Kana Ogino
Description
Kana Ogino is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with the agency Ken Production. She was born on August 17th and is a native of Kanagawa Prefecture. Before beginning her voice acting career, she graduated from the voice actor training school School Duo. She became a member of Ken Production on April 1, 2021.
Ogino's debut television animation role came in 2021 when she was cast as the character Shanghai in the original science-fiction series Sonny Boy, produced by Madhouse and directed by Shingo Natsume. In this series, her character possesses the Electric Shock power, which allows for the control of electromagnetic waves. This debut role was notable for requiring her to perform dialogue in the Shanghainese dialect, a task for which her background equipped her.
Prior to her voice acting debut, Ogino accumulated a diverse set of experiences and skills. She has a background in law and has worked as a barista. Her skill set is extensive and includes coffee hand-dripping and latte art, playing multiple musical instruments such as the saxophone, piano, and guitar, as well as singing, dancing, and photography. She also holds licenses for driving, riding a motorcycle, and scuba diving, and has achieved a Grade 2 in the Practical English Proficiency test. Due to her mother being Chinese and her own experience as an exchange student, she is proficient in standard Chinese, Shanghainese, and English.
Following her debut, Ogino has continued to work in television animation, securing roles in a variety of series. Her subsequent credits include minor roles in Revenger, Gushing Over Magical Girls, Once Upon a Witch's Death, and Solo Leveling Season 2. She has also been cast in The Stories of Girls Who Couldn't Be Magicians as Sophia Swan, in The Apothecary Diaries as a maid, and in Wandance as Aoi Date. As of the available information, her body of work consists of these roles, with Sonny Boy remaining her most prominent early credit.
Ogino's debut television animation role came in 2021 when she was cast as the character Shanghai in the original science-fiction series Sonny Boy, produced by Madhouse and directed by Shingo Natsume. In this series, her character possesses the Electric Shock power, which allows for the control of electromagnetic waves. This debut role was notable for requiring her to perform dialogue in the Shanghainese dialect, a task for which her background equipped her.
Prior to her voice acting debut, Ogino accumulated a diverse set of experiences and skills. She has a background in law and has worked as a barista. Her skill set is extensive and includes coffee hand-dripping and latte art, playing multiple musical instruments such as the saxophone, piano, and guitar, as well as singing, dancing, and photography. She also holds licenses for driving, riding a motorcycle, and scuba diving, and has achieved a Grade 2 in the Practical English Proficiency test. Due to her mother being Chinese and her own experience as an exchange student, she is proficient in standard Chinese, Shanghainese, and English.
Following her debut, Ogino has continued to work in television animation, securing roles in a variety of series. Her subsequent credits include minor roles in Revenger, Gushing Over Magical Girls, Once Upon a Witch's Death, and Solo Leveling Season 2. She has also been cast in The Stories of Girls Who Couldn't Be Magicians as Sophia Swan, in The Apothecary Diaries as a maid, and in Wandance as Aoi Date. As of the available information, her body of work consists of these roles, with Sonny Boy remaining her most prominent early credit.