generasia:Featured article for 2019 week 8
Hanazawa Kana
Hanazawa Kana (花澤香菜) is a popular seiyuu, actress, and Japanese pop singer under Office Osawa agency and the Sacra Music label. Before becoming famous as a seiyuu, she was an underground solo idol.
Hanazawa Kana began voice acting when she 14 years old. Her first role was a small part in the anime Last Exile. Afterwards she had three years of no voice acting until she received the lead part in the series Zegapain. Since 2008, her popularity rose to unexpected heights, starting in 2010 until now she had at least one role every season, mostly voicing more than one character in each season. Her most popular characters are Tenshi from Angel Beats! and Mayuri Shiina in STEINS;GATE.
In 2012, Hanazawa announced she would release four singles for her musical debut, each one dedicated to a season. Her first release was "Hoshizora☆Destination", which managed to debut at #7 on the Oricon charts, followed by her summer single, "Hatsukoi no Oto", which charted even higher with a debut at #4. Her fall single, "happy endings", also peaked at #7, and her last seasonal single, the winter-themed "silent snow", debuted at #8.
Her fifth album, Koko Base, is released this week on February 20th.
