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Kana Shimanuki

@kanashimanuki

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Singer | Actor | Composer based in Los Angeles! 🇧🇷🇯🇵

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The BIG news has arrived! My first single of 2022 will be out soon!! 🤩🥰

I’m really happy and proud of this one. The song is called “Holding Back The Hands of Time.” It’s about wanting to hold on to the moments of love as looong as I can. And it will have a video that comes with it 😉🥰

Release date will be announced soon. Stay tuned!

#kanashimanuki #bossanova #newrelease by @kanashimanuki

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5 years ago

Hey everyone!

Here's a new video! I'm excited to be sharing this one with you, but before I go into the details of the song, I wanted to share something I've noticed. I recorded this video last year and decided to release it now because I didn't feel it was the right time. I kept holding it back, waiting and waiting for the right moment. Although there are things that are ALL about right timing, there was something underneath my feeling for "perfect moment" or "perfect set up" that had nothing to do with perfection at all. Sharing my voice is one my greatest pleasures and also the most vulnerable experience, especially when it came to sharing my stories. You can imagine what was underneath the "perfection" when feeling vulnerable ;). There's growth in all of this and with that, I'm SO excited that I will be sharing MORE music and videos soon!

This song is called "Gente Humilde" which means 'humble people' in Portuguese. It is by the great Brazilian composer, Garoto, and lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes and Chico Buarque. This song is very close to my heart. It was one of the first songs I remember my dad singing when I was a kid. I remember giggling when I heard some words becaue I didn't know what they meant. It's one of the most beautiful melodies. Every time I sing it, I feel softer and I feel all the love for my dad. I hope you enjoy this beautiful song as much as I enjoy singing it 💛

Click on the link in my bio to watch the whole video. And if you enjoyed it please share. Now more than ever, we need to share more beauty and togetherness.

Thank you for watching!

Vocals: Yours truly
Guitar: my dear friend, Mitchell Long @mlongtones

#kanashimanuki #musicabrasileira #gentehumilde @melodygardotofficial @rosamariapassos by @kanashimanuki

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Season 2 of Benefits with Friends is OUT NOW on @hulu!!! This season was so much fun to dub!! So much happening with Bia…so much drama..and it’s so good!! Thank you @sophiakiapos for another season directing our voices. Congrats to @thebrazilionaire and the whole cast for bringing these characters to life for an English speaking audience. As a Brazilian, I’m very happy and proud to be part of this show and be part of projects created by great Brazilian artists like @omatheussouza. And of course…It’s always a pleasure to dub the one and only @brunamarquezine. Hope you watch and enjoy season 2!! #brunamarquezine #amordaminhavida #hulu #disneyplusbrasil by @kanashimanuki

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Check 1, 2…🎤🎶
Every time I work with @christian_seitz, it’s always full of music and creativity, but never have I left a trip without doing some kind of MIC TEST!! Never met an individual with such a collection and such a passion for them! And what best way to test these mics than to sing a little WICKED a cappella huh??? Sorry no reverb guys…just raw vocals for ya. 🩷🫧. @sirgregwells what mics did you guys end up using for this one???

#wicked #arianagrande #akg #neumann #glinda by @kanashimanuki

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4 months ago

Introducing Group 5 from our RomCom & Heartbreak Workshop 3 through the @ladirectorslab!

Director @emmyloudiaz
Writer @latinadirector
Actor @kanashimanuki
Actor @mdot_serrano
DP @trebetts
Intimacy Coordinator @vividlyintimate

Actor Kana - “As an actor in the RomCom workshop, I learned the incredible importance of having an intimacy coordinator there. It made all the difference to my experience and would absolutely come back for another!”

📸 by @bahareh.co

📍 @sotostages

👉🏼 Head to the link in bio to sign up for our email list to find out when our next workshop will be! by @kanashimanuki

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Photographs by the generous and talented @bellaportraitsla

One week ago, we had our unforgettable musical night, A Night of Àláfíà!! As we hoped, it was truly a beautiful and joyful evening AND we had so much fun!! By the end of the show, we were all on our feet dancing!🕺🏽 Our biggest thank you to our sponsors, who made this event possible!! We deeply appreciate your trust and support in our work and event. We’d like to thank our community, all the guests artists, musicians, our hardworking volunteers, everyone who couldn’t make it but donated to the cause and all of YOU who were there celebrating this night with us! Congratulations to Coral Àláfíà and @kanashimanuki for another successful A Night of Àláfíà!

