Maaya Sakamoto (坂本真綾)
Maaya Sakamoto (坂本真綾, Sakamoto Maaya), born March 31, 1980 in Itabashi, Tok… Read Full Bio ↴Maaya Sakamoto (坂本真綾, Sakamoto Maaya), born March 31, 1980 in Itabashi, Tokyo) 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.
* 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 (お姉さま, Onee-sama?), 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.
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.
In the first Seiyu Awards, she was nominated for "Best Main Character (female)" and "Best Single".
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.
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.[2]
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.
Not only is she fluent in Japanese but also can speak some English.
Maaya gave her first U.S. concert on July 3rd at the 2005 Anime Expo in Anaheim, California. During the eight song concert (with a one song encore), Ms. Sakamoto amazed her fans by speaking entirely in fluent English throughout the show. She was also repeatedly overwhelmed with happiness at the size and energy of the several thousand-strong crowd, much to the audience's delight
A women of many talents. For more information please check out these sites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maaya_Sakamoto http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=527
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0757087/
* 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 (お姉さま, Onee-sama?), 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.
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.
In the first Seiyu Awards, she was nominated for "Best Main Character (female)" and "Best Single".
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.
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.[2]
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.
Not only is she fluent in Japanese but also can speak some English.
Maaya gave her first U.S. concert on July 3rd at the 2005 Anime Expo in Anaheim, California. During the eight song concert (with a one song encore), Ms. Sakamoto amazed her fans by speaking entirely in fluent English throughout the show. She was also repeatedly overwhelmed with happiness at the size and energy of the several thousand-strong crowd, much to the audience's delight
A women of many talents. For more information please check out these sites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maaya_Sakamoto http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=527
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0757087/
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Maaya Sakamoto (坂本真綾) Lyrics
A Happy Ending 一緒に暮らそう この部屋で なんにもないけど、 眺めはいい 君の好きな花育てよう お金はないけど、 あいしてる oh l…
Afternoon Repose Silent afternoon Curtains swept up by a gentle breeze Floati…
Birds ざわめきは遠くなっていく 景色はかすんで見えなくなる この目も耳も指もかかとも 静かに震えて目覚めていく 愛して 愛して…
DIVE このまま海の底まで息も つがずに泳いでゆくようだと あなたを愛しながら私はもがいてた 澄んだ目をした魚や光る 泡が夢のよ…
Gift 友達が開いた手の中のツユ草に うれしくなってクスッとわらったよ 無謀だと思えるくらいのたくらみに ほんとは胸のすみで憧れ…
Gravity Been a long road to follow Been there and gone tomorrow With…
Heavenly Blue もうほっといて誰もかまわないで 私のことに ひとりでいたいと 本気でそう思っている だって苦しくてとても苦しくて 逃げて…
Hemisphere Sore demo ittai kono boku ni nani ga dekiru tte…
Here Here, people look for heaven Livin' in a fear of God Losing…
Honey bunny ちゃんとこっちを向いて 機嫌直してよハニーハニー ずっと黙ったままで 子供みたい眉をひそめて あなたが怒った顔って 怖く…
Light of Love その瞳をひらいて あなただけを照らし続けるでしょう Twinkle Twinkle Light of love 遥かな愛…
Loop nee kono machi ga yuuyami ni somaru toki…
Lucy Chanto kocchi o muite Kigen naoshite yo HANII BANII Zutto da…
My Favorite Books 大好きだった絵本の中の 大好きだったページ切り取った いつも胸ポケット いつでも読み返せるように 意気地なしの犬が旅立つ…
Tell Me What the Rain Knows Tell me what the rain knows O are these the tears…
The Garden of Everything Here you are Daylight's star Made out of miracles Perfection…
Toto It's funny you don't see It's something you can't let go Liv…
Tune The Rainbow 君が流す涙拭うためだけに 僕はここにいるよ 雨上がりがきれいなように 泣けば心透き通る 丘の上で見渡す世界は 今日も愛で…
しっぽのうた あさがきたよさかだちするとけい わらうつくえそらとんでくぼうし わたしおいてくつもでてくから あわててとびおきる きえた…
パイロット 白い線で描いたマルの中で ふたり寝ころがり上を見て笑う 別に高い壁なんかなくても 僕らは決まりを 破ることなんてきっとし…
空気と星 どうしてなのこの広がりのなか 美しいものほど壊れやすいなら 救いだしてあなたが魂に 変わってしまうならば いっしょに連れ…