is a Japanese

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and

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from

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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 ''

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''.

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 ''

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'' 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 ''

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'', 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