Nanami Hashimoto

Nanami Hashimoto (橋本 奈々未, Hashimoto Nanami; born February 20, 1993) is a former Japanese model, actress, radio personality and idol singer who was a member of the Japanese idol girl group Nogizaka46.^[1][2]

Nanami Hashimoto
橋本 奈々未
Hashimoto performing with Nogizaka46 at Japan Expo in July 2014
Born	(1993-02-20) 20 February 1993 (age 32) Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
Other names	Nanamin (ななみん)
Occupations	Singer actress model radio personality (all formerly)
Years active	2011–2017
Musical career
Genres	J-pop
Instruments	Vocals guitar
Labels	Sony Records/N46Div
Formerly of	Nogizaka46

Early life and education

Nanami Hashimoto was born on February 20, 1993 in Asahikawa City, Hokkaido.^[3] She has one younger brother.^[4] Hashimoto revealed on her "graduation" from Nogizaka46 that she grew up in a poor household, saying, "Gas, water, and electricity were cut off on a daily basis due to nonpayment of bills." in an episode of Nogizaka Underconstruction,^[5] but that even so, she grew up in a family that was passionate about education and was instilled with basic academic skills.^[3]

During her school days she was active in the basketball club from elementary up to highschool and at one point became the vice president and manager of the club.^[6] Since then she has become an avid fan of the Japanese basketball league and the NBA.^[7] At that time, her future career goals were to become a civil servant or a lawyer.^[8]

After graduating from high school, she went to an art university in Tokyo to study spatial design.^[9]

Career

Hashimoto passed the first generation auditions for Nogizaka46 in August 2011. Her audition song was Under Graph's "Tsubasa".^[10] She was chosen as one of the members performing on the group's debut single "Guruguru Curtain", released on February 22, 2012.^[11]

From April to June 2013 she starred as the heroine in NTV's drama Bad Boys J.^[12] In July of that year, she played a recurring role in Fuji TV's Getsuku drama Summer Nude.^[13] Hashimoto made her film debut in Bad Boys J: Saigo ni Mamoru Mono which was released on November 9, 2013.^[14]

On March 23, 2015, she was chosen as an exclusive model for the women's fashion magazine CanCam, along with fellow first generation Nogizaka46 member Sayuri Matsumura.^[15] In April 2015, she began appearing on the Tokyo FM radio show School of Lock! on the third week of the month.^[16] On August 28 of the same year, she published her first photobook, Yasashii Toge.^[17] It ranked first on the Oricon book ranking in the photobook category, selling 21,000 copies in the first week. It also ranked fourth in the book category. She is the third Nogizaka46 member to publish a photobook, following Mai Shiraishi and Nanase Nishino.^[18]

On February 25, 2016, her own intellectual entertainment show, Nogizaka46 Hashimoto Nanami no Koi Suru Bungaku, premiered on UHB. In that show, she introduces a novel on the theme of Hokkaido, where she grew up.^[19] She was selected as the choreographic center for the first time on Nogizaka46's sixteenth single "Sayonara no Imi", which was released on November 9, 2016.^[20] This is also the last Nogizaka46 single to feature her. On October 20, 2016, she announced her graduation from Nogizaka46 and retirement from the entertainment industry as a whole on the midnight radio show Nogizaka46's All Night Nippon.^[21]

On February 16, 2017, her second photobook, titled 2017, was published. It sold 27,185 copies in the first week and ranked first on the Oricon weekly photobook ranking.^[22] Her last concert was the first day of the Nogizaka46 5th Year Birthday Live, held at Saitama Super Arena on February 20, 2017.^[23] She retired from the entertainment industry afterwards.^[1]

On April 1, 2024, she joined Sony Music Entertainment as an employee.^[24]

