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Date: 01 April 1980
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 roles in anime include Leila Malcal in Code Geass: Akito the Exiled, Jeanne d'Arc in Fate/Apocrypha, Shiki Ryōgi in The Garden of Sinners, Eto in Tokyo Ghoul, Riho Yamazaki in Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective, Moe Katsuragi in Risky Safety, Princess Tomoyo in Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Haruhi Fujioka in Ouran High School Host Club, Sayaka Nakasugi in Birdy the Mighty, Ciel Phantomhive in Black Butler, Shinobu Oshino in Monogatari, Lunamaria Hawke in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny, Merlin in The Seven Deadly Sins, Motoko Kusanagi in Ghost in the Shell: Arise, Quinella in season 3 of Sword Art Online, and Echidna in Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World.
In the Japanese dubbed versions of international films, Sakamoto has voiced Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars films and series, as well as performing the dub voice for Natalie Portman in numerous films.
In video games, Sakamoto voices Aigis in Persona 3, Maki Harukawa in Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, Aerith Gainsborough in Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Aura and Natsume in .hack, La Mariposa in Dead or Alive, Lightning in the Final Fantasy XIII games, Ling Xiaoyu in Tekken, and Alisa Ilinichina Amiella in God Eater.
Sakamoto has performed songs in both English and Japanese. She released her debut single, "Yakusoku wa Iranai", in collaboration with Yoko Kanno under Victor Entertainment on April 24, 1996. Her singles "Tune the Rainbow", "Loop", "Ame ga Furu", and "Triangler" have all reached the top 10 Oricon singles chart: "Triangler" in particular charted at number 3 and remained charting for 26 weeks. Her albums have had similar success, with Shōnen Alice and Yūnagi Loop both reaching the top 10 Oricon albums chart; and her album You Can't Catch Me, released on January 12, 2011, became her first release to ever reach number 1. She held a concert at the Nippon Budokan on her 30th birthday.
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Date: 31 March 1980
By JAMES P. STERBA Special to The New York Times
James STERBA
illus of bodies being placed on aircraft for trip to US (S)
Date: 31 March 1980
By MARTIN TOLCHIN Special to The New York Times
Martin Special
Martin Tolchin analyzes bipartisan coalition in Congress that has seized initiative in shaping budget and won important battles against another, more likely, coalition of White House and liberal Democrats; illustration of Sens Daniel Moynihan and Donald W Reigle Jr (M)
Date: 01 April 1980
demonstrators in West Bengal end week-old economic blockade of Assam; Bengali members of Prime Min Indira Gandhi's Congress Party have been conducting blockade to protest anti-Bengali campaign led by Assamese students to remove 'foreigners' from voting rolls (S)
Date: 31 March 1980
Staubach to appear at news conference Mar 31 where he is expected to announce his retirement (S)
Date: 01 April 1980
Alabama Univ football coach Bear Bryant will be released from hospital following treatment for pulmonary congestion (S)
Date: 01 April 1980
Corp expects to spend about $4 billion in coming decade on capital projects, including $154 million over next 3 years on alumina plant in Baton Rouge, La (S)
Date: 31 March 1980
Richmond, Va, Times-Dispatch reports US has channeled nearly $100 million through Agency for International Development during last 8 years for overseas programs promoting birth control through sterilization; says some of those who underwent sterilization as part of supposedly voluntary program may have done so under pressure (S)
Date: 01 April 1980
union representatives sign new contract (S)