Nanoka Nakane

Born on July 7th — Tanabata, the Japanese star festival — Nanoka Nakane has one of those birthdays that feels almost too poetic for a gravure idol. She came into the world in 2001, squarely a digital native, so her path into the industry never had that old-school "discovered at a department store" mystique to it; she grew up with social media as a native language, and you can feel that in how she connects with fans through Instagram and X on her own terms. She's from Ibaraki and came to gravure after being scouted out of the underground idol scene in 2021, and honestly that pivot is part of the intrigue. She's young enough that whatever we're seeing right now is still prologue, and that feels exciting rather than uncertain. I'm curious where she takes it.

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Nanoka Nakane is a Japanese gravure idol born on July 7, 2001. She maintains an active presence on Instagram and X (formerly Twitter), where she communicates directly with fans. From Ibaraki Prefecture, she was scouted while performing as an underground idol, began her gravure career in 2021, formerly worked under the name Nano Manamo, and now works in a business tie-up with New Piece. She belongs to the generation of Japanese entertainers who grew up alongside social media and integrate it naturally into their work.

Name (English)

Nanoka Nakane

Name (Japanese)

仲根なのか

Reading

なかね なのか

Born

July 7, 2001 (age 25)

Origin

Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

Height

154 cm

Occupation

Gravure Idol

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Snake

Blood type

B

Measurements

100 / 58 / 90 / I

Agency

NEW PIECE (partnership)

Active years

2021 -

Debut

2021

Works summary

Appearances

29 (2021–2026)

By year (titles with a known year)

2021: 8, 2022: 9, 2023: 6, 2024: 2, 2026: 1, year unknown: 3

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/nakane_nanoka/
• Xhttps://x.com/NakaneNanoka
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BB%B2%E6%A0%B9%E3%81%AA%E3%81%AE%E3%81%8B
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105258700

Tags

• Gravure Idol

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. Works and profile fields sourced from Wikipedia reflect content as of 2026-08-26. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.