Voice Actors Kensho Ono and Kana Hanazawa Announce Divorce with Joint Statement [Full Text]

Voice actors Kensho Ono and Kana Hanazawa announced on September 14 that they are no longer together. They shared this news on their social media accounts.

In a joint statement, the two wrote, "We are very sorry for the personal nature of this announcement, but after talking about it many times, we have decided to get divorced. Because of our busy schedules, it became hard to spend time together as a married couple. After thinking about it, we have decided to respect each other and move on with our lives."

They continued, "We are very sorry to everyone who has supported and encouraged us as a couple. We have to share this news with you. From here on, we will work even harder and ask for your continued support."

Kensho Ono was born on October 5 in Fukuoka Prefecture. He started voicing Harry Potter in sixth grade and continued for ten years. He is famous for roles such as Tetsuya Kuroko in Kuroko's Basketball, Ryunosuke Akutagawa in Bungo Stray Dogs, and Riku Nanase in IDOLiSH7.

Kana Hanazawa, who was born in Tokyo on February 25, has voiced many popular characters. These include Nadeko Sengoku in the Monogatari Series, Hinata Kawamoto in March Comes in Like a Lion, and Ichika Nakano in The Quintessential Quintuplets. She also starred as Akane Tsunemori in PSYCHO-PASS and Anri Sonohara in Durarara!!. In April 2012, she started her singing career with the single "Hoshizora☆Destination."

Full Text (English Translation)

To everyone involved and to everyone who has always supported us,

We are sorry to share this personal news with you, but after talking about it, we have decided to split up.

Because of our busy schedules, it was hard to find time to be a couple. We decided to respect each other and go our separate ways.

We are very sorry to everyone who has kindly watched over us and supported us as a couple. We have to share this news with you.

In the future, we will both work even harder. We kindly ask for your continued support.

Kensho Ono
Kana Hanazawa

Source : ORICON NEWS