is a Japanese musical actress and singer. Born from

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, she graduated from

Senzoku Gakuen College of Music is a private educational institution in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. The institution operates a school of music, a junior college, primary and secondary schools, and a kindergarten. The first Senzoku Gakuen school, the Hiratsuka Sewing School f ...

Faculty of Music Musical Course. She is represented with Toho Entertainment. While studying at the university, she debuted professionally as

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te of the musical '' Roméo et Juliette'', and later appeared to her topical work such as the musicals ''

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'', ''

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'' and so on, and is called the "new-generation diva of the musical world". She also debuted as a singer with "Watashi wa Sōzō suru".

Biography, personal life

She liked to sing from a young age, and also to play and dance, and from 2003 to 2006 she belonged to the Children's Theatre Ōkina Yume and acted primarily in leading roles. She was determined to aim for a musical actress when she was in the third grade of junior high school and went to Senzoku Gakuen High School's music department. In 2009, when was on third grade high school, she was selected as the role of the girl Anne in the music play ''

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'' sponsored by the DPI-NGO UN Classical Live Association. In 2010, she studied at the Senzoku Gakuen High School Music School from the

Faculty of Music Musical Course. She passed the audition of Toho Entertainment in 2011 while enrolled in her second year of college, and in the heroine audition of the musical '' Roméo et Juliette'' which received in less than a month after entering the office, she was selected as

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of the musical ''

'' and role of

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of the musical ''

'', and attracted attention as the "new-generation diva of the musical world" from her singing ability. Meanwhile, in 2012, she made her first television drama appearance as Clara in

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's '' Murder at Mt. Fuji'', and in 2013 she debuted as a singer with the opening theme "Watashi wa Sōzō suru" in the television anime ''

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''. When she graduated from the Senzoku Gakuen College of Music Faculty of Music Musical Course in 2014, she played in the musicals ''

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'' as

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and ''

'' as Kim. In addition, she was in charge of opening theme "Niji no kakera" of the TV anime ''

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'' as a singer. In October 2016, her performance in the Imperial Theater of the musical ''Miss Saigon'' which was scheduled to appear was cancelled for the treatment of the nodule of her

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, after surgery and rehabilitation, she returned from the first day of her Nagoya performance on 19 January 2017. In April 2017, she acted as a voice actress of the heroine Belle played by

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through an audition at the Japanese dub version of the

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live-action version of ''

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''.

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was her high school classmate.

Appearances

Musicals

*''

'' (Apr–Oct 2009) – as Anne *'' Roméo et Juliette'' (Sep–Oct 2011) – as

te *''

'' (Feb–Mar 2012) – as

*''

Songs for a New World ''Songs for a New World'' is a work of musical theatre written and composed by Jason Robert Brown. This was Jason Robert Brown's first produced show, originally produced Off-Broadway at the WPA Theatre in 1995. Brown and director Daisy Prince put t ...

'' (Aug 2012) *''

'' – as

**(Apr–Nov 2013) **(Apr–Sep 2015) **(May–Jul 2017) **(May–Oct 2019) *''Sherlock Holmes –Anderson Ie no Himitsu–'' – as Lucy (Jan 2014) *''

'' – as

**(Apr–May 2014) **(Oct–Dec 2017) *''

'' – as Kim **(Jul–Sep 2014) **(Oct 2016-Jan 2017) **(Mar-Jun 2020) **(Aug-Oct 2022) *''

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'' (Nov–Dec 2014) – as Allison *'' Blood Brothers'' (Feb–Mar 2015) – as Linda *''

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'' (Apr–May 2016) – as Frida Flaemmchen *''

Coin Locker Babies , 1980, is a novel by Ryū Murakami about coin-operated-locker babies, translated into English by Stephen Snyder. The translation was published in 1995 by Kodansha (講談社 Kōdansha) International Ltd and republished in 2013 by Pushkin Press ...

'' (Jun–Jul 2016) – as Anemones *''Nine Tales –Kyūbiko no Monogatari–'' (Jan 2018) – as Baika *''

The Secret Garden ''The Secret Garden'' is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published in book form in 1911, after serialisation in ''The American Magazine'' (November 1910 – August 1911). Set in England, it is one of Burnett's most popular novels and ...

'' – as Martha **(Jun–Jul 2018) *''

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'' – as Margrid Arnaud **(Sep 2018–Jan 2019) **(Jan–Feb 2021) *''

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'' – as Melissa **(November 1, 2019) *''Rockabilly Jack'' – as Lucie Jones **(14 September-30 December 2019) *''Human history'' – as Young Woman **(23 October-3 November 2020) *'' Merrily We Roll Along'' – as Beth **(17-31 May 2021) *''

The Last Five Years ''The Last Five Years'' is a musical written by Jason Robert Brown. It premiered at Chicago's Northlight Theatre in 2001 and was then produced Off-Broadway in March 2002. Since then it has had numerous productions both in the United States and ...

'' – as Cathy Hiatt **(28 June-18 July 2021) *''DOGFIGHT'' – as Rose **(17 September-24 October 2021) *''

The Rocky Horror Show ''The Rocky Horror Show'' is a musical with music, lyrics and book by Richard O'Brien. A humorous tribute to the science fiction and horror B movies of the 1930s through to the early 1960s, the musical tells the story of a newly engaged couple ...

'' – as Janet Weiss **(13 January-28 February 2022) *''

Next to Normal ''Next to Normal'' (stylized in all lowercase) is a 2008 American rock musical with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt. The story centers on a mother who struggles with worsening bipolar disorder and the effects that managing ...

'' – as Natalie **(25 March-17 April 2022) *''

Matilda Matilda or Mathilda may refer to: Animals * Matilda (chicken) (1990–2006), World's Oldest Living Chicken record holder * Matilda (horse) (1824–1846), British Thoroughbred racehorse * Matilda, a dog of the professional wrestling tag-team The ...

'' – as Miss Honey **(Spring 2023)

Stage

*''Yūdoku Shōnen'' (Nov 2011) starring; as Non-toxic girl *''Rōdoku Geki Watashi no Atama no Naka no Keshi Gomu 6th letter'' (31 May – 1 Jun 2014) *''Music Play

The Little Prince ''The Little Prince'' (french: Le Petit Prince, ) is a novella by French aristocrat, writer, and military pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It was first published in English and French in the United States by Reynal & Hitchcock in April 1943 an ...

'' (Dec 2015 – Jan 2016) – as the Prince

TV dramas

*'' Murder at Mt. Fuji'' (Apr–Jun 2012, EX) – as Clara

TV anime

*''

'' (Apr 2013 –,

JAITS The Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations (JAITS) is a group of Japan's reception fee-free commercial terrestrial television stations which are not members of the major national television networks. The association was establish ...

) – as Kon Natsumi (GDF public relations officer)

Films

*''

'' (2017, Premium Dubbed version) – Starring; as Belle

Live

*'' Animelo Summer Live 2015 -The Gate-'' (28 Aug 2015)

Discography

Singles

Tie-ups

References

Notes

Sources

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kon, Natsumi Japanese musical theatre actresses Japanese women pop singers Anime singers Singers from Tokyo 1991 births Living people