I didn't know anything about the Tokyo-born Maya Okamoto（岡本麻弥）at first, but I did learn that her first role as an anime seiyuu was as Emma Sheen in "Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam"（機動戦士Ζガンダム）and also a role in "Megazone 23" in 1985. Since then, she's been working up to the present day in various shows such as "Sakura Taisen"（サクラ大戦）and even one of the "PreCure" shows.
Okamoto has also been an actress and a singer. Her discography is far smaller but she did put out a couple of full albums and a couple of mini-albums. One of the latter is "enfant" in November 1993 and I have here the track "l'oiseau bleu". It's a nice mix of contemporary pop and some twangy 1950s pop that was written by Okamoto herself and composed by Katsuhiko Kamioka（上綱克彦）.
Great article! BTW, have you ever checked out the music from Doji Morita? I came across her because Youtuber Sakura Stardust did a video on her the other day and her career and life is very fascinating. I think the music might be up your alley. She's known for the song, "Bokutachi no Shippai" which was used in a trendy drama in the early 90's and it became a hit.
ReplyDeleteThanks very kindly. Actually, you can take a look at the article that one of the contributors provided on the drama and the song:
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Appreciate the link! I thought there wasn't an article already but I guess I just missed it.
DeleteGlad that you could check it out.
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