Over the years she has become well known for her ever changing looks. There's arguable description that she is part of the Visual Kei movement, though this is possibly because of her involvement in Lolita.
At an early age, she showed interest in music and held her first concert at 16 years old. She is known for her unusual singing style, that seemed to make her voice purposely tone deaf. This usually comes in two styles: One is the nasally kind that she often uses along with her cute garb, and the other being a screechier harsher and deeper kind, usually accompanied by punk / rockish music. Nevertheless, this gained her fans and followers, despite some criticism (usually about her singing, obviously). Her cutesy fashion has, of course, not failed to gain attention, and some fans who go to her concerts cosplay as her. She had more than one trademark look, and there's no telling what she'll look like next.
In 2014, after the release of her single Tsuki Kinoko, she went on a hiatus and started a family in the interim. Seven years later, Moon Kana released her single, Hoshizukiyo no Hana
, on her official YouTube channel on October 3rd, 2021, officially resuming activities.
Not to be confused with the joshi wrestler Kana.
Selected discography:
Studio Albums
- [2001.09.21] Doubutsu-teki Ningen
- [2002.09.26] Kikai-teki Ningen
- [2005.02.02] Spade
- [2007.07.03] Tsuki no Usagi (Her name became Moon-kana-)
- [2010.03.27] MOON DRAGON
EPs
- [2003.07.23] Ningen-teki Ningen
DVD/VHS
- [2002.07.24] Kokoro no Mori (a film promo, compilation of Kana's PVs)
Provides examples of:
- Animal-Eared Headband: As seen here◊.
- Cultural Translation: According to Kana, when she performed "Usagi" during her European and Latin American tours, the "bunny~" chorus is translated to the corresponding native tongue of the country her concert takes place in, e.g. "conejo" in Spanish, "lapin" in French, etc.
- Cute, but Cacophonic: Moon Kana purposefully sings out of tune, to the confusion of people who discover her music.
- Cute Little Fangs: Moon Kana sports this. This is quite noticeable in her music video for "Chimame". As a drawing, Kana also draws her with one fang sticking out.
- Gratuitous English: Some of her songs. Her English itself isn't very fluent, but can seem to write Simple English just well, judging from her posts on the internet.
- Gratuitous French: Her album Tsuki no Usagi has some of them in the songs, and they are so gratuitous, not even the French can make anything of it. Mishearings ensued.
- Lighter and Softer: After changing her name from Kana to Moon Kana, her music has taken on a much softer sound with the occasional punk song every now and then. Bunnies have also become a recurring theme in her music and image.
- Word Salad Lyrics: Try interpreting what most of her songs are about.
- Word Salad Title: A lot of her song titles don't make much sense.
