Kana Hanazawa



Kana Hanazawa is a voice actor born in 1989, from Tokyo. She debuted as a voice actress in 2003 but it wasn't until 2006 that she started doing voice work with any regularity and has gone on to have several major roles since then. Many of these make her a Relationship Voice Actor with Haruka Tomatsu. Lately she also seemed to have a Relationship Voice Actor with Hiroshi Kamiya (Durarara, Bakemonogatari, Angel Beats, Blue Exorcist, Zegapain, Kobato, Break Blade). Also with Yoko Hikasa (Seikon no Qwaser, Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin, Infinite Stratos, Moshidora and Ro Kyu Bu) The characters she tends to play are often very timid, soft spoken girls as well as being a source of perverted seiyuu jokes, namely that topless 4koma moment as well as 1 time 100 yen memes.

Her break out role was probably Sengoku Nadeko and the Moe Image Song Renai Circulation from Bakemonogatari. Her popularity steadily rose in 2010 and is on her way to become one of the more prominent seiyuu. She was cast in 5 shows in the fall season of 2010, tied to three other seiyuu in second place in the numbers of roles.

Currently in a Idol Singer group called Ro-Kyu-Bu along with her fellow co-stars/teammates from the said show.

Notable Roles

 * Aoi Futaba in Asobi Ni Iku Yo
 * Angel in Angel Beats
 * Anri Sonohara from Durarara
 * Ayaka Sajyou in Fate/Prototype
 * Ayase Shinomiya in Guilty Crown
 * Ayse Khadim in Ladies Versus Butlers
 * Charles Dunois in Infinite Stratos
 * Chiaki Kuramoto in Megane No Kanojo
 * Chiaki Kurihara in Bodacious Space Pirates
 * Coco JD in Basquash!
 * Deuce in Final Fantasy Type-0
 * Erii Haruue in To Aru Kagaku no Railgun
 * Eri Mizutani in The Idolmaster
 * Eselin Freeden in Atelier Lina
 * Fumika Mitarai in Seikon no Qwaser
 * Hanazawa-san in Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko
 * Holly Madison in Last Exile
 * She also replaces Anna Shiraki as Alvis in the sequel Last Exile Fam the Silver Wing
 * Ieyasu Tokugawa Gender-flipped in Sengoku Collection
 * Iris Heart in Hyperdimension Neptunia V
 * Kasumi Ishiki in King of Thorn
 * Kagome Ikaruga in Asu no Yoichi!
 * Karuta Roromiya in Inu X Boku SS
 * Kobato Hanato in Kobato
 * Kobato Hasegawa in Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai
 * Konoha Amagi in Zetman
 * Kozue Naruse in Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin
 * Kusano in Sekirei
 * Kureha Sakamachi in Mayo Chiki
 * Lulu in Gloria Union
 * Mahiru Hyuga in Kamisama Dolls
 * Mato Kuroi, Black Rock Shooter, and in Black Rock Shooter
 * Mayu Miyano in B Gata H Kei
 * Mayu Morita in Morita-san wa Mukuchi
 * Mayuri Shiina in Steins Gate
 * Mikan Yuuki in To Love Ru
 * Nadeko Sengoku in Bakemonogatari and its sequel, Nisemonogatari
 * Nakoru Hazemi in Getsumen to Heiki Mina
 * Nessa in Fractale
 * Nina Sumeragi & Pure in Daemon Bride
 * Noir Vinocacao in Dog Days
 * Potemayo in the series of the same name
 * Rhythmy Kyono in Tokimeki Memorial 4
 * Romary Stone in Mobile Suit Gundam Age
 * Ruri Gokou/Kuroneko in Ore no Imouto ga Konna Ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai
 * Ryoko Kaminagi in Zegapain
 * Saaya Agata in Sket Dance
 * Sakura Hanazono in Kaichou wa Maid-sama!
 * Shiemi Moriyama in Blue Exorcist
 * Shiika Anmoto in Mushi-Uta
 * Shiori Shiomiya in The World God Only Knows
 * Shiori Tsumekomi in Yutori-chan
 * Shiro in Deadman Wonderland (Oh so Playing Against Type it isn't funny anymore)
 * Sophie in Tales of Graces
 * Sora Kajiwara in Sketchbook
 * Susukihotaru in Otome Youkai Zakuro
 * Suō Pavlichenko in Darker Than Black: Ryūsei no Gemini
 * Tomoka Minato in Ro Kyu Bu
 * Tsukimi Kurashita in Kuragehime
 * Valeria in Granado Espada
 * Yuki Miyata in Moshidora
 * Yuuka Midarezaki in Kyouran Kazoku Nikki
 * Zange/Hakua Suzushiro in Kannagi
 * Zessica Wong in Aquarion Evol

Tropes associated with her
"Anata no banana punyu punyu da ne~"
 * Bastard Boyfriend: Her self-proclaimed former boyfriend boasted on 2chan to have had made love with her. He showed a photobooth picture of him (?) and Kana-chan as evidence of their relationship. Fortunately, Osawa Agency strongly stood by her side and brushed off another potential Yoko Oh No incident.
 * Casting Gag: Twice as Kuroneko expies Noir from Dog Days and Kobato from Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai
 * Young Anri from Durarara looks suspiciously similar to Sengoku Nadeko.
 * Ink Suit Actress: Anri, Mayu, Mayuri and Kozue has virtually the same haircut as her pic above. She grew out her hair since that picture was taken though.
 * The Danza: In Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko.
 * Names the Same: Twice with four different names Kobato/Mayu/Shiori/Chiaki
 * Pigeonholed Voice Actor: Moe and the Shrinking Violet archetype, like her senior Mamiko Noto. Some have criticized that she has limited voice range, only because many of her shows like to cast her into that position. She is quite capable for Playing Against Type such as Yandere Shiro from Deadman Wonderland, Tsundere Deadpan Loli Kuroneko, freaky otaku Tsukimi from Kuragehime, Genki Girl Kureha from Mayo Chiki, Handicapped Badass Ace Pilot Action Girl Ayase Shinomiya in Guilty Crown, and Shameless Fanservice Girl Zessica Wong from Aquarion Evol.
 * Woman of a Thousand Voices
 * Relationship Voice Actor: With her fellow Ro Kyu Bu members in addition to the anime of the same name. She shares a few roles with Yoko Hikasa (Infinite Stratos, Moshidora, Seikon no Qwaser, Dog Days, Inu X Boku SS, Sketchbook, Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin, and Campione), Yuka Iguchi (Bakemonogatari, Mayo Chiki, Haganai), Yui Ogura (Ore Imo and .hack Quantum). For others, there's Ayana Taketatsu (Ore Imo, Guilty Crown, The World God Only Knows), Hiro Shimono (The World God Only Knows, Megane No Kanojo, Basquash), Marina Inoue (Freezing, Boku Tomo, Infinite Stratos and Tales of Hearts), Eri Kitamura (Last Exile, Potemayo, Blassreiter, Kyouran Kazoku Nikki, Bakemonogatari, Angel Beats, Durarara, Kuragehime, Freezing, Blue Exorcist, Mayo Chiki, Black Rock Shooter, and Rewrite), Yuuki Kaji (Ro Kyu Bu, Guilty Crown, Blue Exorcist), Yuuichi Nakamura (Ore Imo, Basquash, Guilty Crown) Mamiko Noto (Freezing, Black Rock Shooter, Sket Dance, Sengoku Collection)