Yoshino Nanjō was raised in
Shimizu, a
ward in the city of
Shizuoka. Nanjō's music career began in 2009 when she replaced the singer Nao as the lead singer of the band
fripSide. Her first song as a member of the band was "
Only My Railgun", which was used as the opening theme to the anime television series
A Certain Scientific Railgun. In 2010, she was cast in the
Love Live! franchise as Eli Ayase, a member of the fictional idol group μ's, as well as a member of its sub-unit BiBi. She released her first mini-album "Katarumoa" on December 12, 2012. She released her first solo single on November 27, 2013; the title song is used as the first ending theme to the 2013 anime television series
Tokyo Ravens. In 2015, she together with the other voice actresses of
Love Live!, received the Best Singing Award at the
9th Seiyu Awards for best musical performance group. Meanwhile, at the
13th Seiyu Awards, Nanjo won the Influencer Award, she was the first recipient of the award as it was introduced in that year. She released a new album titled on July 25, 2016. She released a new album titled
THE MEMORIES APARTMENT -Anime- which featured all of her singles to date and six covers and also
THE MEMORIES APARTMENT -Original- in which fans voted for their favourite song of Nanjo's from her entire discography (singles and covers excluded) simultaneously on July 18, 2018. She was signed to
Republic Records on November 28, 2025. ==Discography==