Kanna Hashimoto

is a Japanese actress and former singer. From 2011 to 2017, she was a member of the Fukuoka-based idol girl group Rev. from DVL. During her time with the group, in 2013, a fan-taken photo of her performing went viral on Twitter and 2channel, bringing her to nationwide attention. As an actress, Hashimoto first appeared in I Wish (2011). Since 2013, Hashimoto has also starred in Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation (2016), of which she also released her debut single for the film. She has also starred in the films Haruta & Chika (2017), Gintama, The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. (2017), Kaguya-sama: Love is War (2019), Kingdom (2019), Kiss Me at the Stroke of Midnight (2019), and Violence Action (2022). Career 2007–2012: Early career In 2007, when Hashimoto was in third grade, she signed with the agency Active Hakata in her hometown, Fukuoka. She first worked in local commercials, and joined DVL, a co-ed dance and vocal unit under her agency, in 2009; she eventually joined DVL's all-female successor group Rev. from DVL. She made her stage debut after auditioning to be in Hirokazu Kore-eda's movie I Wish. After that, she appeared in productions by a children's theater company operated by her agency and in dramas by a local TV station. She wrote in her elementary school yearbook that her dream for the future was to be an "actress".