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n a m e > Shiina Nagano
g e n d e r > male
b i r t h d a t e > November 11, 19XX

(Nagano alleges that he's "eternally 20 years old" because he's a "Highlander"... ^_^;)

The lyricist, arranger, and keyboardist for the group. The last designation is rather arbitrary since TWO-MIX doesn't do live performances. He is also the president of "Little-Station", TWO-MIX's current artist management agency.

Nagano began his career as a lyricist with the song "Keep On 'Keeping On'" which was recorded by Mariko Nagai and later on again by Midori Karashima, both well-known contemporary female singer-songwriters in Japan. He would then go on to write more lyrics for Nagai, along with some songs for Megumi Hayashibara's mini-album "Pulse".

Although he never set out with the initial intent to become a lyricist, Nagano states that he spent the years after graduating from high school keeping a diary of his daily life. This experience apparently helped him gain strength as a writer, and the writer of the group he is. Nagano has always done the bulk of the writing projects for TWO-MIX, such as liner notes, and he has also written several small articles for various magazines.