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NTV NEWS interviewed Yazawa Ai, the manga artist who created popular works such as “NANA”, “PARADISE KISS” and “Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai” and who halted working on her popular manga series “NANA” back in 2009. Yazawa also reveals why she held her first exhibition this Read More …
If you are a manga fan who wants a series that is more realistic in nature, stylish, quirky but also has quite a bit of Japanese pop culture intertwined with the overall story, “Nana” vol. 2 and the series is highly recommended! Image courtesy of Read More …
Vol. 1 of Ai Yazawa’s “Nana” introduces us to two young women named Nana. Nana Komatsu is a young woman who still hurts after her last relationship, but what happens when the people she cares about makes the move to Tokyo. For punk vocalist, Nana Read More …
MAX member NANA has been busy all her life. Attending the famous Okinawa Actor’s School, she was part of the group called Club Heart which featured Amuro Namie as the lead vocalist, before changing their name to the Super Monkeys. At the age of 15, Read More …
Dance group MAX is celebrating their 26th anniversary since their debut back in 1995. While the group performed as Amuro Namie’s background dancers and were known as The Super Monkeys, 2021 has no doubt been a challenging year as members have become new mothers and Read More …
MAX member NANA (43) announced on er blog that she gave birth to a baby boy. NANA has been married to CHINO since May 2016, who is a choreographer and former backup dancer of MAX. NANA wrote, “To all of you who have been supporting Read More …
MAX member NANA (43) announced on SNS on September 2nd that she is pregnant with her first child with choreographer/husband CHINO (49). NANA will be giving birth in January 2020. The gender of the baby has not been announced. NANA has been married to CHINO Read More …
MAX members and former SUPER MONKEY’S member, NANA and REINA blogged about their support for their former SUPER MONKEYS member, Amuro Namie. NANA (Takushi Nanako) and MINA (Inoue Minako) were part of the original five members of the SUPER MONKEY’S alongside Amuro Namie in 1992 Read More …