Ayako Kawasumi
Born: 1976-03-30 in Tokyo, Japan
Known For: Acting
Biography
Ayako Kawasumi is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She is affectionately referred to by her fellow voice actors and fans as "Ayachii (あやちー)", "Ayasumi (あやすみ)" and "Aya-nē (あやねえ)". She is a skilled pianist as she has played the piano since childhood. She composed and performed "...To You", the opening theme to Piano, and played pianists in the anime Piano and Nodame Cantabile. She is one of the most prolific and well-known voice actresses in Japan. Throughout her career, she has voiced plenty of iconic and famous characters, such as Akari Kamigishi (To Heart), Saber (Fate/stay night), Nodame (Nodame Cantabile), Lafiel (Crest of the Stars - Banner of the Stars), Fuu (Samurai Champloo), Leina (Queen's Blade), Aoi Sakuraba (Ai Yori Aoshi), Mahoro (Mahoromatic) and Natsuki Mogi (Initial D).
Filmography
2026
- In the Clear Moonlit Dusk as Yoi's Mom (voice)
- That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea as Beretta (voice)
- PROJECT R.E.D. as Emolgear / Narrator (voice)
- Girls und Panzer: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu! Act 2
- Girls und Panzer: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu! Act 3
- Supplementary Investigation: Off-Duty Gavan as Emolgear / Narrator (voice)
- Fate/stay night 20th Anniversary Concert Finale as Saber
- Untitled Super Space Sheriff Gavan Infinity Summer Movie as Narration (voice), Emorgear (voice)
- Super Space Sheriff Gavan Infinity: Jo-Chaku Course as Narration (voice), Emorgear (voice)
2025
- Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective as Jun Fuyumoto (voice)
- Beheneko: The Elf-Girl's Cat Is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster! as Leona (voice)
- Private Tutor to the Duke's Daughter as Lisa Linster (voice)
- Girls und Panzer: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu! Act 1
2024
- Unnamed Memory as Lucrezia (voice)
- As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World as Sophia Louvent (voice)
- Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers as The First Princess (voice)
- Tonari no Yokai-san as Suzu Sakaki (voice)
- The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies as Bellatrix (voice)
- Zegapain STA as Shizuno Misaki (voice)
- Girls und Panzer das Finale OVA: Taicho War!
2023
- Horimiya: The Missing Pieces as Kozue Sengoku (voice)
- Spy Classroom as Homuro (voice)
- 16bit Sensation: Another Layer as Kaori Shimoda (voice)
2022
- Raven of the Inner Palace as Xie Fei/Consort Sha (voice)
- RWBY: Ice Queendom as Winter Schnee (voice)
- KanColle: See You Again on Another Quiet Blue Sea as (voice)
- CUE! as Chisa's sister (voice)
- Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games Is Tough for Mobs as Luce (voice)
2021
- Fate/Grand Order Final Singularity – Grand Temple of Time: Solomon as Fou (voice)
- Fate/Grand Order the Movie: Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot 2 Paladin; Agateram as The Lion King (voice)
- Revue Starlight: The Movie as Hikari's Mother (voice)
- Violet Evergarden: Recollections as Clara Magnolia (voice)
2020
- The Misfit of Demon King Academy as Sheila (voice)
- BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense. as Velvet (voice)
- Princess Connect! Re:Dive as Jun Shirogane (voice)
- The Day I Became a God as Isuzu Satō (voice)
- SUPER HxEROS as ShimiChu (voice)
- Adachi and Shimamura as Shimamura's mother (voice)
- Violet Evergarden: The Movie as Clara Magnolia (voice)
- Grand Blues! as (voice)
- A Whisker Away as Kaoru Mizutani (voice)
- Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. Spring Song as Saber Alter (voice)
- Fate/Grand Order the Movie: Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot 1 Wandering; Agateram as Fou / The Lion King (voice)
2019
- Star☆Twinkle PreCure as Taurus (voice)
- Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia as Fou (voice)
- Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. Lost Butterfly as Saber Alter (voice)
- Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 2 as (voice)
- Battle Spirits: Saga Brave
2018
- Cells at Work! as Mast Cell (voice)
- Laid-Back Camp as Tea Lady (voice)
