Kanna Hirayama


Kanna Hirayama is a Japanese animator, illustrator, and character designer. She is from Kumamoto Prefecture. She also works under the alias Kappe as an illustrator.

Biography

In 2018, through crowdfunding on CAMPFIRE, she worked on character design for the short anime Super Idol Legend Omori Kyouko, produced by Diverge × Fukushima Gainax, where she also worked as the sole animator for the main animation.
In 2019, she worked on prop design for Given, and in 2020, she was responsible for prop design, character design, and overall animation direction for Rent-A-Girlfriend. She also served as the sole animation director for the opening and ending scenes and won the "Best in Character Design" award at the 7th Anime Trending Awards.
In 2021, she worked on the character design from the concept stage for Selection Project.
In 2023, she designed the characters for Oshi no Ko and was nominated for "Best Character Design" at the 8th Crunchyroll Anime Awards. Additionally, she won "Best Character Design" at the 10th *Anime Trending Awards*.

Personal life

Industry recognition

Regarding her work on Rent-A-Girlfriend, director Kazuo Koga mentioned in an interview that the character designs by kappe were so well-received that they immediately became the favorite of the original author Reiji Miyajima during the competition.
Daisuke Hiramaki, the director of Selection Project, commented in an interview that "Her rise in the industry has been incredibly fast." Producer Ryo Kobayashi mentioned, "Hirayama-san was saying she wanted to do character design right from the beginning. Most people would wait until they built up experience, but she was already saying it from the start. So, we knew she was serious about character design. Of course, she's skilled at drawing, but she also knows how to promote herself." In fact, Hirayama herself shared in the same interview that her character design work for *Rent-A-Girlfriend* was confirmed in her third year as an animator.

Works contributed to

Television anime

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

Theatrical anime

2019

2020

  • Umibe no Etranger

OVA

2017

  • Escacron Project

2018

  • Super Idol Legend Omori Koko

2019

  • Eromanga Sensei OVA
  • Grisaia: Phantom Trigger THE ANIMATION
  • Our Maid is Annoying OVA

Books

2017

2021

Other

2017

  • Mousou Shounen Takashi

2021

Awards

2021

  • "Best in Character Design " at the 7th Anime Trending Awards

Activities under the name "kappe"

Books

2018

2022

  • Teach Me How to Make Love a Memory
  • Teach Me How to Make Love a Memory 2

2023

  • Young Detective Nijikita Kyosuke's Adventures (New Edition)

2024

  • Young Detective Nijikita Kyosuke's New Adventures
  • Young Detective Nijikita Kyosuke's New-New Adventures

illustrations

2022

  • Nijisanji Girls Unit Merchandise Sereion Girls Academy

Doujinshi

2021

  • A.I. Strength
  • I’m a Limit OL, but My Life Got More Fun After I Picked Up a Stray Cat Demon King

Awards

2015