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 January 12, 2011, became her first release to ever reach number 1. She held a concert at the Nippon Budokan on March 31, 2010, her thirtieth birthday. In the Japanese localization of overseas dubs, she has voiced Padme Amidala as presented in the Star Wars films and cartoons, as well as being the dub voice for Natalie Portman on numerous films. 사카모토 마아야(1980년생, Tokyo, Japan) 는 배우로, 대표작으로 신 에반게리온 극장판 :ll, 원피스 히로인즈, 파이널 판타지 7: 어드벤트 칠드런이 있으며, 그 외에도 Re: 제로부터 시작하는 이세계 생활, 치하야후루, 극장판 귀멸의 칼날: 무한성편, 소드 아트 온라인, 바케모노가타리, 도쿄 구울, 마크로스 프론티어, 기동전사 건담 SEED, 마법사의 신부, 흑집사, 후르츠 바스켓, 카우보이 비밥 등 다양한 작품에 출연했다. 특히 2026년에는 스타워즈 비전스 PRESENTS - 아홉 번째 제다이에도 참여해서 활동중이다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2027년 機動戦士ガンダムSEED FREEDOM ZERO에서 Lunamaria Hawke (voice) 역을 맡았다. 2026년 극장판 마법소녀 마도카☆마키카 <발푸르기스의 회천>에서 Wasu (voice) 역을 맡았다. 2026년 스타워즈 비전스 PRESENTS - 아홉 번째 제다이에서 Tafflah (voice) 역을 맡았다.