Shihori Nakane
Singer / Songwriter
Los Angeles, CA
Biography:
Shihori is an international J-pop singer/songwriter based in LA who composes and performs solo work, as well as music for film, TV, anime and games.
Debuted in 2007 under her former pseudonym Sena, her 3rd single "Never End Wonderland" ranked #5 and #8 on the Oricon Singles Daily and Weekly charts, in 2009. She has written and composed over 130 songs for Japan's best known contemporary artists such as Nana Mizuki, Momoiro Clover Z, and for such famed shows as Fairy Tail, My Little Pony, Tomodachi Game, Macross Frontier, Ultraman and The Irregular at Magic High School besides her original works. Many of her releases have made the hit chart with 13 of her hits having attained Gold Disc Certification.
In 2018 she moved to the U.S. where she has recently enjoyed international success performing lead vocals on the Billboard-charted single "The Real Folk Blues" in 2020. She also composed and performed the "Battle Queens 2020" theme song for the popular game League of Legends and the theme song for the game "Omega Strikers." Also, "Holy Steel," the fan theme song she co-released with Nico Bellisario for "Jojo 's Bizarre Adventure," has received a total of 7.4M views on YouTube and over 2.8M views on Spotify.
Anime Convention Guest Appearances
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2025
- Animé Los Angeles 2025 - January 9-12, 2025 in Long Beach, CA 2024
- Northwest IdolFest 2024 - October 11-13, 2024 in Seattle, WA
- Anime Magic! 2024 - August 30 - September 1, 2024 in Rosemont, IL
- Conjutsu 2024 - August 24-25, 2024 in Fairfax, VA
- Tokyo X 2024 - June 15-16, 2024 in Houston, TX 2023
- Anime Midwest 2023 - July 7-9, 2023 in Rosemont, IL
- Tora-Con 2023 - March 4-5, 2023 in Rochester, NY
- Kawacon 2023 - February 25-26, 2023 in San Antonio, TX 2022
- Crunchyroll Expo 2022 - August 5-7, 2022 in San Jose, CA 2020
PortConMaine 2020 - June 25-28, 2020 in South Portland, MEConvention Went Online-OnlyTora-Con 2020 - March 21-22, 2020 in Rochester, NYConvention Cancelled 2019- Conjutsu 2019 - November 16-17, 2019 in Falls Church, VA
- San Japan 2019 - August 30 - September 1, 2019 in San Antonio, TX
- AnimeNEXT 2019 - June 7-9, 2019 in Atlantic City, NJ
- Tekko 2019 - April 11-14, 2019 in Pittsburgh, PA 2010
- Otakon 2010 - July 30 - August 1, 2010 in Baltimore, MD
14 confirmed guest appearances
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