Maaya Sakamoto
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
Actor
as Ciel Phantomhive
as Melk Mark, Lal'C
as Woman from 4-Frame Manga (voice)
as Lunamaria Hawke (voice)
as Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade (voice)
as Rafal (voice)
as Shinobu Oshino (voice)
as Tsukiha 'Shibamū' Shibamura (voice)
as Amelothée (voice)
as Preme / Cure Supreme (voice)
as Mari Illustrious-Makinami (voice)
as Mari Illustrious-Makinami (voice)
as Miranjo (voice)
as Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
as Akira (voice)
as Amelothée (voice)
as Rem Saverem (voice)
as Haruko Akagi (voice)
as Akashi (voice)
as Tamayo (voice)
as Annerose von Grünewald (voice)
as Annerose von Grünewald (voice)
as Annerose von Grünewald (voice)
as Talulah (voice)
as Akashi (voice)
as Shinri Yukihira (voice)
as Hawk Ritzland (voice)
as Chihaya (voice)
as Shiro (voice)
as Leonardo da Vinci / Alexander III / Jeanne d'Arc (voice)
as Maria (voice)
as Merlin (voice)
as Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
as Mari Illustrious Makinami (voice)
as Kasey (voice)
as Magic Mirror (voice)
as Miranjo (voice)
as Jeanne d'Arc (voice)
as Mayumi Doujima (voice)
as Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
as Lyza / Narration (voice)
as Zero (voice)
as Suzue Kambe (voice)
as Kyouko Sayama (voice)
as Marie “Lily” Antoinette (voice)
as Ascella (voice)
as Carlotta (voice)
as Saki / Versa (voice)
as Artemis (voice)
as Lyza / Narrator (voice)
as Lyza (voice)
as Kinuyo Kasuga (voice)
as Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
as Mysterious Lady (voice)
as Anzu
as Elizabeth (voice)
as Crystal (voice)
as Akito Sōma (voice)
as Tamayo (voice)
as 贞德、贞德·Alter·Santa·Lily
as Shinobu Oshino (voice)
as Merlin (voice)
as Ichinose Reiko (voice)
as Honey Kisaragi / Cutie Honey (voice)
as Ciel Phantomhive (voice)
as Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade (voice)
as Marielle (voice)
as Lyza / Narration (voice)
as Narration (voice)
as Lyza (voice)
as Ruler (voice)
as Magane Chikujōin (voice)
as Ren Homura (young) (voice)
as Meyers (voice)
as Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade (voice)
as Leila Malkal (voice)
as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
as Aigis (voice)
as Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade (voice)
as Hayashi Kaguya (voice)
as Miwa Yamada (voice)
as Miyoko Yasuhara (voice)
as Echidna (voice)
as Meyers (voice)
as Meyers
as Shinobu Oshino (VA)
as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
as Leila Malkal (voice)
as Karorina (voice)
as Aigis (voice)
as Alisa Ilyinichna Omela (voice)
as Sumako Aotsuki (voice)
as Falangies (voice)
as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
as Ciel Phantomhive (voice)
as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
as Aigis (voice)
as Saori Shibuki (voice)
as Merlin (voice)
as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
as Shiki Ryougi (voice)
as Shiki Ryougi (voice)
as Leila Malkal (voice)
as Nami (voice)
as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
as Sarina Endō (voice)
as Shiki Ryougi (voice)
as Mari Illustrious Makinami (voice)
as Funamushi (voice)
as Tomoe Kaburagi (voice)
as Leila Marukaru (voice)
as Administrator (voice)
as Quinella (voice)
as Deunan Knute (voice)
as Ling Xiaoyu (voice)
as Amelia
as Julia Crichton (voice)
as Deunan Knute (voice)
as Gin-o-gou
as Shiki Ryougi (voice)
as Haruka Inokuma (voice)
as Masako Yoshii (voice)
as Deunan Knute (voice)
as Makoto (voice)
as Narrator
as Goribu no Shoujo
as Sarina Endo (voice)
as Akashi (voice)
as Nino (voice)
as Secret Sanders (voice)
as Ranxue Mei
as Kiyomi Takada (voice)
as Illinichina Amiella, Alisa (voice)
as Shiki Ryougi (voice)
as Mari Illustrious Makinami (voice)
as Shiki Ryougi (voice)
as Alphard Al Shua (voice)
as Shinobu Oshino / Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade
as Shinobu Oshino (voice)
as Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade
as 姬丝秀忒・雅赛劳拉莉昂・刃下心（CV）
as Shiki Ryougi (voice)
as Shiki Ryougi (voice)
as Motoko Kusanagi (young) (voice)
as Shiki Ryougi (voice)
as Lin (voice)
as Shiki Ryougi (voice)
as Ciel Phantomhive (voice)
as Machi (voice)
as Morte Ashela
as Crona (voice)
as Ranxue Me
as Yamada Miwa
as Shiki Ryougi (voice)
as Shiki Ryougi (voice)
as Hikaru Toyoki (voice)
as Hagihime (voice)
as Rin Suzuki (voice)
as Lal'C Mellk Mal (voice)
as Lal'C Mellk Mal (voice)
as Mishio Amano (voice)
as Kyō Yamada
as Haruhi Fujioka (voice)
as Little Motoko (voice)
as Princess Tomoyo (voice)
as Aerith Gainsborough (voice)
as Tomoyo Daidouji (voice)
as Melk Mark, Lal'C
as Mel (voice)
as Noriko Kido (voice)
as Pandora (voice)
as Lunamaria Hawke (voice)
as Mimosa (voice)
as Aura (voice)
as Aura / Morti (voice)
as Mishio Amano (voice)
as Reika Mishima (voice)
as June (voice)
as July (voice)
as Hitomi Kanzaki (voice)
as Suu (voice)
as Moe Katsuragi
as Yamazaki Riho
as Stella Bonnaro (voice)
as Leaf (voice)
as Natsumi Kugayama
as Hitomi Kanzaki (voice)
as Kusanagi Girl (voice)
as Lal'C Melk Mark (voice)
Sound
as Theme Song Performance
as Theme Song Performance
as Theme Song Performance
as Theme Song Performance
as Theme Song Performance
as Theme Song Performance
as Theme Song Performance
as Theme Song Performance
as Musician
as Theme Song Performance