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.
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Maaya Sakamoto
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Filmography of
Maaya Sakamoto
Woman from 4-Frame Manga (voice)
... 2024
Lunamaria Hawke (voice)
... 2024
Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade (voice) (archive footage)
... 2024
Amelothée (voice)
... 2023
Preme / Cure Supreme (voice)
... 2023
Mari Illustrious-Makinami (voice)
... 2023
Mari Illustrious-Makinami (voice)
... 2023
Haruko Akagi (voice)
... 2022
Akashi (voice)
... 2022
Annerose von Grünewald
... 2022
Tamayo (voice)
... 2022
Annerose von Grünewald (voice)
... 2022
Annerose von Grünewald (voice)
... 2022
Annerose von Grünewald (voice)
... 2022
Akito Soma (voice)
... 2022
... 2021
Chihaya (voice)
... 2021
Shiro (voice)
... 2021
Leonardo da Vinci / Alexander III / Jeanne d'Arc (voice)
... 2021
Maria (voice)
... 2021
Merlin (voice)
... 2021
Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
... 2021
Mari Illustrious Makinami (voice)
... 2021
Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
... 2020
Lyza / Narration (voice)
... 2020
Saki / Versa (voice)
... 2019
... 2019
Lyza / Narrator (voice)
... 2019
Lyza (voice)
... 2019
贞德、贞德·Alter·Santa·Lily
... 2018
Merlin (voice)
... 2018
Ciel Phantomhive (voice)
... 2017
Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade (voice)
... 2017
Ren Homura (young) (voice)
... 2016
Meyers (voice)
... 2016
Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade (voice)
... 2016
Leila Malkal (voice)
... 2016
Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
... 2016
Aigis (voice)
... 2016
Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade (voice)
... 2016
Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
... 2015
... 2015
Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
... 2015
Leila Malkal (voice)
... 2015
Karorina (voice)
... 2015
Aigis (voice)
... 2015
Ciel Phantomhive (voice)
... 2014
Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
... 2014
Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
... 2014
Aigis (voice)
... 2014
Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
... 2013
Shiki Ryougi (voice)
... 2013
Shiki Ryougi (voice)
... 2013
Leila Malkal (voice)
... 2013
Nami (voice)
... 2013
Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
... 2013
Sarina Endō (voice)
... 2013
Mari Illustrious Makinami (voice)
... 2012
Funamushi (voice)
... 2012
Tomoe Kaburagi (voice)
... 2012
Leila Marukaru (voice)
... 2012
... 2011
Deunan Knute (voice)
... 2011
Ling Xiaoyu (voice)
... 2011
Julia Crichton (voice)
... 2011
Deunan Knute (voice)
... 2011
Gin-o-gou
... 2011
Shiki Ryougi (voice)
... 2010
Goribu no Shoujo
... 2010
Amelia
... 2010
Ranxue Mei
... 2009
... 2009
Kiyomi Takada (voice)
... 2009
Illinichina Amiella, Alisa (voice)
... 2009
Shiki Ryougi (voice)
... 2009
Mari Illustrious Makinami (voice)
... 2009
... 2009
... 2009
Shiki Ryougi (voice)
... 2009
Shiki Ryougi (voice)
... 2008
Shiki Ryougi (voice)
... 2008
Motoko Kusanagi (young) (voice)
... 2008
... 2008
Shiki Ryougi (voice)
... 2008
Lin (voice)
... 2008
Shiki Ryougi (voice)
... 2008
Shiki Ryougi (voice)
... 2007
Shiki Ryougi (voice)
... 2007
Hikaru Toyoki (voice)
... 2007
Hagihime (voice)
... 2007
... 2007
Lal'C Mellk Mal (voice)
... 2006
Lal'C Mellk Mal (voice)
... 2006
... 2006
Little Motoko (voice)
... 2005
Princess Tomoyo (voice)
... 2005
Aerith Gainsborough (voice)
... 2005
Hitomi Kanzaki (voice)
... 2000
Suu (voice)
... 1999
Kusanagi Girl (voice)
... 1995
... 1990