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Sayaka Kanda

Oct 01, 1986 - Dec 18, 2021 (35 years old) in 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.

Known For

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Sword Art Online
Yuna (voice)
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Sword Art Online: The Movie – Ordinal Scale
Yuna (voice)
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Real Girl
Ezomichi (Voice)
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Farewell Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Countdown
Sora
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Sword Art Online -FULLDIVE-
Yuna (voice)
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Convenience Store Boy Friends
Miharu Mashiki (voice)
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Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love - Ch. 3
"legendary goddess" Teresa
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Air Bound
Shioji (voice)
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Ki Fighter Taerang
Teran
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Idoly Pride
Mana Nagase (voice)

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