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

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)
KanColle: See You Again on Another Quiet Blue Sea as (voice)
CUE! as Chisa's sister (voice)

2021

Violet Evergarden: Recollections as Clara Magnolia (voice)
Revue Starlight: The Movie as Hikari's Mother (voice)
Fate/Grand Order: Divine Realm of the Round Table - Camelot Paladin; Agateram as The Lion King (voice)
Fate/Grand Order Final Singularity – Grand Temple of Time: Solomon as Fou (voice)

2020

The Misfit of Demon King Academy as Sheila (voice)
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. Spring Song as Saber Alter (voice)
A Whisker Away as Kaoru Mizutani (voice)
SUPER HxEROS as ShimiChu (voice)
Violet Evergarden: The Movie as Clara Magnolia (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)
Adachi and Shimamura as Shimamura's mother (voice)
The Day I Became a God as Isuzu Satō (voice)
Fate/Grand Order: Divine Realm of the Round Table - Camelot Wandering; Agateram as Fou / The Lion King (voice)
Grand Blues! as (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)
Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 2 as (voice)
Battle Spirits: Saga Brave

2018

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime as Beretta (voice)
Cells at Work! as Mast Cell (voice)
Laid-Back Camp as Tea Lady (voice)
Violet Evergarden as Clara Magnolia (voice)
Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond as Sasago (voice)
Yotsuiro Biyori as Tomoko Hayashi (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)
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. Presage Flower as Saber (voice)
Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 1 as (voice)
18if as Eve (voice)
Today's Menu for the Emiya Family as Saber (voice)

2016

Accel World: Infinite Burst as Kakei Mihaya
Assassination Classroom the Movie: 365 Days' Time as Aguri Yukimura (voice)
Witchy Precure!
ぐだぐだオーダー as 青セイバー
Zegapain ADP as ミサキシズノ (voice)
Fate/Grand Order: First Order as Fou / Saber Alter (voice)
Kubikiri Cycle - Aoiro Savant to Zaregoto Tsukai as Ibuki Kanami
Matoi the Sacred Slayer as 春夏·ルシエラ
Queen's Blade Grimoire as Reina Vance (voice)

2015

Assassination Classroom as Aguri Yukimura (voice)
Girls und Panzer der Film as Kay (voice)
Death Parade as Machiko (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)
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

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)
Dai Shogun - Great Revolution as Kiriko Hattori (voice)
Terra Formars: Bugs-2 as Akita nanao

2013

Strike the Blood as Giada Kukulcan (voice)
Beyond the Boundary as Izumi Nase (voice)
Queen's Blade: Vanquished Queens as Leina

2012

High School D×D as Susan (voice)
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure as Erina Pendleton (voice)
Sword Art Online as Aki Natsuki (voice)
Girls und Panzer as Kay (voice)
The Pet Girl of Sakurasou as Rita Ainsworth (voice)
Tari Tari as Haruka Tanaka (voice)
Strike Witches the Movie as Heinrike Prinzessin zu Sayn-Wittgenstein (voice)
Accel World as Kakei Mihaya
Carnival Phantasm: HibiChika Special
Nakaimo: My Little Sister Is Among Them! as Risa Seri (voice)
Angelic White Magical Girls, Absolute Whiteness: Magical Girl as Kuramoto, Erika

2011

Fate/Zero as Saber (voice)
Carnival Phantasm: Illya's Castle
Carnival Phantasm as Saber (voice)
Aria the Scarlet Ammo as Jeanne d`Arc
Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up as Harumi

2010

The Qwaser of Stigmata as Miyuri Tsujidō (voice)
Bakuman as Yuriko Hiramaru (voice)
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works as Saber (voice)
King of Thorn as Laura Owen (voice)
Ladies versus Butlers! as Tomomi Saikyō (voice)
Squid Girl as Ayumi Tokita (voice)
Hetalia: Axis Powers: Paint It, White! as Pict Princess (voice)
Night Raid 1931 as Shizune Yusa
Okami-san and Her Seven Companions as Otsuu Tsurugaya (voice)
Battle Spirits: Brave as Mai Shinomiya (voice)
Queen's Blade: Beautiful Fighters as Leina

2009

Queen's Blade as Leina (voice)
Pandora Hearts as Alice (voice)
Hatsukoi Limited. as Sumire Fudoumiya (voice)
07-Ghost as Athena
Charger Girl Juden Chan as Reika Galvini
Battle Spirits: Shounen Gekiha Dan as Mai Shinomiya (voice)

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
Kiku and the Wolf as Kiku-chan (voice)
Real Drive as Holon (voice)
The Diary of a Crazed Family as Dr. Hell
Magician's Academy as Eineus the Vergest
Skip Beat! as Ruriko Matsunai
Kemeko Deluxe! as Fumiko Kobayashi

