Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 01, 1986
Died
Dec 18, 2021
Place of Birth
Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Credits
26 titles
Sayaka Kanda
Biography
Born in Tokyo in 1986. While attending school in Los Angeles in 1999, she appeared in the short film "Bean Cake" directed by David Greenspan. The film won the Palme d'Or (highest award) for short films at the 54th Cannes Film Festival in 2001. She debuted as SAYAKA in 2001. Since then, she has attracted attention for her work in the commercial "Ice no Mi," the theme song for the drama "ever since," the heroine of the movie "Dragon Head," and the stage play "INTO THE WOODS." Since then, she has been active in commercials, movies, dramas, stage plays, and musicals, focusing on her singing career, and in December 2006, she changed her stage name from SAYAKA to her real name, Sayaka Kanda. Since then, she has been active mainly in stage plays and musicals. She has performed in hit productions such as "The Tale of Murasaki Shikibu," "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "The Woman in White," "Dream Person," "Grease," "Les Miserables," "She Loves Me," "Gekidan Shinkansen Rose and Samurai ~ GoemonRock OverDrive," "Peter Pan," and "The Fantasticks." She is currently attracting a lot of attention as a talented actress.
Known For
Filmography
Sword Art Online -FULLDIVE-
Yuna (voice)
Idoly Pride
Mana Nagase (voice)
Danganronpa 3: The End of Kibōgamine Gakuen THE STAGE 2018
Junko Enoshima
Real Girl
Ezomichi (voice)
1789 -Lovers of the Bastille-
Olympe du Puget
Real Girl
Ezomichi (Voice)
Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love - Ch. 3
"legendary goddess" Teresa
Super Danganronpa 2: Sayonara Zetsubō Gakuen THE STAGE 2017
Junko Enoshima
Convenience Store Boy Friends
Miharu Mashiki (voice)
Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale
Yuna (voice)
Danganronpa The Stage 2016 ~Kibō no Gakuen to Zetsubō no Kōkōsei~
Junko Enoshima/Mukuro Ikusaba
Shonen Maid
Lyricist
Super Danganronpa 2: Sayonara Zetsubō Gakuen THE STAGE
Junko Enoshima (video)
Air Bound
Shioji (voice)
My Love Story!!
Theme Song Performance
Danganronpa The Stage ~Kibō no Gakuen to Zetsubō no Kōkōsei~
Junko Enoshima/Mukuro Ikusaba
Sword Art Online
Yuna (voice)
Amazing Grace
Goemon Rock 2: Rose and Samurai
Farewell Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Countdown
Sora
Hey Japanese! Do You Believe in Love, Peace and Understanding?
School Wars: Hero
Michiyo
Drop-out Teacher Returns to School
Nanae Koga
Dragon Head
Ako Seto
Ki Fighter Taerang
Teran
Bean Cake
Mihara O-Yoshi