Sakamoto Maaya
| Sakamoto Maaya 坂本真綾 | |
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| Sex | Female |
| Place of Birth | Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan |
| Date of Birth | March 31, 1980 |
| Blood Type | Type A |
| Height | 155 cm (5'1") |
| Profession | Voice Actor, Actress, Singer, Radio Personality |
| Affiliation | Fortunerest (フォーチュレスト) |
| Spouse | Suzumura Kenichi (鈴村健一) |
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| Activity Period | 1988 - |
Sakamoto Maaya (坂本真綾, March 31, 1980 - ) is a Japanese voice actress (seiyuu), actress, singer, and radio personality born in Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan. She is currently affiliated with Fortunerest.
Sakamoto graduated from Toyo University with a Bachelor's degree in Sociology. The role that started her course toward becoming popular was in 1996 as the voice of Kanzaki Hitomi in the hit anime series The Vision of Escaflowne, and released her debut single Yakusoku wa Iranai, in collaboration with Kanno Youko under Victor Entertainment on April 24, 1996.
Not much is known about her family, however, her father Sakamoto Yoshimi, is an expert in stage lighting. During AnimeFest in 2005, she stated that her favorite Western bands are Oasis and Maroon 5. She also has had at least one song, Uchiihikkoshi no Uta, that has appeared on the NHK program, Minna no Uta. In August 2011, she announced her marriage to fellow seiyuu, Suzumura Kenichi.
She has also collaborated and appeared in many of CLAMP's works, and has performed theme music for many of the adaptations of their series. Her first appearance in a CLAMP authored work was in CLAMP School Detectives, in which she sang Bokura no Rekishi, which was the theme song to its radio drama. She also provided the anime's second ending theme song, Gift. Later, her single Platinum was used as an opening song for Cardcaptor Sakura; she also lent her voice to a Clow Card in the second Cardcaptor Sakura movie. She also voiced Suu in Clover's OVA, and voiced Tomoyo in Tsubasa Chronicle; singing several songs for the soundtracks, as well as the ending theme from Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle's OVAs, Tokyo Revelations and the Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle OAD, Tsubasa Shunraiki. In addition, she sings the opening theme, action! for CLAMP in Wonderland 2, and her single Magic Number was used as the opening of Kobato.
In the 23rd Anime Grand Prix, she ranked tenth place under the seiyuu category with 126 votes.
In addition, in the first Seiyuu Awards, she was nominated for "Best Actress in a leading role" for her portrayal of Fujioka Haruhi in Ouran High School Host Club as well as "Best Musical Performance" for Tsubasa Chronicle's ending theme "Loop".
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