Person · Female
坂本真綾
- From
- Itabashi, Japan
- Since
- 1980–present
- Rating
- ★ 4.65
- Releases
- 74
- j-pop
- singer-songwriter
About
Maaya Sakamoto (坂本 真綾, Sakamoto Maaya; born March 31, 1980) is a Japanese actress and singer. She made her debut as a voice actress in 1992 as the voice of Chifuru in the anime Little Twins, and became known as the voice of Hitomi Kanzaki in The Vision of Escaflowne. Other major anime roles include Shinobu Oshino in Monogatari, Haruhi Fujioka in Ouran High School Host Club, Shiki Ryōgi in The Garden of Sinners, Ciel Phantomhive in Black Butler, Crona in Soul Eater, Leila Malcal in Code Geass: Akito the Exiled, Motoko Kusanagi in Ghost in the Shell: Arise, Merlin in The Seven Deadly Sins, Eto in Tokyo Ghoul, and Echidna in Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World. In video games, she has voiced Aerith Gainsborough in the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII series, Aigis in Persona 3, Lightning in the Final Fantasy XIII games, the adult Sherry Birkin in Resident Evil, and Maki Harukawa in Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony. In the Japanese-dubbed versions of international films, Sakamoto has voiced Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars franchise and Rosalina in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.
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Sakamoto has performed 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 January 12, 2011, became her first release to ever reach number 1. She held a concert at the Nippon Budokan on her 30th birthday.
Member of
Discography
Albums
Singles
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花は咲く
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Drops
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時計
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nina
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抱きしめて
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まだ遠くにいる / un_mute
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菫 / 言葉にできない
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独白↔躍動
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クローバー
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躍動
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宇宙の記憶
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CLEAR
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ハロー、ハロー
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逆光
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Million Clouds
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あなたを保つもの / まだうごく
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幸せについて私が知っている5つの方法 / 色彩
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これから
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レプリカ
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SAVED. / Be mine!
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はじまりの海
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セクレアール
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モアザンワーズ
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Buddy
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おかえりなさい
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DOWN TOWN / やさしさに包まれたなら
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マジックナンバー
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トライアングラー
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雨が降る
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さいごの果実
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風待ちジェット / スピカ
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ループ
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gravity
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tune the rainbow
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ヘミソフィア
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しっぽのうた
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マメシバ
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Primary Days
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指輪
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プラチナ
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臣士魔法劇場 リスキー★セフティ 主題歌 "夜明けの風ききながら" / 挿入歌 "此処にいるから"
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走る
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奇跡の海
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Gift
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CLAMP学園探偵団 MINI SOUND TRACK
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約束はいらない
Compilations
Links
Official
Concerts
Buy
Married
Voice actor
Also known as
Maaya Sakamoto · Maya Sakamoto · SAKAMOTO Maaya · Sakamoto Maaya · Маая Сакамото · さかもと まあや · さかもとまあや · 坂本 真綾 · 사카모토 마아야
Tags
- anime
- japanese
- macross
- macross frontier
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- b6c18308-82c7-4ec1-a42d-e8488bce6618
- ISNI
- 0000000055232651
- IPI
- 00173227970
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 10 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.