Discography

Singles with Nogizaka46

Year	No.	Title	Role	Notes
2012	1	"Guruguru Curtain"	A-side	Debut as 1st Generation member; Also sang on "Nogizaka no Uta", "Aitakatta Kamoshirenai", "Ushinaitakunai kara" and "Shiroi Kumo ni Notte"
	2	"Oide Shampoo"	A-side	Also sang on "Kokoro no Kusuri", "Gūzen o Iiwake ni Shite" and "House!"
	3	"Hashire! Bicycle"	A-side	Also sang on "Sekkachi na Katatsumuri", "Hito wa Naze Hashiru no ka" and "Oto ga Denai Guitar"
	4	"Seifuku no Mannequin"	A-side	Also sang on "Yubi Bōenkyō"
2013	5	"Kimi no Na wa Kibō"	A-side	Also sang on "Shakiism", "Romantic Ikayaki" and "Dekopin"
	6	"Girl's Rule"	A-side	Also sang on "Sekai de Ichiban Kodoku na Lover" and "Ningen to Iu Gakki"
	7	"Barrette"	A-side	Also sang on "Tsuki no Ōkisa", "Sonna Baka na…" and Yasashisa to wa
2014	8	"Kizuitara Kataomoi"	A-side	Also sang on "Romance no Start", "Toiki no Method" and "Kodoku Kyōdai"
	9	"Natsu no Free & Easy"	A-side	Also sang on "Nani mo Dekizu ni Soba ni Iru" and "Sono Saki no Deguchi"
	10	"Nandome no Aozora ka?"	A-side	Also sang on "Korogatta Kane o Narase!" and "Tender days"
2015	11	"Inochi wa Utsukushii"	A-side	Also sang on "Tachinaorichū"
	12	"Taiyō Nokku"	A-side	Also sang on "Sakanatachi no LOVE SONG" and "Hane no Kioku"
	13	"Ima, Hanashitai Dareka ga Iru"	A-side	Also sang on "Popipappapā" and "Kanashimi no Wasurekata"
2016	14	"Harujion ga Sakukoro"	A-side	Also sang on "Kyūshamen"
	15	"Hadashi de Summer"	A-side	Also sang on "Boku Dake no Hikari"
	16	"Sayonara no Imi"	A-side, center	Last single to participate; Also sang on "Kodoku na Aozora" and "Naimononedari" which was her graduation song.

Albums with Nogizaka46

Year	No.	Title	Participated song
2015	1	Tōmei na Iro	"Boku ga Iru Basho" "Kakumei no Uma"
2016	2	Sorezore no Isu	"Kikkake" "Taiyō ni Kudokarete" "Kūkikan"

Other featured songs

Year	Artist	Title	Albums / Singles
2012	Mayu Watanabe	"Twin Tail wa Mō Shinai"	"Otona Jellybeans"

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Notes	Ref(s)
2013	Bad Boys J	Kumi Yoshimoto	Nippon TV		[12]
	Summer Nude	Kiyoko Ishikari	Fuji TV		[13]
	Love Riron	Yui Aragaki	TV Tokyo		[25]
2015	Hatsumori Bemars	Marukyū			[26]
	Burning Flower	Okugoten harem	NHK	Taiga drama	[27]
2016	Nogizaka46 Hashimoto Nanami no Koi Suru Bungaku	Herself	UHB	Documentary	[19]
	Nogizaka46 Hashimoto Nanami no Koi Suru Bungaku Natsu no Tabi				[28]

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
2013	Bad Boys J: Saigo ni Mamoru Mono	Kumi Yoshimoto		[14]
2014	Chōnōryoku Kenkyūbu no 3-nin	Azumi Kogure		[2]
2015	Kanashimi no Wasurekata : Documentary of Nogizaka46	Herself	Documentary	[29]

Radio

Year	Title	Station	Ref(s)
2015–17	School of Lock!	Tokyo FM	[16]

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist	Ref(s)
2014	"Endless Road"	Fumika	[30]
2015	"Girl! Girl! Girl!"	Fujifabric	[31]

Bibliography

Magazines

• CanCam, Shogakukan 1981–, as an exclusive model from May 2015 to March 2017 issue^[15][32]

Photobooks

• NogizakaHa: Nogizaka46 First Shashinshū (2013, Futabasha: ISBN 978-4-575-30587-6)^[33]
• Kikan Nogizaka vol.3 Ryōshū (4 September 2014, Tokyo News Service) ISBN 9784863364264^[34]
• Yasashii Toge (28 August 2015, Gentosha) ISBN 9784344027947^[35]
• Nogizaka46 Second Shashinshū 1 Jikan Okure no I Love You (2016, Shufu to Seikatsusha; ISBN 978-4-391149302)^[36]
• Hashimoto Nanami Shashinshū 2017 (16 February 2017, Shogakukan) ISBN 9784096822395^[22]