Sakamoto Maaya

Sakamoto promoting Triangler (2008)

Sakamoto Maaya (坂本真綾) is a well-known seiyuu and Japanese pop singer-songwriter under flying DOG, a sub-label of Victor Entertainment. She made both her musical and voice actress debuts in 1996 with the anime Tenkuu no Escaflowne. She is noted for her collaborations with Kanno Yoko.

Profile

• Name: Sakamoto Maaya (坂本真綾)
• Birthday: March 31st, 1980
• Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
• Bloodtype: A
• Height: 155 cm
• Group:
  • Whoops!! (1999)

Information

Sakamoto Maaya promoting Kazemachi Jet / Spica (2006)

Sakamoto Maaya (2007)

Sakamoto Maaya promoting Ame ga Furu (2008)

Sakamoto Maaya promoting Kazeyomi (2009)

Sakamoto Maaya got her break at the age of 15 when she lent her voice to Kanzaki Hitomi in the anime series Tenkuu no Escaflowne. Her debut single, "Yakusoku wa Iranai" was the opening theme for the same anime. The release was a beginning of a longtime collaboration between her and composer Kanno Yoko. In that time, she also started to write lyrics for her songs. With Kanno, Sakamoto released a lot of singles which are still favored by fans still today, notably "Kiseki no Umi" and "Hemisphere". Sakamoto also appears in a television drama and musicals, she is known for her role as Éponine in the Japanese adaption of the musical "Les Misérables".

In 2003, Sakamoto and Kanno announced their breakup after Sakamoto's fourth album "Shounen Alice". Two years later, Sakamoto released her first non-Kanno produced single and began to collaborate with other composers to have more creative control in her singing career. In 2009, they re-united with the single "Triangler", which was used as Macross Frontier's first opening theme. With the popularity of the series and a warm welcome from their fans, "Triangler" reached #3 on the Oricon weekly charts. In that time, she also wrote lyrics for Nakajima Megumi's song "Ao no Ether" which she self-covered on her sixth album "Kazeyomi" with Kanno Yoko on the piano. In 2009, she will retake her role as Éponine in the new adaption of "Les Misérables".

Discography

Albums

• [1997.04.23] Grapefruit (グレープフルーツ)
• [1998.12.14] DIVE
• [2001.03.28] Lucy
• [2003.12.10] Shounen Alice (少年アリス; Boy Alice)
• [2005.10.26] Yuunagi Loop (夕凪LOOP; Lull Evening Loop)
• [2009.01.11] Kazeyomi (かぜよみ; Wind Reading)

Other Albums

• [1999.12.16] Single Collection+ Hotchpotch (シングルコレクション＋ハチポチ) (best album)
• [2001.08.08] Easy Listening (イージーリスニング) (mini-album)
• [2002.05.22] 23ji no Ongaku (23時の音楽; 23 Hours of Music) (Kanno Yoko feat. Sakamoto Maaya) (special concept album)
• [2003.07.30] Single Collection+ Nikopachi (シングルコレクション＋ニコパチ) (best album)
• [2007.03.21] 30minutes night flight (mini-album)
• [2007.03.21] "Chizu to Tegami to Koi no Uta" Yori - Haru (「地図と手紙と恋のうた」 より-春; From "The Map, the Letter and the Love Song) - Spring) (digital compilation album)

Singles

• [1996.04.24] Yakusoku wa Iranai (約束はいらない; There's No Promise)
• [1997.03.21] Bokura no Rekishi (ボクらの歴史; Our History)
• [1997.09.22] Gift
• [1998.04.22] Kiseki no Umi (奇跡の海; Sea of Miracle)
• [1998.11.21] Hashiru (走る; Run)
• [1999.10.21] Platinum (プラチナ)
• [2000.06.21] Yubiwa (指輪; Ring)
• [2000.08.23] Shippo no Uta (しっぽのうた; Song of the Tail)
• [2000.12.16] Mameshiba (マメシバ)
• [2002.02.21] Hemisphere (ヘミソフィア)
• [2003.02.21] gravity
• [2003.04.02] tune the rainbow
• [2005.05.11] Loop (ループ)
• [2006.07.14] Kazemachi Jet / Spica (風待ちジェット / スピカ; Waiting for the Wind / Spica)
• [2007.11.21] Saigo no Kajitsu / Mitsubachi to Kagakusha (さいごの果実 / ミツバチと科学者; The Last Fruit / The Honeybee and the Scientist)
• [2008.04.23] Triangler (トライアングラー)
• [2008.10.29] Ame ga Furu (雨が降る; Falling Rain)

DVD

• [2003.12.10] 03†
• [2009.05.27] Sakamoto Maaya LIVE TOUR 2009 "WE ARE KAZEYOMI!" (坂本真綾 LIVE TOUR 2009 "WE ARE KAZEYOMI!")

