Nao Minakami(みなかみ 菜緒Minakami Nao, born on September 20, 1987) is a Japanese singer, a voice actress, and is an undergraduate school student of Tokyo University, one of the top-level research universities in Japan. Her real name is Nao Sakamoto(坂元 菜緒Sakamoto Nao), and she is sometimes affectionately nicknamed "Naosuke"(なおすけ) by her Japanese fans. She is a member of the singing group, New DUP, which was founded by BROCCOLI Inc. to promote its mascot characters, Dejiko, Usada and Puchiko (from the anime Di Gi Charat), where Minakami is the voice actress for Puchiko.