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)
- 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)
- Fate/stay night 20th Anniversary Concert Finale as Saber
- Girls und Panzer: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu! Act 2
- Super Space Sheriff Gavan Infinity: Jo-Chaku Course as Narration (voice), Emorgear (voice)
- Girls und Panzer: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu! Act 3
2025
- Beheneko: The Elf-Girl's Cat Is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster! as Leona (voice)
- Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective as Jun Fuyumoto (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)
- Unnamed Memory as Lucrezia (voice)
- Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers as The First Princess (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)
- 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
- 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)
- Violet Evergarden: Recollections as Clara Magnolia (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)
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)
- SUPER HxEROS as ShimiChu (voice)
- Princess Connect! Re:Dive as Jun Shirogane (voice)
- Violet Evergarden: The Movie as Clara Magnolia (voice)
- Adachi and Shimamura as Shimamura's mother (voice)
- A Whisker Away as Kaoru Mizutani (voice)
- The Day I Became a God as Isuzu Satō (voice)
- Grand Blues! as (voice)
- Fate/Grand Order the Movie: Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot 1 Wandering; Agateram as Fou / The Lion King (voice)
- Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. Spring Song as Saber Alter (voice)
2019
- Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia as Fou (voice)
- Star☆Twinkle PreCure as Taurus (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)
- Fate/Grand Order -First Order- as Fou / Saber Alter (voice)
- Accel World: Infinite Burst as Kakei Mihaya
- Zegapain ADP as ミサキ シズノ (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)
- Hifuu Club Activity Record ~ The Sealed Esoteric History
- Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? as Riveria Ljos Alf (voice)
- 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)
- Amagi Brilliant Park as Moffle (voice)
- Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun as Yukari Miyako (voice)
- Ping Pong the Animation as Yurie (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)
- Sword Art Online as Aki Natsuki (voice)
- High School DxD as Susan (voice)
- Girls und Panzer as Kay (voice)
- The Pet Girl of Sakurasou as Rita Ainsworth (voice)
- Tari Tari as Haruka Tanaka (voice)
- Accel World as Kakei Mihaya
- 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
- The Qwaser of Stigmata as Miyuri Tsujidō (voice)
- 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)
- Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works as Saber (voice)
- Okami-san and Her Seven Companions as Otsuu Tsurugaya (voice)
- Queen's Blade: Beautiful Fighters as Leina
- Night Raid 1931 as Shizune Yusa
- King of Thorn as Laura Owen (voice)
- Hetalia: Axis Powers: Paint It, White! as Pict Princess (voice)
- Fate/stay night TV reproduction
2009
- Pandora Hearts as Alice (voice)
- Queen's Blade as Leina (voice)
- Hatsukoi Limited. as Sumire Fudoumiya (voice)
- Charger Girl Juden Chan as Reika Galvini
- Battle Spirits: Shounen Gekiha Dan as Mai Shinomiya (voice)
- 07-Ghost as Athena
2008
- To Love Ru as Saki Tenjōin (voice)
- Natsume's Book of Friends as Sasago (voice)
- A Certain Magical Index as Laura Stuart (voice)
- Kanokon as Chizuru Minamoto
- Real Drive as Holon (voice)
- Skip Beat! as Ruriko Matsunai
- Kemeko Deluxe! as Fumiko Kobayashi
- The Diary of a Crazed Family as Dr. Hell (voice)
- 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
- Kimi Kiss Pure Rouge as Tomoko Kawada (voice)
- Romeo × Juliet as Emilia (voice)
- Mokke as Shizuru Hibara (voice)
- Shining Tears X Wind as Blanc Neige
- Polyphonica as Tsuge Eufinley
- Shattered Angels as Kaon (voice)
- The Skull Man
- Potemayo
- .hack//G.U. Returner as Atoli (voice)
- Hitohira as Nono Ichinose
- Mina as Sumire Nishiha / Mina Shiwasu (voice)
- The Flowers of Hard Blood as Shion Yasuoka
- Shakugan no Shana: The Movie as Kazumi Yoshida
- Kino's Journey: Country of Illness -For You- as Inertia (voice)
- .hack//G.U. Trilogy as Atoli (voice)
2006
- The Familiar of Zero as Henrietta de Tristain (voice)
- D.Gray-man as Sofia (voice)
- Fate/stay night as Saber (voice)
- Kanon as Kaori Misaka (voice)
- Zegapain
- Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry as Sara Werec
- Crayon Shin-chan: The Legend Called: Dance! Amigo! as Ai Suotome (voice)
- Yume Tsukai as Touko Mishima (voice)
- Magical Witch Punie-chan as Anego
- 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)
- Best Student Council as Sayuri Hida (voice)
- Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan
- Gallery Fake as Sara Halifa
- My Wife is a High School Girl as Asami Onohara (voice)
- Ginban Kaleidoscope as Tazusa Sakurano
- Starship Operators as Rio Mamiya
- The Snow Queen as Gerda (voice)
- Petopeto-san as Kanna Maeta
- 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)
- Girls Bravo
- Genshiken as Kanako Ohno (voice)
- Kurau Phantom Memory as Kurau Amami (voice)
- 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
- Please Twins! as Koishi Herikawa (voice)
- Scrapped Princess as Winia Chester (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)
- Please Teacher! as Koishi Herikawa
- Ai Yori Aoshi as Aoi Sakuraba (voice)
- 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
- Rave Master as Elie (voice)
- Battle Doll: Angelic Layer as Kaede Saito (voice)
- Sister Princess as Tikagie
- Mahoromatic as Mahoro (voice)
- Zoids: New Century as Rinon (voice)
- Great Dangaioh as Manami Mishio
- Comic Party
- 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)
- Gate Keepers as Ruriko Ikusawa (voice)
- Ceres: Celestial Legend as (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)
- Soul Hunter as (voice)
- A.D. Police as Kyoko Miyano (voice)
- I'm Gonna Be An Angel! as Sara
- Legend of Black Heaven as Rinko (voice)
- Seraphim Call as Kurumi Matsumoto (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)
- Serial Experiments Lain as Mika Iwakura - Lain's older sister (voice)
- Neo Ranga as Aya Seike (voice)
- Mamotte Shugogetten
- Outlaw Star as Melfina (voice)
- Princess Nine as Yuki Azuma (voice)
- DT Eightron as Fuia
- Knight Hunters
- Visitor as Mochizuki Lila
1997
- Tournament of the Gods: Title Match as Shizuku-hime