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generasia:Featured article for 2025 week 21
Sakamoto Maaya
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 her debut as a voice actress in 1992 as the voice of Chifuru in the anime Little Twins. She became known when she lent her voice to Kanzaki Hitomi in the anime series Tenkuu no Escaflowne in 1996 at the age of 15.
She has also branched into singing, performing songs in both English and Japanese. Her debut single, "Yakusoku wa Iranai," which was produced by popular composer Kanno Yoko, was used as the opening theme for Tenkuu no Escaflowne. "Yakusoku wa Iranai" marked a beginning of a longtime collaboration between her and composer Kanno. Her singles "tune the rainbow", "Loop", "Ame ga Furu", and "Triangler" have all reached the top 10 on the Oricon weekly singles chart: "Triangler" in particular charted at #3 and remained charting for 26 weeks. Her albums have had similar success, with Shounen Alice and Yuunagi Loop both reaching the top 10 on Oricon weekly albums chart; and her album You can't catch me, released on January 12, 2011, became her first release to ever reach #1. She held a concert at the Nippon Budokan on March 31, 2010, her 30th birthday.
Her 36th single, "Drops", is released this week on May 21st.
