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
- Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night Sky as Kyoko Sorano (voice)
- In the Clear Moonlit Dusk as Yoi's Mom (voice)
- PROJECT R.E.D. as Emolgear / Narrator (voice)
- That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea as Beretta (voice)
- Supplementary Investigation: Gavan Off-Duty as Gavan Amigo (voice), Emorgear (voice), Narration (voice)
- Chō Uchū Keiji Gyaban Infiniti Taiyō ga Naita Hi as Narration (voice), Emorgear (voice)
- Girls und Panzer: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu! Act 2
- Girls und Panzer: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu! Act 3
- Super Space Sheriff Gavan Infinity: Jo-Chaku Course as Narration (voice), Emorgear (voice)
- Fate/stay night 20th Anniversary Concert Finale as Saber
- Nice to Meet You, Amigo as Amigo (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
- 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)
- Unnamed Memory as Lucrezia (voice)
- The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies as Bellatrix (voice)
- Tonari no Yokai-san as Suzu Sakaki (voice)
- Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Our Dinosaur Diary as Ai-Chan (voice)
- Girls und Panzer das Finale OVA: Taicho War!
- Zegapain STA as Shizuno Misaki (voice)
2023
- Horimiya: The Missing Pieces as Kozue Sengoku (voice)
- Spy Classroom as Homuro (voice)
- 16bit Sensation: Another Layer as Kaori Shimoda (voice)
2022
- Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games Is Tough for Mobs as Luce (voice)
- Raven of the Inner Palace as Xie Fei/Consort Sha (voice)
- RWBY: Ice Queendom as Winter Schnee (voice)
- CUE! as Chisa's sister (voice)
- KanColle: See You Again on Another Quiet Blue Sea as (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)
- Violet Evergarden: Recollections as Clara Magnolia (voice)
- Revue Starlight: The Movie as Hikari's Mother (voice)
2020
- The Misfit of Demon King Academy as Sheila (voice)
- Princess Connect! Re:Dive as Jun Shirogane (voice)
- BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense. as Velvet (voice)
- SUPER HxEROS as ShimiChu (voice)
- Adachi and Shimamura as Shimamura's mother (voice)
- The Day I Became a God as Isuzu Satō (voice)
- Violet Evergarden: The Movie as Clara Magnolia (voice)
- A Whisker Away as Kaoru Mizutani (voice)
- Grand Blues! as (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)
- Battle Spirits: Saga Brave
- Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 2 as (voice)
2018
- That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime as Beretta (voice)
- Laid-Back Camp as Tea Lady (voice)
- Cells at Work! as Mast Cell (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)
- Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side: Sword Oratoria as Riveria Ljos Alf (voice)
- 18if as Eve (voice)
- Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. Presage Flower as Saber (voice)
- Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 1 as (voice)
2016
- Matoi the Sacred Slayer as 春夏·ルシエラ
- Kubikiri Cycle - Aoiro Savant to Zaregoto Tsukai as Ibuki Kanami
- 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
- Fate/Grand Order -First Order- as Fou / Saber Alter (voice)
- ぐだぐだオーダー as 青セイバー
- Zegapain ADP as ミサキ シズノ (voice)
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
- Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Future as Izumi Nase (voice)
- Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Past as Izumi Nase (voice)
- Girls und Panzer der Film as Kay (voice)
2014
- Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] as Saber (voice)
- Amagi Brilliant Park as Moffle (voice)
- Ping Pong the Animation as Yurie (voice)
- Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun as Yukari Miyako (voice)
- Witch Craft Works as Komachi Takamiya (voice)
- Dai Shogun - Great Revolution as Kiriko Hattori (voice)
- Terra Formars: Bugs-2 as Akita nanao
- 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)
- High School DxD as Susan (voice)
- Sword Art Online as Aki Natsuki (voice)
- Girls und Panzer as Kay (voice)
- The Pet Girl of Sakurasou as Rita Ainsworth (voice)
- Accel World as Kakei Mihaya
- Tari Tari as Haruka Tanaka (voice)
- Nakaimo: My Little Sister Is Among Them! as Risa Seri (voice)
- Absolute Whiteness: Magical Girl as Erika Kuramoto (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 (voice)
- Carnival Phantasm as Saber (voice)
- Aria the Scarlet Ammo as Jeanne d`Arc
- Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up as Harumi
- Carnival Phantasm: Illya's Castle
2010
- Bakuman as Yuriko Hiramaru (voice)
- Ladies versus Butlers! as Tomomi Saikyō (voice)
- Squid Girl as Ayumi Tokita (voice)
- Battle Spirits: Brave as Mai Shinomiya (voice)
- Night Raid 1931
- Okami-san and Her Seven Companions as Otsuu Tsurugaya (voice)
- King of Thorn as Laura Owen (voice)
- Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works as Saber (voice)
- Queen's Blade: Beautiful Fighters as Leina
- Hetalia: Axis Powers: Paint It, White! as Pict Princess (voice)
- Fate/stay night TV reproduction
- The Qwaser of Stigmata as Miyuri Tsujidō (voice)
2009
- Queen's Blade as Leina (voice)
- Pandora Hearts as Alice (voice)
- 07-Ghost as Athena
- Battle Spirits: Shounen Gekiha Dan as Mai Shinomiya (voice)
- Hatsukoi Limited. as Sumire Fudoumiya (voice)
- Charger Girl Juden Chan as Reika Galvini
- Kanokon: Manatsu no daishanikusai as Chizuru Minamoto
2008
- Natsume's Book of Friends as Sasago (voice)
- To Love Ru as Saki Tenjōin (voice)
- A Certain Magical Index as Laura Stuart (voice)
- Kanokon as Chizuru Minamoto
- Real Drive as Holon (voice)
- Skip Beat! as Ruriko Matsunai
- The Diary of a Crazed Family as Dr. Hell (voice)
- Kemeko Deluxe! as Fumiko Kobayashi
- Magician's Academy as Eineus the Vergest
- Kanokon: The Girl Who Cried Fox as Chizuru Minamoto
- Kiku and the Wolf as Kiku-chan (voice)
2007
- Claymore as Elena (voice)
- Nodame Cantabile as Megumi Noda (voice)
- Sky Girls as Otoha Sakurano (voice)
- Princess Resurrection as Hime
- Romeo × Juliet as Emilia (voice)
- Polyphonica as Tsuge Eufinley
- Kimi Kiss Pure Rouge as Tomoko Kawada (voice)
- Mokke as Shizuru Hibara (voice)
- Shining Tears X Wind as Blanc Neige
- The Skull Man
- Shattered Angels as Kaon (voice)
- Potemayo
- The Flowers of Hard Blood as Shion Yasuoka
- Mina as Sumire Nishiha / Mina Shiwasu (voice)
- Hitohira as Nono Ichinose
- .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)
- Shakugan no Shana: The Movie as Kazumi Yoshida
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
- Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry as Mariette
- Yume Tsukai as Touko Mishima (voice)
- Magical Witch Punie-chan as Anego
- 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
- Shakugan no Shana as Kazumi Yoshida
- Hell Girl
- Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE
- Twin Princess of Wonder Planet as Elsa
- Strawberry Marshmallow as Matsuri Sakuragi (voice)
- Gallery Fake as Sara Halifa
- The Snow Queen as Gerda (voice)
- Best Student Council as Sayuri Hida (voice)
- Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan
- My Wife is a High School Girl as Asami Onohara (voice)
- Starship Operators as Rio Mamiya
- Petopeto-san as Kanna Maeta
- Ginban Kaleidoscope as Tazusa Sakurano
- 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
- This Ugly Yet Beautiful World as Hikari (voice)
- Ninja Nonsense as Kaede Shiranui (voice)
- Destiny of the Shrine Maiden as 姫宮千歌音 / Chikane Himemiya
- 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
- Initial D: Battle Stage as Natsuki Mogi (voice)
- Nakoruru: A Gift from That Person as Manari (voice)
2001
- Battle Doll: Angelic Layer as Kaede Saito (voice)
- Rave Master as Elie (voice)
- Mahoromatic as Mahoro (voice)
- Sister Princess as Tikagie
- Great Dangaioh as Manami Mishio
- Comic Party
- Zoids: New Century as Rinon (voice)
- Usagi-chan de Cue!! as Miku Mizuki (voice)
- Angel Tales as Ayumi
- One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e
- Initial D: Third Stage as Natsuki Mogi (voice)
2000
- Ghost Stories as Hanako (voice)
- Ceres: Celestial Legend as (voice)
- Gate Keepers as Ruriko Ikusawa (voice)
- NieA_7 as Mayuko Chigasaki (voice)
- Angel Sanctuary as Mudou Sara (voice)
- Sin: The Movie as Elyse Stewart (voice)
- Ah! My Goddess: The Movie as Morgan le Fay (voice)
- Azumanga Web Daioh as Ayumu 'Osaka' Kasuga (voice)
- Crest of the Stars: Birth as Lafiel "Abriel Nei Debrusc Borl Paryun Lafiel" Abriel (Voice)
1999
- Great Teacher Onizuka as Tomoko Nomura (voice)
- To Heart as Akari Kamigishi (voice)
- Crest of the Stars as Lafiel Abriel (voice)
- I'm Gonna Be An Angel! as Sara
- A.D. Police as Kyoko Miyano (voice)
- Soul Hunter as (voice)
- Seraphim Call as Kurumi Matsumoto (voice)
- Legend of Black Heaven as Rinko (voice)
- Sorcerer on the Rocks as Taru-Ho (voice)
- Samurai: Hunt for the Sword as 魔由羅
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