Kana Hanazawa
Kana Hanazawa ( Japanese 花 澤 香菜 , Hanazawa Kana ; born February 25, 1989 in Tokyo Prefecture ) is a Japanese voice actress ( seiyū ). She works for the Ōsawa Jimusho agency .
Career
Kana Hanazawa was early in the entertainment industry. As a 7-year-old she was a regular member of Sanma Akashiya's television show Yappari Sanma-daisensei , which ran from 1996 to 2000. In 2001 she played the role of Kanako Makimura in the 11-part television series ( Dorama ) Kakkoi no Sensei . In 2004, a smaller appearance in the crime novel adaptation Riyū followed . She also worked in advertising and appeared, for example, in an advertisement for JUSCO's (now: Æon ) brand Topvalu in 1997 , in 2000 for the Neo expansion of the Pokémon trading card game , in 2001 for Mazda or in 2004 for a school uniform clothing series by Ozaki Shōji .
In 2003, her first, albeit brief, activity as a voice actress came when she played the supporting role of Holly Mad-thane in the anime Last Exile . Her next work as a voice-over artist was not due until 2006, when she received a leading female role as Ryōko Kaminagi in the anime series Zegapain . There she met Ayako Kawasumi , who convinced her, instead of continuing to be a junior idol , to pursue a career as a voice actress. Hanazawa followed this advice and switched to the agency Ōsawa Jimusho, which specializes in voice acting.
Kana Hanazawa's characteristic voice is described as “calm and healing” ( 「ゆ っ た り と し た 癒 し 声」 , yuttari toshita iyashi koe ) and “kind-childlike” ( 「甘 く 幼 い 声」 , amaku osanai koe ). Mizuki Nomura , author of the light novel series Bungaku Shōjo , whose eponymous character Hanazawa spoke in the film, described her as a "clear, lovely voice" ( 「澄 ん だ 可愛 ら し い 声」 , sunda kawarashii koe ) In her roles she mostly speaks a girl Age range from toddlers to high school students, whose characters are mostly intellectually shy, dynamic and clumsy or calculating and malicious.
Roles (selection)
Anime TV series2003
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
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2016
2017
2018
OVA2009
2010
2011
Anime movies
Computer games2009
2011
2012
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Web links
- Profile at your agency (Japanese)
- Personal Blog (Japanese)
- Entry in the Anime News Network (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b B. LT Voice Girls . Tōkyō News Tsūshinsha, 2010, p. 52-59 .
- ↑ Mizuki Nomura: “ 文学 少女 ” 見習 い の 、 傷心. ( "Bungaku Shōjo" Minarai no, Shōshin. ) . Enterbrain, 2009, ISBN 978-4-04-726030-6 , epilogue.
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| SURNAME | Hanazawa, Kana |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 花 澤 香菜 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese voice actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 25, 1989 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tokyo prefecture |