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.
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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