ー ＝ 中 島 愛 が 歌 う マ ク ロ ス 楽 曲 を 大 募集 っ ★ キ ラ ッ 〜 結果 報告 〜 . In: Macross Frontier website. Retrieved March 2, 2009 (Japanese). 
9. ↑ ジ ェ リ ー フ ィ ッ シ ュ の 告白 - 中 島 愛 . (No longer available online.) In: オ リ コ ン ラ ン キ ン グ 情報 サ ー ビ ス 「you 大樹」 . Oricon, formerly in the original ; Retrieved January 23, 2010 (Japanese).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
10. ↑ Radio Macross Show Begins Broadcasting, Web Streaming. In: Anime News Network. Retrieved September 17, 2009 .