Japanese actress Sayaka Kanda, who voiced the character of Anna in Disney’s Japanese dub of Frozen.
, has died. She was 35.reports Kanda was found unconscious at approximately 1pm. Saturday outside her hotel in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo.
Stream more entertainment news live & on demand with Flash, Australia’s biggest news streaming service. New to Flash?Police are investigating the case after Kanda was found outside her hotel. Picture: @sayakakanda Kanda also has voice roles in the video games Kingdom Hearts II and Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony. Picture: @sayakakandaRepresentatives for the late actress believe she fell from her room on the 14th story of the 22-floor hotel, local publicationPolice are investigating the case as probable suicide but have not yet ruled out foul play, the outlet added.as recently as Friday but missed a Saturday rehearsal, her producers noted.
“I would like to report to everyone who has supported Sayaka Kanda so far. Kanda Sayaka died suddenly at 9:40pm on December 18, 2021,” Kamaichi Mitsuhisa, the CEO of Kanda’s agency Robe Co., wrote in a statement“We are very sorry to give such a report to all the fans who supported us and all the people who took care of us.
Kanda’s career began at the age of 20 when she’d begun acting in musicals. She was set to play the role of Maetel in the musicalTakako Matsu, who co-starred alongside Kanda in the Japanese Frozen dub as Elsa, said news of Kanda’s death left her “speechless,” according to Yahoo.This article originally appeared in the