Maaya Sakamoto

Maaya Sakamoto (坂本 真綾, Sakamoto Maaya, born March 31, 1980 in Tokyo) is a Japanese voice actor and singer affiliated with Fortunerest. A graduate of Toyo University with a degree in sociology, she is married to fellow voice actor Kenichi Suzumura.

Raised in a family comprised of her parents and older brother, Sakamoto became acquainted with the entertainment world at a young age, gaining her first role in Little Twins when she was just 12. In 2003, she made her stage debut as Éponine in the Japanese version of the musical Les Misérables.

Sakamoto is proficient not only in acting, but also singing as she once performed songs for commercials during her childhood years. When it comes to her music career, she has collaborated with composer Yoko Kanno several times, starting with her 1996 debut single Yakusoku wa Iranai. Some of her hobbies are cooking and reading.

Sakamoto's flexible tone allows her to skillfully voice both masculine and feminine roles, though many of her characters are known to have a deadpan streak to them. Her roles include Ciel Phantomhive in Black Butler, Leila Malcal in Code Geass: Akito the Exiled, and Tamayo in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. She is also the dub voice for Natalie Portman and Lea Michele.

Works

 * Lisa Hamilton - Dead or Alive series
 * Lunamaria Hawke - Dynasty Warriors: Gundam series; reprise of her role in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
 * Tyria - Ar tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel
 * Rui Kagamiya - Fatal Frame V: Maiden of Black Water
 * Farangis - Arslan: The Warriors of Legend
 * Professor - Toukiden 2
 * Aerith Gainsborough - Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia
 * Lightning Farron - Dissidia Final Fantasy NT, Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia