History Music / KanonWakeshima

* [[QuirkyWork Quirky Artist]]: One of many weird Japanese pop acts in the active scene.

* LighterAndSofter: After the singles ''Still Doll", Suna no Oshiro" and album "Shinshoku Dolce" came the more sweet "Lolitawork Libretto". After Lolitawork, her work shifted to be sweeter and upbeat except if it is for a dark anime, like ''Manga/{{Shiki}}''.

** "''Calendula Requiem''" as the 2nd opening of ''Manga/{{Shiki}}''

** "''signal''" as the 2nd ending of ''LightNovel/StrikeTheBlood''

** "''Right Light Rise''" as the ending of ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon''.

* {{Red String of Fate}}: the song named: L'espoir ~Mahô no Akai Ito~ (The Hope, Magical Red String) the song talks about a girl trying to get a guy to love her and talks about the Red String as a trap for her love, the song opens with this verse:

* [[WidgetSeries Widget Artist]]: One of many weird Japanese pop acts in the active scene

* DreamTeam: Kanon×Kanon. Fans of either female Kanon or male Kanon were very much pleased of hearing them together.

* VisualKei: Thanks to her associations with Mana and Music/AnCafe's [[NamesTheSame Kanon]], she is arguably part of the Visual scene, and it is not unheard of for Visual fans to bring up her name and music in J-music discussions.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Her initial style was a unique fusion of baroque pop, dark ambient, GothRock and DoomMetal...'''''[[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace with cellos]]'''''. Later works lean more towards mainstream {{Anime}} pop, but the gothic and doom influences are still there.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Her initial style was a unique fusion of baroque pop, dark ambient, GothRock and DoomMetal...'''''[[RecycledInSpace with cellos]]'''''. Later works lean more towards mainstream {{Anime}} pop, but the gothic and doom influences are still there.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Though she's technically pop, her songs have a distinctive rock influence that would put her at around 2 to 4. Earlier works, while mostly neoclassical/baroque pop, can go as low as 1 to as high as 5.

* EverythingIsBetterWithPrincesses: "Princess Charleston" subverts it as it shows how bad are the princesses's condition in many fairy tales. The narrator at first dislikes being a girl thinking that's her destiny but at the end demends a better and more luxurious life for her, since she ''is'' a girl.

* JustForFun/XMeetsY: Kanon×Kanon, her collaboration with Kanon of Music/AnCafe. Counts as additional GenreBusting in Kanon Wakeshima's part, as the project is her take on Oshare Kei.

** "''Still Doll''" as 1st ending of {{Vampire Knight}}

* TheCameo: Kanon give her voice to the maid in the 8th episode of ''Manga/VampireKnight''.

* ForbiddenFruit: Her song "Kajitsu no Keikoku" (Warnings of the Fruit) which she said ot was based in the Bible tale of Adam and Eve.

Kanon Wakeshima (分島 花音) is a Japanese cellist, singer, and artist. She was born June 28, 1988, and rose to fame through a contest. She debuted under [=DefStar=] Records on May 28, 2008, with the single "Still Doll", but has since switched to Creator/WarnerBrosRecords. She is most notable for the ending themes for the first two seasons of the anime ''VampireKnight''.

** "''Foul Play ni Kurari''" as the ending of "To Love Ru Darkness"
** "''signal''" as the 2nd ending of {{Strike the Blood}}

** "''Calendula Requiem''" as the 2nd opening of {{Shiki}}

* LighterAndSofter: After the singles ''Still Doll", Suna no Oshiro" and album "Shinshoku Dolce" came the more sweet "Lolitawork Libretto". After Lolitawork, her work shifted to be sweeter and upbeat except if it is for a dark anime, like Anime/{{Shiki}}.

* XMeetsY: Kanon×Kanon, her collaboration with Kanon of Music/AnCafe. Counts as additional GenreBusting in Kanon Wakeshima's part, as the project is her take on Oshare Kei.

* RecordProducer: The Artist as Producer type, Kanon owns her initial image and style to the producer of her two albums to non other than the ex-guitarist of MaliceMizer: Mana

** JapaneseHonorifics: she also refers to each one in different honorifics:

** "''killy killy JOKER''" as the opening of SelectorInfectedWIXOSS

** "''Right Light Rise''" as the ending of DanMachi

* InterspeciesRomance: A weird example her song "Kuroneko to Pianist no Tango" (Black Cat and Pianist's Tango) seems to be about [[spoiler: a black cat]] who is in love with the pianist and goes to listen to his music everynight.
* LighterAndSofter: Recent material.

* ''Tsukinami'' (2015) [[note]] release date on February 25th [[/note]]

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[[caption-width-right:200: Kanon on World's end, Girl's rondo PV]]

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