Aki Kanada

{{Short description|Japanese voice actress (born 1983)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Aki Kanada

| native_name = 金田 アキ

| native_name_lang = ja

| other_names = {{nihongo|Akkie|2=アッキー}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|08|18|df=y}}

| occupation = Voice actress

| years_active = 2005–present

| notable_works = Gingka Hagane in Beyblade: Metal Fusion
Lightnin in Bakugan: Battle Planet
Nyatoran in Healin' Good Pretty Cure

}}

{{nihongo|Aki Kanada|金田 アキ|Kanada Aki|born 18 August 1983|lede=yes}} is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Zynchro.{{Cite web |title=金田アキ {{!}}Talent|url=http://zynchro.jp/talent/kanada.html |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=Zynchro|language=ja}} She is known for voicing Gingka Hagane in Beyblade: Metal Fusion, Sasuke Akatsuki in Battle Spirits: Burning Soul, Makoto in Marvel Future Avengers, Lightnin in Bakugan: Battle Planet, and Nyatoran in Healin' Good Pretty Cure.

Biography

Aki Kanada, a native of Shimoyama, Aichi (now part of Toyota, Aichi), was born on 18 August 1983.{{Cite news |date=2017-07-21 |title=声優・花輪英司、金田アキが語る『マーベル フューチャー・アベンジャーズ』- アイアンマンとマコトのチームが出来上がっていく過程を楽しんで |language=ja |url=https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20170721-avengers/ |access-date=2023-07-16}}{{Cite tweet |number=1230445909369966592 |user=canada_aki |title=出身、豊田市ですが、合併してのことで私は今はない"村"出身です。下山。 |author=Aki Kanada |date=2020-02-20 |access-date=2023-07-16}} She decided to become a voice actress after hearing that her favorite manga series, Kodocha, would get an anime adaptation.{{Cite web |last=Kanada |first=Aki |date=2009-09-20 |title=歴史 |url=https://ameblo.jp/kanada-aki/entry-10347024141.html |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=金田アキの、かなだらいにはあきあきよ |language=ja}}

She voiced a younger Italy Veneziano in Hetalia: Axis Powers.{{Cite news |last=Loo |first=Egan |date=2009-12-10 |title=Hetalia Anime's Third Season Green-Lit (Updated) |language=en |work=Anime News Network |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-12-10/hetalia-anime-third-season-green-lit |access-date=2023-07-16}} She voiced Gingka Hagane in Beyblade: Metal Fusion and reprised her role in Metal Fight Beyblade vs the Sun: Sol Blaze, the Scorching Hot Invader (2010). In 2013, she voiced Connie in Line Offline Salaryman, a series of anime shorts focusing on the mascots of the Line app,{{Cite news |last=Loveridge |first=Lynzee |date=2013-01-14 |title=Line Offline Salaryman TV Anime's 1st Episode Streamed |language=en |work=Anime News Network |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-01-14/line-offline-salaryman-tv-anime-1st-episode-streamed |access-date=2023-07-16}} and she starred as Apprentice in the anime short series Koroshiya-san: The Hired Gun.{{Cite news |last=Ressler |first=Karen |date=2013-08-19 |title=Takahiro Sakurai Stars in The Hired Gun/Koroshiya-san Anime |language=en |work=Anime News Network |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-08-19/takahiro-sakurai-stars-in-the-hired-gun/koroshiya-san-anime |access-date=2023-07-16}}

In September 2015, it was announced that she would voice Yutaka Sasaki in Phantasy Star Online 2 anime adaptation.{{Cite news |last=Loo |first=Egan |date=2015-09-18 |title=Phantasy Star Online 2 Anime Reveals More Cast, Shouta Aoi Song |language=en |work=Anime News Network |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-09-18/phantasy-star-online-2-anime-reveals-more-cast-shouta-aoi-song/.93154 |access-date=2023-07-16}} In 2017, she voiced Makoto in Marvel Future Avengers. In October that same year, she was cast as Rare Mita in Tokimeki Idol, a spin-off mobile game in the Tokimeki Memorial franchise.{{Cite news |last=Ressler |first=Karen |date=2017-10-25 |title=Tokimeki Idol Smartphone App's Gameplay Trailer Streamed |language=en |work=Anime News Network |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-10-25/tokimeki-idol-smartphone-app-gameplay-trailer-streamed/.123194 |access-date=2023-07-16}}

