A newbie red blood cell, who has a bad sense of direction.

The average human body contains about 60 trillion cells, and each of them has work to do! But when you get injured, viruses or bacteria invade, or when an allergic reaction flares up, everyone from the silent but deadly white blood cells to the brainy neurons has to work together to get through the crisis! 
 
(Source: Kodansha Comics USA)

__Height:__ 156 cm (5'1")

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__Introduction__
Kana Hanazawa is a voice actress, actress, singer, former child actress, and talent represented by Office Osawa. In July 2020, she married fellow voice actor [Kensho Ono](https://anilist.co/staff/95819), whom she had been dating since 2017. 

__Early Career__
Hanazawa originally became a child actress at the age of 8. Amongst other roles, she starred in the well-known TV school show _Appare Sanma Daisensei_ and the TV series _Gakkou no Sensei_. At that time she was contracted to Big Apple, and later to Five Eight and Smile Monkey.

__Voice Acting Career__
At the age of 14, she made her voice acting debut in 2003 as Holly in _[Last Exile](https://anilist.co/anime/97/)_. Three years later in 2006, she was selected for a major role in TV Tokyo's anime mecha series _[Zegapain](https://anilist.co/anime/878/)_. She was playing the main character's childhood friend, [Kaminagi Ryouko](https://anilist.co/character/2578/), and her performance was one of the main reasons for the character's popularity amongst fans. It was afterwards that she came under contract at prestigious voice acting talent agency Office Osawa in 2007.

Hanazawa went to university in 2007, while at the same time, she began to make her mark as a voice actress. She was voted in 2010 as "Best Female Voice Actress" by listeners of the radio program Nonko and Nobita's Anime Scramble. She graduated from university in 2011, and in the same year became a full-time voice actress.

Hanazawa won Best Supporting Actress at the 9th Seiyuu Awards for her role as [Kosaki Onodera](https://anilist.co/character/52723/) in _[Nisekoi](https://anilist.co/anime/18897/)_. She also won Newtype's Best Voice Actress award in 2015 and later in 2018.

__Music Career__
On February 23, 2012, it was announced that Hanazawa would launch her official website. A few days later, during the Kana Hanazawa Solo Debut Presentation Party event, it was announced that she would release four singles within a year: "Hoshizora Destination" on April 25, "Hatsukoi no Oto" released on July 18, "Happy Endings" on October 24 (an ending theme for _[Zetsuen no Tempest](https://anilist.co/anime/14075/)_), and "Silent Snow" on January 16, 2013. Her first album Claire was released on February 20, 2013, and her second album 25 was released on February 26, 2014. She released an album title Blue Avenue in April 2015 and went on a concert tour starting at the Nippon Budokan on May 3. The Blu-ray release of the show, Live Avenue Kana Hanazawa in Budokan, ranked number six in sales.

__Trivia__
- She was invited to Anime Festival Asia 2010 on stage.
- She used to be a junior idol in Akihabara where hundreds of people came to watch her, which is how she got her breakthrough for her acting career in commercials before becoming a voice actress.

**Non-anime roles:**
- [Marie](https://anilist.co/character/89069/Marie) - Persona 4 Golden (VG)
- Hakari Atsuko - Blue Archive (VG)
- Illya - Memento Mori (VG)
- Marian - Goddess of Victory: Nikke (VG)
- Modernia - Goddess of Victory: Nikke (VG)
- Alice Kuonji (Caster) - Fate/Grand Order (VG)

Born: Dallas, Texas 

Cherami Leigh Kuehn is an American voice actress who has provided voices for a number of English-language versions of Japanese anime series and video games with Funimation, Bang Zoom! Entertainment, and Studiopolis. Some of her major roles are: Sae Kashiwagi in Peach Girl, Cecily Campbell in The Sacred Blacksmith, Tamaki Kawazoe in Bamboo Blade, Patty Thompson in Soul Eater, Lucy Heartfilia in Fairy Tail, Asuna Yuuki in Sword Art Online, Iris Heart from the Hyperdimension Neptunia series, and Sailor Venus in the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon.

On screen, she played a young LeAnn Rimes in the television special Holiday in Your Heart and Kim in Fast Food Nation. In 2014, she had the lead role in Shane Dawson's movie Not Cool, which he developed for the reality competition television series The Chair.

The second season of Hataraku Saibou. 
 
Cells at Work!! continues the tale of…well…you! Set inside the human body, Cells at Work!! chronicles the life and times of everything from the oxygen-carrying Red Blood Cells to the bacteria-fighting White Blood Cells. And, of course, the dangerous viruses and villains lurking beneath the skin! 
 
(Source: Funimation) 
 
Notes: 
- The episodes were streamed two days ahead of the Japanese broadcast on Funimation beginning on Jan 8, 2021 at 2:00 JST. The regular TV broadcast started on Jan 9, 2021 at 23:30 JST. 
- The pre-screened movie "Hataraku Saibou!!" Saikyou no Teki, Futatabi. Karada no Naka wa "Chou" Oosawagi! is included as episodes 4-8 split into the broadcast.

From Akane Shimizu, winner of Shounen Sirius' Rookie Award, comes an informative tale about anthropomorthized cells!
 
Strep throat! Hay fever! Influenza! The world is a dangerous place for a red blood cell just trying to get her deliveries finished. Fortunately, she’s not alone … She’s got a whole human body’s worth of cells ready to help out! The mysterious white blood cell, the buff and brash killer T cell, the nerdy neuron, even the cute little platelets—everyone’s got to come together if they want to keep you healthy!
 
(Source: Kodansha Comics & MangaUpdates)
 
Note: Contains the spin-off one-shot "Hataraku Saibou: Kansen-hen".

A mysterious cell wearing a stylish hat appears before the regular cells, who are bored with just the same (cell division) work over and over again, every day. This mysterious cell lures the regular cells into a mischievous scheme against White Blood Cell and Killer T Cell. The regular cells enjoy working out their everyday, pent-up frustration. But, just who exactly is this cell wearing a stylish hat?
 
(Source: Anime News Network)

BD/DVD specials of Hataraku Saibou included in disc volumes 3-7.

An original story collaboration with Otsuka Pharmaceutical that added new animation and dialogue to the existing of Cells at Work!'s ep11. Created to promote understanding of heat stroke and to let people know the importance of taking proactive measures, in response to the record high of emergency transports due to heat stroke in the summer of 2018. 

This one-shot was published in collaboration with Psoriasis Partners and Celgene to celebrate World Psoriasis Day (October 29th). It is also intended to help reduce the stigma surrounding the condition.

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