Kaho Shimada

Who is Kaho Shimada?

Kaho Shimada is a Japanese singer and musical theater actress. Born and raised in Tokyo, she attended Tokyo Municipal Jonan High School. She is an assistant professor of drama at the Osaka University of Arts.

Her father was a musician who gave voice training to Isao Sasaki.

Shimada debuted as an actress at the age of eleven in Ganbare!! Robocon as Robin-chan.

She is best known for her role as Éponine in the Tokyo production of Les Misérables, which she portrayed in English on the album Les Misérables - The Complete Symphonic Recording. Shimada did not speak any English at all, and learned her entire role in English phonetically for the recording.

In 2013, she played the role of Catherine in the British musical Tomorrow Morning at Theatre Creation, Tokyo - the Japanese premiere of the award winning internationally acclaimed show by Laurence Mark Wythe.