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Sayaka Kanda

Sayaka Kanda

Birthday: 1986-10-01 | Place of Birth: 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 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

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
Idoly Pride

as    Mana Nagase (voice)

2018
Real Girl

as    Ezomichi (Voice)

2018
Real Girl

as    Ezomichi (voice)

2017
Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love - Ch. 3

as    "legendary goddess" Teresa

2017
Convenience Store Boy Friends

as    Miharu Mashiki (voice)

2015
Air Bound

as    Shioji (voice)

2004
School Wars: Hero

as    Michiyo

2003
Dragon Head

as    Ako Seto

2003
Drop-out Teacher Returns to School

as    Nanae Koga

2001
Bean Cake

as    Mihara O-Yoshi

2001
Ki Fighter Taerang

as    Teran