Maaya Sakamoto

Known for ActingBorn 1980-03-31 (age 46)Tokyo, Japan

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Collision 1

The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Collision 2

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

The Tatami Time Machine Blues

Cosmic Princess Kaguya!

Maaya Sakamoto 15th Anniversary Live "Gift" at Nippon Budokan

Stars Align

EVANGELION 30th Anniversary Special Screening

Cardcaptor Sakura

The Seven Deadly Sins

Pretty Cure All Stars F

The Ancient Magus' Bride

Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon

Made in Abyss

Made in Abyss: Wandering Twilight

Cowboy Bebop

Black Jack

Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time

Tokyo Ghoul

The Tatami Galaxy

Look Back

SING "YESTERDAY" FOR ME

Usagi Drop

Sword Art Online

Ranking of Kings

Orb: On the Movements of the Earth

Ouran High School Host Club

Monogatari

Fruits Basket

Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reiketsu

Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu

Ushio and Tora

Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia

Ghost Stories

The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Collision 3

Mushi-Shi

The Vision of Escaflowne

Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-

Black Butler: Book of Murder

Ajin

Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul

Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter

The Tatami Time Machine Blues

The First Slam Dunk

Ensemble Stars!

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle

Macross Frontier

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Asakusa Arc