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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1980-03-31 (45 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

Maaya Sakamoto

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.

Known For

Acting

2025

2024

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM as Lunamaria Hawke (voice)
KIZUMONOGATARI -Koyomi Vamp- as Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade (voice) (archive footage)
Look Back as Woman from 4-Frame Manga (voice)
A Condition Called Love as Tsukiha 'Shibamū' Shibamura (voice)

2023

EVANGELION:3.0(-46h) as Mari Illustrious-Makinami (voice)
EVANGELION:3.0(-120min.) as Mari Illustrious-Makinami (voice)
Pretty Cure All Stars F as Preme / Cure Supreme (voice)
Kaina of the Great Snow Sea as Amelothée (voice)
The Fire Hunter as Akira (voice)
TRIGUN STAMPEDE as Rem Saverem (voice)

2022

The First Slam Dunk as Haruko Akagi (voice)
Love of Kill as Hawk Ritzland (voice)
Deaimon: Recipe for Happiness as Shinri Yukihira (voice)
Arknights as Talulah (voice)

2021

Bright: Samurai Soul as Chihaya (voice)
Child of Kamiari Month as Shiro (voice)
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time as Mari Illustrious Makinami (voice)
Fate/Grand Order Final Singularity – Grand Temple of Time: Solomon as Leonardo da Vinci / Alexander III / Jeanne d'Arc (voice)
Pretty Boy Detective Club as Mayumi Doujima (voice)
Fate/Grand Carnival as Jeanne d'Arc (voice)
Super Crooks as Kasey (voice)
Ranking of Kings as Magic Mirror (voice)
Ranking of Kings as Miranjo (voice)

2020

Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul as Lyza / Narration (voice)
Sorcerous Stabber Orphen as Carlotta (voice)
Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga as Marie 'Lily' Antoinette (voice)
Drifting Dragons as Ascella (voice)
SING "YESTERDAY" FOR ME as Kyouko Sayama (voice)

2019

NiNoKuni as Saki / Versa (voice)
Made in Abyss: Wandering Twilight as Lyza / Narrator (voice)
CAROLE & TUESDAY as Crystal (voice)
BEM as Mysterious Lady (voice)
Fruits Basket as Akito Sōma (voice)
To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts as Elizabeth (voice)
Stars Align as Kinuyo Kasuga (voice)

2018

Learning with Manga! Fate/Grand Order as 贞德、贞德·Alter·Santa·Lily
The Piano Forest as Ichinose Reiko (voice)
Cutie Honey Universe as Honey Kisaragi / Cutie Honey (voice)

2017

Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reiketsu as Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade (voice)
Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic as Ciel Phantomhive (voice)
Made in Abyss as Narration (voice)
Made in Abyss as Lyza / Narration (voice)
Re:Creators as Magane Chikujōin (voice)
Fate/Apocrypha as Ruler (voice)
Made in Abyss as Lyza (voice)
The Ancient Magus' Bride as Marielle (voice)

2016

Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu as Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade (voice)
Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu as Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade (voice)
JOKER GAME as Miyoko Yasuhara (voice)
Ajin as Meyers (voice)
Ajin as Meyers
The Great Passage as Hayashi Kaguya (voice)
Chi's Sweet Adventure as Miwa Yamada (voice)

2015

Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
Ushio and Tora as Sumako Aotsuki (voice)
God Eater as Alisa Ilyinichna Omela (voice)
The Heroic Legend of Arslan as Falangies (voice)
Owarimonogatari as 忍野忍

2014

Black Butler: Book of Murder as Ciel Phantomhive (voice)
The Seven Deadly Sins as Merlin (voice)
Alice in Borderland as Saori Shibuki (voice)
Tokyo Ghoul as Eto Yoshimura (voice)

2013

STAR DRIVER: The Movie as Sarina Endō (voice)
The Garden of Sinners: Future Gospel as Shiki Ryougi (voice)
The Garden of Sinners as Shiki Ryougi (voice)

2012

TIGER & BUNNY: The Beginning as Tomoe Kaburagi (voice)
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo as Mari Illustrious Makinami (voice)
Fusé: Memoirs of a Huntress as Funamushi (voice)
Sword Art Online as Administrator (voice)
Sword Art Online as Quinella (voice)

2011

The Garden of Sinners: Epilogue as Shiki Ryougi (voice)
TEKKEN: Blood Vengeance as Ling Xiaoyu (voice)
Appleseed XIII: Ouranos as Deunan Knute (voice)
Appleseed XIII: Tartaros as Deunan Knute (voice)
You & Me as Gin-o-gou
Chihayafuru as Haruka Inokuma (voice)
Appleseed XIII as Deunan Knute (voice)
Usagi Drop as Masako Yoshii (voice)
Blade as Makoto (voice)

2010

Coral of the Moon as Goribu no Shoujo
Arakawa Under the Bridge as Nino (voice)
The Tatami Galaxy as Akashi (voice)
Cobra the Animation as Secret Sanders (voice)

2009

Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance as Mari Illustrious Makinami (voice)
God Eater Prologue as Illinichina Amiella, Alisa (voice)
Death Note Relight 2: L's Successors as Kiyomi Takada (voice)
Canaan as Alphard Al Shua (voice)
Monogatari as Shinobu Oshino / Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade
Monogatari as Shinobu Oshino (voice)
Monogatari as Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade

2008

Ghost in the Shell 2.0 as Motoko Kusanagi (young) (voice)
Macross Frontier as Ranxue Me (voice)
Soul Eater as Crona (voice)
Black Butler as Ciel Phantomhive (voice)
Sands of Destruction as Morte Ashela
Chi's Sweet Home as Yamada Miwa
Blade of the Immortal as Machi (voice)

2007

Nasu: A Migratory Bird with Suitcase as Hikaru Toyoki (voice)
Sword of the Stranger as Hagihime (voice)
Bamboo Blade as Rin Suzuki (voice)

2006

Diebuster: The Movie as Lal'C Mellk Mal (voice)
Ouran High School Host Club as Haruhi Fujioka (voice)
Poor Sisters Story as Kyō Yamada
Kanon as Mishio Amano (voice)

2005

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children as Aerith Gainsborough (voice)
Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE as Tomoyo Daidouji (voice)

2004

Fantastic Children as Mel (voice)

2003

2002

RahXephon as Reika Mishima (voice)
Jing: King of Bandits as Mimosa (voice)
.hack as Aura (voice)
Kanon as Mishio Amano (voice)
Barom One as Noriko Kido (voice)
.hack as Aura / Morti (voice)
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED as Lunamaria Hawke (voice)

2001

Kokoro Library as June (voice)
Kokoro Library as July (voice)

2000

Escaflowne: The Movie as Hitomi Kanzaki (voice)

1999

Clover as Suu (voice)

1998

Cowboy Bebop as Stella Bonnaro (voice)

1996

The Vision of Escaflowne as Hitomi Kanzaki (voice)
Aqua Age as Natsumi Kugayama

1995

Ghost in the Shell as Kusanagi Girl (voice)

1990

1988

Gunbuster as Lal'C Melk Mark (voice)

Sound

2025

Once Upon a Witch's Death as Theme Song Performance

2023

Revenger as Theme Song Performance
The Fire Hunter as Theme Song Performance

2022

Deaimon: Recipe for Happiness as Theme Song Performance

2015

Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie as Theme Song Performance
The Asterisk War as Theme Song Performance

2010

Tamayura as Theme Song Performance
And Yet the Town Moves as Theme Song Performance

2007

Universe as Musician

1998

Cardcaptor Sakura as Theme Song Performance