The actress Sayaka Kanda, who died yesterday, will be remembered as a media hyphenate – a performer on stage and screen, and a voice performer not only for animated characters, but for their songs. She was, in fact, even more than that – a lyricist under several pseudonyms, and a producer for her own record […]
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