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Name: Maaya Sakamoto  
   
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Date of Birth: 31st March 1980
   
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
   
Profession: Actress
 
 
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Maaya Sakamoto

Maaya Sakamoto (坂本 真綾 Sakamoto Ma'aya, born March 31, 1980) is a Japanese seiyu (voice-actor) and singer who made her debut in 1996 as the voice of Hitomi Kanzaki in the hit anime series The Vision of Escaflowne.

In addition, she sang the opening song "Yakusoku wa Iranai" and the movie closing song "Yubiwa". She has since teamed up with composer Yoko Kanno and 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 has had voice roles in video games such as Panzer Dragoon Saga, Kingdom Hearts, 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. She plays the role of Eponine in the Japanese production of Les Misérables.

She has released four solo albums, numerous singles, and two singles collections. In December 2003, she released her fourth original album, Shounen Alice, and a DVD of a short original movie from the director of 'Mizu no Onna' called '03 CROSS'. Maaya occasionally writes her own lyrics but most often works with others. Frequent collaborators include Yuho Iwasato for Japanese songs and Tim Jenson for English songs. Composer Yoko Kanno has worked with Maaya since her debut. In 2004 Maaya's new fanclub 'Idling Stop' opened.

Discography

  • Grapefruit, Maaya's first solo album, was released in 1997. Production and all music composition was by Yoko Kanno, but Maaya herself wrote the lyrics for the songs Migi Hoppe no Nikibi and Orange-Iro to Yubikiri, and co-wrote a third, Feel Myself, with Yuuho Iwasato.

Track List:

  1. Feel Myself
  2. I and I
  3. Grapefruit
  4. Migi Hoppe no Nikibi (A Pimple on My Right Cheek)
  5. Pocket o Kara ni Shite (Empty the Pocket)
  6. Orange-Iro to Yubikiri (The Color Orange and Pinky Promises)
  7. Aoi Hitomi (Blue Eyes)
  8. Yakusoku wa Iranai (No Promises Necessary)
  9. My Best Friend
  10. Kaze ga Fuku Hi (Ma-aya version) (Windy Day (Ma-aya version))
  11. Sono Mama de Iin Da (It's Fine As It Is)
  • Dive was Maaya's second album, released in 1998 with a single release of Hashiru preceding it and Kanno producing once again. Lyrics for four of the album's 11 songs were written by Sakamoto (Heavenly Blue was cowritten by her and Tim Jensen).

Track List:

  1. I.D.
  2. Hashiru (album version) (Run (album version))
  3. Baby Face
  4. Getsuyou no Asa (Monday Morning)
  5. Pilot
  6. Heavenly Blue
  7. Peace
  8. Yucca
  9. Neko to Inu (Cat and Dog)
  10. Kodoku (Solitude)
  11. Dive
  • Hotchpotch is the first collection of Maaya's singles. Originally released in Japan by Victor Entertainment in 1999, this collection was also released to the US market by Geneon Entertainment (USA) in 2005.

Track List:

  1. Yakusoku wa Iranai (No Promises Necessary)
  2. Tomodachi (Friend)
  3. Bokura no Rekishi (Our History)
  4. Gift
  5. Kimi ni Ai ni Ikou (I'll Come to See You)
  6. Hikari no Naka E (Into the Light)
  7. Light of Love
  8. Kiseki no Umi (Sea of Miracles)
  9. Active Heart
  10. Pilot
  11. Platina
  12. 24
  13. Koibito ni Tsuite (About My Lover)
  14. Pocket o Kara ni Shite (Empty the Pocket)
  15. Call Your Name
  • Lucy, her 2001-released third album, further showed Maaya's growth as an artist; in addition to writing the lyrics of seven of the songs, she added her own acoustic guitar playing to the mix of several tracks.

Track List:

  1. Lucy
  2. Mameshiba
  3. Strobe no Sora (Sky of Strobes)
  4. Alkaloid
  5. Koucha (Tea)
  6. Kinobori to Akai Skirt (Tree-Climbing and a Red Skirt)
  7. Life is Good
  8. Honey Bunny
  9. T-Shirts
  10. Kuuki to Hoshi (Air and Stars)
  11. Rule ~ iroasenai hibi (Rule ~ Days Which Never Fade Away)
  12. Watashi wa Oka no Ue Kara Kabin o Nageru (I Throw a Vase from Atop the Hill)
  • Easy Listening is the name of a mini-album by Maaya Sakamoto. Like her previous CDs, the music is composed by Yoko Kanno.

Track List:

  1. Inori (Prayer)
  2. Blind Summer Fish
  3. Doreddo 39
  4. Afternoon Repose
  5. Bitter Sweet
  6. Another Grey Day in the Big Blue World
  7. Birds

Notes: Afternoon Repose and Another Grey Day in the Big Blue World are in English.

  • Released in 2003, Nikopachi was Maaya's second singles collection. A version of the album was available with a DVD, which contained music videos.

Track List:

  1. Yoake no Octave
  2. Hemisphere
  3. Daniel
  4. Bike
  5. Shippo no Uta (Tail Song)
  6. Yubiwa ~23 carat~ (Ring ~23 carat~)
  7. Ongaku
  8. Midori no Hane (Green Wings)
  9. Shima Shima
  10. Kimidori (Yellowish Green)
  11. Tune the Rainbow
  12. Toto
  13. Here
  14. Vector
  15. The Garden of Everything
  16. Gravity
  • Shounen Alice was Maaya Sakamoto's 4th album, and was released in 2003. Many of the songs were of a completely different style to her previous work, showing her maturity as an artist.

Track List:

  1. Uchuu Hikoushi no Uta (The Astronaut's Song)
  2. Sora wo Miro (Look at the Sky)
  3. Sukurappu -Wakare no Shi-
  4. Makiba Alice!
  5. Mahiru ga Yuki (Midday Snow)
  6. KINGFISHER GIRL (The Song of "Wish You Were Here")
  7. Hero
  8. Yoru (Night)
  9. CALL TO ME
  10. Hikari Are (Let There Be Light)
  11. Chibikko Folk (Little Folk)
  12. park amsterdam (the whole story)
  13. 03
  14. Okitegami (Goodbye Letter)
  • Yunagi Loop (2005)

Notable voice roles

Anime

  • .hack//Legend of the Twilight Bracelet: Aura
  • .hack//SIGN: Aura
  • Cardcaptor Sakura: The Sealed Card (2nd Movie}: The Nothing card
  • Cowboy Bebop: Stella (episode 8)
  • El Hazard: Qawoor Towles
  • Escaflowne (movie): Hitomi Kanzaki
  • Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children: Aeris Gainsborough
  • Gunbuster 2: Raruku
  • Gundam SEED Destiny: Lunamaria Hawke and Mayu Asuka
  • Kanon: Mishio Amano
  • Nightwalker: Riho Yamazaki
  • Omishi Magical Theater: Risky Safety: Moe Katsuragi
  • RahXephon: Reika Mishima
  • Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight (TV): Leaf
  • Tsubasa Chronicle: Princess Tomoyo
  • The Vision of Escaflowne: Hitomi Kanzaki
  • Wolf's Rain: Hamona

Games

  • .hack (video games): Aura and Natsume
  • Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball: Lisa
  • Kanon: Mishio Amano
  • Kingdom Hearts: Aerith Gainsbourg (Coincidentally, Mandy Moore, Aerith's English voice actor in KH is also a singer.)
  • Napple Tale: Pochi/Arsia
  • Panzer Dragoon Saga: Azel

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