NiziUMain VocalistMaknae
Nina
니나Nina Hillman (니나 힐먼)
NiziU’s Seattle-born main vocalist and youngest member, a former child actress known as Nina Makino.
- Age
- 21
- Feb 27, 2005
- Height
- 171 cm
- 5′7″
- MBTI
- INFJ
- self-reported
- Debut
- 2020
- with NiziU
At a glance
Profile
- Stage name
- Nina (니나)
- Birth name
- Nina Hillman (니나 힐먼)
- Position
- Main Vocalist, Maknae
- Birthday
- February 27, 2005 (age 21)
- Zodiac sign
- Pisces
- Chinese zodiac
- Rooster
- Height
- 171 cm (5′7″)
- Blood type
- O
- MBTI
- INFJ
- Nationality
- American and Japanese
- Birthplace
- Seattle, Washington, United States
- Representative colour
- Blue
- Representative emoji
- 🐶
9 facts
About Nina
Nina was born in Seattle to a Japanese mother and an American father and acted on stage there as a child. After passing Amuse’s first multilingual artist audition she moved to Japan in 2017 and worked as Nina Makino, then left the agency to enter Nizi Project. She finished ninth and became the group’s youngest member and main vocalist.
- 01
She was born in Seattle to a Japanese mother and an American father, and has an older sister.
- 02
As a child she played Trixie in A Contemporary Theatre’s 2015 Seattle production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
- 03
In 2017 she was one of six finalists from about 4,000 applicants in Amuse’s first multilingual artist audition, and she moved to Japan, living in Nagoya.
- 04
Working as Nina Makino, she was a regular on NHK Educational TV’s Suiensā in 2019 and was cast in Mamoru Oshii’s film Blood Friends.
- 05
She left Amuse to audition for Nizi Project, entering through the Sendai regional round.
- 06
She finished ninth and became NiziU’s youngest member.
- 07
She is bilingual in English and Japanese.
- 08
She is left-handed.
- 09
Her official catchphrase is “NiziU’s bright maknae”, and her NIZOO character KINA is a dog.
4 tracks
Solo & unit tracks
Songs on NiziU releases that feature Nina as a solo artist or in a unit.
- Special single
“JUMP”
Unit: Mayuka, Rima & Nina · Portfolio
- Special single
“Too Much”
Unit: Rio, Maya & Nina · Portfolio
- Studio album
“Too Much”
Unit: Rio, Maya & Nina · New Emotion
- Studio album
“JUMP”
Unit: Mayuka, Rima & Nina (Deluxe Edition) · COCONUT
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