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): one of the sources of Japanese pronunciation