is a Japanese manga artist best known for her cat manga Chi's Sweet Home. Her first manga was published in the magazine Nakayoshi in 1982. Chi's Sweet Home, , and have been published in English by Vertical Inc.
Manga artist Risa Ità  and Kanata are from the same small town and Kanata's father was Ità Â's homeroom teacher in elementary school. Kanata has a blood type of O.