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