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, Japan. She is represented by

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. Her major roles in anime are Lucia Nanami in '' Mermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi Pitch'' and Yasura in '' Himawari''.

Biography

When she was three years old, Nakada began to work in show business with her younger sister. In 1997, at the age of nine, she debuted as a singer in the duo Crybaby (

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, produced by Seiji Toda) with Ayano Shiraishi. In April 2003, she performed her first voice acting role in the Japanese

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series ''

Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch is a ''shōjo'' manga and anime series created by Michiko Yokote, with artwork by Pink Hanamori. The manga was originally published in the monthly shōjo manga anthology ''Nakayoshi''. There are 32 chapters published (including two spec ...

'' as the heroine Lucia Nanami. On August 14, 2005, she was a guest at the in Taiwan. There, she performed a theme song of ''Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch'', "Legend of Mermaid". She also provides the voice of Yusura in the anime series ''

Himawari! is a Japanese anime series created by GoDo, directed by Shigenori Kageyama, and produced by Genco. It was aired on Chiba TV from April 8, 2006 to July 1, 2006 and afterwards got a second season, , and a short manga to connect the two, . ...

'', broadcast from April 2006.

Filmography

Anime

Video games

Film

Discography

CDs

* ''Splash Dream'' (2003) * ''Mother Symphony'' (2004)

Radio

References

External links

Official agency profile

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- at
Prolog
, August 1997

- Her interview and photo gallery {{DEFAULTSORT:Nakada, Asumi 1988 births Japanese female models Japanese film actresses Japanese television actresses Japanese video game actresses Japanese voice actresses Japanese child actresses Living people Actresses from Tokyo 20th-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese actresses