Yukimi Nagano

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Swedish singer and songwriter residing in Gothenburg, born on January 31, 1982, in Carl Johan, Göteborg, Västergötland.

Yukimi Nagano is best known as the lead singer of the group [a=Little Dragon]. She was previously also well known for her work in the future jazz scene, where she recorded with artists such as [a=Koop], [a=Swell Session], [a=Sleep Walker], and [a=Jafrosax], among others.

After nearly 20 years as the frontwoman and singer of the Gothenburg-based band [a=Little Dragon], Yukimi Nagano made her solo debut in the spring of 2025 with the album [m3976931]. Just as in [a=Little Dragon]'s multifaceted expression, the music on her solo album moves freely between influences, styles, and genres. R&B, soul, electronica, jazz, funk, and pop are woven together into a highly personal language where skillfulness never stands in the way of playfulness and surprise.

This led [url=https://www.facebook.com/stenastiftelsen/]'Sten A Olssons Stiftelse för Forskning och Kultur'[/url] (the Sten A. Olsson Foundation for Research and Culture) in Gothenburg to decide to award Yukimi a scholarship for 2025, with the reasoning: 'For her curiosity, her artistic courage, and her multidimensional musical openness, which both reflects and transcends our contemporary times.'

Yukimi Nagano is the younger half-sister of singer [a=Sumie Nagano]. They share the same father, Yusuke Nagano, born in Japan in 1948. While Yukimi’s mother, Joanne Brown, was born in the USA, Sumie has a Swedish-born mother, Mona Gustavsson.