Maaya Sakamoto
Maaya Sakamoto ( Japanese 坂 本 真 綾 , Sakamoto Maaya ; born March 31, 1980 in Itabashi , Tokyo ) is a Japanese voice actress ( seiyū ) and singer.
Her debut was the 1996 voice of Hitomi Kanzaki in the anime series Vision of Escaflowne . The theme song of the series Yakusoku wa Iranai was at the same time their first published single and the beginning of their long-term collaboration with the composer Yōko Kanno .
She took part in the dubbing of other anime, video games and the dubbing of feature films, such as Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight , Kingdom Hearts and Star Wars: Episode I , Episode II and Episode III . She released several albums, which mainly contain compositions by Yōko Kanno, but also worked with other musicians and wrote her own lyrics.
On August 8, 2011, she married the voice actor Ken'ichi Suzumura .
Roles (selection)
Anime
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Computer games
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Discography
Singles
- Yakusoku wa Iranai ( 約束 は い ら な い ; April 24, 1996): opening topic to The Vision of Escaflowne
- Gift (September 22, 1997): Closing topic to Clamp School Detectives
- Kiseki no Umi ( 奇跡 の 海 ; April 22, 1998): opening theme to Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight
- Hashiru ( 走 る ; November 21, 1998)
- Platina ( プ ラ チ ナ , Purachina ; October 21, 1999): Opening topic to Card Captor Sakura
- Yubiwa ( 指 輪 ; June 21, 2000): Interludium in Escaflowne - The Movie
- Shippo no Uta ( し っ ぽ の う た ; 23 August 2000): Topic on Napple Tale: Arsia in Daydream
- Mameshiba ( マ メ シ バ ; December 16, 2000): Subject on Arjuna
- Hemisphere ( ヘ ミ ソ フ ィ ア , Hemisofia ; February 21, 2002): opening theme to RahXephon
- gravity (February 21, 2003): Closing topic to Wolf's Rain
- tune the rainbow (April 2, 2003): Interlude in RahXephon: Days of Hensōkyoku
- Loop ( ル ー プ , Rūpu ; May 11, 2005): 1. Closing topic to Tsubasa - Reservoir Chronicle
- Kazemachi Set / Spica ( 風 待 ち ジ ェ ッ ト / ス ピ カ , Kazumachi Jetto / Supika ; June 14, 2006): 2nd closing topic for Tsubasa - Reservoir Chronicle
- Saigo no Kajitsu ( さ い ご の 果 実 ; November 21, 2007): Closing topic to Tsubasa: Tokyo Revelations
- Triangler ( ト ラ イ ア ン グ ラ ー , Toraiangurā ; April 23, 2008): opening theme to Macross F.
- Ame ga Furu ( 雨 が 降 る ; October 29, 2008): Closing topic to Kurogane no Linebarrel
- Magic Number ( マ ジ ッ ク ナ ン バ ー , Majikku Nambā ; November 11, 2009): opening theme for Kobato.
Albums
- Grapefruits ( グ レ ー プ フ ル ー ツ , Gurēpufurūtsu ; April 23, 1997)
- DIVE (December 14, 1998)
- Lucy (March 28, 2001)
- Shōnen Alice ( 少年 ア リ ス , Shōnen Arisu ; December 10, 2002)
- Yūnagi Loop ( 夕 凪 LOOP , Yūnagi rūpu ; October 26, 2005)
- Kazeyomi ( か ぜ よ み ; January 14, 2009)
- You Can't Catch Me (January 12, 2011)
Mini albums
- Easy Listening ( イ ー ジ ー リ ス ニ ン グ , Ījī risuningu , August 8, 2001)
- 30minutes night flight (March 21, 2007)
Best of albums
- Single Collection + Hotchpotch ( シ ン グ ル コ レ ク シ ョ ン + ハ チ ポ チ , Shingeru korekushon + hochipochi ; December 16, 1999)
- Single Collection + Nikopachi ( シ ン グ ル コ レ ク シ ョ ン + ニ コ パ チ , Shingeru korekushon + nikopachi ; July 30, 2003)
Web links
- Official website at Victor Entertainment (Japanese)
- Maaya Sakamoto on MusicBrainz (English)
- Maaya Sakamoto in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ken'ichi Suzumura: み な さ ま に ご 報告 さ せ て い た だ き ま す . In: ビ ス ケ ッ ト ブ ロ グ - Simple Biscuit Life. August 13, 2011, archived from the original on March 30, 2012 ; Retrieved August 12, 2011 (Japanese).
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| SURNAME | Sakamoto, Maaya |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 坂 本 真 綾 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese singer and voice actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Itabashi , Tokyo |