Natsumi Kon

Born in Hachiōji, Tokyo, Kon graduated from Senzoku Gakuen College of Music Faculty of Music Musical Course.^[2] Kon enjoyed singing from a very young age, as well as dancing. From 2003 to 2006 she was part of the Children's Theatre Ōkina Yume and acted primarily in leading roles.^[3] She was determined to become a musical theatre actress and joined the music department in Senzoku Gakuen High School.^[4] In 2009, when on her third grade, Kon was selected for the role of Anne in Anne of Green Gables.^[5]

Jazz pianist Ai Kuwabara was her high school classmate.^[6]

Kon passed the audition for Toho Entertainment in 2011, while enrolled in her second year of college, and was selected as Juliette for the musical Roméo et Juliette, which was her official stage debut.^[7] In the same year she starred in her first professional play, Yūdoku Shōnen.^[8] She then appeared in renowned shows, such as Hamlet, as Ophelia and Les Misérables, as both Éponine and Fantine. She was called the "new-generation diva of the musical world" for her singing ability.^[1]

In 2012, Kon made her first television appearance as Clara in TV Asahi's Murder at Mt. Fuji, and in 2013 she debuted as a singer with the opening theme "Watashi wa Sōzō suru" in the television anime Majestic Prince.

When she graduated from the Senzoku Gakuen College of Music Faculty of Music Musical Course in 2014,^[2] she played in the musicals The Addams Family as Wednesday Addams and Miss Saigon as Kim.^[a] In addition, she was in charge of opening theme "Niji no kakera" of the TV anime One Week Friends as a singer.^[9]

In October 2016, her performance in Miss Saigon was cancelled due to health reasons, for a nodule in her vocal folds.^[10][11] After surgery and rehabilitation, Kon returned to the stage 19 January 2017.^[12]

In April 2017, Kon voiced Belle, originally played by Emma Watson, in the live-action version of Beauty and the Beast.^[13]

• Anne of Green Gables (Apr–Oct 2009) – as Anne Shirley^[5][14]
• Roméo et Juliette (Sep–Oct 2011) – as Juliette^[b][15]
• Hamlet (Feb–Mar 2012) – as Ophelia^[16]
• Songs for a New World (Aug 2012)^[17]
• Les Misérables – as Éponine
  • (Apr–Nov 2013)^[c][18]
  • (Apr–Sep 2015)^[c]
  • (May–Jul 2017)^[d]
  • (May–Oct 2019)^[e]
• Sherlock Holmes –Anderson Ie no Himitsu– – as Lucy (Jan 2014)
• The Addams Family – as Wednesday Addams
  • (Apr–May 2014)
  • (Oct–Dec 2017)
• Miss Saigon – as Kim
  • (Jul–Sep 2014)^[f]
  • (Oct 2016-Jan 2017)^[g]
  • (Mar-Jun 2020)^[h]
  • (Aug-Oct 2022)^[i]
• First Date (Nov–Dec 2014) – as Allison
• Blood Brothers (Feb–Mar 2015) – as Linda^[j]
• Grand Hotel (Apr–May 2016) – as Frida Flaemmchen^[k]
• Coin Locker Babies (Jun–Jul 2016) – as Anemones^[19]
• Nine Tales –Kyūbiko no Monogatari– (Jan 2018) – as Baika
• The Secret Garden – as Martha
  • (Jun–Jul 2018)
• Marie Antoinette – as Margrid Arnaud
  • (Sep 2018–Jan 2019) ^[l]
  • (Jan–Feb 2021) ^[m]
• Love Letters – as Melissa
  • (November 1, 2019)
• Rockabilly Jack – as Lucie Jones
  • (14 September-30 December 2019)
• Human history – as Young Woman
  • (23 October-3 November 2020)
• Merrily We Roll Along – as Beth Spencer
  • (17-31 May 2021)
• The Last Five Years – as Cathy Hiatt
  • (28 June-18 July 2021)
• DOGFIGHT – as Rose
  • (17 September-24 October 2021)
• The Rocky Horror Show – as Janet Weiss
  • (13 January-28 February 2022)
• Next to Normal – as Natalie Goodman
  • (25 March-17 April 2022) ^[n]
• Matilda – as Miss Honey
  • (Spring 2023) ^[o]
• Tootsie – as Sandy Lester
  • (10-30 January 2024)
• In This Corner of the World – as Suzu Urano
  • (May-July 2024) ^[p]
• Les Misérables – as Fantine
  • (16 December 2024–7 June 2025) ^[q]
• Marie Curie – as Marie Curie
  • (25 October–30 November 2025) ^[r]