is a former Japanese model, actress, radio personality and

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singer who was a member of the

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Nogizaka46 is a Japanese female idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto, created as the "official rival" of the group AKB48. They are the first group from the Sakamichi Series, which also includes sister groups Sakurazaka46 (formerly Keyakizaka46), Yoshim ...

Early life and education

Nanami Hashimoto was born on February 20, 1993 in Asahikawa City, Hokkaido. She has one younger brother. 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'', but that even so, she grew up in a family that was passionate about education and was instilled with basic academic skills. 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. Since then she has become an avid fan of the Japanese basketball league and the

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. At that time, her future career goals were to become a civil servant or a lawyer. After graduating from high school, she went to an art university in Tokyo to study spatial design.

Career

Hashimoto passed the first generation auditions for Nogizaka46 in August 2011. Her audition song was Under Graph's "Tsubasa". She was chosen as one of the members performing on the group's debut single "

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", released on February 22, 2012. From April to June 2013 she starred as the heroine in

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's drama '' Bad Boys J''. In July of that year, she played a recurring role in

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drama ''

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''. Hashimoto made her film debut in '' Bad Boys J: Saigo ni Mamoru Mono'' which was released on November 9, 2013. On March 23, 2015, she was chosen as an exclusive model for the women's fashion magazine ''

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'', along with fellow first generation Nogizaka46 member Sayuri Matsumura. In April 2015, she began appearing on the

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radio show ''School of Lock!'' on the third week of the month. On August 28 of the same year, she published her first photobook, ''Yasashii Toge''. It ranked first on the

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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

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and

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. 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

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, where she grew up. She was selected as the choreographic center for the first time on Nogizaka46's sixteenth single "

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", which was released on November 9, 2016. 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

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''. 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. Her last concert was the first day of the Nogizaka46 5th Year Birthday Live, held at

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on February 20, 2017. She retired from the entertainment industry afterwards. On April 1, 2024, she joined

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as an employee.

Discography

Singles with Nogizaka46

Albums with Nogizaka46

Other featured songs

Filmography

Television

Films

Radio

Music videos

Bibliography

Magazines

* ''

'',

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1981–, as an exclusive model from May 2015 to March 2017 issue

Photobooks

* ''NogizakaHa: Nogizaka46 First Shashinshū'' (2013,

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: ) * ''Kikan Nogizaka vol.3 Ryōshū'' (4 September 2014, Tokyo News Service) * ''Yasashii Toge'' (28 August 2015,

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) * ''Nogizaka46 Second Shashinshū 1 Jikan Okure no I Love You'' (2016, Shufu to Seikatsusha; ) * ''Hashimoto Nanami Shashinshū 2017'' (16 February 2017,

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References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hashimoto, Nanami Nogizaka46 members 1993 births Living people Japanese idols Japanese women pop singers Japanese women guitarists Japanese female models Japanese film actresses Japanese television actresses Japanese radio personalities Musicians from Asahikawa 21st-century Japanese actresses