Sayaka Kanda

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Sayaka Kanda
神田 沙也加
Sayaka Kanda in April 2021
Born	(1986-10-01)October 1, 1986 Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Died	December 18, 2021(2021-12-18) (aged 35) Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Other names	Sayaka
Occupations	Actress voice actress singer
Years active	1999–2021
Spouse	Mitsu Murata ​ ​ (m. 2017; div. 2019)​
Parents	Masaki Kanda (father) Seiko Matsuda (mother)
Musical career
Genres	J-pop
Instrument	Vocals
Formerly of	Trustrick Alices
Website	www.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.

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]

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]

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]

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]

• "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]

• "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)

• Doll (2005)
• Liberty (2011)

with TRUSTRICK

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

with TRUSTRICK

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

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

as Yuna from "Sword Art Online"

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

• 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]

• 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

• 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 Dumbrowski
• She Loves Me (2009–2010) – Amalia Balash
• Bara to Samurai〜Goemon Rock OverDrive (2010) – Pony de Bribon
• Les Misérables (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

• Frozen (2013) – Anna
• Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) – Anna^[20]
• Frozen II (2019) – Anna

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

• 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]

• 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]

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Sayaka at IMDb
• Sayaka Kanda at Anime News Network's encyclopedia