Sayaka Kanda

Japanese actress (1986–2021)

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Actress
voice actress
singer

Years active1999–2021Spouse

Mitsu Murata

(m. 2017; div. 2019)

Parents

Masaki Kanda (father)
Seiko Matsuda (mother)

Musical careerGenresJ-popInstrument(s)VocalsFormerly of

Trustrick
Alices

Websitewww.sayaka-kanda.net

Musical artist

Sayaka Kanda (Japanese: 神田沙也加, Hepburn: Kanda Sayaka, October 1, 1986 – December 18, 2021) was a Japanese actress and singer. She was the only child of actor Masaki Kanda and pop singer Seiko Matsuda.

Early life

Kanda was born at Tokyo Teishin Hospital in Chiyoda, Tokyo. She was the only child of actor Masaki Kanda and Seiko Matsuda, a representative idol singer of the 1980s in Japan. Her paternal grandmother Teruko Asahi (1924–2001) was a former actress.^[1]

Career

In 1999, while a student at a Japanese school in Los Angeles, she appeared in Bean Cake, a short film that won the Palme d'Or du court métrage at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. She was quite active as an actress in movies and mostly on stage since her debut. She also wrote some lyrics for her mother Seiko Matsuda's songs.^[2]

Kanda made her Kōhaku Uta Gassen debut in December 2011 singing "Ue o Muite Arukō" alongside her mother, Seiko Matsuda.^[3]

In July 2012, Kanda debuted as a voice actress on TV animation Good Luck Girl!, which led her to be cast as Mary in The Muppets and Anna in the Japanese language dub of Disney's animated film Frozen.^[4] She won the Best Lead Actress award for the role in the 9th Seiyu Awards.^[5] In 2019, she voiced as Anna once again for Kingdom Hearts III.^[6]

In April 2014, she formed the duo Trustrick with guitarist Billy.^[7] They released their debut album, Eternity, on June 25 of the same year. They disbanded on December 17, 2016.^[8]

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

Kanda released covers of Vocaloid songs on her YouTube channel.^[9]

Personal life

In May 2017, Kanda married actor Mitsu Murata.^[10] Kanda announced their divorce in December 2019.^[11] Up until her death, Kanda was in a relationship with actor Takahisa Maeyama after co-starring in the stage adaptation of Crest of the Royal Family in August 2021.^[12] Kanda and Maeyama had planned to marry.^[13]

Death

On December 18, 2021, Kanda was found unconscious in the outer garden on the fourteenth floor of a hotel in Chūō ward, Sapporo. She was later pronounced dead at a hospital.^[14] The cause of death was determined to be traumatic shock by the Sapporo Central Police Station, which also said that she had fallen from her room in the upper floors of the hotel.^[15] Kanda's remains were cremated and her family kept her ashes at home. A report from Shūkan Bunshun claimed she committed suicide following vocal cord issues as well as issues with her relationship with Maeyama.^[16]

Discography

Singles

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

with TRUSTRICK

"World's End Curtain Call -theme of DANGANRONPA THE STAGE-" (2014)
"FLYING FAFNIR" (2015)
"innocent promise" (2015)
"Recall THE END" (2016)
"DEAD OR LIE" (2016) duo with Maon Kurosaki
"Rainbow Summer" (2019), the theme song of Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout^[17]

Digital Singles

"LUVORATORRRRRY!" (2018)
"Good Morning, Polar Night" (2019)
"Roki" (2019)

with TRUSTRICK

"On your marks!" (2014)

as Yuna from "Sword Art Online"

"Ubiquitous dB" (2017)
"delete" (2017)
"Break Beat Bark!" (2017)
"longing" (2017)
"smile for you" (2017)

Albums

Doll (2005)
Liberty (2011)

with TRUSTRICK

Eternity (2014)
TRUST (2015)
TRICK (2016)

Mini-Albums

with TRUSTRICK

未来系Answer E.P. (2015)
beloved E.P. (2016)

Cover Albums

MUSICALOID #38 (2018)
MUSICALOID #38 Act.2 (2019)
MUSICALOID #38 Act.3 (2021)

Compilation Albums

as Yuna from "Sword Art Online"

Sword Art Online the Movie : Ordinal Scale (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2017)

Filmography

Film

Bean Cake (1999)
Dragon Head (2003) – Ako Seto^[18]
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
Real Girl (2018) – Ezomichi (voice)^[19]

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

Theater Performances

Into the Woods (2004) – Little Red Ridinghood (credited as SAYAKA)
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 (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, 2017) – 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 (2015–2020) – Sarah
Danganronpa The Stage (2014–2016) – Mukuro Ikusaba and Junko Enoshima
Super Danganronpa 2 The Stage (2015–2017) – Junko Enoshima
1789: Les Amants de la Bastille (2016–2018) – Olympe
Legally Blonde (2017–2019) – Elle Woods
Fiddler on the Roof (2017) – Hodel
My Fair Lady (2018–2021) – Eliza Doolittle
SHOW BOY (2019)
Rose's Dilemma (2021) – Arlene
Crest of the Royal Family (2021) – Carol Reed

Japanese dub

The Muppets (2011) – Mary
Frozen (2013) – Anna
Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) – Anna^[20]
Frozen II (2019) – Anna

Theatrical animation

GAMBA (2015) – Shioji
Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale (2017) – Yuna^[21]
Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love (2017)

Television animation

Good Luck Girl! (2012) – Nadeshiko Adenokouji
Unlimited Fafnir (2015) – Miyako Shinomiya
Convenience Store Boy Friends (2017) – Miharu Mashiki^[22]
Real Girl (2018) – Ezomichi^[19]
Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld (2020) – Yuna^[6]
Idoly Pride (2021) – Mana Nagase^[23]

Video games

Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony (2017) – Kaede Akamatsu^[24]
Let It Die (2017) – Kiwako Seto^[25]
Kingdom Hearts III (2019) – Anna^[24]
Accel World vs. Sword Art Online: Millennium Twilight (2017) – Yuna
Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet (2018) – Yuna
Idoly Pride (2021) – Mana Nagase^[23]

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