Popular Japanese stage and voice actress Sayaka Kanda was cremated Tuesday, three days after her fatal fall from a high-rise hotel in Sapporo, with her celebrity parents mourning their 35-year-old daughter at a crematorium in the northern city.
Actor Masaki Kanda, 71, and singer Seiko Matsuda, 59, stood side by side dressed in funeral attire as they briefly spoke with the media after the cremation of their only child. The couple divorced when Sayaka Kanda, who voiced the character of Anna in the Japanese dubbed version of Disney's blockbuster animated film "Frozen," was 10 years old.
"We said goodbye, and only closest family members attended," said Kanda, holding an urn containing his daughter's ashes. In a trembling voice, Matsuda thanked the press for gathering despite cold weather. They then bowed deeply and left.