{{wiktionary|kanon}} '''Kanon''' may refer to: {{TOC right}} ==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 * ''Kanón'', an anime short film, part of the ''Japan Animator Expo'' series
==People== * Kanon (bassist) (21st century), Japanese bassist and member of An Cafe * Kanon (singer) (born 1980), Japanese singer * Kanon Catchings, American basketball player * 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'' * Kanon Matsubara, a character from ''BanG Dream!''
==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 * {{nihongo|Kan-on|漢音||literally "Han sound"}}: one of the sources of Japanese pronunciation
==See also== * Canon (disambiguation) * Cannon (disambiguation) * Kanoon (disambiguation) * Qanun (disambiguation)
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