Nana, starring Mika Nakashima's new single " Hitoiro" featured Takuro of Glay as composer and Nana author Yazawa Ai as the lyricist again. Nana 2 once again featured the two artists Mika Nakashima and Yuna Ito, releasing songs under the names Nana starring Mika Nakashima and Reira starring Yuna Ito, respectively. New York - Tokyo brought the main actresses Mika Nakashima and Yui Ichikawa to the limited seated IFC Cinema. On December 18, NANA2 made its international debut in New York City, United States. Many fans claimed that the exchange of main cast members led to the disappointing statistics.
Also, Kenichi Matsuyama, who portrayed Shinichi Okazaki, had been replaced by Hongo Kanata.Įven though both theme songs were released ahead ( Hitoiro of NANA starring MIKA NAKASHIMA on Novemand Truth of REIRA starring YUNA ITO on December 6, 2006), the movie could only hit the #4 spot on the Movie Charts, from its release Decemonward, and overall had very weak and low ratings. Ryuhei Matsuda had declined to play the role of Ren and was replaced with Nobuo Kyō. She was replaced with actress Yui Ichikawa. Aoi Miyazaki had declined to reprise the role of Komatsu Nana. There were several casting issues in the production of Nana 2. Both girls struggle through life, and try to keep their friendship from falling apart. Meanwhile, Nana works hard for her band while trying to find happiness. Romance develops between Hachi and TRAPNEST's bassist Takumi as well as with the Black Stones' guitarist Nobu. Taking place shortly after the end of the first film, Nana 2 focuses more on Komatsu Nana (Hachi/ Hachiko) and her love life.