Anza began modeling in junior high school and was invited to shoot a commercial in
Nagoya. She and Ayako Morino, also of Sakurakko Club fame, were in a spin-off duo called Momo. In late 2008, she joined the rock band Vitamin-Q along with
Masami Tsuchiya,
Kazuhiko Katō,
Gota Yashiki and Rei Ohara. However, after Katō's suicide on October 17, 2009, the group ceased activity. In 2009, she also appeared in
Vamps' music video for their cover of
Shampoo's "Trouble". In 2011, Anza started a webshop in collaboration with Riho, "Raz -Rabbit" is a shop of clothes and accessories. On May 1, 2011, Anza performed a solo show in support of
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami victims. At the show, named Anza's Box, she sang songs from the
Sailor Moon,
Gift and
Les Misérables musicals, as well as her solo career. Misako Iwana (from
Sailor Moon), Manabu Oda (from
Gift) and members of Head Phones President also participated. On December 24, Anza performed the solo show Anza Xmas Live at the Live & Cafe Bar Rocky in Tokyo. In late 2012, Anza was featured on the song "Unmei no Megami" from the group Dragon Guardian, at the album
The Best of Dragon Guardian Saga. Since 2013, Anza has performed as a DJ sporadically, alone or with her bandmate Narumi. On May 24, 2014, Anza celebrated her 22 years of career in the show Anza Solo Live with participation of musicians Kato Tomoko, Hiro and Masaru Sakaguchi, in addition to special guests Okuyama Momoko, Iwana Misako (formerly Kotani Misako), Oda Manabu, Haruka (Rouse Garden) and Fujiwara Yuki. The music of Head Phones President was the genesis of the
rock musical Stand in the World written and directed by Shohei Hayashi, which ran at the Tokyo Arts Center from June 11–13, 2016. The band performed during the show which stars
Erika Yamakawa, Manabu Oda and Hikari Ono. For the 15th anniversary of the PGS Special, RAZ had a physical store in
Ikebukuro from November 10 to 28. On December 2, 2016, Anza performed the show Anza Solo Live" at New Eight in Kamata, Tokyo. The show featured Misako Iwana, in addition to the musicians Tomo on keyboards and Hiro on guitar. On May 4, 2017, Anza performed the show Anza Birthday Live in the same location, with the same guests, with the additional participation of Manabu Oda. On February 26, 2017, Anza made a guest appearance on JENOFES at Ikebukuro Live Inn Rosa in Tokyo. On March 25, she started the column "Good times for a change ☆" on the
Beeast online music magazine. Anza World, a special live celebrating the 20th anniversary of Anza's colo career and the seventh anniversary of RAZ, was held on July 13, 2018 at Sengawa Fix Hall with guests Misako Iwana and Nana (Reasterisk); musicians Tomo and Hiro; apparel RAZ; DJ Narumi and models Chiro, Area, iPo, Erina Nagano, Misato Koromo, Tetsutaro Otaki and Rika Ayami.
Stage career Anza has performed in a number of stage productions, the majority of which being
musicals. Her first major production was as the leading role of
Sailor Moon in the
Sailor Moon musicals, commonly referred to as "Sera Myu". She is one of the longest-running cast members to ever perform in the musicals and is the longest-running to play the Sailor Moon character to date. She held the role for five years performing in
thirteen separate productions between 1993 and 1998. Nearing the end of her stretch as Sailor Moon, Anza also performed in a musical called
2050-nen no Aoi Shima between 1997 and 1998. Chiruchiru was the name of her character. In 2000, she broke off from the musical scene in a Japanese stage production of ''
Mr. Holland's Opus. Similarly, in 2002, she was in a Japanese stage production of When Harry Met Sally...''. In 2003, Anza returned to doing musicals by taking on the role of
Éponine in several
Toho productions of
Les Misérables until 2006. In 2004, Anza appeared as Ellen in one production of
Miss Saigon (also produced by Toho) as well as a Japanese adaptation of
Anton Chekhov's
Three Sisters in the role of Irina. == Discography ==