#innerempowermentcenter #anightofalafia by @kanashimanuki

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a year ago

Hello everyone!! We are SO EXCITED to announce that our musical fundraising event, A Night of Àláfíà is happening in September and TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE! (Link in bio)

@kanashimanuki will be performing vibrant Brazilians music that will make you get up and move! She will be joined by our very own Coral Àláfíà and very special guests that will soon to be announced. The evening will fun beautiful, fun and for a great cause!

This year, with your contribution, our event will be supporting an organization called, Fazedores do Bem (“Doers of Good”) from Ceará, Brazil. They are an organization that helps feed approximately 430 people every day! A lot more to share about this event in the weeks to come. Thank you for your continuous support! Tickets are now available ONLINE AND IN-PERSON! Save the date and get your tickets!! by @kanashimanuki

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a year ago

Honeymoon/Lua de Mel - Part 2 🇧🇸 taken in Bahamas by @kanashimanuki

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Honeymoon/ Lua de mel - Part 1 🇧🇸 taken in Bahamas by @kanashimanuki

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Have you guys checked out “Benefits with Friends” on Hulu yet? Episode 6 out now! This song “Apenas mais uma de amor” written by the great @lulusantosoficial and performed by RÁAE. Go watch the show! ✨

#benefitswithfriends #hulu #oamordaminhavida #brunamarquenize #dublagem #dubbing #lulusantos by @kanashimanuki

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Guuuyyyssssss! Happy to share that the recent dubbing project I was SO excited to be part of, is now available to watch! (And listen😉). Watch “Benefits with Friends” on @hulu starring the absolute stellar superstars @brunamarquezine and @sergio_malheiros in this rom-com that is just a JOY to watch! I had the incredible pleasure (and challenge!🤩) to do the English dub for Bruna Marquezine’s character, Bia. Man! What a character and what an actress! I had so much fun and learned a lot. Hope you check out the show and my voice 😉😆..but if you speak Portuguese, do watch it in the original language, it’s just so good! A special thank you to @sophiakiapos for your direction, staying true and honoring the on-screen actor’s work. Shoutout to @pixelogicmedia and the whole team and to @thebrazilionaire doing the voice of Victor, I loved your work! And a big shout to writer and director @omatheussouza and his whole team for creating this great show! What a gem. Go waaaatch!

🇧🇷 Galeraaaaaaaaa! To muito feliz que o projeto mais recente de dublagem que eu fiz já está disponível pra assistir (e ouvir!) na Hulu!! O título em inglês é “Benefits with Friends” com os incríveis superstars Bruna Marquezine e Sérgio Malheiros. Bem, é looogico que quem fala português vai assistir sem dublagem né?🙄😬 maaaas, eu tive o prazer de dublar a Bia, e confesso que foi um desfio maravilhoso dublar essa personagem da Bruna Marquezine. Que personagem e que atriz!! Me diverti e aprendi muito! Parabéns pra @omatheussouza e toda equipe pela sua criação e direção. Muito lindo mesmo. Parabéns para toda equipe na Pixelogic Media, nossa diretora de dublagem Sophia Kiapos e p Gabriel Sousa fazendo a voz do Victor. Amei o seu trabalho querido!! Ah! O título original é “O Amor da Minha Vida.” Assistem!!!

#hulu #voiceactor #dublagem by @kanashimanuki

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2024…one of the most beautiful, generous, heart opening, creative, love filled, FUN years of my life! Feeling incredibly grateful for this past year and for everyone who I shared it with. I dont want to be the anti-social one here on my phone…😆 so I’m gonna keep it short. The photos say it all! Feeling thankful for this precious beautiful life! Happy New year to you!! May 2025 be filled with blessings, health and love! 💛✨🥳. Here we goooo! 💪🏽 by @kanashimanuki

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