Sayaka Kanda

Sayaka Kanda
Personal information
Known as	Sayaka Kanda (神田沙也加, Kanda Sayaka) Sayaka
Gender	Female
Date of birth	October 1, 1986
Place of birth	Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Date of death	December 18, 2021 (Age 35)
Place of death	Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Cause of death	Suicide/Fall
Family	Masaki Kanda (Father) Seiko Matsuda (Mother) Teruko Asahi (Grandmother) (Deceased) Mitsu Murata (Ex-husband; 2017-2019)
Occupation	Actress, dubber and singer
Nationality	Japanese
Ethnicity	Japanese
Professional information
Years active	1999-2021
Status	Deceased
Other media	Theater Cinema Television

神田沙也加 / Sayaka Kanda was a Japanese dubber and singer.

Dubbing

Animated Movies:

Kristen Bell

• 2014 - Frozen - Anna (Speaking & singing)
• 2018 - Ralph Breaks the Internet - Anna (Speaking & singing)
• 2019 - Frozen 2 - Anna

Biography:

Early life

Kanda was born in Setagaya, Tokyo. She was the only child of actor Masaki Kanda and Seiko Matsuda. Her paternal grandmother Teruko Asahi (1924–2001) was a former actress.

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 has been quite active as an actress on movies and mostly on stage since her debut. She also has written some lyrics for her mother Seiko Matsuda's songs.

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

In July 2012, Kanda 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 Seiyū 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.

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").

Kanda released covers of Vocaloid songs on her YouTube channel.

Personal Life

In May 2017, Kanda married actor Mitsu Murata. Kanda announced their divorce in December 2019.

Death

On December 18, 2021, Kanda was found unconscious in the outer garden on the fourteenth floor of a hotel in Chuo Ward, Sapporo. She was taken to hospital in an unconscious state, but later she was declared dead. The cause of death is suspected to be suicide.

External Links:

• Sayaka Kanda at Wikipedia (English)
• Sayaka Kanda at Wikipedia (Japanese)
• Sayaka Kanda at Anime News Network
• Sayaka Kanda at IMDb
• Sayaka Kanda at Behind the Voice Actors