is a retired Japanese singer, actress, radio personality, and model. She is a former first generation member of the idol girl group Nogizaka46 from 2011 to 2017.

Early life and education Nanami Hashimoto was born on February 20, 1993, in Asahikawa City, Hokkaido. She has one younger brother. In an episode of Nogizaka Under Construction, Hashimoto revealed during her "graduation" from Nogizaka46 that she grew up in a poor household, saying, "Gas, water, and electricity were cut off on a regular basis due to nonpayment of bills." However, she added that even so, she grew up in a family 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 high school, and at one point became the club's vice president and manager. Since then she has become a fan of the Japanese basketball league and the NBA. 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 "Guruguru Curtain", released on February 22, 2012.

From April to June 2013 she starred as the heroine in NTV's drama Bad Boys J. In July of that year, she played a recurring role in Fuji TV's Getsuku drama Summer Nude. 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 CanCam, along with fellow first generation Nogizaka46 member Sayuri Matsumura. In April 2015, she began appearing on the Tokyo FM 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 Oricon 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 Mai Shiraishi and Nanase Nishino.

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 Hokkaido, where she grew up. She was selected as the choreographic center for the first time on Nogizaka46's sixteenth single "Sayonara no Imi", 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 All Night Nippon.

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 Saitama Super Arena on February 20, 2017. She retired from the entertainment industry afterwards.

On April 1, 2024, she joined Sony Music Entertainment as an employee.

Discography Singles with Nogizaka46

Year No. Title Role Notes 2012 1 "Guruguru Curtain" A-side Debut as 1st Generation member; Also sang on "Nogizaka no Uta", "Aitakatta Kamoshirenai", "Ushinaitakunai kara" and "Shiroi Kumo ni Notte" 2 "Oide Shampoo" A-side Also sang on "Kokoro no Kusuri", "Gūzen o Iiwake ni Shite" and "House!" 3 "Hashire! Bicycle" A-side Also sang on "Sekkachi na Katatsumuri", "Hito wa Naze Hashiru no ka" and "Oto ga Denai Guitar" 4 "Seifuku no Mannequin" A-side Also sang on "Yubi Bōenkyō" 2013 5 "Kimi no Na wa Kibō" A-side Also sang on "Shakiism", "Romantic Ikayaki" and "Dekopin" 6 "Girl's Rule" A-side Also sang on "Sekai de Ichiban Kodoku na Lover" and "Ningen to Iu Gakki" 7 "Barrette" A-side Also sang on "Tsuki no Ōkisa", "Sonna Baka na…" and Yasashisa to wa 2014 8 "Kizuitara Kataomoi" A-side Also sang on "Romance no Start", "Toiki no Method" and "Kodoku Kyōdai" 9 "Natsu no Free & Easy" A-side Also sang on "Nani mo Dekizu ni Soba ni Iru" and "Sono Saki no Deguchi" 10 "Nandome no Aozora ka?" A-side Also sang on "Korogatta Kane o Narase!" and "Tender days" 2015 11 "Inochi wa Utsukushii" A-side Also sang on "Tachinaorichū" 12 "Taiyō Nokku" A-side Also sang on "Sakanatachi no LOVE SONG" and "Hane no Kioku" 13 "Ima, Hanashitai Dareka ga Iru" A-side Also sang on "Popipappapā" and "Kanashimi no Wasurekata" 2016 14 "Harujion ga Sakukoro" A-side Also sang on "Kyūshamen" 15 "Hadashi de Summer" A-side Also sang on "Boku Dake no Hikari" 16 "Sayonara no Imi" A-side, center Last single to participate; Also sang on "Kodoku na Aozora" and "Naimononedari" which was her graduation song.

Albums with Nogizaka46

Year No. Title Participated song 2015 1 Tōmei na Iro "Boku ga Iru Basho" "Kakumei no Uma" 2016 2 Sorezore no Isu "Kikkake" "Taiyō ni Kudokarete" "Kūkikan"

Other featured songs

Year Artist Title Albums / Singles 2012 Mayu Watanabe "Twin Tail wa Mō Shinai" "Otona Jellybeans"

Filmography

Television +YearTitleRoleChannelNotes2013Bad Boys JKumi YoshimotoNippon TVSummer NudeKiyoko IshikariFuji TVLove RironYui AragakiTV Tokyo2015Hatsumori BemarsMarukyūBurning FlowerOkugoten haremNHKTaiga drama2016Nogizaka46 Hashimoto Nanami no Koi Suru BungakuHerselfUHBDocumentaryNogizaka46 Hashimoto Nanami no Koi Suru Bungaku Natsu no Tabi

Films +YearTitleRoleNotes2013Bad Boys J: Saigo ni Mamoru MonoKumi Yoshimoto2014Chōnōryoku Kenkyūbu no 3-ninAzumi Kogure2015Kanashimi no Wasurekata : Documentary of Nogizaka46HerselfDocumentary

Radio +YearTitleStation2015–17School of Lock!Tokyo FM

Music videos +YearTitleArtist2014"Endless Road"Fumika2015"Girl! Girl! Girl!"Fujifabric

Bibliography

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

Photobooks NogizakaHa: Nogizaka46 First Shashinshū (2013, Futabasha: ) Kikan Nogizaka vol.3 Ryōshū (4 September 2014, Tokyo News Service) Yasashii Toge (28 August 2015, Gentosha) Nogizaka46 Second Shashinshū 1 Jikan Okure no I Love You (2016, Shufu to Seikatsusha; ) Hashimoto Nanami Shashinshū 2017 (16 February 2017, Shogakukan)

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