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Maaya Sakamoto 사카모토 마아야

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Maaya Sakamoto (坂本 真綾, Sakamoto Maaya; born March 31, 1980) 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 anime roles include Shinobu Oshino in Monogatari, Haruhi Fujioka in Ouran High School Host Club, Shiki Ryōgi in The Garden of Sinners, Ciel Phantomhive in Black Butler, Crona in Soul Eater, Leila Malcal in Code Geass: Akito the Exiled, Motoko Kusanagi in Ghost in the Shell: Arise, Merlin in The Seven Deadly Sins, Eto in Tokyo Ghoul, and Echidna in Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World. In video games, she has voiced Aerith Gainsborough in the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII series, Aigis in Persona 3, Lightning in the Final Fantasy XIII games, the adult Sherry Birkin in Resident Evil, and Maki Harukawa in Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony.

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Maaya Sakamoto (사카모토 마아야) — verified Korean artist. Agency: FlyingDog.

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• Genre: J-pop, anime song
• Awards: Kikuta Kazuo engeki shō
• Birth Date: March 31, 1980
• Nationality: Japanese
• Profession: actress and singer
• Debut Year: 1992
• Debut Role: Chifuru in the anime Little Twins
• Birth Place: 도쿄도 이타바시구
• Professions: 가수, 성우, 배우
• Agency: JVC 엔터테인먼트 네트워크

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