Maaya Sakamoto
Born: 1980-03-31 in Tokyo, Japan
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- Labyrinth as Yoriko Maezawa (voice)
2025
- Once Upon a Witch's Death as Tethys (voice)
- The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom as Fianna (voice)
2024
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM as Lunamaria Hawke (voice)
- Orb: On the Movements of the Earth as Rafal (voice)
- Look Back as Woman from 4-Frame Manga (voice)
- KIZUMONOGATARI -Koyomi Vamp- as Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade (voice) (archive footage)
- A Condition Called Love as Tsukiha 'Shibamu' Shibamura (voice)
2023
- Revenger ... (Theme Song Performance)
- Ranking of Kings: The Treasure Chest of Courage as Miranjo (voice)
- The Fire Hunter as Akira (voice)
- Pretty Cure All Stars F as Preme / Cure Supreme (voice)
- Fate/Grand Order: You've Lost Ritsuka Fujimaru as Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
- Kaina of the Great Snow Sea: Star Sage as Amelothée (voice)
- EVANGELION:3.0(-46h) as Mari Illustrious-Makinami (voice)
- TRIGUN STAMPEDE as Rem Saverem (voice)
- Kaina of the Great Snow Sea as Amelothée (voice)
- EVANGELION:3.0(-120min.) as Mari Illustrious-Makinami (voice)
- Fate Project 大晦日TVスペシャル2023
2022
- Fruits Basket -prelude- as Akito Soma (voice)
- Arknights as Talulah (voice)
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Asakusa Arc as Tamayo (voice)
- The Heike Story as Taira no Shigeko (voice)
- The First Slam Dunk as Haruko Akagi (voice)
- Deaimon: Recipe for Happiness as Shinri Yukihira (voice)
- The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Collision 1 as Annerose von Grünewald (voice)
- The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Collision 2 as Annerose von Grünewald (voice)
- The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Collision 3 as Annerose von Grünewald (voice)
- The Tatami Time Machine Blues as Akashi (voice)
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These - Intrigue 1 as Annerose von Grünewald
- Love of Kill as Hawk Ritzland (voice)
- The Tatami Time Machine Blues as Akashi (voice)
2021
- Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time as Mari Illustrious Makinami (voice)
- Ranking of Kings as Magic Mirror (voice)
- The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light as Merlin (voice)
- Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop as Maria (voice)
- Bright: Samurai Soul as Chihaya (voice)
- Super Crooks as Kasey (voice)
- Pretty Boy Detective Club as Mayumi Doujima (voice)
- Fate/Grand Order: Divine Realm of the Round Table - Camelot Paladin; Agateram as Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
- Fate/Grand Carnival as Jeanne d'Arc (voice)
- Fate/Grand Order Final Singularity – Grand Temple of Time: Solomon as Leonardo da Vinci / Alexander III / Jeanne d'Arc (voice)
- Child of Kamiari Month as Shiro (voice)
- 坂本真綾 25周年記念LIVE「約束はいらない」 at 横浜アリーナ as Self
2020
- Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon as Zero (voice)
- I'm Standing on a Million Lives as Fatina (voice)
- Sorcerous Stabber Orphen as Carlotta (voice)
- Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul as Lyza / Narration (voice)
- Arte ... (Theme Song Performance)
- The Millionaire Detective – Balance: UNLIMITED as Suzue Kambe (voice)
- Drifting Dragons as Ascella (voice)
- Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga as Marie 'Lily' Antoinette (voice)
- SING "YESTERDAY" FOR ME as Kyoko Sayama (voice)
- Fate/Grand Order: Divine Realm of the Round Table - Camelot Wandering; Agateram as Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
2019
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba as Tamayo (voice)
- Fruits Basket as Akito Sōma (voice)
- Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia as Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
- CAROLE & TUESDAY as Crystal (voice)
- NiNoKuni as Saki / Versa (voice)
- Made in Abyss: Journey's Dawn as Lyza (voice)
- Made in Abyss: Wandering Twilight as Lyza / Narrator (voice)
- Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Arrow of the Orion as Artemis (voice)
- Stars Align as Kinuyo Kasuga (voice)
- To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts as Elizabeth (voice)
- Ensemble Stars! as Anzu
- BEM as Mysterious Lady (voice)
2018
- The Piano Forest as Reiko Ichinose (voice)
- Cutie Honey Universe as Honey Kisaragi / Cutie Honey (voice)
- The Seven Deadly Sins: Prisoners of the Sky as Merlin (voice)
- Learning with Manga! Fate/Grand Order as 贞德、贞德·Alter·Santa·Lily
2017
- The Ancient Magus' Bride as Marielle (voice)
- Made in Abyss as Narration (voice)
- Re:Creators as Magane Chikujoin (voice)
- Fate/Apocrypha as Ruler (voice)
- Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reiketsu as Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade (voice)
- Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic as Ciel Phantomhive (voice)
2016
- Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- as Echidna (voice)
- Ajin as Meyers (voice)
- Monster Strike The Movie: To The Place of Beginnings as Ren Homura (young) (voice)
- 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)
- Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 5: To Beloved Ones as Leila Malkal (voice)
- Ajin: Demi-Human – Collide as Meyers (voice)
- Chi's Sweet Adventure as Miwa Yamada (voice)
- The Great Passage as Hayashi Kaguya (voice)
- Ghost In The Shell: The Movie Virtual Reality Diver as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
- PERSONA3 THE MOVIE #4 Winter of Rebirth as Aigis (voice)
2015
- The Heroic Legend of Arslan as Falangies (voice)
- Ushio and Tora as Sumako Aotsuki (voice)
- Crayon Shin-chan: My Moving Story! Cactus Large Attack! as Karorina (voice)
- Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 3: The Brightness Falls as Leila Malkal (voice)
- Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
- God Eater as Alisa Ilyinichna Omela (voice)
- The Asterisk War ... (Theme Song Performance)
- Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 4: Memories of Hatred as (voice)
- PERSONA3 THE MOVIE #3 Falling Down as Aigis (voice)
- Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
- Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 5: Pyrophoric Cult as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
2014
- Tokyo Ghoul as Eto Yoshimura (voice)
- Black Butler: Book of Murder as Ciel Phantomhive (voice)
- The Seven Deadly Sins as Merlin (voice)
- Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 4: Ghost Stands Alone as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
- Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 3: Ghost Tears as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
- Alice in Borderland as Saori Shibuki (voice)
- PERSONA3 THE MOVIE #2 Midsummer Knight's Dream as Aigis (voice)
2013
- The Garden of Sinners: Future Gospel - Extra Chorus as Shiki Ryougi (voice)
- STAR DRIVER: The Movie as Sarina Endō (voice)
- Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 2: The Wyvern Divided as Leila Malkal (voice)
- The Garden of Sinners: Future Gospel as Shiki Ryougi (voice)
- Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 2: Ghost Whispers as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
- The Garden of Sinners as Shiki Ryougi (voice)
- Space Pirate Captain Harlock as Nami (voice)
- Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
2012
- Sword Art Online as Administrator (voice)
- Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 1: The Wyvern Arrives as Leila Marukaru (voice)
- TIGER & BUNNY: The Beginning as Tomoe Kaburagi (voice)
- Fusé: Memoirs of a Huntress as Funamushi (voice)
- Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo as Mari Illustrious Makinami (voice)
- SAKAMOTO MAAYA COUNTDOWN LIVE 2012→2013 ～TOUR"Mitsubachi"FINAL～ as Self
2011
- Chihayafuru as Haruka Inokuma (voice)
- Appleseed XIII: Ouranos as Deunan Knute (voice)
- Appleseed XIII: Tartaros as Deunan Knute (voice)
- TEKKEN: Blood Vengeance as Ling Xiaoyu (voice)
- Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos as Julia Crichton (voice)
