*anese actress

Kana Hanazawa (花澤 香菜, Hanazawa Kana, born February 25, 1989) is a *anese actress and singer. A prolific voice performer in anime, she has am*ed several film and television credits since her debut in 1990. She won the Seiyu Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2015, and won the Newtype Anime Awards for Best Voice Actress three times in 2015, 2017 and 2018.

Hanazawa's voice roles include Nadeko Sengoku in Monogatari, Anri Sonohara in Durarara!!, Angel / Kanade Tachibana in Angel Beats!, Kuroneko / Ruri Gokō in Oreimo, Mayuri Shiina in Steins;Gate, Akane Tsunemori in Psycho-P*, Kosaki Onodera in Nisekoi, Chiaki Nanami in Danganronpa, Kobato Hanato in Kobato, Rize Kamishiro in Tokyo Ghoul, Hinata Kawamoto in March Comes in Like a Lion, Ichika Nakano in The Quintessential Quintuplets and Mitsuri Kanroji in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.

Hanazawa's debut single, "Hoshizora Destination" (星空☆ディスティネーション), was released on April 25, 2012 under the Aniplex/Sony Music Entertainment *an label.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Personal life
• 3 Filmography
  • 3.1 Animation
  • 3.2 Animated films
  • 3.3 Video games
  • 3.4 Drama CDs
  • 3.5 Live action
  • 3.6 Dubbing
  • 3.7 Other works
• 4 Discography
  • 4.1 Albums
  • 4.2 Singles
    • 4.2.1 Digital Singles
• 5 Tours
• 6 Awards
• 7 References
• 8 External links

Career

Kana Hanazawa in 2010.

Hanazawa began acting when she was in kindergarten. She made regular appearances at the variety program Yappari Sanma Daisensei.

She made her voice acting debut as Holly in Last Exile. She played Ryoko Kaminagi in Zegapain. She was signed up with voice acting agency Office Osawa.

Hanazawa went to university in 2007, while at the same time, she began to make her mark as a voice actress. She voiced the *le character in Kobato., Suou in Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor, Nadeko Sengoku in Bakemonogatari, Angel / Kanade Tachibana in Angel Beats, and Anri Sonohara in Durarara!!. She was voted in 2010 as "Best Female Voice Actress" by listeners of the radio program Nonko and Nobita's Anime Scramble (ノン子とのび太のアニメスクランブル). She graduated from university in 2011, and in the same year became a full-time voice actress. In late 2010, she was invited to the Anime Festival Asia anime convention in Singapore.

On February 23, 2012, it was announced that Hanazawa would launch her official website. A few days later, during the "Kana Hanazawa Solo Debut Presentation Party event", it was announced that she would release four singles within a year: "Hoshizora Destination" (星空☆ディスティネーション) released on April 25, "Hatsukoi no Oto" (初恋ノオト), released on July 18, "Happy Endings", released on October 24 and was used as ending theme for anime Zetsuen no Tempest, and "Silent Snow", released on January 16, 2013. Her first album Claire was released on February 20, 2013, and her second album 25 was released on February 26, 2014. She released an album *le Blue Avenue in April 2015, and went on a concert tour starting at the Nippon Budokan on May 3. The Blu-ray release of the show, Live Avenue Kana Hanazawa in Budokan, ranked number six in sales.

Hanazawa won Best Supporting Actress at the 9th Seiyu Awards. She later won Newtype's Best Voice Actress award. Hanazawa starred in her first live-action feature film Kimi ga Inakucha Dame Nanda (君がいなくちゃだめなんだ, It's Definitely No Good You're Not Here). Her video would later place tenth in Oricon's Blu-ray Disc Chart. Hanazawa moved to the Sacra Music record label under Sony Music Entertainment *an in April 2017.

As of 2021, she is currently signed to Pony Canyon.

Personal life

In February 2017, during a live stream promoting the release of Opportunity, Hanazawa confirmed she and Kensho Ono were dating, after Shūkan Bunshun published allegations about their relationship. On July 8, 2020, they announced that they married.

Filmography

Animation

Animated films

Video games

Drama CDs

Live action

Dubbing

Live-actionAnimation

Other works

Discography

Albums

Singles

Digital Singles

Tours

• Kana Hanazawa concert tour 2019 (2019, in *an and China)

Awards

References

External links

• Official website (in *anese) (SME)
• Official website (in *anese) (PonyCanyon)
• Kana Hanazawa at AllMovie
• Kana Hanazawa at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Kana Hanazawa at IMDb
• Kana Hanazawa at Oricon (in *anese)
• Kana Hanazawa at Rotten Tomatoes