2007

Getsumen to Heiki Mina
Claymore as Elena (voice)
Kino's Journey: Country of Illness -For You- as Inertia (voice)
Nodame Cantabile as Megumi Noda (voice)
.hack//G.U. Trilogy as Atoli (voice)
Shakugan no Shana: The Movie as Kazumi Yoshida
.hack//G.U. Returner as Atoli (voice)
Romeo × Juliet as Emilia (voice)
Polyphonica as Tsuge Eufinley
Sky Girls as Otoha Sakurano (voice)
Mokke as Shizuru Hibara (voice)
Princess Resurrection as Hime
Potemayo
Shattered Angels as Kaon (voice)
The Flowers of Hard Blood as Shion Yasuoka
Shining Tears X Wind as Blanc Neige
The Skull Man
Kimi Kiss Pure Rouge as Tomoko Kawada (voice)
Hitohira as Nono Ichinose

2006

The Familiar of Zero as Henrietta de Tristain (voice)
D.Gray-man as Sofia (voice)
Fate/stay night as Saber (voice)
Crayon Shin-chan: The Legend Called Dance! Amigo! as Ai Suotome (voice)
Brave Story as Mysterious girl (voice)
Sky Girls as Otoha Sakurano (voice)
Kanon as Kaori Misaka (voice)
Zegapain
Yume Tsukai as Touko Mishima (voice)
Magical Witch Punie-chan as Anego
Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry as Sara Werec

2005

Hell Girl
Shakugan no Shana as Kazumi Yoshida
Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE
Twin Princess of Wonder Planet as Elsa
Hotori: Simply Wishing for Hope as Hotori (voice)
Strawberry Marshmallow as Matsuri Sakuragi (voice)
Gallery Fake as Sara Halifa
Starship Operators as Rio Mamiya
Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan
My Wife is a High School Girl as Asami Onohara (voice)
The King of Braves GaoGaiGar FINAL: GRAND GLORIOUS GATHERING as パピヨン・ノワール
Petopeto-san as Kanna Maeta
Best Student Council as Sayuri Hida (voice)
Ginban Kaleidoscope as Tazusa Sakurano
The Snow Queen as Gerda (voice)

2004

Samurai Champloo as Fuu (voice)
Genshiken as Kanako Ohno (voice)
Girls Bravo
Destiny of the Shrine Maiden as 姫宮千歌音 / Chikane Himemiya
Kurau Phantom Memory as Kurau Amami (voice)
Ninja Nonsense as Kaede Shiranui (voice)
This Ugly Yet Beautiful World as Hikari (voice)
Tristia of the Deep-Blue Sea as Nanoca Flanka

2003

.hack//Legend of the Twilight: Let's Meet Offline as Hotaru
RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio as Megumi Shitō (voice)
Please Twins! as Koishi Herikawa (voice)
Scrapped Princess as Winia Chester (voice)
Popotan as Unagi (Voice)

2002

.hack as Hotaru (voice)
Ai Yori Aoshi as Aoi Sakuraba (voice)
Please Teacher! as Koishi Herikawa
RahXephon as Megumi Shitow (voice)
Nakoruru: Ano Hito kara no Okurimono as Manari (voice)
Petite Princess Yucie as Elmina
Initial D: Battle Stage as Natsuki Mogi
Piano: The Melody of a Young Girl's Heart as Miu Nomura (voice)
Armored Troopers J-Phoenix PF LIPS

2001

Initial D: Third Stage as Natsuki Mogi (voice)
Rave Master as Elie (voice)
Angelic Layer as Kaede Saito (voice)
Mahoromatic as Mahoro (voice)
Angel Tales as Ayumi
Sister Princess as Tikagie
Zoids: New Century as Rinon (voice)
Comic Party
Usagi-chan de Cue!! as Miku Mizuki (voice)
Great Dangaioh as Manami Mishio
One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e

2000

Azumanga Web Daioh as Ayumu 'Osaka' Kasuga (voice)
Sin: The Movie as Elyse Stewart (voice)
Ghost Stories as Hanako (voice)
Ah! My Goddess: The Movie as Morgan le Fay (voice)
Ceres: Celestial Legend as (voice)
Crest of the Stars: Birth as Lafiel "Abriel Nei Debrusc Borl Paryun Lafiel" Abriel (Voice)
Gate Keepers as Ruriko Ikusawa (voice)
Angel Sanctuary as Mudou Sara (voice)
NieA_7 as Mayuko Chigasaki (voice)

1999

Great Teacher Onizuka as Tomoko Nomura (voice)
Crest of the Stars as Lafiel Abriel (voice)
To Heart as Akari Kamigishi (voice)
I'm Gonna Be An Angel! as Sara
Soul Hunter as (voice)
A.D. Police as Kyoko Miyano
Seraphim Call as Kurumi Matsumoto (voice)
Sorcerer on the Rocks as Taru-Ho (voice)
Legend of Black Heaven as Rinko (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)
Visitor as Mochizuki Lila
Outlaw Star as Melfina (voice)
Knight Hunters
Mamotte Shugogetten
DT Eightron as Fuia
Princess Nine as Yuki Azuma (voice)

1997

Tournament of the Gods: Title Match as Shizuku-hime