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Sayaka Kanda

Acting Born Oct 1, 1986 Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Sword Art Online

as Yuna (voice)

Real Girl

as Ezomichi (Voice)
Film

Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale

as Yuna (voice)

Full filmography

  • Sword Art Online (2012) as Yuna (voice)
  • Convenience Store Boy Friends (2017) as Miharu Mashiki (voice)
  • Real Girl (2018) as Ezomichi (Voice)
  • Idoly Pride (2021) as Mana Nagase (voice)
  • Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale (2017) as Yuna (voice)
  • Drop-out Teacher Returns to School (2003) as Nanae Koga
  • Air Bound (2015) as Shioji (voice)
  • Farewell Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Countdown (2008) as Sora
  • Sword Art Online -FULLDIVE- (2022) as Yuna (voice)
  • Real Girl (2018) as Ezomichi (voice)
  • Ki Fighter Taerang (2001) as Teran
  • Dragon Head (2003) as Ako Seto
  • Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love - Ch. 3 (2017) as "legendary goddess" Teresa
  • School Wars: Hero (2004) as Michiyo
  • Danganronpa The Stage ~Kibō no Gakuen to Zetsubō no Kōkōsei~ (2014) as Junko Enoshima/Mukuro Ikusaba
  • Amazing Grace (2011)
  • 1789 -Lovers of the Bastille- (2018) as Olympe du Puget
  • Hey Japanese! Do You Believe in Love, Peace and Understanding? (2008)
  • Danganronpa The Stage 2016 ~Kibō no Gakuen to Zetsubō no Kōkōsei~ (2016) as Junko Enoshima/Mukuro Ikusaba
  • Danganronpa 3: The End of Kibōgamine Gakuen THE STAGE 2018 (2018) as Junko Enoshima
  • Super Danganronpa 2: Sayonara Zetsubō Gakuen THE STAGE 2017 (2017) as Junko Enoshima
  • Super Danganronpa 2: Sayonara Zetsubō Gakuen THE STAGE (2016) as Junko Enoshima (video)
  • Goemon Rock 2: Rose and Samurai (2011)
  • Bean Cake (2001) as Mihara O-Yoshi