Maaya Sakamoto profile
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Maaya Sakamoto

31st March 1980 Tokyo, Japan 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.

110 Movies 106 TV Shows 217 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Labyrinth poster
Labyrinth 1st January 2026 as Yoriko Maezawa (voice)
Look Back poster
Look Back 28th June 2024 as Woman from 4-Frame Manga (voice)
NiNoKuni poster
NiNoKuni 23rd August 2019 as Saki / Versa (voice)
Clover poster
Clover 21st August 1999 as Suu (voice)
BEM poster
BEM 14th July 2019 as Mysterious Lady (voice)
Ajin poster
Ajin 16th January 2016 as Meyers (voice)
Ajin poster
Ajin 16th January 2016 as Meyers
God Eater poster
God Eater 12th July 2015 as Alisa Ilyinichna Omela (voice)
Blade poster
Blade 1st July 2011 as Makoto (voice)
Canaan poster
Canaan 4th July 2009 as Alphard Al Shua (voice)
Monogatari poster
Monogatari 3rd July 2009 as Shinobu Oshino / Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade (voice)
Kanon poster
Kanon 6th October 2006 as Mishio Amano (voice)
Barom One poster
Barom One 7th December 2002 as Noriko Kido (voice)
.hack poster
.hack 4th April 2002 as Aura (voice)
.hack poster
.hack 4th April 2002 as Aura / Morti (voice)
RahXephon poster
RahXephon 21st January 2002 as Reika Mishima (voice)
Aqua Age poster
Aqua Age 4th April 1996 as Natsumi Kugayama
Gunbuster poster
Gunbuster 7th October 1988 as Lal'C Melk Mark (voice)