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Maaya Sakamoto

Maaya Sakamoto

Birthday: 1980-03-31 | Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2023
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time

as    Mari Illustrious Makinami (voice)

2021
Bright: Samurai Soul

as    Chihaya (voice)

2021
Super Crooks

as    Kasey (voice)

2021
Fate/Grand Order Final Singularity – Grand Temple of Time: Solomon

as    Leonardo da Vinci / Alexander III / Jeanne d'Arc (voice)

2021
Pretty Boy Detective Club

as    Mayumi Doujima (voice)

2021
The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light

as    Merlin (voice)

2021
Child of Kamiari Month

as    Shiro (voice)

2020
SING "YESTERDAY" FOR ME

as    Kyouko Sayama (voice)

2020
The Millionaire Detective – Balance: UNLIMITED

as    Suzue Kambe (voice)

2020
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon

as    Zero (voice)

2019
To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts

as    Elizabeth (voice)

2019
Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia

as    Leonardo da Vinci (voice)

2019
Made in Abyss: Journey's Dawn

as    Lyza (voice)

2019
BEM

as    Mysterious Lady (voice)

2019
NiNoKuni

as    Saki / Versa (voice)

2018
Cutie Honey Universe

as    Honey Kisaragi (voice)

2018
The Piano Forest

as    Ichinose Reiko

2018
2017
Re:Creators

as    Magane Chikujōin (voice)