- That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime as Beretta (voice)
- Violet Evergarden as Clara Magnolia (voice)
- Today's Menu for the Emiya Family as Saber (voice)
- Yotsuiro Biyori as Tomoko Hayashi (voice)
- Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond as Sasago (voice)
2017
- The Ancient Magus' Bride as Goddess of Winter Morrígan (voice)
- 18if as Eve (voice)
- Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side: Sword Oratoria as Riveria Ljos Alf (voice)
- Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. Presage Flower as Saber (voice)
- Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 1 as (voice)
2016
- Kubikiri Cycle - Aoiro Savant to Zaregoto Tsukai as Ibuki Kanami
- Matoi the Sacred Slayer as 春夏·ルシエラ
- Assassination Classroom the Movie: 365 Days' Time as Aguri Yukimura (voice)
- Queen's Blade Grimoire as Reina Vance (voice)
- Accel World: Infinite Burst as Kakei Mihaya
- Zegapain ADP as ミサキ シズノ (voice)
- Fate/Grand Order: First Order as Fou / Saber Alter (voice)
- ぐだぐだオーダー as 青セイバー
2015
- Assassination Classroom as Aguri Yukimura (voice)
- Death Parade as Machiko (voice)
- Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? as Riveria Ljos Alf (voice)
- Hifuu Club Activity Record ~ The Sealed Esoteric History
- Girls und Panzer der Film as Kay (voice)
- Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Future as Izumi Nase (voice)
- Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Past as Izumi Nase (voice)
2014
- Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] as Saber (voice)
- Ping Pong the Animation as Yurie (voice)
- Amagi Brilliant Park as Moffle (voice)
- Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun as Yukari Miyako (voice)
- Witch Craft Works as Komachi Takamiya (voice)
- Terra Formars: Bugs-2 as Akita nanao
- Dai Shogun - Great Revolution as Kiriko Hattori (voice)
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Re-Edited Vol.1 as Erina Pendleton (voice)
2013
- Strike the Blood as Giada Kukulcan (voice)
- Beyond the Boundary as Izumi Nase (voice)
- Queen's Blade: Vanquished Queens as Leina
2012
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure as Erina Pendleton (voice)
- Sword Art Online as Aki Natsuki (voice)
- High School DxD as Susan (voice)
- Tari Tari as Haruka Tanaka (voice)
- Girls und Panzer as Kay (voice)
- The Pet Girl of Sakurasou as Rita Ainsworth (voice)
- Accel World as Kakei Mihaya
- Nakaimo: My Little Sister Is Among Them! as Risa Seri (voice)
- Strike Witches the Movie as Heinrike Prinzessin zu Sayn-Wittgenstein (voice)
- Carnival Phantasm: HibiChika Special
- Angelic White Magical Girls, Absolute Whiteness: Magical Girl as Kuramoto, Erika
2011
- Fate/Zero as Saber
- Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up as Harumi
- Carnival Phantasm as Saber (voice)
- Aria the Scarlet Ammo as Jeanne d`Arc
- Carnival Phantasm: Illya's Castle
2010
- The Qwaser of Stigmata as Miyuri Tsujidō (voice)
- Bakuman as Yuriko Hiramaru (voice)
- Ladies versus Butlers! as Tomomi Saikyō (voice)
- Night Raid 1931
- Okami-san and Her Seven Companions as Otsuu Tsurugaya (voice)
- Squid Girl as Ayumi Tokita (voice)
- Battle Spirits: Brave as Mai Shinomiya (voice)
- Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works as Saber (voice)
- King of Thorn as Laura Owen (voice)
- Queen's Blade: Beautiful Fighters as Leina
- Hetalia: Axis Powers: Paint It, White! as Pict Princess (voice)
2009
- Queen's Blade as Leina (voice)
- Hatsukoi Limited. as Sumire Fudoumiya (voice)
- 07-Ghost as Athena
- Pandora Hearts as Alice (voice)
- Charger Girl Juden Chan as Reika Galvini
- Battle Spirits: Shounen Gekiha Dan as Mai Shinomiya (voice)
2008
- Natsume's Book of Friends as Sasago (voice)
- A Certain Magical Index as Laura Stuart (voice)
- To Love Ru as Saki Tenjōin (voice)
- Real Drive as Holon (voice)
- Skip Beat! as Ruriko Matsunai
- The Diary of a Crazed Family as Dr. Hell (voice)
- Magician's Academy as Eineus the Vergest
- Kanokon as Chizuru Minamoto
- Kemeko Deluxe! as Fumiko Kobayashi
- Kiku and the Wolf as Kiku-chan (voice)
2007
- Claymore as Elena (voice)
- Nodame Cantabile as Megumi Noda (voice)
- Princess Resurrection as Hime
- Polyphonica as Tsuge Eufinley
- The Skull Man
- Romeo × Juliet as Emilia (voice)
