Kanon

Kanon may refer to:

Media and literature

• Kanon (video game), a Japanese visual novel by Key, later adapted into anime series
• Kanon (manga), a manga by Chiho Saito
• Daimajin Kanon, a Japanese tokusatsu television drama
• Der Kanon, an anthology of important German literature
• The Kanon Award, one of the movie awards of Norwegian film festival Kosmorama

People

• Kanon (bassist) (21st century), Japanese bassist and member of An Cafe
• Kanon (singer) (born 1980), Japanese singer
• Kanon Fukuda (born 1995), Japanese singer and voice actress
• Kanon Kasuga (born 2003), Japanese actress
• Kanon Kimoto (born 1997), a former member of the Japanese idol girl group SKE48
• Kanon Mori (born 1996), Japanese field hockey
• Kanon Miyahara (born 1996), Japanese actress and karate performer
• Kanon Shizaki, Japanese voice actress
• Kanon Suzuki (born 1998), Japanese singer and member of Morning Musume
• Kanon Takao (born 2002), Japanese voice actress
• Kanon Tani (born 2004), Japanese child actress
• Kanon Wakeshima (born 1988), Japanese singer and cellist
• Joseph Kanon (born 1946), American novelist
• Wilfried Kanon (born 1993), Ivorian professional footballer
• Kanon (born 2002), a member of the Japanese idol group Atarashii Gakko!

Fictional characters

• Kanon, a character from visual novel and anime series Umineko When They Cry
• Kanon, a character in the video game Wild Arms 2
• Gemini Kanon, a character from the manga and anime series Saint Seiya
• Kanon Ichinose, a character from the tokusatsu series Idol x Warrior Miracle Tunes
• Kanon Maldini, a character from the anime series Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
• Kanon Nakagawa, a character from the manga and anime series The World God Only Knows
• Kanon Shibuya, the protagonist from the anime series Love Live! Superstar!!
• Kanon Endou, a character from the anime movie Inazuma Eleven: Saikyō Gundan Ōga Shūrai
• Kanon Nakajima, a character in the video game Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls

Music

• Kanon, German spelling of canon in music
• Kanon, Op. 59 No. 4, composition by Max Reger
• Kanon D major, Op. 63 No. 11, composition by Max Reger
• Kanon, 1930, a composition by Alban Berg
• Kanon, or canon, a structured hymn in the Orthodox Church, such as the Great Kanon of St. Andrew of Crete
• Kanon Pokajanen by Arvo Pärt
• "Kanon", a 2005 song by Enon from Lost Marbles & Exploded Evidence
• Kanōn, or monochord, a one-stringed instrument

Places

• Kanon-machi Station, a tram station in Hiroshima
• Punt Kanon, a point at the extreme southeast of Curaçao

Artillery

• 4cm kanón vz. 36, an anti-tank gun produced by the Škoda Works in 1930s
• 7.5 cm kanon PL vz. 37, a Czech anti-aircraft gun used in World War II
• 8 cm kanon vz. 28, a Czech field gun used in World War II
• 8 cm kanon vz. 30, a Czech field gun used in World War II
• 8.35 cm PL kanon vz. 22, a Czech anti-aircraft gun used in World War II
• 9 cm kanon PL vz. 12/20, a Czech anti-aircraft gun used in World War II
• 10.5 cm kanon m/34, a heavy field gun produced in Sweden
• Bofors 15,2 cm kanon m/42, a naval gun for use on ships

Other uses

• Kanon, a Japanese name for Guanyin, a Buddhist spiritual figure
• Kan-on (漢音, literally "Han sound"): one of the sources of Japanese pronunciation

See also

• Canon (disambiguation)
• Cannon (disambiguation)
• Kanoon (disambiguation)
• Qanun (disambiguation)