Sayaka Kanda

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

Career

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.

In 1999, while a student at a Japanese school in Los Angeles, she appeared in Bean Cake, a short film which 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.

Kanda made her Kōhaku Uta Gassen debut in December 2011 singing "Ue o Muite Arukō" alongside her mother, Seiko Matsuda.^[1]

In July 2012, Kanda debuted as a voice actress on TV animation Good Luck Girl!, which led her to be cast as Anna in Japanese version of Frozen. In which she won 9th Seiyu Awards for Best Lead Actress.

In April 2014, she formed a duo called TRUSTRICK with a guitarist Billy. They released debut album "Eternity" on June 25.

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

Discography

Singles

• "Ever Since" (2002)
• "Garden" (2003)
• "Mizu Iro" (2004)
• "Jōgen no Tsuki" (2005)

as TRUSTRICK

• "DEAD OR LIE" (2016) duo with Maon Kurosaki

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)

Filmography

Film

• Bean Cake (1999)
• Dragon Head (2003) - Ako Seto^[2]
• 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

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

Theatrical animation

• Frozen (2014) – Anna（Japanese dub）
• GAMBA (2015) – Shioji

Theater Performances

• Into the Woods (2004) - Little Red Ridinghood
• Murasaki Shikibu Story (2006, 2008) - Empress Shōshi
• The Woman in White (2007) - Laura Fairlie
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (2007, 2009) - Peaseblossom
• A Midsummer Night's Dream〜THEじゃなくてAなのが素敵〜 (2008) - Hermia
• Love Letters (2008 -2010) - Melissa
• Grease (2008) - Sandy
• She Loves Me (2009-2010) - Amalia Balash
• Bara to Samurai〜Goemon Rock OverDrive（2010） - Pony de Bribon
• Les Miserables (2009-2011) - Cosette
• Peter Pan (2009-2011) - Wendy Darling
• The Fantasticks (2010) - Luisa
• Endless SHOCK (2012) - Rika
• Anne of Green Gables (2012) - Anne Shirley
• HImeyuri (2012, 2014) - Kimi
• Dance of the Vampires (2015) - Sarah
• Danganronpa The Stage (2014) (2016 revival) - Mukuro Ikusaba and Junko Enoshima
• Super Danganronpa2 The Stage (2015) (2017 revival) - Junko Enoshima
• 1789: Les Amants de la Bastille (2016) - Olympe
• Legally Blonde (2017) - Elle Woods

Television animation

• Good Luck Girl! (2012) – Nadeshiko Adenokouji
• Unlimited Fafnir (2015) – Miyako Shinomiya

Video games

• New Danganronpa V3: Minna no Koroshiai Shingakki (2017) - Kaede Akamatsu

References

External links

• White Parasol
• Sayaka at the Internet Movie Database