Maaya Sakamoto

Acting

Born Mar 31, 1980

From 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.

Maaya Sakamoto

Known For

Cosmic Princess Kaguya!

EVANGELION 30th Anniversary Special Screening

Look Back

Ghost in the Shell

Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time

Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance

Sword of the Stranger

Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie

Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos

Filmography — Acting

Cosmic Princess Kaguya!

EVANGELION 30th Anniversary Special Screening

Look Back

Ghost in the Shell

Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time

Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance

Sword of the Stranger

Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie

Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos

Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo

The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light

Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu

The First Slam Dunk

Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop

NiNoKuni

Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 3: The Brightness Falls

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children

KIZUMONOGATARI -Koyomi Vamp-

Fist of the North Star: The Legend of the True Savior: Legend of Raoh-Chapter of Death in Love

Escaflowne: The Movie

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Arrow of the Orion

Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 2: The Wyvern Divided

The Garden of Sinners: Paradox Spiral

Fist of the North Star: Legend of Raoh - Chapter of Fierce Fighting

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM

Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reiketsu

Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu

Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 1: The Wyvern Arrives

Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 5: To Beloved Ones

Pretty Cure All Stars F

Child of Kamiari Month

Crayon Shin-chan: My Moving Story! Cactus Large Attack!

TEKKEN: Blood Vengeance

Macross Frontier: The False Songstress

Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 4: Memories of Hatred

The Garden of Sinners: Remaining Sense of Pain

Trigun: Badlands Rumble

Space Pirate Captain Harlock

The Garden of Sinners: Overlooking View

Fruits Basket -prelude-

The Garden of Sinners: Oblivion Recording

Death Note Relight 2: L's Successors

Ghost in the Shell 2.0

The Garden of Sinners: Murder Speculation Part B

Made in Abyss: Journey's Dawn

The Garden of Sinners: Murder Speculation Part A

Persona 3 the Movie: #2 Midsummer Knight's Dream

Made in Abyss: Wandering Twilight

Tsubasa Chronicle The Movie: The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom

Black Butler: Book of Murder

The Garden of Sinners: The Hollow Shrine

Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Toki

Ajin: Demi-Human – Collide

The Garden of Sinners: Epilogue

Labyrinth

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Asakusa Arc

The Tatami Time Machine Blues

Fate/Grand Order Final Singularity – Grand Temple of Time: Solomon

Kaina of the Great Snow Sea: Star Sage

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man

Fate/Grand Order the Movie: Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot 1 Wandering; Agateram

Fusé: Memoirs of a Huntress

Diebuster: The Movie

Persona 3 the Movie: #3 Falling Down

Bright: Samurai Soul

Persona 3 the Movie: #4 Winter of Rebirth