May Nakabayashi (中林 芽依, Nakabayashi Mei?, born October 21, 1989) is a Japanese J-Pop artist under the Horipro talent agency, Victor Entertainment label and formerly under the Universal Music label.
In 2003, at the age of 13, she participated in the 28th "Horipro - Talent Scout Caravan - Love Music - Audition" (ホリプロ・タレントスカウトキャラバン・ラブミュージック・オーディション., Horipuro・Tarento Sukauto Karaban・Rabu Myūziku・Ōdishon?) and, out of the 34,911 hopefuls, became one of the 4 who survived the final eliminations at the Shibuya Club Quattro.[1]
In 2005, she made her single debut with Crazy Crazy Crazy. The single was later re-released with an extra track. Her second single, Sympathy, was also released later that year.
In 2006, she sang the ending theme for the anime Love Get Chu ~Miracle Voice Actress Hakusho~ (ラブゲッCHU ~ミラクル声優白書~, Rabu Gē CHU ~Mirakuru Seiyū Hakusho~?) which was included on her third single Fallin' in or not.
In 2007, she was chosen to be the singing voice of Sheryl Nome of the anime Macross Frontier (マクロスF (フロンティア), Makurosu Furontia?).
In January 2008, she changed her stage name to May'n (taken from May Nakabayashi). On Sheryl Nome character songs that were released during the year, she is credited as May'n.
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Megumi Nakajima (中島 愛, Nakajima Megumi?, born June 5, 1989) is a seiyuu and singer under the Stardust Promotion talent agency. Born of a Japanese father and a Filipino mother[1][2], she was brought up in a "house filled with music" and grew up with the desire to sing. In 2003, she participated in the "Self Stardust Promotion" contest and passed, thereby affiliating her to the agency. In 2007, she auditioned to the Victor Entertainment sanctioned "Victor Vocal & Voice Audition" and won the role to voice Ranka Lee in Macross Frontier.[3]
She made her debut performance as a professional artist at the "Macross 25th Anniversary Concert" on April 18, 2007.[4] Her first vocal recordings appeared in the compilation album Macross Frontier O.S.T.1 Nyan FRO. on June 4, 2008. Her first solo live performance was a mini-concert entitled "Ranka Lee = Megumi Nakajima Mini Live @ Formo… Not! Venus Fort☆" (ランカ・リー=中島愛 ミニライブ@フォルモ…ぢゃないよ!ヴィーナスフォート☆ Ranka Rī = Nakajima Megumi Mini Raibu @ Forumo... Janai yo! Bēnasu Fōto☆) which was done on June 14, 2008. She made her single debut in June 25, 2008 with the single Seikan Hikou. Her first major concert was the "Super Dimension Super Live" (超時空スーパーライブ, Chō Jikū Sūpā Raibu?) concert held on July 27, 2008.[5] Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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