Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 31, 1980
Place of Birth:
Tokyo, Japan
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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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom | Fianna (voice) |
| 2024 | Orb: On the Movements of the Earth | Rafal (voice) |
| 2024 | A Condition Called Love | Tsukiha 'Shibamu' Shibamura (voice) |
| 2023 | Kaina of the Great Snow Sea | Amelothée (voice) |
| 2023 | Fate Project 大晦日TVスペシャル2023 | |
| 2023 | The Fire Hunter | Akira (voice) |
| 2023 | Ranking of Kings: The Treasure Chest of Courage | Miranjo (voice) |
| 2023 | Fate/Grand Order: You've Lost Ritsuka Fujimaru | Leonardo da Vinci (voice) |
| 2023 | TRIGUN STAMPEDE | Rem Saverem (voice) |
| 2022 | The Tatami Time Machine Blues | Akashi (voice) |
| 2022 | Love of Kill | Hawk Ritzland (voice) |
| 2022 | Deaimon: Recipe for Happiness | Shinri Yukihira (voice) |
| 2022 | Arknights | Talulah (voice) |
| 2021 | Pretty Boy Detective Club | Mayumi Doujima (voice) |
| 2021 | Fate/Grand Carnival | Jeanne d'Arc (voice) |
| 2021 | Super Crooks | Kasey (voice) |
| 2021 | Ranking of Kings | Magic Mirror (voice) |
| 2021 | Ranking of Kings | Miranjo (voice) |
| 2020 | Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon | Zero (voice) |
| 2020 | Sorcerous Stabber Orphen | Carlotta (voice) |
| 2020 | Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga | Marie 'Lily' Antoinette (voice) |
| 2020 | Drifting Dragons | Ascella (voice) |
| 2020 | SING "YESTERDAY" FOR ME | Kyoko Sayama (voice) |
| 2020 | The Millionaire Detective – Balance: UNLIMITED | Suzue Kambe (voice) |
| 2019 | Ensemble Stars! | Anzu |
| 2019 | CAROLE & TUESDAY | Crystal (voice) |
| 2019 | Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia | Leonardo da Vinci (voice) |
| 2019 | BEM | Mysterious Lady (voice) |
| 2019 | Fruits Basket | Akito Sōma (voice) |
| 2019 | To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts | Elizabeth (voice) |
| 2019 | Stars Align | Kinuyo Kasuga (voice) |
| 2019 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Tamayo (voice) |
| 2018 | Cutie Honey Universe | Honey Kisaragi / Cutie Honey (voice) |
| 2018 | The Piano Forest | Reiko Ichinose (voice) |
| 2017 | Made in Abyss | Narration (voice) |
| 2017 | Made in Abyss | Lyza / Narration (voice) |
| 2017 | Re:Creators | Magane Chikujoin (voice) |
| 2017 | Fate/Apocrypha | Ruler (voice) |
| 2017 | Made in Abyss | Lyza (voice) |
| 2017 | The Ancient Magus' Bride | Marielle (voice) |
| 2016 | JOKER GAME | Miyoko Yasuhara (voice) |
| 2016 | Ajin | Meyers (voice) |
| 2016 | Ajin | Meyers |
| 2016 | The Great Passage | Hayashi Kaguya (voice) |
| 2016 | Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- | Echidna (voice) |
| 2016 | Chi's Sweet Adventure | Miwa Yamada (voice) |
| 2016 | Chi's Sweet Adventure | (voice) |
| 2015 | Ushio and Tora | Sumako Aotsuki (voice) |
| 2015 | God Eater | Alisa Ilyinichna Omela (voice) |
| 2015 | The Heroic Legend of Arslan | Falangies (voice) |
| 2015 | Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture | Motoko Kusanagi (voice) |
| 2015 | Owarimonogatari | 忍野忍 |
| 2014 | The Seven Deadly Sins | Merlin (voice) |
| 2014 | Alice in Borderland | Saori Shibuki (voice) |
| 2014 | Tokyo Ghoul | Eto Yoshimura (voice) |
| 2013 | The Garden of Sinners | Shiki Ryougi (voice) |
| 2012 | Sword Art Online | Administrator (voice) |
| 2012 | Sword Art Online | Quinella (voice) |
| 2011 | Suzy's Zoo: Daisuki! Witzy | Narrator |
| 2011 | Chihayafuru | Haruka Inokuma (voice) |
| 2011 | Appleseed XIII | Deunan Knute (voice) |
| 2011 | Usagi Drop | Masako Yoshii (voice) |
| 2011 | Blade | Makoto (voice) |
| 2011 | 機動戦士ガンダムSEED HDリマスター | |
| 2010 | Arakawa Under the Bridge | Nino (voice) |
| 2010 | The Tatami Galaxy | Akashi (voice) |
| 2010 | STAR DRIVER: Takuto of the Radiance | Sarina Endo (voice) |
| 2010 | Cobra the Animation | Secret Sanders (voice) |
| 2009 | Canaan | Alphard Al Shua (voice) |
| 2009 | Monogatari | Shinobu Oshino / Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade |
| 2009 | 物語シリーズ（全） | |
| 2009 | 〈物語〉シリーズ | 忍野忍/姬丝秀忒・雅赛萝拉莉昂・刃下心/Shinobu Oshino/Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade |
| 2008 | Macross Frontier | Ranxue Me (voice) |
| 2008 | Soul Eater | Crona (voice) |
| 2008 | Black Butler | Ciel Phantomhive (voice) |
| 2008 | Sands of Destruction | Morte Ashela |
| 2008 | Chi's Sweet Home | Yamada Miwa |
| 2008 | Blade of the Immortal | Machi (voice) |
| 2007 | Bamboo Blade | Rin Suzuki (voice) |
| 2006 | Ouran High School Host Club | Haruhi Fujioka (voice) |
| 2006 | Poor Sisters Story | Kyō Yamada |
| 2006 | Kanon | Mishio Amano (voice) |
| 2005 | Mushi-Shi | |
| 2005 | Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE | |
| 2005 | Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE | Tomoyo Daidouji (voice) |
| 2004 | Fantastic Children | Mel (voice) |
| 2004 | Black Jack | |
| 2003 | The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters | エミ |
| 2002 | RahXephon | Reika Mishima (voice) |
| 2002 | Jing: King of Bandits | Mimosa (voice) |
| 2002 | Jing: King of Bandits | |
| 2002 | Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter | Pandora (voice) |
| 2002 | .hack | Aura (voice) |
| 2002 | Barom One | Noriko Kido (voice) |
| 2002 | .hack | Aura / Morti (voice) |
| 2002 | Mobile Suit Gundam SEED | Lunamaria Hawke (voice) |
| 2001 | Kokoro Library | June (voice) |
| 2001 | Kokoro Library | July (voice) |
| 2000 | Ghost Stories | |
| 1999 | Omishi Magical Theater Risky Safety | Moe Katsuragi |
| 1998 | Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective | Yamazaki Riho |
| 1998 | Cowboy Bebop | Stella Bonnaro (voice) |
| 1998 | Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight | Leaf (voice) |
| 1996 | The Vision of Escaflowne | Hitomi Kanzaki (voice) |
| 1996 | Aqua Age | Natsumi Kugayama |
| 1988 | Gunbuster | Lal'C Melk Mark (voice) |
| 暦物語 | 忍野忍 |