Sayaka Kanda Biography – Sayaka Kanda Wiki
Sayaka Kanda was a Japanese actress and singer who voiced the role of Frozen character Anna in the Japanese-dubbed version of the animated Disney film. Sayaka voiced the character Mana Nagase in the 2021 TV series Idoly Pride. She also did voice characters in Star Blazers 2022 and starred in the miniseries 3D Kanojo Real Girl. She was the only child of actor Masaki Kanda and pop singer Seiko Matsuda. 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.
She made her Kōhaku Uta Gassen debut in December 2011 singing “Ue o Muite Arukō” alongside her mother, Seiko Matsuda. In July 2012, she debuted as a voice actress on TV animation Good Luck Girl!, which led her to be cast as Anna in the Japanese language dub of Disney’s animated film Frozen. She won the Best Lead Actress award for the role in the 9th Seiyu Awards. In 2019, she voiced as Anna once again for Kingdom Hearts III.
In April 2014, she formed the duo Trustrick with guitarist Billy. They released their debut album, Eternity, on June 25 of the same year. They disbanded on December 17, 2016. She featured 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”). Kanda released covers of Vocaloid songs on her YouTube channel.
Sayaka Kanda Age
She was born on October 1, 1986, in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan and died on December 18, 2021, in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. She was 35 years old.
Sayaka Kanda Husband
In May 2017, she got married to actor Mitsu Murata. Kanda announced their divorce in December 2019.
Sayaka Kanda Parents
She was the only child of actor Masaki Kanda and pop singer Seiko Matsuda. Her paternal grandmother Teruko Asahi who was born in 1924 and died in 2001 was a former actress.
Sayaka Kanda Death
She died on December 18, 2021, aged 35 of an apparent fall. A statement on her website confirmed. The message, written by Sayaka’s agency and translated into English, said that her “cause of death was polytrauma shock” due to an apparent fall. “Kanda Sayaka (35 years old) died suddenly at 9:40 pm on December 18, 2021. We are very sorry to give such a report to all the fans who supported us and all the people who took care of us. We are still unable to accept her passing and are trying to cope with it. “
According to local media reports, Kanda did not show up for an afternoon performance of the musical My Fair Lady at the Sapporo Cultural Arts Theater, where she was playing Eliza Dolittle. She was found at the hotel where she had fallen from a height. Reports say the local police are investigating the fall as a suicide but have not ruled out foul play.
On December 18, 2021, the deceased was found unconscious in the outer garden on the fourteenth floor of a hotel in Chūō Ward, Sapporo. She was taken to the hospital unconscious, where she was later declared dead. Hokkaido Prefectural Police [ja] are currently investigating the possibility that her death was a suicide by jumping.
Sayaka Kanda Cause of Death
She died on December 18, 2021, of an apparent fall. Hokkaido Prefectural Police are currently investigating the possibility that her death was a suicide by jumping but have not ruled out foul play.
Sayaka Kanda Instagram
Her Instagram handle was @sayakakanda.
