Nanao (菜々緒, born October 28, 1988 in Saitama Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese model and actress who is affiliated with Platinum Production. Her real name was Nanao Arai (荒井 菜々緒 Arai Nanao). Nanao started entertainment activities in 2009 when she was 20 years old, she was a regular model as a martial arts ring girland race queen in the magazine Pinky which became a turning point, she won the Miss TGC of Tokyo Girls Collection and the 2010 Sanai Mizugi Image Girl and was a fashion model for Non-no.