Post by Admin on Dec 20, 2021 21:34:58 GMT
Singer-actress Sayaka Kanda has died after falling out of a hotel window in Sapporo on Saturday.
Kanda, 35, who was the only child of actor Masaki Kanda and pop singer Seiko Matsuda, was found on the balcony outside a 14th-floor room at around 1 p.m., Fuji TV reported. Police said it appeared she had fallen or jumped out of the window of her room on the top floor of the 22-floor hotel in Chuo Ward.
Kanda was rushed to hospital where she died at around 9:40 p.m.
Kanda made her debut as a singer in 2001. In 2014, she also provided the voice for the character Anna in the Japanese dubbed version of the hit animated film “Frozen.”
Kanda married actor Mitsu Murata in 2017 but they divorced in 2019.
She was in Sapporo, appearing as Eliza Doolittle in the stage musical “My Fair Lady." She attended the rehearsal on Friday but didn't show up for the noon performance on Saturday.
On Saturday, Japanese actress Sayaka Kanda was discovered dead after at around 1 p.m. in Sapporo, Japan. That day, Kanda had been scheduled to perform the role of Eliza Doolittle in a matinée performance of My Fair Lady, but citing an illness, her stand-in assumed the role.
Warning: This article contains a mention of possible suicide.
Kanda fell from the 14th floor of her hotel. NHK reports that local police are now investigating the possibility that she died by suicide. However, authorities have not dismissed the idea of foul play.
Kanda was the daughter of popular actor Masaki Kanda and superstar performer Seiko Matsuda. In a varied career, she recorded music and appeared in films, TV, and stage productions, but also found success with voice acting. She provided Anna’s Japanese language voice for Frozen, winning the Best Lead Actress award at the 2015 Seiyu Awards, which honors Japan’s best voice actors. Kanda also voiced Anna in the Japanese version of Kingdom Hearts III.
Over the years, she did voice work for a handful of anime, including recently voicing Yuna in Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld. Kanda also voiced Kaede Akamatsu in Danganronpa V3, and even performed the role of Junko Enoshima in the theatrical adaptations Danganronpa The Stage and Super Danganronpa 2 The Stage.
Kanda, 35, who was the only child of actor Masaki Kanda and pop singer Seiko Matsuda, was found on the balcony outside a 14th-floor room at around 1 p.m., Fuji TV reported. Police said it appeared she had fallen or jumped out of the window of her room on the top floor of the 22-floor hotel in Chuo Ward.
Kanda was rushed to hospital where she died at around 9:40 p.m.
Kanda made her debut as a singer in 2001. In 2014, she also provided the voice for the character Anna in the Japanese dubbed version of the hit animated film “Frozen.”
Kanda married actor Mitsu Murata in 2017 but they divorced in 2019.
She was in Sapporo, appearing as Eliza Doolittle in the stage musical “My Fair Lady." She attended the rehearsal on Friday but didn't show up for the noon performance on Saturday.
On Saturday, Japanese actress Sayaka Kanda was discovered dead after at around 1 p.m. in Sapporo, Japan. That day, Kanda had been scheduled to perform the role of Eliza Doolittle in a matinée performance of My Fair Lady, but citing an illness, her stand-in assumed the role.
Warning: This article contains a mention of possible suicide.
Kanda fell from the 14th floor of her hotel. NHK reports that local police are now investigating the possibility that she died by suicide. However, authorities have not dismissed the idea of foul play.
Kanda was the daughter of popular actor Masaki Kanda and superstar performer Seiko Matsuda. In a varied career, she recorded music and appeared in films, TV, and stage productions, but also found success with voice acting. She provided Anna’s Japanese language voice for Frozen, winning the Best Lead Actress award at the 2015 Seiyu Awards, which honors Japan’s best voice actors. Kanda also voiced Anna in the Japanese version of Kingdom Hearts III.
Over the years, she did voice work for a handful of anime, including recently voicing Yuna in Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld. Kanda also voiced Kaede Akamatsu in Danganronpa V3, and even performed the role of Junko Enoshima in the theatrical adaptations Danganronpa The Stage and Super Danganronpa 2 The Stage.