Compilation / Soundtracks

• [1996.05.22] Tenkuu no Escaflowne Original Soundtrack (#1 Yakusoku wa Iranai, #13 Pocket wo Sora ni Shite)
• [1996.09.28] Tenkuu no Escaflowne Original Soundtrack 3 (#5 Aoi Hitomi, #14 Hikari no Naka e)
• [1996.12.18] Gaea no Omoi (#1 Yakusoku wa Iranai (Short Version), #13 Hikari no Naka e)
• [1996.12.21] Musical Mizuiro Jidai (#12 Go For It!)
• [1997.01.22] THE VISION OF ESCAFLOWNE ~lovers only (#1 Yakusoku wa Iranai (TV EDIT), #8 Tomodachi, #18 Kaze ga Fuku Hi)
• [1997.11.21] BEST ONE Saishin Seiyuu Song Collection (#2 Aoi Hitomi)
• [1997.10.22] CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan Original Soundtrack 2 (#1 Gift)
• [1997.12.17] CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan Vocal Collection (#2 Gift)
• [1998.06.24] Lodoss Tousenki Original Soundtrack (#1 Kiseki no Umi)
• [1998.09.02] Lodoss Tousenki Drama Album 1 (#1 Kiseki no Umi (Short Version))
• [1998.11.21] Brain Powerd Original Soundtrack 2 (#1 Light of love)
• [1999.11.03] Yoake no Kaze Kiki na Kara (#1 Yoake no Kaze Kiki na Kara)
• [2000.01.07] Kouya no Medabots (#1 Kouya no Medabots)
• [2000.03.17] Omishi Magical Theater Risky Safety Aa! Soundtrack a soundtrack (#17 Yoake no Kaze Kiki na Kara)
• [2000.03.23] Card Captor Sakura Original Soundtrack 4 (#1 Platinum)
• [2000.10.21] Escaflowne Prologue 1 Earth (#14 Yubiwa (Acoustic Ver.))
• [2000.10.21] Escaflowne Prologue 2 Gaea (#11 Yubiwa (Acoustic Ver.))
• [2000.10.21] Napple Tale Yousei Zukan (#2 Shippo no Uta, #22 Midori no Hane)
• [2000.07.05] Escaflowne Original Soundtrack (#1 Yubiwa (Movie Ver.))
• [2001.02.21] Card Captor Sakura Complete Vocal Collection (Disc 3 #6 Platinum)
• [2001.03.23] Arjuna into the another world (#16 Bike, #17 Mameshiba)
• [2001.05.23] Arjuna 2 Onna no Minato (#8 Sanctuary, #13 Saigo no Mameshiba)
• [2001.12.19] Card Captor Sakura Shudaika Collection (#3 Platinum)
• [2002.05.02] RahXephon O.S.T.1 (#1 Hemisphere)
• [2002.08.21] EMOTION 20 Shuunen Kinen Theme Collection ~ TV-hen (Disc 1 #5 Yakusoku wa Iranai, #13 Kiseki no Umi; Disc 2 #15 Mameshiba)
• [2002.08.21] EMOTION 20 Shuunen Kinen Theme Collection ~ OVA & Gekijou-hen (Disc 2 #10 Yubiwa (Single Ver.))
• [2002.09.04] RahXephon Sound Drama (#2 Hemisphere (TV Size))
• [2003.03.29] WOLF'S RAIN O.S.T. (#20 gravity)
• [2003.04.23] RahXephon Pluralitas Concentio O.S.T. (#12 tune the rainbow, #20 Hemisphere)
• [2003.08.27] Game Vocal Best ~Shikura Chiyomaru Gakkyokushuu~ (#3 Teens)
• [2004.01.21] WOLF'S RAIN O.S.T.2 (#18 Tell me what the rain knows, #22 cloud 9)
• [2005.03.24] Victor Anime Song Collection I Anime Wan (#6 Bike, #11 Hemisphere)
• [2005.03.24] Victor Anime Song Collection I Anime Wanwan (#3 Platinum, #15 tune the rainbow)
• [2005.03.30] CLAMP 15 Shuunen Kinen CD&DVD BOX CLAMPAZAR (Disc 1 #13 Bokura no Rekishi, #15 Gift; Disc 2 #5 Platinum)
• [2005.07.06] Tsubasa Chronicle Original Soundtrack Future Soundscape I (#20 Loop (TV Size))
• [2006.07.05] Tsubasa Chronicle Original Soundtrack Future Soundscape III (#21 Kazemachi Jet (TV Size))
• [2006.08.23] Ouran Koukou Host Club Soundtrack & Charasong Shuu (#4 Mata Ashita!)
• [2006.12.20] Tsubasa Chronicle Best Vocal Collection (#3 Loop, #14 Kazemachi Jet)
• [2007.04.04] RahXephon CD-BOX (Disc 1 #1 Hemisphere; Disc 4 #15 tune the rainbow)
• [2008.06.04] Macross Frontier O.S.T.1 Nyan Fro. (#6 Triangler)
• [2008.10.08] Macross Frontier O.S.T.2 Nyan Tra☆ (#19 Nyan Nyan Service Medley - Aimo ~Koi no Uta~)
• [2008.12.03] Macross Frontier VOCAL COLLECTION Nyan Tama♀ (Disc 1 #1 Triangler, #20 Aimo ~Koi no Uta~; Disc 2 #13 Haha to Ko Ranka no Aimo)
• [2008.12.24] Kurogane no Linebarrels O.S.T. (#23 Ame ga Furu [TV ver.])
• [2009.02.18] "Daremo Shiranai Nakeru Uta" Gaiden ~Staff ga Erabu Kokoro no Best One (#5 Okitegami)
• [2009.03.18] Omoi Uta ~ Uta-hime Yell Songs (#7 NO FEAR / Aisuru Koto)
• [2009.03.25] Kurogane no Linebarrels O.S.T.2 (#2 Remedy [TV ver.])
• [2009.05.27] YOKO KANNO SEATBELTS - Space Bio Charge (Disc 2 #3 Yakusoku wa Iranai; Disc 3 #13 Yoake no Octave)

External Links

• Official website