In 2018, she voiced Mirai in Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō.{{Cite news |last=Hodgkins |first=Crystalyn |date=2018-11-30 |title=Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō Anime Reveals Promo Video, More Cast |language=en |work=Anime News Network |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-30/saint-seiya-saintia-sho-anime-reveals-promo-video-more-cast/.140214 |access-date=2023-07-16}} In 2019, she voiced Ichika in Phantasy Star Online 2 Comic and Lightning in Bakugan: Battle Planet.{{Cite news |last=Loo |first=Egan |date=2018-12-15 |title=Phantasy Star Online 2 Game's Web Manga Gets Web Anime in January |language=en |work=Anime News Network |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-15/phantasy-star-online-2-game-web-manga-gets-web-anime-in-january/.140868 |access-date=2023-07-16}}{{Cite news |last=Pineda |first=Rafael Antonio |date=2019-03-15 |title=Bakugan: Battle Planet Anime Reveals More Japanese Cast |language=en |work=Anime News Network |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-03-15/bakugan-battle-planet-anime-reveals-more-japanese-cast/.144582 |access-date=2023-07-16}} In 2020, she voiced Nyatoran in Healin' Good Pretty Cure, the seventeenth installment of the Pretty Cure franchise.{{Cite news |last=Loo |first=Egan |date=2019-12-25 |title=Healin' Good Precure TV Anime Unveils Cast, Staff, Story, February 2 Debut |language=en |work=Anime News Network |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-12-25/healin-good-precure-tv-anime-unveils-cast-staff-story-february-2-debut/.154757 |access-date=2023-07-16}} In 2021, she voiced Gokū Impulse Gundam in SD Gundam World Heroes.{{Cite news |last=Pineda |first=Rafael Antonio |date=2021-03-30 |title=SD Gundam World Heroes Anime's Subtitled Trailer Highlights Worlds, Characters |language=en |work=Anime News Network |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-03-30/sd-gundam-world-heroes-anime-subtitled-trailer-highlights-worlds-characters/.171291 |access-date=2023-07-16}}

Filmography

=Anime television=

;2005

  • Idaten Jump, Gabu Samejima{{Cite web |title=韋駄天翔 |url=http://www.tvdrama-db.com/drama_info/p/id-38617 |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=TV Drama Database |language=ja}}{{efn|Credited as {{nihongo|Akiyo Kanada|金田 晶代|Kanada Akiyo}}}}

;2008

;2009

;2012

;2013

  • Apprentice, Koroshiya-san: The Hired Gun

;2014

;2015

;2016

;2017

;2018

;2019

;2020

;2021

;2024

  • Dragon Ball Daima, Mini Krillin{{Cite news |last=Hodgkins |first=Crystalyn |date=2024-10-19 |title=Dragon Ball Daima Anime Reveals 12 Cast Members for 'Mini' Versions of Characters |language=en |work=Anime News Network |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-19/dragon-ball-daima-anime-reveals-12-cast-members-for-mini-versions-of-characters/.216926 |access-date=2024-10-19}}

;2025

  • Shangri-La Frontier 2nd Season, Stude{{Cite news |last=Cayanan |first=Joanna |date=2025-01-19 |title=Shangri-La Frontier Season 2 Reveals More Cast for New Arc in Video |language=en |work=Anime News Network |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-01-19/shangri-la-frontier-season-2-reveals-more-cast-for-new-arc-in-video/.220219 |access-date=2025-01-19}}

=Films=

;2010

=Video games=

;2011

;2013

;2016

;2018

  • Tokimeki Idol, Rare Mita

;2019

=Original net animation=

;2013

  • Line Offline: Salaryman, Connie

;2014

  • Fastening Days, schoolboy, sales clerk A{{cite web |title=Aki Kanada (visual voices guide) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Aki-Kanada/ |access-date=16 July 2023 |website=Behind The Voice Actors |language=en-US |type= A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information}}

;2018

;2019

;2021

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