Maaya Sakamotoborn 1980
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Actor
Popularity
4.4
Famous
Biography
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.
Credits
2024
Action • Animation • Drama • Science Fiction
as Lunamaria Hawke (voice)
2024
Action • Animation • Drama • Fantasy • Horror • Mystery
as Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade (voice) (archive footage)
2023
Action • Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy
as Preme / Cure Supreme (voice)
2022
Animation • Drama • Science Fiction • War
as Annerose von Grünewald
2022
Animation • Comedy • Science Fiction
as Akashi (voice)
2022
Action • Animation • Fantasy • Thriller
as Tamayo (voice)
2022
Animation
as Annerose von Grünewald (voice)
2022
Animation
as Annerose von Grünewald (voice)
2022
Animation • Science Fiction
as Annerose von Grünewald (voice)
2021
Action • Adventure • Animation • Fantasy
as Leonardo da Vinci / Alexander III / Jeanne d'Arc (voice)
2021
Action • Adventure • Animation • Drama • Fantasy • History
as Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
2021
Action • Animation • Drama • Science Fiction
as Mari Illustrious Makinami (voice)
2020
Action • Adventure • Animation • Drama • Fantasy • History
as Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
2020
Adventure • Animation • Drama • Fantasy • Mystery • Science Fiction
as Lyza / Narration (voice)
2019
Action • Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Fantasy • Romance
as Artemis (voice)
2019
Adventure • Animation • Fantasy • Mystery • Science Fiction
as Lyza / Narrator (voice)
2019
Adventure • Animation • Family • Fantasy • Mystery • Science Fiction
as Lyza (voice)
2018
Action • Adventure • Animation • Fantasy
as Merlin (voice)
2017
Action • Animation • Comedy • Fantasy • Mystery
as Ciel Phantomhive (voice)
2017
Animation • Fantasy • Mystery
as Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade (voice)
2016
Animation • Fantasy • Mystery
as Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade (voice)
2016
Action • Animation • Science Fiction
as Leila Malkal (voice)
2016
Action • Adventure • Animation • Crime • Science Fiction • Thriller
as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
2016
Action • Adventure • Animation • Drama • Fantasy • Science Fiction
as Aigis (voice)
2016
Action • Animation • Drama • Fantasy • Mystery
as Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade (voice)
2015
Action • Animation • Crime • Science Fiction
as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
2015
Action • Animation • Science Fiction
as (voice)
2015
Action • Animation • Science Fiction
as Leila Malkal (voice)
2015
Adventure • Animation • Comedy
as Karorina (voice)
2015
Action • Adventure • Animation • Drama • Fantasy • Science Fiction
as Aigis (voice)
2014
Action • Animation • Crime • Science Fiction
as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
2014
Action • Animation • Science Fiction
as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
2014
Action • Adventure • Animation • Drama • Fantasy • Science Fiction
as Aigis (voice)
2013
Action • Animation • Science Fiction • Thriller
as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
2013
Animation • Drama • Fantasy • Science Fiction
as Shiki Ryougi (voice)
2013
Action • Animation • Science Fiction
as Leila Malkal (voice)
2013
Action • Animation • Crime • Science Fiction
as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
2013
Action • Adventure • Animation • Drama • Romance • Science Fiction
as Sarina Endō (voice)
2012
Action • Animation • Drama • Science Fiction
as Mari Illustrious Makinami (voice)
2012
Action • Animation • Science Fiction • War
as Leila Marukaru (voice)
2011
Action • Adventure • Animation • Fantasy • Science Fiction
as Julia Crichton (voice)
2009
Animation • Drama • Romance • Science Fiction
as Ranxue Mei
2009
Animation • Crime • Drama • Fantasy • TV Movie • Thriller
as Kiyomi Takada (voice)
2009
Action • Animation • Crime • Fantasy • Mystery • Romance
as Shiki Ryougi (voice)
2009
Action • Animation • Drama • Science Fiction
as Mari Illustrious Makinami (voice)
2009
Action • Animation • Mystery • Romance • Thriller
as Shiki Ryougi (voice)
2008
Animation • Fantasy • Mystery • Romance
as Shiki Ryougi (voice)
2008
Action • Animation • Drama • Fantasy • Mystery • Thriller
as Shiki Ryougi (voice)
2008
Action • Animation • Crime • Drama • Mystery • Science Fiction • Thriller
as Motoko Kusanagi (young) (voice)
2008
Action • Animation • Fantasy • Mystery
as Shiki Ryougi (voice)
2008
Action • Animation • Crime • Drama • Fantasy • Mystery
as Shiki Ryougi (voice)
2007
Action • Animation • Crime • Mystery • Romance
as Shiki Ryougi (voice)
2007
Action • Animation • Crime • Fantasy • Mystery
as Shiki Ryougi (voice)
2007
Action • Adventure • Animation • Romance
as Rin (voice)
2006
Action • Adventure • Animation • Drama • Science Fiction
as Lal'C Mellk Mal (voice)
2006
Action • Adventure • Animation • Drama • Science Fiction
as Lal'C Mellk Mal (voice)
2006
Action • Adventure • Animation
as Lin (voice)
2005
Action • Animation • Science Fiction • TV Movie • War
as Lunamaria Hawke
2005
Action • Animation • Crime • Science Fiction
as Little Motoko (voice)
2005
Action • Adventure • Animation
as Princess Tomoyo (voice)
2005
Action • Adventure • Animation • Fantasy • Science Fiction
as Aerith Gainsborough (voice)