- Usagi Drop as Masako Yoshii (voice)
- Blade as Makoto (voice)
- Appleseed XIII as Deunan Knute (voice)
- Suzy's Zoo: Daisuki! Witzy as Narrator
- Maaya Sakamoto Live 2011 in the silence as Self
- You & Me as Gin-o-gou
2010
- The Tatami Galaxy as Akashi (voice)
- Trigun: Badlands Rumble as Amelia
- Arakawa Under the Bridge as Nino (voice)
- Star Driver as Sarina Endo (voice)
- The Garden of Sinners: Epilogue as Shiki Ryougi (voice)
- And Yet the Town Moves ... (Theme Song Performance)
- Cobra the Animation as Secret Sanders (voice)
- Tamayura ... (Theme Song Performance)
- Coral of the Moon as Goribu no Shoujo
- Maaya Sakamoto 15th Anniversary Live "Gift" at Nippon Budokan
2009
- Monogatari as Shinobu Oshino / Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade (voice)
- Death Note Relight 2: L's Successors as Kiyomi Takada (voice)
- Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance as Mari Illustrious Makinami (voice)
- Macross Frontier: The False Songstress as Ranxue Mei
- 〈物語〉シリーズ as 姬丝秀忒
- Canaan as Alphard Al Shua (voice)
- The Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder (Part 2) as Shiki Ryougi (voice)
- The Garden of Sinners: Remix -Gate of seventh heaven as Shiki Ryougi (voice)
- God Eater Prologue as Illinichina Amiella, Alisa (voice)
- Chatting with Creatures
- Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist as Self
- Sakamoto Maaya LIVE TOUR 2009 "WE ARE KAZEYOMI!" as Self
2008
- Black Butler as Ciel Phantomhive (voice)
- Soul Eater as Crona (voice)
- Chi's Sweet Home as Yamada Miwa
- Macross Frontier as Ranxue Me (voice)
- Ghost in the Shell 2.0 as Motoko Kusanagi (young) (voice)
- The Garden of Sinners: Paradox Spiral as Shiki Ryougi (voice)
- The Garden of Sinners: Remaining Sense of Pain as Shiki Ryougi (voice)
- The Garden of Sinners: The Hollow Shrine as Shiki Ryougi (voice)
- The Garden of Sinners: Oblivion Recording as Shiki Ryougi (voice)
- Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Toki as Lin (voice)
- Blade of the Immortal as Machi (voice)
- Sands of Destruction as Morte Ashela
- Takane's Bicycle
2007
- Sword of the Stranger as Hagihime (voice)
- Universe ... (Musician)
- The Garden of Sinners: Overlooking View as Shiki Ryougi (voice)
- The Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder (Part 1) as Shiki Ryougi (voice)
- Fist of the North Star: Legend of Raoh - Chapter of Fierce Fight as Rin (voice)
- Nasu: A Migratory Bird with Suitcase as Hikaru Toyoki (voice)
- Bamboo Blade as Rin Suzuki (voice)
2006
- Ouran High School Host Club as Haruhi Fujioka (voice)
- Fist of the North Star: The Legend of the True Savior: Legend of Raoh-Chapter of Death in Love as Lin (voice)
- Diebuster: The Movie as Lal'C Mellk Mal (voice)
- Kanon as Mishio Amano (voice)
- Gunbuster vs Diebuster: Aim for the Top! The GATTAI!! Movie as Lal'C Mellk Mal (voice)
- Poor Sisters Story as Kyō Yamada (voice)
2005
- Mushi-Shi
- Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man as Little Motoko (voice)
- Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children as Aerith Gainsborough (voice)
- Tsubasa Chronicle The Movie: The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom as Princess Tomoyo (voice)
2004
- Black Jack as (voice)
- Fantastic Children as Mel (voice)
2003
2002
- Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter as Pandora (voice)
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED as Lunamaria Hawke (voice)
- .hack as Aura (voice)
- RahXephon as Reika Mishima (voice)
- Jing: King of Bandits as Mimosa (voice)
- Barom One as Noriko Kido (voice)
2001
- Kokoro Library as June (voice)
2000
- Ghost Stories
- Escaflowne: The Movie as Hitomi Kanzaki (voice)
1999
- Omishi Magical Theater Risky Safety as Moe Katsuragi
- Clover as Suu (voice)
1998
- Cowboy Bebop as Stella Bonnaro (voice)
- Cardcaptor Sakura ... (Theme Song Performance)
- Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight as Leaf (voice)
- Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective as Yamazaki Riho
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)