# Nana Komatsu Nana Komatsu can make a hopeful plan sound like something she has already started believing. Watching her, you feel the pull of that optimism and the unease beneath it: she wants affection to settle the questions that affection cannot settle. The series gives that longing room to be charming, embarrassing, and costly, often in the same stretch of screen time. ## Fast Facts - **Japanese name:** 小松奈々 - **Birthday:** November 30 - **Height:** 158 cm - **Weight:** 46 kg - **Gender:** Female - **Occupation:** Waitress, Video Rental Store Clerk, Salesperson at Sabrina, Publisher Admin - **Affiliation:** Black Stones, Trapnest, Komatsu family, Ichinose family - **Japanese VA:** KAORI. - **English VA:** Kelly Sheridan ## Spoilers (reveals from later in the story) - **Family:** Ren Ichinose, Takumi Ichinose ## Appearance Nana’s first impression is shaped by an open, expressive presence. Her face gives away excitement quickly, and the softness of her reactions makes her easy to read even when she is trying to sound certain. At 158 cm, she has a compact silhouette that suits the lively shifts in her expression. She does not carry herself like someone trying to dominate a scene; her attention tends to turn outward, toward the person whose approval she wants. That makes small changes in her mood legible. A bright smile can feel like genuine delight, then a pause or a change in her voice can expose how much reassurance she is waiting for. The performance never needs to make her physically imposing to hold attention. ## Personality Nana Komatsu is affectionate, impulsive, and susceptible to the promise that a new relationship will make life feel settled. She can be frustrating to watch because she often gives trust before she has worked out what she needs from someone. I read that as the character’s central vulnerability, not a reason to dismiss her. She is trying to build a life through closeness, and the show lets us see the pleasure she takes in being wanted alongside the poor decisions that pleasure can encourage. Her warmth is real; so is her tendency to reach for comfort before asking whether it will last. The comedy around her does not erase the ache. When she is excited, her enthusiasm can lift a scene, but it can also leave you bracing for the moment when hope meets a less generous reality. ## Nana Komatsu's Story ### Spoiler-free introduction Early on, Nana Komatsu is presented through her hunger for romance and the earnest confidence with which she imagines a happier life. She is sociable and quick to attach meaning to a promising connection. That makes her enjoyable company, but it also gives the viewer a reason to worry: she can mistake the feeling of being chosen for evidence that she is safe. The series lets that tension emerge through ordinary interactions and changes in her mood, rather than asking you to treat her as a lesson. At this stage, the pleasure is in watching someone so openly hopeful try to make her wishes fit the world around her. You can root for her and question her judgment at once. ### Spoilers beyond the early story As the story develops, Nana’s desire to be loved stops reading as a simple romantic trait and starts shaping how she responds to pressure. The show makes her decisions harder to wave away as naïveté, because wanting security can pull her toward choices that carry consequences for other people too. Her emotional life gains weight through that friction. There is no neat moment where she becomes immune to longing; the more affecting change is seeing her live with what her need for reassurance asks of her. That can make her hard to defend, but it also makes her recognizable. I find her most compelling when the series allows affection and self-interest to sit together without pretending either one cancels the other. ## Relationships - **Takumi Ichinose:** Takumi is part of the emotional pressure around Nana’s hopes for love and security. Their connection gives the show room to ask what she is willing to accept when being wanted feels reassuring. - **Ren Ichinose:** Ren belongs to the same charged social world that gives Nana’s romantic hopes their context. His presence helps make the connections around her feel lived in, rather than like a private fantasy sealed off from everyone else. ## Watch Nana Komatsu's Story Nana Komatsu is best watched with patience for a character whose feelings often move faster than her judgment. Nana (2006) is available on Crunchyroll, HIDIVE, Hulu, and Netflix. Go in for the messy warmth of her perspective, and expect to have mixed feelings about some of the ways she tries to hold on to happiness. **Start here:** [Nana](https://hozuna.com/anime/nana) — Crunchyroll, HIDIVE, Hulu, Netflix - [Nana](https://hozuna.com/anime/nana) (2006) — Crunchyroll, HIDIVE, Hulu, Netflix ## Questions **How tall is Nana Komatsu?** Nana Komatsu is 158 cm tall. Her compact frame fits the expressive, approachable presence she brings to the series. **Who voices Nana Komatsu in English?** Kelly Sheridan is Nana Komatsu’s English voice actor. KAORI. performs the character in Japanese. **When does Nana Komatsu first appear?** Nana Komatsu first appears in Nana (2006). The series introduces her through her romantic hopes and lively, open manner. **Where can I watch Nana Komatsu?** Nana Komatsu’s story appears in Nana (2006), which streams on Crunchyroll, HIDIVE, Hulu, and Netflix. The series is the place to follow her character. **Is Nana Komatsu worth watching for?** Yes, if you value a character whose warmth does not make her choices automatically wise. Her mix of enthusiasm and need for reassurance gives Nana (2006) some of its most uncomfortable emotional texture.