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Sayaka Kanda |
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Born | (1986-10-01)October 1, 1986
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Died | December 18, 2021(2021-12-18) (aged 35)[1]
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Cause of death | Suicide by jumping |
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Other names | Sayaka |
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Years active | 1999–2021 |
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Website | www.sayaka-kanda.net |
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Sayaka Kanda (神田 沙也加, Kanda Sayaka, October 1, 1986 – December 18, 2021) was a Japanese actress and singer.[2][3] She was the daughter of J-pop star Seiko Matsuda and actor Masaki Kanda.
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.[4]
Kanda died after jumping from the fourteenth floor of her hotel room in Sapporo, Japan on December 18, 2021.[5] She was 35 years old.
- Doll (2005)
- Liberty (2011)