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 ...

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Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie (2015)

When a ghost-infecting virus known as Fire-Starter begins spreading through the system resulting in the assassination of the Japanese Prime Minister, Major Motoko Kusanagi and her elite team of special operatives are called in to track down its source.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuchika Kise  •  Kazuya Nomura
CAST:  Maaya Sakamoto  •  Kenichirou Matsuda  •  Kazuya Nakai  •  Ikkyu Juku

When a ghost-infecting virus known as Fire-Starter begins spreading through the system resulting in the assassination of the Japanese Prime Minister, Major Motoko Kusanagi and her elite team of special operatives are called in to track down its source.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuchika Kise  •  Kazuya Nomura
CAST:  Maaya Sakamoto  •  Kenichirou Matsuda  •  Kazuya Nakai  •  Ikkyu Juku

Crayon Shin-chan: My Moving Story! Cactus Large Attack! (2015)

The Noharas must survive a hoard of man-eating killer cacti after Shin-chan's father relocates the family to Mexico for work.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masakazu Hashimoto
CAST:  Akiko Yajima  •  Miki Narahashi  •  Keiji Fujiwara  •  Satomi Korogi

The Noharas must survive a hoard of man-eating killer cacti after Shin-chan's father relocates the family to Mexico for work.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masakazu Hashimoto
CAST:  Akiko Yajima  •  Miki Narahashi  •  Keiji Fujiwara  •  Satomi Korogi

Persona 3 the Movie: #3 Falling Down (2015)

The season turns to autumn. The fight of the protagonist and his group S.E.E.S. with the strange monsters called ‘Shadows’ is getting closer to the end. Makoto and his allies engage in life-or-death battles with Shadows in order to end the Dark Hour. Through the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keitaro Motonaga
CAST:  Akira Ishida  •  Megumi Toyoguchi  •  Kohsuke Toriumi  •  Rie Tanaka

The season turns to autumn. The fight of the protagonist and his group S.E.E.S. with the strange monsters called ‘Shadows’ is getting closer to the end. Makoto and his allies engage in life-or-death battles with Shadows in order to end the Dark Hour. Through the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keitaro Motonaga
CAST:  Akira Ishida  •  Megumi Toyoguchi  •  Kohsuke Toriumi  •  Rie Tanaka

Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 2: The Wyvern Divided (2013)

The war between Euro Britannia and the European Union continues. New orders are given to the W-0 Unit. To land in the middle of the enemy territory as a diversion. The pilots of the W-0 Unit consist only of the commanding officer, Leila, the only surviving ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuki Akane
CAST:  Miyu Irino  •  Maaya Sakamoto  •  Satoshi Hino  •  Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

The war between Euro Britannia and the European Union continues. New orders are given to the W-0 Unit. To land in the middle of the enemy territory as a diversion. The pilots of the W-0 Unit consist only of the commanding officer, Leila, the only surviving ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuki Akane
CAST:  Miyu Irino  •  Maaya Sakamoto  •  Satoshi Hino  •  Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

Star Driver the Movie (2013)

In the remote Southern Cross island, a secret organization named The Glittering Crux plans to reactivate giant mobile suits that have been sealed for ages. Known as cybodies, they can only be controlled by pilots identified as star drivers. To unleash their full ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takuya Igarashi
CAST:  Jun Fukuyama  •  Mamoru Miyano  •  Akira Ishida  •  Ami Koshimizu

In the remote Southern Cross island, a secret organization named The Glittering Crux plans to reactivate giant mobile suits that have been sealed for ages. Known as cybodies, they can only be controlled by pilots identified as star drivers. To unleash their full ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takuya Igarashi
CAST:  Jun Fukuyama  •  Mamoru Miyano  •  Akira Ishida  •  Ami Koshimizu

Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 1: The Wyvern Arrives (2012)

The side story takes place in 2017 a.t.b., between the rise of the “Black Knights” organization and the return of the supposedly "dead" Zero. The setting is in Europe, where the European Union (E.U.) allied nations are being invaded by the overwhelming forces of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuki Akane  •  Takahiro Kimura
CAST:  Miyu Irino  •  Maaya Sakamoto  •  Takehito Koyasu  •  Nao Toyama

The side story takes place in 2017 a.t.b., between the rise of the “Black Knights” organization and the return of the supposedly "dead" Zero. The setting is in Europe, where the European Union (E.U.) allied nations are being invaded by the overwhelming forces of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuki Akane  •  Takahiro Kimura
CAST:  Miyu Irino  •  Maaya Sakamoto  •  Takehito Koyasu  •  Nao Toyama

The Garden of Sinners: Epilogue (2011)

March 1999: Mikiya Kokutou meets Shiki Ryougi again at the same place where he met her for the first time four years ago...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hikaru Kondo
CAST:  Kenichi Suzumura  •  Maaya Sakamoto

March 1999: Mikiya Kokutou meets Shiki Ryougi again at the same place where he met her for the first time four years ago...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hikaru Kondo
CAST:  Kenichi Suzumura  •  Maaya Sakamoto

Maaya Sakamoto 15th Anniversary Live "Gift" at Nippon Budokan (2010)

