generasia:Featured article for 2011 week 44
May'n
May'n is a Japanese pop singer signed to HoriPro talent agency. She debuted as an urban singer under stage name Nakabayashi May on the Universal Music Japan in 2005 but later transfered to Victor Entertainment's sub-label flying DOG.
When Nakabayashi was 13, she participated in the Love Music Audition held by HoriPro talent agency and was one of four chosen out of 34,911 hopefuls. In the year 2005, she debuted at the age of 14 as an urban singer under stage name Nakabayashi May with the single "Crazy Crazy Crazy". But due to the lack of success of her three singles with Universal Music Japan, her talent agency decided to find a new way for her career.
In late 2007, it was announced that she completed her transfer to Victor Entertainment and would debut under its sub-label flying DOG with a new stage name, May'n (derived from May Nakabayashi). She also was chosen to lend her singing voice to the fictional idol Sheryl Nome in the anime Macross Frontier. Her re-but single in May 2008, "Diamond Crevasse / Iteza☆Gogo Kuji Don't be late", featuring composition by Kanno Yoko, shot to #3 on the Oricon weekly charts and later became the 66th best selling single of the year.
May'n released her latest single, "Brain Diver", on November 2, 2011. The single is the opening theme for the anime series Phi Brain: Kami no Puzzle.
