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

2012•TV Series•

8.2

Convenience Store Boy Friends

2017•TV Series•

6.6

Idoly Pride

2021•TV Series•

6.4

Real Girl

2018•TV Series•

8.5

Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale

2017•Movie•

7.7

Drop-out Teacher Returns to School

2003•TV Series•

4.3

Ki Fighter Taerang

2001•TV Series•

10.0

Air Bound

2015•Movie•

5.6

Filmography