- Mina as Sumire Nishiha / Mina Shiwasu (voice)
- Mokke as Shizuru Hibara (voice)
- Sky Girls as Otoha Sakurano (voice)
- Shining Tears X Wind as Blanc Neige
- Shattered Angels as Kaon (voice)
- Kimi Kiss Pure Rouge as Tomoko Kawada (voice)
- Potemayo
- Hitohira as Nono Ichinose
- The Flowers of Hard Blood as Shion Yasuoka
- Shakugan no Shana: The Movie as Kazumi Yoshida
- .hack//G.U. Trilogy as Atoli (voice)
- .hack//G.U. Returner as Atoli (voice)
- Kino's Journey: Country of Illness -For You- as Inertia (voice)
2006
- D.Gray-man as Sofia (voice)
- The Familiar of Zero as Henrietta de Tristain (voice)
- Fate/stay night as Saber (voice)
- Kanon as Kaori Misaka (voice)
- Zegapain
- Yume Tsukai as Touko Mishima (voice)
- Magical Witch Punie-chan as Anego
- Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry as Mariette
- Crayon Shin-chan: The Legend Called Dance! Amigo! as Ai Suotome (voice)
- Brave Story as Mysterious girl (voice)
- Sky Girls as Otoha Sakurano (voice)
2005
- Hell Girl
- Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE
- Shakugan no Shana as Kazumi Yoshida
- Starship Operators as Rio Mamiya
- Best Student Council as Sayuri Hida (voice)
- Strawberry Marshmallow as Matsuri Sakuragi (voice)
- Twin Princess of Wonder Planet as Elsa
- Ginban Kaleidoscope as Tazusa Sakurano
- Gallery Fake as Sara Halifa
- Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan
- Petopeto-san as Kanna Maeta
- My Wife is a High School Girl as Asami Onohara (voice)
- The Snow Queen as Gerda (voice)
- The King of Braves GaoGaiGar FINAL: GRAND GLORIOUS GATHERING as パピヨン・ノワール
- Hotori: Simply Wishing for Hope as Hotori (voice)
2004
- Samurai Champloo as Fuu (voice)
- Genshiken as Kanako Ohno (voice)
- Kurau Phantom Memory as Kurau Amami (voice)
- Girls Bravo
- Destiny of the Shrine Maiden as 姫宮千歌音 / Chikane Himemiya
- This Ugly Yet Beautiful World as Hikari (voice)
- Ninja Nonsense as Kaede Shiranui (voice)
- Tristia of the Deep-Blue Sea as Nanoca Flanka
2003
- Scrapped Princess as Winia Chester (voice)
- Please Twins! as Koishi Herikawa (voice)
- Popotan as Unagi (Voice)
- RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio as Megumi Shitō (voice)
- .hack//Legend of the Twilight: Let's Meet Offline as Hotaru
2002
- .hack as Hotaru (voice)
- RahXephon as Megumi Shitow (voice)
- Ai Yori Aoshi as Aoi Sakuraba (voice)
- Please Teacher! as Koishi Herikawa
- Petite Princess Yucie as Elmina
- Piano: The Melody of a Young Girl's Heart as Miu Nomura (voice)
- Armored Troopers J-Phoenix PF LIPS
- Nakoruru: A Gift from That Person as Manari (voice)
- Initial D: Battle Stage as Natsuki Mogi (voice)
2001
- Battle Doll: Angelic Layer as Kaede Saito (voice)
- Mahoromatic as Mahoro (voice)
- Rave Master as Elie (voice)
- Zoids: New Century as Rinon (voice)
- Sister Princess as Tikagie
- Angel Tales as Ayumi
- One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e
- Great Dangaioh as Manami Mishio
- Usagi-chan de Cue!! as Miku Mizuki (voice)
- Comic Party
- Initial D: Third Stage as Natsuki Mogi (voice)
2000
- Ghost Stories as Hanako (voice)
- Ceres: Celestial Legend as (voice)
- NieA_7 as Mayuko Chigasaki (voice)
- Angel Sanctuary as Mudou Sara (voice)
- Gate Keepers as Ruriko Ikusawa (voice)
- Ah! My Goddess: The Movie as Morgan le Fay (voice)
- Sin: The Movie as Elyse Stewart (voice)
- Crest of the Stars: Birth as Lafiel "Abriel Nei Debrusc Borl Paryun Lafiel" Abriel (Voice)
- Azumanga Web Daioh as Ayumu 'Osaka' Kasuga (voice)
1999
- Great Teacher Onizuka as Tomoko Nomura (voice)
- Crest of the Stars as Lafiel Abriel (voice)
- I'm Gonna Be An Angel! as Sara
- To Heart as Akari Kamigishi (voice)
- A.D. Police as Kyoko Miyano (voice)
- Soul Hunter as (voice)
- Samurai: Hunt for the Sword as 魔由羅
- Seraphim Call as Kurumi Matsumoto (voice)
- Legend of Black Heaven as Rinko (voice)
- Sorcerer on the Rocks as Taru-Ho (voice)
1998
- Initial D as Natsuki Mogi (voice)
- Neo Ranga as Aya Seike (voice)
- Serial Experiments Lain as Mika Iwakura - Lain's older sister (voice)
- Knight Hunters
- Princess Nine as Yuki Azuma (voice)
- Outlaw Star as Melfina (voice)
- DT Eightron as Fuia
- Mamotte Shugogetten
- Visitor as Mochizuki Lila
1997
- Tournament of the Gods: Title Match as Shizuku-hime