Maaya Sakamoto Totally Explained

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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's 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,, and Napple Tale. She also does the voice of Padmé Amidala in the Japanese dub of Star Wars,, and and Max in the television series Dark Angel.
   Her latest album 30 minutes night flight was released on March 21, 2007.

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, 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. Kanno collaborated with Maaya up until her fifth album, Yūnagi LOOP, which has no songs composed by Kanno. Maaya also performed three songs for the anime Wolf's Rain, for which Kanno was the composer: "Gravity", "Tell Me What The Rain Knows", and "Cloud 9". More recently, Maaya and Kanno joined forces again for Triangler, the opening theme song for the anime Macross Frontier.
Maaya occasionally writes her own lyrics but mostly 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 lent her voice to a Clow Card (the Nothing) in the second Cardcaptor Sakura movie.
More 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. She also sings the opening theme, action! for CLAMP in Wonderland 2.

Discography

Albums

Album Type	Release date	Title	Chart Position	Sales Total
Studio	April 23, 1997		-	-
	December 14, 1998	DIVE	-	-
	March 28, 2001	Lucy	-	-
	August 8, 2001		-	-
	December 10, 2003		#8	30,518
	October 26, 2005		#8	39,081
	March 21, 2007	30minutes night flight	#12	23,109
Compilation	December 16, 1999		-	-
Compilation	July 30, 2003		#3	50,540

Singles

Listed chronologically.

Release date	Title	Notes
April 24, 1996		Opening song for the anime series The Vision of Escaflowne.
March 21, 1997		Songs were used in the CLAMP School Detectives radio drama.
September 22, 1997	Gift	Ending song for the anime series CLAMP School Detectives.
April 22, 1998		Opening song for .
November 21, 1998
October 21, 1999		Third opening song and the last episode ending song for the anime series Cardcaptor Sakura.
June 21, 2000		Ending theme song for .
August 23, 2000		Theme song for the game Napple Tale
December 16, 2000		Ending theme song for the anime series Earth Girl Arjuna.
February 21, 2002		Opening theme song for the anime series RahXephon.
February 21, 2002	Gravity	Ending theme song for the anime series Wolf's Rain.
April 2, 2003	Tune the Rainbow	Ending theme song for the .
May 10, 2005		First ending theme song for the anime series, Tsubasa Chronicle.
June 14, 2006		Kazemachi Jet was used as the second ending theme song for the anime series Tsubasa Chronicle.
November 21, 2007		Ending theme song for the anime OVA, .
April 23, 2008		Opening theme song for the anime series Macross Frontier.

Soundtracks

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

23-ji no Ongaku: NHK Rensoku Dorama "Mayonaka wa Betsu no Kao"

Arjuna: Into the Another World

Arjuna: Onna no Minato

Brain Powered Original Soundtrack 2

Cardcaptor Sakura Original Soundtrack 4

CLAMP in Wonderland

DeViceReigN OST

Dream Power: Tsubasanaki Mono-tachi e

El-Hazard: The Alternative World Ongakuhen

Escaflowne Movie Original Soundtrack

Game Vocal Best: Shikura Chiyomaru Gakkyokushū Vol.1

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - be Human

Kōya no Medarot

Les Misérables 2003 Original Cast CD: "Purple" label recording starring Kiyotaka Imai as Valjean

Little Lovers Soundtrack

Mizuiro Jidai Musical CD

Napple Tale Original Soundtrack Vol.1: Kaijū Zukan

Napple Tale Original Soundtrack Vol.2: Yōsei Zukan

RahXephon O.S.T. 1

RahXephon Pluralitas Concentio O.S.T.

Record of Lodoss War OST 1

Risky Safety Aa! Soundtrack

The Vision of Escaflowne Original Soundtrack 1

The Vision of Escaflowne Original Soundtrack 3

Tsubasa Chronicle: Future Soundscape I

Tsubasa Chronicle: Future Soundscape III

Tsubasa Chronicle Best Vocal Collection

Wolf's Rain O.S.T

Wolf's Rain O.S.T 2

Voice roles

TV animation

Note: Lead or important roles in BOLD

.hack//Legend of the Twilight - Aura

.hack//SIGN - Aura

Bamboo Blade - Suzuki Rin

Barom One - Kido Noriko

Binbō Shimai Monogatari - Kyō Yamada

Cowboy Bebop - Stella (Roco's sister) in Episode 8

Death Note - Takada Kiyomi

D.Gray-man - Lou Fa

El Hazard - Qawoor Towles

Final Fantasy VII Advent Children - Aerith Gainsborough

Geneshaft - Beatrice Ratio

Ghost in the Shell - Little Motoko

- Little Motoko in Episode 25

Gundam SEED Destiny - Lunamaria Hawke, Mayu Asuka

Kanon - Mishio Amano

Heat Guy J - Hime

Medabots - Karin

Mizuiro Jidai - Natsumi Kugayama

Mushishi - Amane

Naruto - Matsuri

Nightwalker - Riho Yamazaki

Ouran High School Host Club - Haruhi Fujioka

RahXephon- Reika Mishima

Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight - Leaf

Omishi Magical Theater: Risky Safety - Moe Katsuragi

Soul Eater - Chrona Makenshi

Tsubasa Chronicle - Princess Tomoyo

The Vision of Escaflowne - Hitomi Kanzaki

Wolf's Rain - Hamona

World Destruction - Morute Āshera

Saint Seiya - Pandora

OVA

.hack//Legend of the Twilight - Aura

.hack//SIGN - Aura

Little Twins - Chifuru

Aim for the Top 2! (aka Diebuster) - Lal'C

Hellsing Ultimate OVA - Rip van Winkle (Hellsing)
Theatre animation

Clover - Sū

- Hitomi Kanzaki

- The Nothing card

Tsubasa Chronicle the Movie: The Princess of the Country of Birdcages - Princess Tomoyo

xxxHOLiC the Movie: A Midsummer Night's Dream - Tomoyo

Kara no Kyoukai: The Garden of Sinners - Shiki Ryōgi
Drama CD

The Vision of Escaflowne - Hitomi Kanzaki
Games

.hack (video games) - Aura, Natsume

Bujingai - Yohfa

Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball - Lisa

Dead or Alive 4 - Lisa/La Mariposa

Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core - Aerith Gainsborough

- Sophie Belkman

Kanon - Mishio Amano

Kingdom Hearts series - Aerith Gainsborough

Lttle Lovers - Yui

Little Lovers - 2nd - - Yui

Napple Tale - Poach, Arsia

Panzer Dragoon Saga - Azel

Panzer Dragoon Orta - Azel

Persona 3 - Aegis

RahXephon Sokyu Gensokyoku - Reika Mishima

Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 game) - Princess Elise

Super Robot Wars series - Reika Mishima, Lunamaria Hawke

Tenkū no Escaflowne - Hitomi Kanzaki
Dubbing

Brandy and Mr. Whiskers - Brandy

- Padmé Amidala

Doctor Who - Rose Tyler

High School Musical - Taylor McKessie

Jurassic Park - Lex

Lunar Wing - Paty

- Kate Brewster

The Land Before Time - Cera

- Cera
Musicals

Angel Touch - Oto Rin

Bangare - Nin Sasaki

Les Misérables - Eponine

Letter ~ Bring to Light - Ritsuko NonomuraFurther Information
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