Maaya Sakamoto
Acting
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.
Shows
Chihayafuru
The Ancient Magus' Bride
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-
Monogatari
Sword Art Online
Fruits Basket
Black Butler
Tokyo Ghoul
Cowboy Bebop
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
Ranking of Kings
Soul Eater
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon
Made in Abyss
The Heike Story
The Heroic Legend of Arslan
Mushi-Shi
JOKER GAME
Black Jack
Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter
The Fire Hunter
The Piano Forest
SING "YESTERDAY" FOR ME
CAROLE & TUESDAY
.hack
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Arknights
Ranking of Kings: The Treasure Chest of Courage
I'm Standing on a Million Lives
Orb: On the Movements of the Earth
Usagi Drop
A Condition Called Love
Sorcerous Stabber Orphen
Macross Frontier
Ouran High School Host Club
Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE
Deaimon: Recipe for Happiness
RahXephon
Ushio and Tora
Pretty Boy Detective Club
Super Crooks
Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia
TRIGUN STAMPEDE
The Millionaire Detective – Balance: UNLIMITED
Star Driver
Gunbuster
Re:Creators
Fate/Apocrypha
God Eater
Once Upon a Witch's Death
Ghost Stories
Monogatari
The Tatami Galaxy
Bamboo Blade
Ajin
The Vision of Escaflowne
Jing: King of Bandits
Kaina of the Great Snow Sea
Blade of the Immortal
The Tatami Time Machine Blues
Kanon
Love of Kill
Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga
Canaan
The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom
Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture
Blade
Chi's Sweet Home
Cobra the Animation
To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts
Stars Align
Kokoro Library
Arakawa Under the Bridge
Sands of Destruction
Drifting Dragons
Fantastic Children
BEM
The Great Passage
Ensemble Stars!
The Garden of Sinners
Cutie Honey Universe
Appleseed XIII
The Seven Deadly Sins
Tekken: Bloodline
Chi's Sweet Adventure
Alice in Borderland
聖闘士星矢 冥王ハーデス冥界編(2006)
Omishi Magical Theater Risky Safety
Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective
Poor Sisters Story
Fate/Grand Order: You've Lost Ritsuka Fujimaru
Barom One
The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters
Fate/Grand Carnival
Suzy's Zoo: Daisuki! Witzy
Aqua Age
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