Ayumi Ito
Born: 1980-04-14 in Tokyo, Japan
Known For: Acting
Biography
Born in Tokyo, Ayumi Ito has always had a love for movies and art. She made her big-screen debut in Nobuhiko Obayashi's The Water Travelers: Samurai Kids. Her distinctive style led to her critically acclaimed performance in Swallowtail Butterfly, directed by the renowned Director Shunji Iwai. At 16-years-old, Ayumi was awarded both the Best New Actress Award as well as the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 20th Annual Japanese Academy Awards. Ayumi's career has blossomed into starring roles in several successful films and television shows. She trained in LA and New York and has worked globally with world-renown Chinese director and artist Zhuangzhuang Tian, Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), among other great filmmakers. Ayumi's performance in the the Fuji TV drama Belle de Jour was so strong that she reprised the role when it became a feature film and box-office hit, earning over 2.3 billion JPY. She is also the voice of Tifa Lockhart in the animated film Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. Off-screen, Ayumi is a talented vocalist and recording artist. Her passion for art continues to thrive and she brings characters to life in her performances.
Filmography
2025
- Romantics Anonymous as Motomi Kawamura
- White Flowers and Fruits
- The Woman Who Repeats
2024
- Beyond Goodbye as Midori Tateishi
- The Great Passage: I'll Make a Dictionary
- Hakubo no Chronicle as Azechi Kaoruko
2023
- Yu Yu Hakusho as Atsuko Urameshi
- Last Man: The Blind Profiler
- Immersion as Ide
2022
- Tokyo Vice as Misaki
- Noise as Chihiro Aoki
- Dr. Coto's Clinic as Rika Ando
- Story Game as Michiko
2021
- People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan as Ishika
- 20th year reunion as self
2020
- ７０才、初めて産みました～セブンティウイザン。 as 黄桜豊子
- Labyrinth of Cinema as Yoshiko Kawashima
2019
- Radiation House as Shizuku Ikeda
- La Grande Maison Tokyo
- Sherlock: Untold Stories as Rieko Ichikawa
- The House on the Slope as Mutsumi Haga
- Poison Daughter, Holy Mother as Toshiko Terasaki
- Stolen Face as Chiharu
- Cheer Boys!! as Takagi Satsuki
2018
- I Prefer Tomorrow's You as Satokawa Akane
- The Makioka Sisters as Makioka Yukiko
- Chief — Keishichou IR Bunsekishitsu as Izumoto Noriko
2017
- Nikenme Dou Suru? ~Tsumami no Hanashi~
- Sekigahara as Shirohebi
- Hirugao as Noriko Kitano
- Cecile's Plot as Eri Okita
2016
- Natsuko Kira as Miyuki Sakabe
- Never Let Me Go as Horie Tatsuko
2015
- Sono otoko, ishiki takai kei as Haruko Tsubokura
- Konkatsu Deka as Hanada Yoneko
2014
- Shinigami-kun
- Hirugao: Love Affairs in the Afternoon as Noriko Kitano
- Judge! as Kiichiro Ota's Ex-girlfriend
- Dance! Dance! Dance! as Yukino
- Pandora: Eternal life as Megumi Tashiro
- 埋もれる
2013
- A Story of Yonosuke as Chiharu Katase
- Penance as Mayu Murakami
- Flower of Shanidar as Yurie
- 太陽の罠 as 하세가와 아오이
- With All Our Might as Tamiko Sakamoto
2012
- Penance as Mayu Murakami
- Wonderful Single Life as Mizuki Kono
- Crime and Punishment: A Falsified Romance as Tachi Yoshino
- O-PARTS〜オーパーツ〜
- Soup as Mika Shibuya
- The Room as Yumi
2011
- Ohisama as Natsuko Takahashi
- Gantz: Perfect Answer as Eriko Ayukawa
2010
- Gantz as Eriko Ayukawa
- Solanin as Ai Kotani
- Bandage as Nobuko Yukari
- After the Flowers as Kayo
2009
- Midnight Diner as Ikumi
- Final Fantasy VII: On the Way to a Smile - Episode Denzel as Tifa Lockhart (voice)
- Be Sure to Share as Yoko Nakagawa
2008
- Tokyo! as Akemi (segment "Interior Design")
- The Blue Bird as Ms. Shimazaki
2007
- Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad as Tamami
- Into the Faraway Sky as Sawako
- Tokyo Rhapsody
- The Go Master as Kazuko Nakahara
- Kitokito! as Ai
2006
- Clay Fear as Zhen Zi
- Vanished as Chie
- Crickets as Eiko
- Check It Out, Yo! as Nagisa Nakamura
2005
- Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children as Tifa Lockhart (voice)
- Final Fantasy VII: Last Order as Tifa Lockhart (voice)
- Curtain Call as Kaori Hashimoto
- Hold Up Down as Kyoko Miyazaki
2004
- Hana & Alice as Saori Ikeda
- Last Quarter as Sayaka Kamijo
- A Day on the Planet as Kate
- The Motive as Ayako Takarai
- River of First Love as Mika Inoue
- Mask de 41 as Haruko Kuramochi
- Believer as Kaoru Takano
2003
- Owl as Emiko
- Farewell, Kuro as Yukiko Igarashi
- Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 7
2001
- All About Lily Chou-Chou as Yōko Kuno
1999
- Emergency Room 24 Hours
- Lipstick as Eriko Matsuda
- Sunday's Dream
- Amateur Singing Contest
1998
- Sada as Maid
- Dr. Akagi
- Fishes in August
1997
- Happy-Go-Lucky as High School Girl
1996
- Swallowtail Butterfly as Ageha
- 円都 YEN TOWN
1993
- Samurai Kids as Chizuko Kusubayashi