# Kanon

Kanon may refer to:

## Media and literature

* Kanon (video game), a Japanese visual novel by Key, later adapted into anime series
* Kanon (manga), a manga by Chiho Saito
* Daimajin Kanon, a Japanese tokusatsu television drama
* Der Kanon, an anthology of important German literature
* The Kanon Award, one of the movie awards of Norwegian film festival Kosmorama
* Kanón, an anime short film, part of the Japan Animator Expo series

## People

* Kanon (bassist) (21st century), Japanese bassist and member of An Cafe
* Kanon (singer) (born 1980), Japanese singer
* Kanon Catchings, American basketball player
* Kanon Fukuda (born 1995), Japanese singer and voice actress
* Kanon Kasuga (born 2003), Japanese actress
* Kanon Kimoto (born 1997), a former member of the Japanese idol girl group SKE48
* Kanon Mori (born 1996), Japanese field hockey
* Kanon Miyahara (born 1996), Japanese actress and karate performer
* Kanon Shizaki, Japanese voice actress
* Kanon Suzuki (born 1998), Japanese singer and member of Morning Musume
* Kanon Takao (born 2002), Japanese voice actress
* Kanon Tani (born 2004), Japanese child actress
* Kanon Wakeshima (born 1988), Japanese singer and cellist
* Joseph Kanon (born 1946), American novelist
* Wilfried Kanon (born 1993), Ivorian professional footballer
* Kanon (born 2002), a member of the Japanese idol group Atarashii Gakko!

### Fictional characters

* Kanon, a character from visual novel and anime series Umineko When They Cry
* Kanon, a character in the video game Wild Arms 2
* Gemini Kanon, a character from the manga and anime series Saint Seiya
* Kanon Ichinose, a character from the tokusatsu series Idol x Warrior Miracle Tunes
* Kanon Maldini, a character from the anime series Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
* Kanon Nakagawa, a character from the manga and anime series The World God Only Knows
* Kanon Shibuya, the protagonist from the anime series Love Live! Superstar!!
* Kanon Endou, a character from the anime movie Inazuma Eleven: Saikyō Gundan Ōga Shūrai
* Kanon Nakajima, a character in the video game Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls
* Kanon Matsubara, a character from BanG Dream!

## Music

* Kanon, German spelling of canon in music
* Kanon, Op. 59 No. 4, composition by Max Reger
* Kanon D major, Op. 63 No. 11, composition by Max Reger
* Kanon, 1930, a composition by Alban Berg
* Kanon, or canon, a structured hymn in the Orthodox Church, such as the Great Kanon of St. Andrew of Crete
* Kanon Pokajanen by Arvo Pärt
* "Kanon", a 2005 song by Enon from Lost Marbles & Exploded Evidence
* Kanōn, or monochord, a one-stringed instrument

## Places

* Kanon-machi Station, a tram station in Hiroshima
* Punt Kanon, a point at the extreme southeast of Curaçao

## Artillery

* 4cm kanón vz. 36, an anti-tank gun produced by the Škoda Works in 1930s
* 7.5 cm kanon PL vz. 37, a Czech anti-aircraft gun used in World War II
* 8 cm kanon vz. 28, a Czech field gun used in World War II
* 8 cm kanon vz. 30, a Czech field gun used in World War II
* 8.35 cm PL kanon vz. 22, a Czech anti-aircraft gun used in World War II
* 9 cm kanon PL vz. 12/20, a Czech anti-aircraft gun used in World War II
* 10.5 cm kanon m/34, a heavy field gun produced in Sweden
* Bofors 15,2 cm kanon m/42, a naval gun for use on ships

## Other uses

* Kanon, a Japanese name for Guanyin, a Buddhist spiritual figure
* Kan-on (漢音, literally "Han sound"): one of the sources of Japanese pronunciation