Sayaka Kanda

Biography

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

Sword Art Online

Convenience Store Boy Friends

Real Girl

Idoly Pride

Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale

Drop-out Teacher Returns to School

Ki Fighter Taerang

Air Bound

All Movies (18)

• Sword Art Online -FULLDIVE-2022 · as Yuna (voice)
• Danganronpa 3: The End of Kibōgamine Gakuen THE STAGE 20182018 · as Junko Enoshima
• Real Girl2018 · as Ezomichi (voice)
• 1789 -Lovers of the Bastille-2018 · as Olympe du Puget
• Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love - Ch. 32017 · as "legendary goddess" Teresa
• Super Danganronpa 2: Sayonara Zetsubō Gakuen THE STAGE 20172017 · as Junko Enoshima
• Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale2017 · as Yuna (voice)
• Danganronpa The Stage 2016 ~Kibō no Gakuen to Zetsubō no Kōkōsei~2016 · as Junko Enoshima/Mukuro Ikusaba
• Super Danganronpa 2: Sayonara Zetsubō Gakuen THE STAGE2016 · as Junko Enoshima (video)
• Air Bound2015 · as Shioji (voice)
• Danganronpa The Stage ~Kibō no Gakuen to Zetsubō no Kōkōsei~2014 · as Junko Enoshima/Mukuro Ikusaba
• Amazing Grace2011
• Goemon Rock 2: Rose and Samurai2011
• Farewell Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Countdown2008 · as Sora
• Hey Japanese! Do You Believe in Love, Peace and Understanding?2008
• School Wars: Hero2004 · as Michiyo
• Dragon Head2003 · as Ako Seto
• Bean Cake2001 · as Mihara O-Yoshi

All TV Shows (6)

• Idoly Pride2021 · as Mana Nagase (voice)
• Real Girl2018 · as Ezomichi (Voice)
• Convenience Store Boy Friends2017 · as Miharu Mashiki (voice)
• Sword Art Online2012 · as Yuna (voice)
• Drop-out Teacher Returns to School2003 · as Nanae Koga
• Ki Fighter Taerang2001 · as Teran