Nagai Manami

Name: Nagai Manami
Native name: 永井愛実
Also Known as: 永井愛実, Nagai Manami, 나가이 마나미
Nationality: Japanese
Gender: Female
Born: September 21, 2002
Age: 24

Nagai Manami is a Japanese drummer managed by ND-STUDIO. She is a former member of the Fukuoka-based drum band, Nowadaiko. She is a former contestant on the South Korean reality survival show, Girls Planet 999.

Manami became a drummer of Nowadaiko at the young age of 6 and worked with them for over 12 years until 2021. The drum band was formed by her father, Nagai Hiromichi, who raised Manami with the skill of performing traditional Japanese wadaiko (drums) and also through the Daichi College High School's Performing Arts Department. She ultimately left the drum band in 2021 to pursue her dreams of becoming a singer.

(Source: kpop.fandom) Edit Biography

Year	Title	#	Role	Rating
2026	Korea-Japan King of Singers Season 3 Korean TV Show, 2026, 6 eps ["King of Singers Japan Season 2" - Top 7] (Regular Member)	6	["King of Singers Japan Season 2" - Top 7] Regular Member	0.0
2026	Geneki Kao: Utahime Japanese TV Show, 2026, 3 eps [Contestant] (Regular Member)	3	[Contestant] Regular Member	0.0
2023	Who Is the Wolf? Season 13 Japanese TV Show, 2023, 12 eps (Regular Member)	12	Regular Member	7.5
2021	Girls Planet 999 Korean TV Show, 2021, 12 eps [Contestant] (Regular Member)	12	[Contestant] Regular Member	7.3

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