Kana Hanazawa

Kana Hanazawa (花澤 香菜, Hanazawa Kana, born February 25, 1989 in Tokyo) is a Japanese voice actor and singer affiliated with Office Osawa. For her singing career, she is currently signed under the Pony Canyon label. She is nicknamed Hanaza-san, Hanazawa-chan, Hanazawa-tan, or Za-san by fans. Her husband is fellow voice actor Kensho Ono; the two of them married each other in July 8, 2020.

Hanazawa started out as a child star who got into acting after being shown an audition leaflet from her mother. When asked if she wanted to audition, Hanazawa immediately agreed. Despite her timidity at the time, she enjoyed singing in front of a crowd, having admired the idol group Hello! Project and even memorizing their songs and dance routines.

In her middle school years, Hanazawa became a junior idol herself and made appearances in the variety show Yappari Sanma Dai-sensei along with other entertainers like Aoi Yūki. She also did various commercials while attending university in 2007. Upon becoming a voice actor, she accumulated a number of roles and won numerous accolades such as Best Supporting Actress in the 9th Seiyu Awards.

Part of Hanazawa's voice actor activities involved singing character image songs, something she clearly relishes in. She became ecstatic when Aniplex offered to help jumpstart her singing career. Some time later, she made her first on-screen appearance in the film Kimi ga Inakucha Dame Nanda.

Hanazawa has a fondness for bread and would often visit bakeries to sample their products. In one of her live concert tours, she collaborated with local bakeries to sell their products in her venues.

Although Hanazawa is often assigned cute and soft-spoken roles because of her clear voice, some fans prefer her more sarcastic or stoic performances. When taking on a role, she tries to form her own interpretations of the character first to better express emotions when acting out the part. She has voiced Sophie in Tales of Graces, Tsukimi Kurashita in Princess Jellyfish, and Ichika Nakano in The Quintessential Quintuplets.

Works

 * Sphere - Atelier series
 * Mayuri Shiina - Steins;Gate
 * Plutia - Hyperdimension Neptunia
 * Nera - Dragon Quest Heroes
 * Rinoa Heartilly - Dissidia Final Fantasy NT, Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia
 * Deuce, Enna Kros - Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia
 * Red Blood Cell - Youkai Sangokushi Kunitori Wars