◇ image via WikipediaMaaya Sakamoto
Maaya Sakamoto is a J-pop act. Their sound grew out of Superfly, Steve Conte, Yoko Kanno and Hide. Those roots explain a lot about how Maaya Sakamoto arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as See-Saw, KOKIA, FictionJunction, Mikuni Shimokawa and fhána, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into yanaginagi, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 10 connections around Maaya Sakamoto, reaching back through Superfly and forward to yanaginagi. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Maaya Sakamoto 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 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. In the Japanese-dubbed versions of international films, Sakamoto has voiced Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars franchise and Rosalina in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.
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Maaya Sakamoto connections
Maaya Sakamoto grew out of Superfly, Steve Conte, Yoko Kanno and Hide, shares an orbit with See-Saw, KOKIA, FictionJunction and Mikuni Shimokawa, went on to shape yanaginagi. 10 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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