Kanon_Takao

Kanon Takao

Kanon Takao

Japanese voice actress

Kanon Takao (Japanese: 高尾 奏音, Hepburn: Takao Kanon, born September 10, 2002)[1][2] is a Japanese voice actress from Tokyo, Japan. After passing an audition in 2014, she made her debut as part of the idol group Earth Star Dream under EARTH STAR Entertainment. Following Earth Star Dream going on hiatus, she would continue her entertainment activities as a solo artist. She is known for her roles as Yū Hiraoka in Ani Tore! EX, Azalyn Goza the 168th in The Irresponsible Captain Tylor, Iris in Konosuba, Linnea in The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar, Latina in If It's for My Daughter, I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord, Rit in Banished from the Hero's Party, and Noelle in Genshin Impact. She left EARTH STAR Entertainment and became affiliated with Link Plan[3] all in the same year of 2018.

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Biography

Takao was born in Tokyo on September 10, 2002.[1][3] Her older brother Sōnosuke is a pianist and composer.[4] She learned to play the piano at an early age, and she won an international piano contest held in Milan, Italy, when she was 10 years old.[5]

In 2014, Takao participated in a voice acting audition held by the publishing company Earth Star Entertainment. She was declared one of the audition's two winners, along with Yuki Nakashima.[6] Takao, Nakashima, and other participants in the audition then formed the idol group Earth Star Dream.[6][7] During this period, she played the roles of Yū Hiraoka in Ani Tore! EX, Azalyn Goza the 168th in The Irresponsible Captain Tylor, and Linnea in The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar.[3] She also formed the singing duo Hikanon together with labelmate Hikaru Koide; the duo performed the song "Smile Invitation" which was used as the theme song to The Irresponsible Galaxy Tylor.[8]

After Earth Star Dream went on hiatus at the end of 2017, Takao initially remained with Earth Star Entertainment, but left the company in April 2018 after they ceased their talent management activities.[7][9] She then joined the talent agency Link Plan in September of that year.[2] In 2019, she was cast as Latina in the anime television series If It's for My Daughter, I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord; she also performed the series' opening theme "I'm With You".[10] In 2020, she was cast as Hina Tsurugi, the protagonist of the anime television series Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater.[11] In 2021, she was cast in several anime television series: Chisa Shiraishi in Idoly Pride,[12] Yui Saikawa in The Detective Is Already Dead,[13] and Rit in Banished from the Hero's Party,[14] among others.

In September 2023, the finale of BanG Dream! It's MyGo!, where she starred as Oblivionis/Sakiko Togawa, announced that she was a keyboardists and leader of the band of the heretofore-anonymous BanG Dream! band Ave Mujica as said character.[15][16] She will reprise her role in the sequel BanG Dream! Ave Mujica.[17]

Filmography

Anime

2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
  • BanG Dream! Ave Mujica, Oblivionis/Sakiko Togawa[17]

Video games

2018
2020
2021
2022

References

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    Takao, Kanon (2018). "Twitter profile". Twitter. Archived from the original on May 24, 2019. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
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    Kanon Takao [@Kanon_Takao] (September 9, 2018). 16歳になりました＼( 'ω')／ﾍｰｲ 実はご報告が遅くなりましたが 4月から養成所に通いながら、声優のお仕事を「リンク・プラン」様にて見ていただいています。これからも学業とお仕事をしっかり両立して、みんなに少しずつでも声が届けられるよう頑張ります😊 16歳もよろしくね♪ (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved August 21, 2019 – via Twitter.
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    "Agency profile" (in Japanese). Link Plan. Archived from the original on April 20, 2019. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
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    Takao, Sōnosuke. "Sōnosuke Takao Twitter profile" (in Japanese). Twitter. Archived from the original on May 25, 2019. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
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    "アース・スター主催「国民的声優グランプリ」の受賞者9名がユニット"アース・スター ドリーム"を結成。TVアニメ『血液型くん！2』の主題歌を担当" (in Japanese). Moca News. December 16, 2014. Archived from the original on July 7, 2019. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
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    "Ave Mujica、謎に包まれたヘヴィサウンドの真実 才気あふれる5人が生み出すアンサンブルの実像【インタビュー前編】". Oricon News. September 15, 2023. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
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