Maaya Sakamoto
Acting
🎂 1980-03-31
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.
Cast credits(210)
Crona (voice)
2008
Yamada Miwa
2008
Shinobu Oshino / Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade (voice)
2009
Haruka Inokuma (voice)
2011
Echidna (voice)
2016
Stella Bonnaro (voice)
1998
Leaf (voice)
1998
Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
2019
Makoto (voice)
2011
Eto Yoshimura (voice)
2014
Alisa Ilyinichna Omela (voice)
2015
Sumako Aotsuki (voice)
2015
Ciel Phantomhive (voice)
2008
Narration (voice)
2017
Lyza / Narration (voice)
2017
Lyza (voice)
2017
Hitomi Kanzaki (voice)
1996
Falangies (voice)
2015
Administrator (voice)
2012
Quinella (voice)
2012
2005
Natsumi Kugayama
1996
Miyoko Yasuhara (voice)
2016
Carlotta (voice)
2020
Marielle (voice)
2017
Akito Sōma (voice)
2019
Kasey (voice)
2021
Anzu
2019
Zero (voice)
2020
Meyers (voice)
2016
Meyers
2016
Magic Mirror (voice)
2021
Miranjo (voice)
2021
Machi (voice)
2008
Crystal (voice)
2019
Tamayo (voice)
2019
Sarina Endo (voice)
2010
Honey Kisaragi / Cutie Honey (voice)
2018
Akira (voice)
2023
Reika Mishima (voice)
2002
Aura (voice)
2002
Aura / Morti (voice)
2002
Reiko Ichinose (voice)
2018
Rem Saverem (voice)
2023
Mysterious Lady (voice)
2019
Suzue Kambe (voice)
2020
Fianna (voice)
2025
June (voice)
2001
July (voice)
2001
Kinuyo Kasuga (voice)
2019
Mishio Amano (voice)
2006
Shiki Ryougi (voice)
2013
Rafal (voice)
2024
Elizabeth (voice)
2019
Masako Yoshii (voice)
2011
Nino (voice)
2010
(voice)
2004
Ruler (voice)
2017
Miranjo (voice)
2023
Taira no Shigeko (voice)
2022
Shinri Yukihira (voice)
2022
Kyoko Sayama (voice)
2020
Moe Katsuragi
1999
Secret Sanders (voice)
2010
Talulah (voice)
2022
Mel (voice)
2004
Amelothée (voice)
2023
Saori Shibuki (voice)
2014
Lunamaria Hawke (voice)
2002
Marie 'Lily' Antoinette (voice)
2020
Lal'C Melk Mark (voice)
1988
Morte Ashela
2008
Deunan Knute (voice)
2011
Narrator
2011
Akashi (voice)
2022
Ascella (voice)
2020
Tsukiha 'Shibamu' Shibamura (voice)
2024
Ranxue Me (voice)
2008
Kyō Yamada
2006
2005
Tomoyo Daidouji (voice)
2005
エミ
2003
Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
2015
Miwa Yamada (voice)
2016
(voice)
2016
Hawk Ritzland (voice)
2022
Magane Chikujoin (voice)
2017
Noriko Kido (voice)
2002
Akashi (voice)
2010
Haruhi Fujioka (voice)
2006
Pandora (voice)
2002
Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
2023
Hayashi Kaguya (voice)
2016
Mayumi Doujima (voice)
2021
Woman from 4-Frame Manga (voice)
2024
Mimosa (voice)
2002
2002
Merlin (voice)
2014
Kusanagi Girl (voice)
1995
Kiyomi Takada (voice)
2009
Rin Suzuki (voice)
2007
Jeanne d'Arc (voice)
2021
Little Motoko (voice)
2005
Mari Illustrious Makinami (voice)
2021
2023
2000
Akito Soma (voice)
2022
Mari Illustrious Makinami (voice)
2009
Alphard Al Shua (voice)
2009
Haruko Akagi (voice)
2022
Lyza / Narration (voice)
2020
Mari Illustrious Makinami (voice)
2012
Merlin (voice)
2021
Lunamaria Hawke (voice)
2024
Tamayo (voice)
2022
Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade (voice) (archive footage)
2024
忍野忍
Yamazaki Riho
1998
Hagihime (voice)
2007
Aerith Gainsborough (voice)
2005
Artemis (voice)
2019
Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade (voice)
2016
Maria (voice)
2021
Ciel Phantomhive (voice)
2014
Julia Crichton (voice)
2011
Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade (voice)
2016
Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade (voice)
2017
Shiro (voice)
2021
Leila Malkal (voice)
2016
Shinobu Oshino / Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade (voice)
2009
Leila Marukaru (voice)
2012
Amelia
2010
Nami (voice)
2013
Echidna (voice)
Lyza (voice)
2019
Hitomi Kanzaki (voice)
2000
Shiki Ryougi (voice)
2008
Karorina (voice)
2015
Shiki Ryougi (voice)
2008
Shiki Ryougi (voice)
2007
Ling Xiaoyu (voice)
2011
Lyza / Narrator (voice)
2019
Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
2015
Saki / Versa (voice)
2019
Shiki Ryougi (voice)
2008
Leila Malkal (voice)
2013
Chihaya (voice)
2021
Shiki Ryougi (voice)
2008
Leila Malkal (voice)
2015
Shiki Ryougi (voice)
2009
2003
Motoko Kusanagi (young) (voice)
2008
Shiki Ryougi (voice)
2007
(voice)
2015
Funamushi (voice)
2012
Ciel Phantomhive (voice)
2017
Princess Tomoyo (voice)
2005
Mari Illustrious-Makinami (voice)
2023
Ranxue Mei
2009
Rin (voice)
2007
Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
2013
Hikaru Toyoki (voice)
2007
Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
2020
Aigis (voice)
2016
Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
2014
Aigis (voice)
2014
Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
2021
Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
2013
Shiki Ryougi (voice)
2013
Akashi (voice)
2022
Lin (voice)
2006
Shiki Ryougi (voice)
2010
Leonardo da Vinci / Alexander III / Jeanne d'Arc (voice)
2021
Lin (voice)
2008
Merlin (voice)
2018
Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
2014
Lal'C Mellk Mal (voice)
2006
Lal'C Mellk Mal (voice)
2006
Meyers (voice)
2016
Preme / Cure Supreme (voice)
2023
Aigis (voice)
2015
Sarina Endō (voice)
2013
Tomoe Kaburagi (voice)
2012
Amelothée (voice)
2023
Shiki Ryougi (voice)
2013
2009
Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
2015
Annerose von Grünewald
2022
Shiki Ryougi (voice)
2009
Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
2016
2008
Ren Homura (young) (voice)
2016
Illinichina Amiella, Alisa (voice)
2009
Mari Illustrious-Makinami (voice)
2023
Annerose von Grünewald (voice)
2022
Annerose von Grünewald (voice)
2022
Deunan Knute (voice)
2011
Deunan Knute (voice)
2011
Suu (voice)
1999
Annerose von Grünewald (voice)
2022
贞德、贞德·Alter·Santa·Lily
2018
Self
2009
2010
1990
Gin-o-gou
2011
Goribu no Shoujo
2010
Self
2011
Self
2012
Self
2009
Self
2021
Sound (13)
Theme Song Performance
2020
Theme Song Performance
2023
Theme Song Performance
2010
Theme Song Performance
2015
Theme Song Performance
2025
Theme Song Performance
2022
Theme Song Performance
2023
Theme Song Performance
1998
Theme Song Performance
2015
Theme Song Performance
2010
Theme Song Performance
2015
Theme Song Performance
2020
Musician
2007