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Maaya Sakamoto

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 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 had voice roles in video games such as Panzer Dragoon Saga, Kingdom Hearts, Fullmetal Alchemist 3: Kami wo Tsugu Shoujo, Napple Tale, and Suikoden Tierkreis. 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.

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. She performed "The Garden of Everything" for the anime RahXephon with Steve Conte.

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 hi for "Best erete Character (female)" and "Best Single".

Participation in CLAMP's works

Her first participation in anime and OVAs adapted from works by CLAMP was in CLAMP School Detectives. Later, Purachina was used as an opening song for Cardcaptor Sakura and 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		#76	3,980
	December 14, 1998	DIVE	#44	13,400
	March 28, 2001	Lucy	#16	43,080
	August 8, 2001		#12	32,060
	December 10, 2003		#8	51,992
	October 26, 2005		#8	45,552
	March 21, 2007	30minutes night flight	#12	29,219
Compilation	December 16, 1999		#14	60,130
Compilation	July 30, 2003		#3	69,966

Singles

Listed chronologically.

Release date	Title	Notes
April 24, 1996		Opening song for the anime series The Vision of Escaflowne.
March 21, 1997		Theme song for the radio drama CLAMP School Detectives.
September 22, 1997	Gift	Ending song for the anime series CLAMP School Detectives.
April 22, 1998		Opening song for Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight.
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 Escaflowne: The Movie.
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 Pluralitas Concentio.
May 10, 2005		First ending theme song for the anime series, Tsubasa Chronicle.
June 14, 2006		Second ending theme and insert song for the anime series Tsubasa Chronicle.
November 21, 2007		Ending theme song for the anime OVA Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations.
April 23, 2008		First opening theme song for the anime series Macross Frontier.
October 29, 2008		Ending theme song for the anime series Linebarrels of Iron.