Natsumi Kon


Natsumi Kon is a Japanese musical actress and singer. She is best known for playing Juliette in the musical Roméo et Juliette, which made her professional debut and is recognised as "new-generation diva of the musical world".
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Early life and education

Born in Hachiōji, Tokyo, Kon graduated from Senzoku Gakuen College of Music Faculty of Music Musical Course. Kon enjoyed singing from a very young age, as well as dancing. From 2003 to 2006 she was part of the Children's Theatre Ōkina Yume and acted primarily in leading roles. She was determined to become a musical theatre actress and joined the music department in Senzoku Gakuen High School. In 2009, when on her third grade, Kon was selected for the role of Anne in Anne of Green Gables.
Jazz pianist Ai Kuwabara was her high school classmate.

Career

Kon passed the audition for Toho Entertainment in 2011, while enrolled in her second year of college, and was selected as Juliette for the musical Roméo et Juliette, which was her official stage debut. In the same year she starred in her first professional play, Yūdoku Shōnen. She then appeared in renowned shows, such as Hamlet, as Ophelia and Les Misérables, as both Éponine and Fantine. She was called the "new-generation diva of the musical world" for her singing ability.
In 2012, Kon made her first television appearance as Clara in TV Asahi's Murder at Mt. Fuji, and in 2013 she debuted as a singer with the opening theme "Watashi wa Sōzō suru" in the television anime Majestic Prince.
When she graduated from the Senzoku Gakuen College of Music Faculty of Music Musical Course in 2014, she played in the musicals The Addams Family as Wednesday Addams and Miss Saigon as Kim. In addition, she was in charge of opening theme "Niji no kakera" of the TV anime One Week Friends as a singer.
In October 2016, her performance in Miss Saigon was cancelled due to health reasons, for a nodule in her vocal folds. After surgery and rehabilitation, Kon returned to the stage 19 January 2017.
In April 2017, Kon voiced Belle, originally played by Emma Watson, in the live-action version of Beauty and the Beast.

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