Sayaka Kanda

Sayaka Kanda (神田 沙也加, Kanda Sayaka, born October 1, 1986) is a Japanese actress, voice actress, and singer. She is the only child of actor Masaki Kanda and pop singer Seiko Matsuda.

Sayaka Kanda
神田 沙也加
Born (1986-10-01) October 1, 1986
Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Other namesSayaka
Occupation
Years active1999–present
Notable work
Spouse(s)
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(
m. 2017; div. 2019)
Parents
Musical career
Associated actsPierre Taki, Shunsuke Takeuchi, Takako Matsu
Websitewww.sayaka-kanda.net

Early life

Kanda was born in Setagaya, Tokyo. She is the only child of actor Masaki Kanda and Seiko Matsuda. Her paternal grandmother Teruko Asahi (1924—2001) was a former actress.[1]

Career

In 1999, while a student at a Japanese school in Los Angeles, she appeared in Bean Cake, a short film that won the Palme d'Or du court métrage at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. She has been quite active as an actress on movies and mostly on stage since her debut. She also has written some lyrics for her mother Seiko Matsuda's songs.[2]

Kanda made her Kōhaku Uta Gassen debut in December 2011 singing "Ue o Muite Arukō" alongside her mother, Seiko Matsuda.[3]

In July 2012, Kanda debuted as a voice actress on TV animation Good Luck Girl!, which led her to be cast as Anna in the Japanese language dub of Disney's animated film Frozen.[4] She won the Best Lead Actress award for the role in the 9th Seiyu Awards.[5] In 2019, she voiced as Anna once again for Kingdom Hearts III

In April 2014, she formed the duo Trustrick with guitarist Billy.[6] They released their debut album, Eternity, on June 25 of the same year. They disbanded on 17 December 2016[7]

Kanda appeared as a special guest in the Alan Symphony Concert from December 20, 2014 alongside Tibetan Chinese diva Alan Dawa Dolma, and together, they sang a music piece originally performed by Alan titled "Kaze no Tegami" (風の手紙, "Letter in the Wind").

Personal life

In May 2017, Kanda married actor Mitsu Murata.[8] Kanda announced their divorce in December 2019.[9]

Discography

Singles
  • "Ever Since" (2002)
  • "Garden" (2003)
  • "Mizu Iro" (2004)
  • "Jōgen no Tsuki" (2005)
  • "Ubiquitous dB" (2017)
  • "delete" (2017)
  • "Break Beat Bark!" (2017)
  • "longing" (2017)
  • "smile for you" (2017)
  • "LUVORATORRRRRY!" (2018)
  • "Good Morning, Polar Night" (2019)
  • "Roki" (2019)

as TRUSTRICK

Albums
  • Doll (2005)
  • Liberty (2011)

as TRUSTRICK

  • Eternity (2014)
  • TRUST (2015)
  • TRICK (2016)
  • EP
    • 未来系Answer E.P. (2015)
    • beloved E.P. (2016)
    • innocent promise (2016)
    • Recall THE END (2016)
  • MUSICALOID #38 (2018)

Filmography

Film
  • Bean Cake (1999)
  • Dragon Head (2003) – Ako Seto[10]
  • School Wars: Hero (2004) – Mitiyo Wada
  • Imadoki Japanese yo (2008) – Kyouko
  • Farewell, Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Countdown (2008) – Sora
  • Amazing Grace (2011) – Shizuku Asamizu
  • Geki×Cine Bara to Samurai (2011) – Pony de Bribon
  • Real Girl (2018) – Ezomichi (voice)[11]

Television drama
  • Yankee Bokō ni Kaeru / Drop-out Teacher Returns to School (TBS, 2003) – Nanae Koga
  • 四分の一の絆 (TBS, 2004) – Maiko Nisio
  • Mito Kōmon (TBS, 2004, 2007) – Kozue, Osaki
  • たった一度の雪 〜SAPPORO・1972年〜 (HBC, 2007) – Chiho Shimomura
  • Omotesando Koukou Gasshoubu! (TBS,2015) – Emiri Seyama

Theater Performances

Japanese dub

Theatrical animation

Television animation

Video games

References
  1. 女優・神田沙也加 ミュージカルで13役に挑戦 葛藤越え野望に邁進(1/3ページ). インタビュアー:平松澄子. 産経ニュースwest.. オリジナルの2011-10-20時点によるアーカイブ
  2. 神田沙也加、芸名を4回変えた過去「SAYAKA」「Lily」「上原純」". マイナビニュース (2013年6月28日).
  3. "【紅白歌合戦】神田沙也加、松田聖子と親娘で出場　「心強いです」 ." Oricon News. 30 November 2011.
  4. "神田沙也加、声優デビュー「念願かなった！」". SANSPO.COM. (2012年7月4日). オリジナルの2012
  5. "第九回声優アワード授賞者発表". 声優アワード.
  6. "『アナと雪の女王』で話題の神田沙也加、新ユニット・TRUSTRICKデビュー!". マイナビ
  7. "TRUSTRICKが活動休止を発表　神田沙也加「ここで一度節目を迎えます」". ORICON STYLE (oricon ME).
  8. "Kanda Sayaka to marry actor Murata Mitsu | tokyohive.com." Tokyohive. 26 April 2017.
  9. "Kanda Sayaka announces divorce". Tokyohive. December 4, 2019.
  10. "Japan's NHK to Air Kids' Special with Ghibli Music". Anime News Network. May 2, 2008. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
  11. "Sayaka Kanda Also Voices Ezomichi in Real Girl Anime". Anime News Network. March 1, 2018. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
  12. "シュガー・ラッシュ：オンライン". Fukikaeru. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
  13. "Sword Art Online Ordinal Scale Anime Film Casts Sayaka Kanda". Anime News Network. December 5, 2016. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
  14. "Sayaka Kanda – 9 Character Images | Behind The Voice Actors". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved August 11, 2019. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.
  15. "CAST｜PlayStation®4用サバイバルアクションゲーム – Let It Die". letitdie.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved March 17, 2018.
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