List of Nana characters


The Japanese manga series Nana, written and illustrated by Ai Yazawa, features a cast of fictional characters of which the two main characters share the name Nana. The series chronicles their friendship and their lives as each chases her dreams. Nana Komatsu is a small town girl who goes to Tokyo to follow her boyfriend and college friends, with the hope of having her dream life. Nana Osaki was in a popular punk band in her home town. Nana Osaki's friends include her bandmates in the Black Stones and her former bandmate who is involved in a band called Trapnest.

Main characters

Nana Osaki

;Nana Osaki

Nana Komatsu

;Nana Komatsu

Black Stones

Black Stones, known as Blast for short, is a punk rock band with Nana O. as the lead vocalist. Ren was once a member of the group, but, after his departure to join Trapnest, they recruit a new member, Shin. They attract a large following, and ultimately sign a deal with Gaia Records.

Nobuo Terashima

;Nobuo Terashima

Shinichi Okazaki

;Shinichi Okazaki

Yasushi Takagi

;Yasushi Takagi

Trapnest

Trapnest, known as T-Nest for short, a band under Cookie Music. Due to their popularity, Nana O. sees them as her rival and wants Black Stones to overtake them in Japan. In the present timeline, Trapnest has disbanded.

Ren Honjo

;Ren Honjo

Reira Serizawa

;Reira Serizawa

Takumi Ichinose

;Takumi Ichinose

Naoki Fujieda

;Naoki Fujieda a.k.a. Naoki

Supporting characters

People who have interacted with Nana K. personally at given times of her life. They do not address her with her nickname, Hachi, and have deeply affected her perceptions on certain situations. As they are not deeply involved with the two bands, she will often reflect on her experiences with them for reassurance when she is in doubt of her simultaneous loyalties to Blast and Trapnest.
;Junko Saotome
;Kyousuke Takakura
;Shouji Endou
;Sachiko Kawamura
;Nami Komatsu
;Nao Komatsu
;Natsuko Komatsu
;Satsuki Ichinose
;Ren
;Takashi Asano

Music industry characters

Gaia Records

Black Stones eventually sign a full contract with Gaia Records. Due to the tabloids' interest over Nana and Ren's relationship, Blast members relocated to one of Gaia's facilities and voluntarily shared housing with other talented individuals under Gaia's name.
;Gou Kanemoto
;Ginpei Shiroboshi a.k.a. Gin
;Mai Tsuzuki / "Misato Uehara"
;Miu Shinoda a.k.a. Myuu
;Yuri Kousaka / Asami Matsumoto
;Yamagishi
;Takafumi Kawano
;Shion

Cookie Music

Trapnest's official record label which is also a homage to the magazine that serialized the manga. Unlike Blast, members are assigned more managers who ensure that they meet their appointments and affirm each member's status.
;Mitsuru Narita
;Hideki Kasai
;Kinoshita
;Mari
;Takeda a.k.a. Take

Search Magazine

A magazine that shares similar characteristics to the Japanese magazine, Friday. They are a part of the "paparazzi" that track both bands. When Blast was becoming popular, they were given a leak that connected Nana O with Ren and have not stopped from spreading negative information about them.
;Kudou
;Yoshiyuki Arai
;Minoru Kurada
;Miyake
;Fumie Sugiwara

Other characters

;Keiichi Mizukoshi
;Sakagami
;Koichi Sato
;Miyuki Osaki
;Misato Uehara
;Misuzu Uehara
;Takahiro Uehara
;Genichiro Tsuzuki
;Chikage Fujimoto
;Ryoko Kashiwagi
;Atsushi

Works cited

  • "Ch." is shortened form for chapter and refers to a chapter number of the Nana manga.
  • "Ep." is shortened form for episode and refers to an episode number of the Nana anime.
  • LA refers to one of the live-action Nana films.