Kanon Wakeshima

Kanon Wakeshima is the kind of artist who makes you stop and ask — wait, she's doing both at once? Playing cello and singing on top of it, not as a party trick but as her whole aesthetic foundation, is genuinely hard to pull off, and she does it with this eerie, cool elegance that feels completely her own. Her debut era under Warner, with Mana producing and that "Lacrimosa" hell-girl ending cementing her image, planted her firmly in gothic lolita sonic territory — and I mean that as a compliment. There's a stillness to her that most pop acts spend their whole career faking. Born in Tokyo in 1988, Cancer, and she gives off exactly that vibe: a little guarded, deeply feeling, quietly intense. The fact that she writes her own music too just makes the whole package more complete. Not for everyone, definitely not background noise — but if you sit down and actually listen, she pulls you all the way in.

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Kanon Wakeshima is a Tokyo-born singer, composer, and cellist who performs vocals and cello simultaneously, crafting a distinctive solo sound rooted in gothic, darkly atmospheric chamber music. Born on June 28, 1988, she is a self-contained musical artist who writes and composes her own material. Her ethereal voice layered over rich cello arrangements has earned her a devoted following within Japanese gothic and alternative music circles.

Name (English)

Kanon Wakeshima

Name (Japanese)

分島花音

Reading

わけしま かのん

Born

June 28, 1988 (age 38)

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Occupation

Singer / Composer / Cellist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Dragon

Works summary

Appearances

128 (2008–2025)

By year

2008: 4, 2009: 1, 2010: 2, 2012: 6, 2013: 1, 2014: 19, 2015: 22, 2016: 5, 2018: 2, 2019: 2, 2020: 1, 2021: 1, 2023: 2, 2024: 2, 2025: 1

Debut work

ヴァンパイア騎士

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://whv-amusic.com/wakeshimakanon/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/know_insta/
• Xhttps://x.com/87kanon
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%88%86%E5%B3%B6%E8%8A%B1%E9%9F%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q242113

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Singer
• Composer
• Cellist

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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