Anime · Nippon TV
NANA
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Romi Park
Nana Osaki (voice)
47 eps
KAORI
Nana "Hachi" Komatsu (voice)
47 eps
Akira Ishida
Shinichi "Shin" Okazaki (voice)
47 eps
Megumi Kojima
Sachiko Kawamura (voice)
47 eps
Anna Tsuchiya
Nana Osaki (singing voice)
47 eps
Aya Hirano
Reira Serizawa (voice)
47 eps
Tomokazu Seki
Nobuo Terashima (voice)
47 eps
Hiroki Takahashi
Shoji Endo (voice)
47 eps
Olivia Lufkin
Reira Serizawa (voice)
47 eps
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Takumi Ichinose (voice)
47 eps
Junichi Suwabe
Kyosuke Takakura (voice)
47 eps
Hidenobu Kiuchi
Ren Honjo (voice)
47 eps
Fumihiko Tachiki
Ginpei (voice)
47 eps
Anri Katsu
Naoki Fujieda (voice)
47 eps
Yoshihisa Kawahara
Yasushi Takagi (voice)
47 eps
Takako Honda
Junko Saotome (voice)
47 eps
Mika Kanai
Misako Uehara (voice)
57 eps
Mayumi Yamaguchi
1 eps
Jin Horikawa
2 eps
Atsushi Kakehashi
2 eps
Hideyuki Tanaka
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How NANA actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
NANA reads strongest on Character Depth, Emotional Weight and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Nana Osaki and Nana Komatsu meet while traveling to Tokyo in pursuit of their respective dreams, and decide to be roommates. Although drastically different people, the two become very close and together they find out if their biggest dreams have room for their best friend.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E47
Fireworks Display, Hachi and NANA
- Directed by Morio Asaka
- Written by Tomoko Konparu
S01E46
Reunion! Hachi and Shoji
- Directed by Tomomi Yoshino
- Written by Tomoko Konparu
S01E45
Blast's First TV Performance
- Directed by Atsuko Ishizuka
- Written by Tomoko Konparu
S01E43
Blast, Guerrilla Live
- Directed by Masahiko Watanabe
- Written by Tomoko Konparu
S01E42
NANA, Suddenly Fit
- Directed by Nanako Shimazaki
- Written by Tomoko Konparu
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Masao MaruyamaProducer
- Manabu TamuraProducer
- Toshio NakataniProducer
Writing
- Tomoko KonparuWriter
- Tatsuhiko UrahataWriter
- Kazuyuki FudeyasuWriter
Direction
- Katsuyoshi YatabeDirector
- Yu KosakuiDirector
- Hiroshi KugimiyaDirector
- Tomomi YoshinoDirector
- Shigetaka IkedaDirector
- Nanako ShimazakiDirector
Cinematography
- Yukihiro MasumotoDirector of Photography
Music
- Tomoki HasegawaOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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