Masaki Kanda

is a Japanese actor. He is well known for his role as Doc (Akira Saijō in Taiyō ni Hoero!). His ex-wife is singer Seiko Matsuda and their daughter was actress Sayaka Kanda. Biography Kanda was born on December 21, 1950, in Tokyo. He was recruited by actor Yujiro Ishihara and made his television debut in 1976 with Daitokai Tatakai no Hibi. He married singer Seiko Matsuda in 1985, and the two had a daughter, Sayaka Kanda. The two divorced in 1997.