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Maaya Sakamoto

Maaya Sakamoto (坂本 真綾, Sakamoto Maaya, born March 31 1980 in Itabashi, Tokyo) is a female Japanese seiyū and singer who made her debut in 1996 as the voice of Hitomi Kanzaki in the hit anime series The Vision of Escaflowne.

Later on, she has had many subsequent voice roles in anime such as Record of Lodoss War, Kanon, RahXephon, Gundam SEED DESTINY, .hack//SIGN, and others.

She also had voice roles in video games such as Panzer Dragoon Saga, Kingdom Hearts, Fullmetal Alchemist 3: Kami wo Tsugu Shoujo, and Napple Tale. She also does the voice of Padmé Amidala in the Japanese dub of Star Wars Episodes I, II, and III and Max in the television series Dark Angel.

Her latest album 30 minutes night flight was released on March 21, 2007.[1]

Profile

  • Blood type: A
  • Favorite colors: Pink and brown
  • Hobbies: Performing, reading, singing
  • She is a graduate from Toyo University (Bachelor in Sociology).
  • She has been called Onee-sama (お姉さま), a respectful way of saying "older sister" by her Ouran co-host Ayaka Saitō.
  • Nothing much is known about her family except that her father, Yoshimi Sakamoto, is an expert in stage lighting.
  • When she went to the AnimeFest in 2005, she said that her favorite Western bands are Oasis and Maroon 5.
  • She has had at least one song, that appeared on the NHK program, Minna no Uta.
  • She was one half of the seiyū duo "Whoops!!", alongside Chieko Higuchi.

Collaborations

Maaya first teamed up with composer Yoko Kanno in her debut single, Yakusoku wa Iranai in 1996. Then, Kanno worked with Maaya up until Yūnagi LOOP, her fifth album, which has no songs composed by her.

Also, Maaya occasionally writes her own lyrics but most often works with others. Frequent collaborators include Yūho Iwasato for Japanese songs and Tim Jensen for English songs.

She also worked with composer, h-wonder in a few occasions, with certain songs such as Loop and action!.

Nominations

In the first Seiyu Awards, she was nominated for "Best Main Character (female)" and "Best Single".

Participation in CLAMP's works

Her first participation in anime and OVAs adapted from works by CLAMP was Purachina, an opening song for Cardcaptor Sakura and later, she lended her voice to a Clow Card (the Nothing) in the second Cardcaptor Sakura movie.

Also most recently, she voiced Tomoyo in Tsubasa Chronicle, and sang several songs for the soundtracks, as well as the ending theme from the upcoming Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle's OADs, TOKYO REVELATIONS.[2] She also sings the opening theme, action! for CLAMP in Wonderland 2.[2]

Discography

Albums

  • Studio

Grapefruit (グレープフルーツ), April 23, 1997

DIVE, December 14, 1998

Lucy, March 28, 2001

Easy Listening (イージーリスニング), August 8, 2001

Shōnen Alice (少年アリス), December 10, 2003

Yūnagi Loop (夕凪LOOP), October 26, 2005

30minutes night flight, March 21, 2007

  • Compilations

Single Collection + Hotchpotch (シングルコレクション プラス ハチポチ), December 16, 1999

Single Collection + Nikopachi (シングルコレクション＋ ニコパチ), July 30, 2003

Singles

Listed chronologically.

Notes: It was also used as an opening song for the anime, The Vision of Escaflowne.

Notes: It was used as the opening song for Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight.

Notes: It was used as the third and last opening song for the anime series Cardcaptor Sakura.

Notes: It was used as the ending theme song for Escaflowne: The Movie.

Notes: It was used as the ending theme song for Earth Girl Arjuna.

Notes: It was used as the opening theme song for the anime series, RahXephon.

Notes: It was used as the ending theme song for Wolf's Rain.

Notes: It was used as the ending theme song for the RahXephon movie.

Notes: It was used as the first ending theme song for the anime series, Tsubasa Chronicle.

Notes: Kazemachi Jet was used as the second ending theme song for the anime series, Tsubasa Chronicle. Furthermore, Spica was used as an insert song in Tsubasa Chronicle.

Notes: Saigo no Kajitsu is used as the ending theme song for the anime OVA, Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations.

Soundtracks

These are soundtracks on which Sakamoto has worked, listed in alphabetical order.

Voice roles

TV animation

Note: Lead or important roles in BOLD

OVA

Theatre animation

Drama CD

Games

Dubbing

Musicals

References

  1. ^ "Maaya's TRAVEL CAFE website". Retrieved 2007-09-21.
  2. ^ a b "Maaya's Official Site (News section)". Retrieved 2007-09-26.
  3. ^ "Binbō Shimai Monogatari at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia". Retrieved 2007-10-19.

Official sites

Other sites

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