Miho Kanno

is a Japanese actress and J-Pop singer. Her nicknames are Suga-chan (菅ちゃん) and Kanno-chan (カンノちゃん).

Career Kanno was born in Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan on August 22, 1977. Growing up in Sakado, Saitama, she graduated from Shukutoku-yono High School and attended Shukutoku University, where she studied Communications. In 1992, during her third year at junior high school, Kanno made her debut as a member of a group called Sakurakko Club after passing the orientation for the television variety show Sakurakko Kurabu. As a member of the Sakura Gumi, she started to participate actively for the group's second single "DO-shite". Because the group was one that allowed its members to undertake their own individual endeavors, Kanno increased her level of work outside the variety show, while remaining as a regular in the show, appearing in Japanese television dramas, commercials and gravure magazines.

In 1993, she made her television drama debut in Twins Kyōshi (Twins Teacher), and has continued to appear in dramas ever since. She also provided the voice of Rami Nanahikari in the video game Keio Flying Squadron. In 1996, Kanno appeared in the drama Iguana Girl, adapted from the manga by Moto Hagio. and voiced the character Nana Takamura in Real Sound: Kaze no Regret in 1997. She was replaced with Miki Nagasawa for Rami-chan no Ōedo Sugoroku: Keiō Yūgekitai Gaiden in 1998. Afterwards, she continued to take on lead roles in several television and live stage dramas. Her role as Mieko Nobe in Your Hands are Whispering, a deaf and mute person trying to overcome hearing deficiencies while trying to build a family, won the general public opinion vote, which later translated into several awards for her, such as the ATP Award and "Erando-ru New Talent" Award. Despite Kanno herself causing some controversy by crying at a press conference and criticizing the weekly magazine that had previously exposed the book's content, Nudity was one of 1997 top-ten bestselling books in Japan,

Besides starring in dramas, Kanno is also active in variety shows. In 2005, she featured in the Fuji TV show Burogu Taipu as a regular. While Kanno is mostly focused on acting, she still continues to sing.

Personal life Kanno has two younger brothers. Her parents live in Ōshū, Iwate.

On April 2, 2013, Kanno registered her marriage with fellow actor Masato Sakai in Tokyo.

She has two children with her husband, eldest being a boy born in 2015 and the younger being a girl born in 2018.

Filmography

Television Year Title RoleNotes1993 Ichigo Hakusho High School Girl Twins Teacher Keiko Konihata 1996 Hashirannka! Mari Miura Asadora Iguana Girl Rika Aoshima Lead role 1997 Ii Hito. Taeko Sakura A Lost Paradise Chika Kuki 1997–2001 Your Hands are Whispering Mieko Nobe Lead role Days Nanako Ikeuchi Setsunai: Tokyo Heart Break Love Again Kaori Kusumoto Sommelier Naho Kizaki Change! Tsurukame Waltz Ayuko Katsuragi Lead role 1999 Isn't Being Cute Enough? Yuko's Senior Episode 10 Miracle of Love Yukino Kurata Lead role The Neighbours Are Secretly Laughing Hiromi Episodes 4 and 5 2000 Please Give Me Love Ririka Tōno Lead role The Story of One Century Yuka Yashiro Episode 1 2001 Men's Luck in 2001 Ataru Yuzuki Lead role Churasan Maria Jōnouchi Asadora I Wanna Fall in Love!! Mikan Nagashima Toward a Brighter Side, Toward a Brighter Side Yutaka Tanabe Television film 2002 100 Tales of Horror Oiwa Iemon Lead role; episode 1 Flowers for Algernon Erina Toya 2003 Ōoku Tenshō-in Lead role Kofuku no Oji Umi Yasumoto 2003–2007 Churasan 2, 3, 4 Maria Jōnouchi 3 seasons 2005 Last Present Taeko Kanzaki Lead role Song of Love Yōko Matsuda Lead role 2006 Dance Drill Miyuki Takamiya Special appearance 2007 Chiaki Mukai: The Woman Who Pursued her Dreams into Space Chiaki Mukai Lead role; television film Our Textbook Tamako Tsumiki Lead role Hataraki Man Hiroko Matsukata Lead role 2008 Tomorrow Aiko Tanaka 2009 Kiina Kiina Haruse Lead role 2009–2011 Clouds Over the Hill Ritsu Masaoka 2010 The Unbending Woman Saki Ogiwara Lead role Guilty: The Woman Who Made a Pact with the Devil Meiko Nogami Lead role 2016 Beppin-san Hana Bando (narrator) Asadora Tower of Sand Aki Takano Lead role 2017 Leaders 2 Kiyo Iida Television film Prison Princesses Chinatsu Katsuta Hiyokko Setsuko Kawamoto Asadora 2023 Yuria's Red String of Fate Yuria Izawa Lead role

Films Year Title RoleNotes 1995 Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness Mizuki Kurahashi Lead role 1998 Falling into the Evening Hanako Nezu 1999 Tomie Tomie Kawakami Lead role Saimin Yuka Irie Lead role 2002 Makeup Artist Kewaishi Sumie Aono Lead role Dolls Sawako Lead role 2004 Lady Joker Yoshiko Shiroyama 2007 Sakuran Shohi 2008 Pandaful Life Narrator 2011 Gene Waltz Rie Sonozaki Lead role Tomie: Unlimited Tomie (cameo) 2017 A Loving Husband Igarashi Shinju 2021 Tomorrow's Dinner Table Rumiko Lead role 2023 Baian the Assassin, M.D. Omon Baian the Assassin, M.D. 2 Omon 2025 Kinki Chihiro Seno Lead role Fuzjko: Everlasting Melody Narrator Documentary 2026 90 Meters Misaki Fujimura Lead role

Japanese dub Year Title RoleNotes 2014 Big Hero 6 Cass Hamada 2018–2021 Big Hero 6: The Series Cass Hamada 2019 Gemini Man Danielle "Danny" Zakarewski 2023 Wish

Video games Year Title Role Notes 1993 Keio Flying Squadron Rami Nanahikari 1996 Keio Flying Squadron 2 Rami Nanahikari 1997 Real Sound: Kaze no Regret Nana Takamura

Singles

As lead artist Title Year "Koi o Shiyō!" 1995 "Taiyo ga Suki!" "Makenai Anata ga Suki" 1996 "Anoko ja nai" "Zoo: Ai o Kudasai" 2000

Awards Best Supporting Actress, 27th Hochi Film Awards, for her role as Sawako in Dolls (2002) Newcomer of the Year, 22nd Elan d'or Awards (1998)