Sayaka Kanda

was a Japanese actress and singer. She was the daughter of J-pop star Seiko Matsuda and actor Masaki Kanda.

Career
In 1999, while a student at a Japanese school in Los Angeles, she appeared in Bean Cake. The short film won the Palme d'Or du court métrage at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. In 2005, she released a DVD called Dolls.

She made her Kōhaku Uta Gassen debut in the 62nd Kōhaku Uta Gassen (12/31/2011) singing Ue wo muite arukō with her mother, Seiko Matsuda."【紅白歌合戦】神田沙也加、松田聖子と親娘で出場　「心強いです」  ." Oricon News. 30 November 2011.

Death
Kanda died after jumping from the fourteenth floor of her hotel room in Sapporo, Japan on December 18, 2021. She was 35 years old.

Discography
Singles
 "Ever Since" (2002)
 "Garden" (2003)
 "Mizu Iro" (2004)
 "Jougen no Tsuki" (2005)

Albums
 Doll (2005)
 Liberty (2011)

Filmography
 Bean Cake (2001)
 Dragon Head (2003)
 School Wars: Hero (2004)
 HEY JAPANESE! Do you believe PEACE, LOVE and UNDERSTANDING? (2007)
 Farewell, Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Countdown (2008)
 Amazing Grace (2010)
 Geki×Cine Bara to Samurai(2011)

 References 

 Other websites 
 White Parasol 


Category:1986 births
Category:2021 deaths
Category:Singers from Tokyo
Category:Actors from Tokyo
Category:Suicides by jumping
Category:Japanese voice actors
Category:Japanese movie actors
Category:Japanese television actors
Category:Japanese YouTubers
Category:Japanese idols