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Maaya Sakamoto

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 Ryōgi in the Kara no Kyōkai 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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Born:
Mar 31, 1980 In Tokyo, Japan
Movie/TV Credits:
72
First Appeared:
In the movie Ghost in the Shell 1995-11-18
Latest Project:
Movie Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM 2024-01-26
Known For
Filmography
Movie Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM Lunamaria Hawke (voice) 2024-01-26
Movie The Tatami Time Machine Blues Akashi (voice) 2022-09-30
Movie The First Slam Dunk Haruko Akagi (voice) 2022-12-03
Movie Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop Maria (voice) 2021-07-22
Movie Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul Lyza / Narration (voice) 2020-01-17
Movie NiNoKuni Saki / Versa (voice) 2019-08-23
Series The Piano Forest Ichinose Reiko 2018-04-09
Movie Zoku Owarimonogatari Shinobu Oshino (voice) 2018-11-10
Series Fate/Apocrypha Ruler 2017-07-02
Series Made in Abyss Lyza 2017-07-07
Movie Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade (voice) 2016-01-08
Movie Ajin: Demi-Human – Collide Meyers (voice) 2016-09-23
Series Ajin Meyers (voice) 2016-01-16
Movie PERSONA3 THE MOVIE #4 Winter of Rebirth Aigis (voice) 2016-01-23
Movie Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade (voice) 2016-08-19
Series The Heroic Legend of Arslan Falangies (voice) 2015-04-05
Series Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture Motoko Kusanagi (voice) 2015-04-05
Movie PERSONA3 THE MOVIE #3 Falling Down Aigis (voice) 2015-04-04
Movie Crayon Shin-chan: My Moving Story! Cactus Large Attack! Karorina (voice) 2015-04-18
Movie Ghost in the Shell Arise - Border 5: Pyrophoric Cult Motoko Kusanagi 2015-08-26
Series God Eater Alisa Ilyinichna Omela (voice) 2015-07-12
Movie Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie Motoko Kusanagi (voice) 2015-06-20
Movie PERSONA3 THE MOVIE #2 Midsummer Knight's Dream Aigis (voice) 2014-06-07
Movie Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 4: Ghost Stands Alone Motoko Kusanagi (voice) 2014-09-06
Movie Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 3: Ghost Tears Motoko Kusanagi (voice) 2014-06-28
Movie STAR DRIVER: The Movie Sarina Endō (voice) 2013-02-09
Movie Space Pirate Captain Harlock Nami (voice) 2013-09-07
Movie Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain Motoko Kusanagi (voice) 2013-06-22
Movie Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 2: Ghost Whispers Motoko Kusanagi (voice) 2013-11-29
Movie Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 2: The Wyvern Divided Leila Malkal (voice) 2013-09-14
Movie Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 1: The Wyvern Arrives Leila Marukaru (voice) 2012-08-04
Movie TIGER & BUNNY: The Beginning Tomoe Kaburagi (voice) 2012-09-22
Movie Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo Mari Illustrious Makinami (voice) 2012-11-17
Movie Fusé: Memoirs of a Huntress Funamushi (voice) 2012-10-20
Movie Appleseed XIII: Tartaros Deunan Knute (voice) 2011-06-13
Movie Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: The Sacred Star of Milos Julia Crichton (voice) 2011-07-02
Movie You & Me Gin-o-gou 2011-05-14
Series Usagi Drop Masako Yosii 2011-07-08
Movie Appleseed XIII: Ouranos Deunan Knute (voice) 2011-10-24
Movie Trigun: Badlands Rumble Amelia 2011-07-11
Movie Black Jack: Final Yurie Saionji 2011-12-16
Movie TEKKEN: Blood Vengeance Ling Xiaoyu (voice) 2011-07-26
Series Arakawa under The Bridge 2010-04-04
Series Tsubasa: Spring Thunder Tomoyo (voice) 2009-03-15
Movie Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance Mari Illustrious Makinami (voice) 2009-06-26
Movie Death Note Relight 2: L's Successors Kiyomi Takada (voice) 2009-10-07
Movie The Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder (Part 2) Shiki Ryougi (voice) 2009-08-08
Movie Macross Frontier: The False Songstress Ranxue Mei 2009-11-21
Movie The Garden of Sinners: The Hollow Shrine Shiki Ryougi (voice) 2008-05-24
Movie Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Toki Lin (voice) 2008-03-26
Movie Ghost in the Shell 2.0 Motoko Kusanagi (young) (voice) 2008-07-12
Movie The Garden of Sinners: Remaining Sense of Pain Shiki Ryougi (voice) 2008-02-09
Series Blade of the Immortal Machi 2008-07-14
Series Black Butler Ciel Phantomhive 2008-10-02
Movie The Garden of Sinners: Oblivion Recording Shiki Ryougi (voice) 2008-12-20
Movie The Garden of Sinners: Paradox Spiral Shiki Ryougi (voice) 2008-08-16
Movie Fist of the North Star: Legend of Raoh - Chapter of Fierce Fight Rin (voice) 2007-04-28
Movie Sword of the Stranger Hagihime (voice) 2007-09-29
Movie The Garden of Sinners: Overlooking View Shiki Ryougi (voice) 2007-12-01
Movie Fist of the North Star: The Legend of the True Savior: Legend of Raoh-Chapter of Death in Love Lin (voice) 2006-03-11
Series Ouran High School Host Club Haruhi Fujioka 2006-04-05
Movie Diebuster: The Movie Lal'C Mellk Mal (voice) 2006-10-01
Series Kanon Mishio Amano 2006-10-06
Movie Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Aerith Gainsborough (voice) 2005-07-14
Movie Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man Little Motoko (voice) 2005-09-23
Movie Tsubasa Chronicle The Movie: The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom Princess Tomoyo (voice) 2005-08-19
Series Fantastic Children Mel 2004-10-04
Series RahXephon Reika Mishima 2002-01-21
Movie Escaflowne: The Movie Hitomi Kanzaki (voice) 2000-06-24
Series Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight Leaf (voice) 1998-04-01
Series The Vision of Escaflowne Hitomi Kanzaki 1996-04-02
Movie Ghost in the Shell Kusanagi Girl (voice) 1995-11-18
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