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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.

Filmography

2026
Labyrinth

as Yoriko Maezawa (voice)

Movie
2024
Look Back

as Woman from 4-Frame Manga (voice)

Movie
2024
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM

as Lunamaria Hawke (voice)

Movie
2021
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time

as Mari Illustrious Makinami (voice)

Movie
2015
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 5: Pyrophoric Cult

as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)

Movie
2014
Black Butler: Book of Murder

as Ciel Phantomhive (voice)

Movie
2012
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo

as Mari Illustrious Makinami (voice)

Movie
2009
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance

as Mari Illustrious Makinami (voice)

Movie
2008
Ghost in the Shell 2.0

as Motoko Kusanagi (young) (voice)

Movie
2005
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man

as Little Motoko (voice)

Movie
2005
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children

as Aerith Gainsborough (voice)

Movie
1995
Ghost in the Shell

as Kusanagi Girl (voice)

Movie
2023
TRIGUN STAMPEDE

as Rem Saverem (voice)

TV Show
2016
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-

as Echidna (voice)

TV Show
2014
Tokyo Ghoul

as Eto Yoshimura (voice)

TV Show
2012
Sword Art Online

as Administrator (voice)

TV Show
2009
Monogatari

as Shinobu Oshino / Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade (voice)

TV Show
2009
〈物語〉シリーズ

as 忍野忍

TV Show
2008
Black Butler

as Ciel Phantomhive (voice)

TV Show