Maaya Sakamoto
Biography
Maaya Sakamoto is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She made her debut as a voice actress in 1992 as the voice of Chifuru in Little Twins, but is better known as voice of Hitomi Kanzaki in The Vision of Escaflowne. Other major roles in anime include Riho Yamazaki in Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective, Moe Katsuragi in Risky Safety, Princess Tomoyo in Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle, Haruhi Fujioka in Ouran High School Host Club, Sayaka Nakasugi in Birdy the Mighty, Ciel Phantomhive in Black Butler, Shinobu Oshino in Monogatari, Shiki Ryougi in the Kara no Kyoukai film series, and Motoko Kusanagi in the newer Ghost in the Shell films and series. In video games she voices Aura and Natsume in .hack, Lisa Hamilton / La Mariposa in Dead or Alive, Aeris in Kingdom Hearts, Aigis in Persona 3, Lightning in Final Fantasy XIII games, Ling Xiaoyu in the Tekken series, and Alisa Illinichina Amiella in God Eater.
She has also branched into singing, performing songs in both English and Japanese. She released her debut single "Yakusoku wa Iranai" in collaboration with Yoko Kanno under Victor Entertainment on April 24, 1996. Her singles "Tune the Rainbow", "Loop", "Ame ga Furu", and "Triangler" have all reached the top 10 Oricon singles chart: "Triangler" in particular charted at number 3 and remained charting for 26 weeks. Her albums have had similar success, with Shōnen Alice and Yūnagi Loop both reaching the top 10 Oricon albums chart; and her album You Can't Catch Me, released on January 12, 2011, became her first release to ever reach number 1. She held a concert at the Nippon Budokan on March 31, 2010, her thirtieth birthday. In the Japanese localization of overseas dubs, she has voiced Padme Amidala as presented in the Star Wars films and cartoons, as well as being the dub voice for Natalie Portman on numerous films.
Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1980-03-31
Place of birth
Tokyo, Japan
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Cast
Bright: Samurai Soul
2021
5.80
EVANGELION:3.0(-46h)
2023
6.70
TIGER & BUNNY: The Beginning
2012
6.60
EVANGELION:3.0(-120min.)
2023
6.70
Escaflowne: The Movie
2000
6.73
The Garden of Sinners: Epilogue
2010
6.50
Trigun: Badlands Rumble
2010
7.50
TEKKEN: Blood Vengeance
2011
6.73
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM
2024
6.80
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
2013
6.60
The Tatami Time Machine Blues
2022
8.00
KIZUMONOGATARI -Koyomi Vamp-
2024
8.70
Appleseed XIII: Ouranos
2011
4.89
STAR DRIVER: The Movie
2013
5.90
Coral of the Moon
2010
0.00
Appleseed XIII: Tartaros
2011
5.10
Takane's Bicycle
2008
0.00
Pretty Cure All Stars F
2023
8.60
Fusé: Memoirs of a Huntress
2012
6.90
The First Slam Dunk
2022
7.76
Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu
2016
7.70
Clover
1999
7.10
God Eater Prologue
2009
6.50
Ajin: Demi-Human – Collide
2016
7.40
Diebuster: The Movie
2006
7.40
Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu
2016
8.00
You & Me
2011
5.20
Ghost in the Shell
1995
7.90
Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reiketsu
2017
8.00
Black Butler: Book of Murder
2014
8.04
Made in Abyss: Journey's Dawn
2019
7.80
Makkuro na Obentô
1990
0.00
NiNoKuni
2019
6.50
Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop
2021
7.30
Child of Kamiari Month
2021
6.50
Sword of the Stranger
2007
7.57
Chatting with Creatures
2009
4.00
Look Back
2024
8.00
Ghost in the Shell 2.0
2008
7.40
