Kana Hanazawa


Kana Hanazawa is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer. She is best known for her voice performances in anime, which 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-Pass, Natsume Tsuchimikado in Tokyo Ravens, Kosaki Onodera in Nisekoi, Chiaki Nanami in Danganronpa, Seryu Ubiquitous in Akame ga Kill!, Kobato Hanato in Kobato, Rize Kamishiro in Tokyo Ghoul, Hinata Kawamoto in March Comes in Like a Lion, Shirase Kobuchizawa in A Place Further than the Universe, Naho Takamiya in Orange, and Ichika Nakano in The Quintessential Quintuplets. Her debut single, "Hoshizora Destination", was released on April 25, 2012 under the Aniplex/Sony Music Entertainment Japan label.

Career

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 title character in Kobato., Suou in , 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. 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" released on April 25, "Hatsukoi no Oto", 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 title 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 Newtypes Best Voice Actress award. Hanazawa starred in her first live-action feature film. 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 Japan in April 2017.

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-action
YearTitleRoleVoiceover forNotesSource
03.02.2017Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar ChildrenEmma BloomElla Purnell
07.06.2017Game ShakersBabeCree Cicchino
26.08.2017HeidiHeidiAnuk Steffen
29.09.2017A Dog's Purposeyoung HannahBritt Robertson
24.02.2018Legend of the Demon CatYulianZhang Tianai
20.03.2020Birds of PreyCassandra CainElla Jay Basco
03.06.2020Escape RoomZoey DavisTaylor Russell
19.06.2020DolittleBetsySelena Gomez
26.06.2020GabrielleYvette Monreal
14.08.2020JexiThe voice of JexiRose Byrne

Other works

Discography

Albums

Singles

Tours