26 Facts About Megumi Nakajima

Megumi Nakajima is a Japanese voice actress and singer, who is affiliated with Stay Luck.

Megumi Nakajima is the voice provider of the Vocaloid software Megpoid.

Megumi Nakajima grew up in a family fond of music; her father had been a drummer in a band.

In 2003, Megumi Nakajima participated in an audition held by the talent agency Stardust Promotion.

Megumi Nakajima passed it and subsequently signed with the agency.

Megumi Nakajima ended up being the audition's winner, which would lead to her being cast as the speaking and singing voice of the character Ranka Lee.

Megumi Nakajima made her debut performance as a professional artist at the "Macross 25th Anniversary Concert" on April 18,2007, as she had been cast as the character Ranka Lee.

Megumi Nakajima made her music debut on June 25,2008, with the single "Seikan Hiko".

Megumi Nakajima then became the vocal provider of the Vocaloid program Megpoid, which went on sale on June 6,2009.

Megumi Nakajima released her first album I Love You on June 9,2010.

Megumi Nakajima then performed the song "If", which was used as an insert song in the anime series Moshidora.

On December 2,2013, Stardust Promotion announced that Megumi Nakajima would go on an indefinite hiatus from her music career after the release of her third album Thank You on February 26,2014 and a final concert on March 20,2014, although she would continue to be active in the voice-acting industry.

Megumi Nakajima responded that she felt that had few expectations about herself, and she was worried that she had become so associated with the role of Ranka that she would be unable to establish an identity as "Megumi Nakajima".

Megumi Nakajima initially thought that her involvement in the Macross franchise would not last long and that she could move on after Macross Frontier ended, only to learn later that there would be more upcoming releases and activities for the series.

On December 1,2016, Megumi Nakajima's management announced that she would return from her hiatus to perform the song "Watashi no Sekai", which is used as the ending theme to the 2017 anime television series Fuuka.

Megumi Nakajima released her fourth album Curiosity on February 26,2018.

Megumi Nakajima released a compilation album titled 30 Pieces of Love on her 30th birthday, June 5,2019; the limited edition includes a Blu-ray disc featuring a video shot in the Philippines, and a cover of the Filipino song "Kailan".

Megumi Nakajima then played the role of Kaede Sakura in Kampfer, and the roles of Chiho and Chise Mihara in Kobato.

Megumi Nakajima then voiced Yuzuki Eba in the original video animation A Town Where You Live, reprising the role the following year for the anime television series.

Megumi Nakajima was scheduled to portray the role of Rona Chevalier in the anime series New Life+: Young Again in Another World, but she resigned from the role in the wake of a controversy involving the original light novel's writer; the anime was canceled shortly after.

Megumi Nakajima cites growing up in a family that appreciated music as one of the factors that made her decide to pursue a singing career.

Megumi Nakajima noted that she initially had a complex with her voice and felt that it was "lacking in personality", which made her reluctant to talk too much.

Megumi Nakajima felt that because she only knew how to use her natural voice, she wondered how she would be able to make the most out of it.

Megumi Nakajima remembers that when she was informed of her getting the role, she didn't react as it coming out of nowhere, but rather that "she got through".

In interviews with Natalie and LisAni, Megumi Nakajima discussed the production of her first post-comeback album Curiosity.

Megumi Nakajima noted that she wanted to do a pop album, and that in contrast to her previous albums, which had the word "You" in their titles, she wanted to go in a different direction because of a "curiosity to try new things".