Kana Hanazawa

**Kana Hanazawa** (花澤 香菜 *Hanazawa Kana*, born February 25, 1989) is a Japanese voice actress and singer represented by the Office Osawa talent agency. She is known for voice acting leading roles for a number of animetelevision series and other anime-related media in Japan, including 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*, Rize Kamishiro in *Tokyo Ghoul*, Hinata Kawamoto in *March Comes in Like a Lion*, and Shirase Kobuchizawa in *A Place Further than the Universe*. Her 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 Japan label.

## Biography[edit]

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

At the age of 14, she made her voice acting debut as Holly in *Last Exile.* Three years later, she played Ryoko Kaminagi in *Zegapain*. She then 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 *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,[10] "Hatsukoi no Oto" (初恋ノオト),[11] 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.[13] Her first album *Claire* was released on February 20, 2013, and her second album *25* was released on February 26, 2014.[15] She released the album *Blue Avenue* in April 2015, and went on a concert tour starting at the Nippon Budokan on May 3. Her Blu-ray of the show, *Live Avenue Kana Hanazawa in Budokan*, ranked number six in sales.

In 2015, she 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 Japan in April 2017.

## Filmography[edit]

### Live action[edit]

List of acting performances in film and television

## Discography[edit]

### Albums[edit]

List of albums, with selected chart positions
 *Claire* | * Released: February 20, 2013
* Label: Aniplex
* Catalog No.: SVWC-7929[14]
 *25* | * Released: February 26, 2014
* Label: Aniplex
* Catalog No.: SVWC-7988/90, SVWC-7991/92[15]
 *Blue Avenue* | * Released: April 22, 2015
* Label: Aniplex
* Catalog No.: SVWC-70064/5, SVWC-70066[200]
 *Opportunity* | * Released: February 22, 2017
* Label: Aniplex
* Catalog No.: SVWC-70251/2, SVWC-70253[201]

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## External links[edit]

* Official website (in Japanese)
* Kana Hanazawa at Oricon (in Japanese)
* Kana Hanazawa on IMDb
* Kana Hanazawa at AllMovie
* Kana Hanazawa at Rotten Tomatoes
* Kana Hanazawa at Anime News Network's encyclopedia