Bando Nozomi is a performer in the Japanese pop vocal and dance unit FLOWER and the collective group E-Girls. She was chosen through a nationwide audition process called "EXILE Presents VOCAL BATTLE AUDITION3 ~For Girls~", out of thousands of applicants. In the end, she was chosen to join Flower as a dancer, along with Sato Harumi. Bando is also a model and has appeared in "Seventeen" magazine. In 2011 she was chosen as a runway model for TOKYO GIRLS COLLECTION, along with band mate Fujii Shuuka. In 2013 she was a model for TOKYO GIRLS COLLECTION and KANSAI COLLECTION.