For her 15th debut anniversary and birthday, Sakamoto Maaya made an amazing concert in Budokan (Tokyo) with a selection of all her best songs! In special guests are Kanno Yoko and Shoko Suzuki!  (more)

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CAST:  Maaya Sakamoto  •  Yoko Kanno  •  Shin Kohno

For her 15th debut anniversary and birthday, Sakamoto Maaya made an amazing concert in Budokan (Tokyo) with a selection of all her best songs! In special guests are Kanno Yoko and Shoko Suzuki!  (more)

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CAST:  Maaya Sakamoto  •  Yoko Kanno  •  Shin Kohno

Macross Frontier: The False Songstress (2009)

Half retelling of the original Frontier series, half new story. Conspiracies arise within the Frontier government when Sheryl Nome arrives to the colonial fleet for her concert and is soon marked as a spy for Galaxy while childhood friends, Alto Saotome and Ranka ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shoji Kawamori
CAST:  Jun Fukuyama  •  Aya Endo  •  Megumi Nakajima  •  Yuichi Nakamura

Half retelling of the original Frontier series, half new story. Conspiracies arise within the Frontier government when Sheryl Nome arrives to the colonial fleet for her concert and is soon marked as a spy for Galaxy while childhood friends, Alto Saotome and Ranka ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shoji Kawamori
CAST:  Jun Fukuyama  •  Aya Endo  •  Megumi Nakajima  •  Yuichi Nakamura

Chatting with Creatures (2009)

Adaptation of Takayuki Mizushina's Kemono to Chat (Chatting with Creatures) 4-panel manga. The story centres on Chacha Kenomoto, a high school freshman girl who can understand the language of cats and speak with them. The girl's family name Kenomoto is a wordplay ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuuji Umoto
CAST:  Sayuri Yahagi  •  Maaya Sakamoto  •  Kana Ueda

Adaptation of Takayuki Mizushina's Kemono to Chat (Chatting with Creatures) 4-panel manga. The story centres on Chacha Kenomoto, a high school freshman girl who can understand the language of cats and speak with them. The girl's family name Kenomoto is a wordplay ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuuji Umoto
CAST:  Sayuri Yahagi  •  Maaya Sakamoto  •  Kana Ueda

Death Note Relight 2: L's Successors (2009)

After the events of the first movie Yagami Light faces two new adversaries as he is trying to create a perfect world without crime or criminals. This movie continues the first tv special and is a summary of the last 12 episodes of the tv anime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuro Araki
CAST:  Mamoru Miyano  •  Kappei Yamaguchi  •  Shido Nakamura  •  Noriko Hidaka

After the events of the first movie Yagami Light faces two new adversaries as he is trying to create a perfect world without crime or criminals. This movie continues the first tv special and is a summary of the last 12 episodes of the tv anime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuro Araki
CAST:  Mamoru Miyano  •  Kappei Yamaguchi  •  Shido Nakamura  •  Noriko Hidaka

The Garden of Sinners: Remix -Gate of seventh heaven (2009)

Before the release of the final 7th movie, a remix work "Kara no Kyoukai Remix-Gate of seventh heaven-" comes out in theaters on March 14, 2009. This remix collection extracts the key themes and scenes from first six movies. The hour long movie is organized in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takayuki Hirao  •  Mitsuru Obunai  •  Ei Aoki  •  Teiichi Takiguchi  •  Takuya Nonaka  •  Takahiro Miura
CAST:  Maaya Sakamoto  •  Kenichi Suzumura  •  Jouji Nakata  •  Takako Honda

Before the release of the final 7th movie, a remix work "Kara no Kyoukai Remix-Gate of seventh heaven-" comes out in theaters on March 14, 2009. This remix collection extracts the key themes and scenes from first six movies. The hour long movie is organized in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takayuki Hirao  •  Mitsuru Obunai  •  Ei Aoki  •  Teiichi Takiguchi  •  Takuya Nonaka  •  Takahiro Miura
CAST:  Maaya Sakamoto  •  Kenichi Suzumura  •  Jouji Nakata  •  Takako Honda

Takane's Bicycle (2008)

An 11-year-old boy, Takasumi Takane, will be given a new bicycle if his exam results are in the top 100, but his results put him in 112th place. He tells his mother a lie that he placed 92nd, and he tears the answer sheets apart. On his way home from cram school, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masashi Ikeda
CAST:  Maaya Sakamoto  •  Akira Ishida  •  Fumiko Orikasa

An 11-year-old boy, Takasumi Takane, will be given a new bicycle if his exam results are in the top 100, but his results put him in 112th place. He tells his mother a lie that he placed 92nd, and he tears the answer sheets apart. On his way home from cram school, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masashi Ikeda
CAST:  Maaya Sakamoto  •  Akira Ishida  •  Fumiko Orikasa

Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic (2017)

Ciel learns of a "Aurora Society", that is rumored to be researching how to bring the dead back to life. Their next meeting is scheduled to be conducted on the ship Campania, voyaging across the Atlantic Ocean. Much to Ciel's dismay, Elizabeth "Lizzy" Midford, is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noriyuki Abe
CAST:  Daisuke Ono  •  Maaya Sakamoto  •  Yukari Tamura  •  Junichi Suwabe

