Inspiration
Her characters, including her facial feature, possibly inspired by Nanase Aikawa, a female singer whose popularity peaked during the 1990s.
In addition to Nanase Aikawa, those two participants, Mika Nakashima and Anna Tsuchiya, were sometimes described as "The Second Nanase" soon after they debuted.
Nana's appearance is influenced by young Ringo Shiina, such as Vivienne Westwood, the number of earrings and the part of the ear pierced earrings, an armor ring, a leopard-spotted hat, etc. Mika Nakashima said that she referred to Shiina's live video Gekokujou Xstasy in creating the role of Nana.
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