Maaya Sakamoto

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 roles in anime include Leila Malcal in ''Code Geass: Akito the Exiled'', Jeanne d'Arc in ''Fate/Apocrypha'', Shiki Ryōgi in ''The Garden of Sinners'', Eto in ''Tokyo Ghoul'', 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'', Lunamaria Hawke in ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny'', Merlin in ''The Seven Deadly Sins'', Motoko Kusanagi in ''Ghost in the Shell: Arise'', Quinella in season 3 of ''Sword Art Online'', and Echidna in ''Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World''.

In the Japanese dubbed versions of international films, Sakamoto has voiced Padmé Amidala in the ''Star Wars'' films and series, as well as performing the dub voice for Natalie Portman in numerous films.

In video games, Sakamoto voices Aigis in ''Persona 3'', Maki Harukawa in ''Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony'', Aerith Gainsborough in ''Compilation of Final Fantasy VII'', Aura and Natsume in ''.hack'', La Mariposa in ''Dead or Alive'', Lightning in the ''Final Fantasy XIII'' games, Ling Xiaoyu in ''Tekken'', and Alisa Ilinichina Amiella in ''God Eater''.

As a singer, 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 March 31, 2010, her thirtieth birthday. Provided by Wikipedia