Ciel learns of a "Aurora Society", that is rumored to be researching how to bring the dead back to life. Their next meeting is scheduled to be conducted on the ship Campania, voyaging across the Atlantic Ocean. Much to Ciel's dismay, Elizabeth "Lizzy" Midford, is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noriyuki Abe
CAST:  Daisuke Ono  •  Maaya Sakamoto  •  Yukari Tamura  •  Junichi Suwabe

Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reiketsu (2017)

With help from Meme Oshino, the apparition specialist, Koyomi defeats the three powerful vampire hunters: Dramaturgy, Episode and Guillotinecutter. Koyomi takes back all the limbs of Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade in order to become a human again.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatsuya Oishi
CAST:  Hiroshi Kamiya  •  Yui Horie  •  Maaya Sakamoto  •  Takahiro Sakurai

With help from Meme Oshino, the apparition specialist, Koyomi defeats the three powerful vampire hunters: Dramaturgy, Episode and Guillotinecutter. Koyomi takes back all the limbs of Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade in order to become a human again.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatsuya Oishi
CAST:  Hiroshi Kamiya  •  Yui Horie  •  Maaya Sakamoto  •  Takahiro Sakurai

Monster Strike The Movie: To The Place of Beginnings (2016)

Monster Strike: The Movie serves as a prequel to the net anime series based on the game of the same name. The anime tells the story of Ren, who returns to his hometown with no memories of having lived there. When a a cell phone repairman installs the Monster Strike ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinpei Ezaki
CAST:  Lynn  •  Kengo Kawanishi  •  Tomo Muranaka  •  Juri Kimura

Monster Strike: The Movie serves as a prequel to the net anime series based on the game of the same name. The anime tells the story of Ren, who returns to his hometown with no memories of having lived there. When a a cell phone repairman installs the Monster Strike ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinpei Ezaki
CAST:  Lynn  •  Kengo Kawanishi  •  Tomo Muranaka  •  Juri Kimura

The Seven Deadly Sins: Prisoners of the Sky (2018)

Traveling in search of the rare ingredient, “sky fish” Meliodas and Hawk arrive at a palace that floats above the clouds. The people there are busy preparing a ceremony, meant to protect their home from a ferocious beast that awakens once every 3,000 years. But ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noriyuki Abe  •  Yasuto Nishikata
CAST:  Tatsuhisa Suzuki  •  Yuki Kaji  •  Jun Fukuyama  •  Sora Amamiya

Traveling in search of the rare ingredient, “sky fish” Meliodas and Hawk arrive at a palace that floats above the clouds. The people there are busy preparing a ceremony, meant to protect their home from a ferocious beast that awakens once every 3,000 years. But ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noriyuki Abe  •  Yasuto Nishikata
CAST:  Tatsuhisa Suzuki  •  Yuki Kaji  •  Jun Fukuyama  •  Sora Amamiya

Zoku Owarimonogatari (2018)

The morning after his high school graduation ceremony, Araragi goes to the bathroom to wash his face but is struck by the sensation that his reflection is watching him. Touching the mirror, Araragi’s hand passes straight through and he is sucked into a mysterious world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akiyuki Simbo
CAST:  Hiroshi Kamiya  •  Eri Kitamura  •  Yuka Iguchi  •  Emiri Kato

The morning after his high school graduation ceremony, Araragi goes to the bathroom to wash his face but is struck by the sensation that his reflection is watching him. Touching the mirror, Araragi’s hand passes straight through and he is sucked into a mysterious world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akiyuki Simbo
CAST:  Hiroshi Kamiya  •  Eri Kitamura  •  Yuka Iguchi  •  Emiri Kato

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Arrow of the Orion (2019)

In the city of Orario, beneath an impossibly tall tower, lies the dungeon. Only adventurers who form partnerships with the gods themselves have any hope of defeating the monsters that lie within. But the dungeon is not the only place where monsters exist. Far from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsushi Sakurabi
CAST:  Yoshitsugu Matsuoka  •  Inori Minase  •  Maaya Sakamoto  •  Saori Onishi

In the city of Orario, beneath an impossibly tall tower, lies the dungeon. Only adventurers who form partnerships with the gods themselves have any hope of defeating the monsters that lie within. But the dungeon is not the only place where monsters exist. Far from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsushi Sakurabi
CAST:  Yoshitsugu Matsuoka  •  Inori Minase  •  Maaya Sakamoto  •  Saori Onishi

Made in Abyss: Wandering Twilight (2019)

Second compilation movie of the TV series which covers episodes 9-13. Riko and Reg descend to the third and fourth layer where Riko has her first experience of the Curse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Kojima
CAST:  Miyu Tomita  •  Mariya Ise  •  Shiori Izawa  •  Eri Kitamura

Second compilation movie of the TV series which covers episodes 9-13. Riko and Reg descend to the third and fourth layer where Riko has her first experience of the Curse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Kojima
CAST:  Miyu Tomita  •  Mariya Ise  •  Shiori Izawa  •  Eri Kitamura
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