Maaya Sakamoto
Maaya Sakamoto
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.
Acted Movies
Director: Takehiko Inoue
Writers: Takehiko Inoue,
Cast: Asami Seto, Chado Horii, Jun Kasama, Katsuhisa Houki, Kenta Miyake, Maaya Sakamoto, Ryota Iwasaki, Shinichiro Kamio, Shugo Nakamura, Subaru Kimura,
Director: Kyohei Ishiguro
Writers: Michiko Yokote,
Cast: Chafurin, Daisuke Hirakawa, Kenichi Suzumura, Kenjiro Tsuda, Maaya Sakamoto, Mamoru Miyano, MIYAVI, Shion Wakayama, Yuuki Nomura,
Director: Takana Shirai
Writers: Tetsuro Takita,
Cast: Aju Makita, Arata Iura, Chafurin, Chise Niitsu, Ko Shibasaki, Maaya Sakamoto, Miyu Irino, Riko Nagase, Wataru Takagi,
Director: Kei Suezawa
Writers: Ukyo Kodachi,
Cast: Ayako Kawasumi, Kenichi Suzumura, Koki Uchiyama, Maaya Sakamoto, Mamoru Miyano, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Rie Takahashi, Ryotaro Okiayu, Satoshi Tsuruoka, Takahiro Mizushima,
Director: Tatsuya Oishi
Writers: Muneo Nakamoto,
Cast: Hiroshi Kamiya, Maaya Sakamoto, Takahiro Sakurai, Yui Horie,
Director: Noriyuki Abe
Writers: Yana Toboso,
Cast: Daisuke Ono, Hiroki Touchi, Junichi Suwabe, Maaya Sakamoto, Ryohei Kimura, Shintaro Asanuma, Shunji Fujimura, Takuma Terashima, Yukari Tamura, Yuki Kaji,
Director: Youichi Mouri
Writers: Dai Sato,
Cast: Akeno Watanabe, Atsuko Tanaka, Hidenari Ugaki, Isshin Chiba, Maaya Sakamoto, Mamoru Miyano, Masanori Shinohara, Ryotaro Okiayu, Unsho Ishizuka, Yuki Matsuoka,
Director: Satoshi Nishimura
Writers: Yasuko Kobayashi,
Cast: Hiromi Tsuru, Maaya Sakamoto, Masaya Onosaka, Satsuki Yukino, Show Hayami, Tsutomu Isobe,
Director: Masahiro Ando
Writers: Fumihiko Takayama,
Cast: Akio Otsuka, Jun Hazumi, Koichi Yamadera, Maaya Sakamoto, Mamoru Miyano, Takurou Kitagawa, Tomoya Nagase, Tomoyuki Shimura, Unsho Ishizuka, Yuri Chinen,
Director: Kazuki Akane
Writers: Kazuki Akane,
Cast: Hisako Kyoda, Ikue Otani, Kappei Yamaguchi, Koji Tsujitani, Maaya Sakamoto, Mayumi Izuka, Minami Takayama, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Shin-ichiro Miki, Tomokazu Seki,