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Sayaka Kanda
Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
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…
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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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2022
Sword Art Online -FULLDIVE-
Movie Yuna (voice)
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2021
Idoly Pride
TV show Mana Nagase (voice)
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2018
Danganronpa 3: The End of Kibōgamine Gakuen THE STAGE 2018
Movie Junko Enoshima
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2018
Real Girl
Movie Ezomichi (voice)
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2018
1789 -Lovers of the Bastille-
Movie Olympe du Puget
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2018
Real Girl
TV show Ezomichi (Voice)
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2017
Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love - Ch. 3
Movie "legendary goddess" Teresa
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2017
Super Danganronpa 2 THE STAGE 2017 ~Sayonara Zetsubou Gakuen~
Movie Junko Enoshima
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2017
Convenience Store Boy Friends
TV show Miharu Mashiki (voice)
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2017
Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale
Movie Yuna (voice)
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2016
Danganronpa The Stage 2016 ~Kibō no Gakuen to Zetsubō no Kōkōsei~
Movie Junko Enoshima/Mukuro Ikusaba
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2016
Shonen Maid
TV show Lyricist
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2016
Super Danganronpa 2: Sayonara Zetsubō Gakuen THE STAGE
Movie Junko Enoshima (video)
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2015
Air Bound
Movie Shioji (voice)
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2015
My Love Story!!
TV show Theme Song Performance
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2014
Danganronpa The Stage ~Kibō no Gakuen to Zetsubō no Kōkōsei~
Movie Junko Enoshima/Mukuro Ikusaba
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2012
Sword Art Online
TV show Yuna (voice)
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2011
Amazing Grace
Movie
- 2011
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2008
Farewell Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Countdown
Movie Sora
- 2008
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2004
School Wars: Hero
Movie Michiyo
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2003
Drop-out Teacher Returns to School
TV show Nanae Koga
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2003
Dragon Head
Movie Ako Seto
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2001
Ki Fighter Taerang
TV show Teran
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2001
Bean Cake
Movie Mihara O-Yoshi
