Ayako Kawasumi
Acting·March 30, 1976 — 50 years old·Tokyo, Japan
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).
Known For
Sword Art Online
2012·8.2
High School DxD
2012·8.5
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
2012·8.6
A Whisker Away
2020·7.9
Assassination Classroom
2015·8.4
Violet Evergarden
2018·8.5
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
2018·8.4
The Misfit of Demon King Academy
2020·8.4
Samurai Champloo
2004·8.3
Serial Experiments Lain
1998·8.2
The Familiar of Zero
2006·8.4
Death Parade
2015·8.0
Filmography · 236
2026Chō Uchū Keiji Gyaban Infiniti Taiyō ga Naita HiNarration (voice), Emorgear (voice)2026Supplementary Investigation: Off-Duty GavanTVEmolgear / Narrator (voice)2026Girls und Panzer: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu! Act 32026That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure SeaBeretta (voice)2026Super Space Sheriff Gavan Infinity: Jo-Chaku CourseNarration (voice), Emorgear (voice)2026PROJECT R.E.D.TVEmolgear / Narrator (voice)2026Girls und Panzer: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu! Act 22026Fate/stay night 20th Anniversary Concert FinaleSaber2026In the Clear Moonlit DuskTVYoi's Mom (voice)2025Girls und Panzer: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu! Act 12025Private Tutor to the Duke's DaughterTVLisa Linster (voice)2025Beheneko: The Elf-Girl's Cat Is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster!TVLeona (voice)2025Ameku M.D.: Doctor DetectiveTVJun Fuyumoto (voice)2024Zegapain STAShizuno Misaki (voice)2024The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be ArchenemiesTVBellatrix (voice)2024Unnamed MemoryTVLucrezia (voice) · Lucia (voice) · Lucrezia / Lucia (voice)2024Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat PowersTVThe First Princess (voice)2024Tonari no Yokai-sanTVSuzu Sakaki (voice)2024As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the WorldTVSophia Louvent (voice)2024Girls und Panzer das Finale OVA: Taicho War!202316bit Sensation: Another LayerTVKaori Shimoda (voice)2023Horimiya: The Missing PiecesTVKozue Sengoku (voice)2023Spy ClassroomTVHomuro (voice)2022KanColle: See You Again on Another Quiet Blue SeaTV(voice)2022Raven of the Inner PalaceTVXie Fei/Consort Sha (voice)2022RWBY: Ice QueendomTVWinter Schnee (voice)2022Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games Is Tough for MobsTVLuce (voice)2022CUE!TVChisa's sister (voice)2021Violet Evergarden: RecollectionsClara Magnolia (voice)2021Fate/Grand Order Final Singularity – Grand Temple of Time: SolomonFou (voice)2021Revue Starlight: The MovieHikari's Mother (voice)2021Fate/Grand Order the Movie: Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot 2 Paladin; AgateramThe Lion King (voice)2020Fate/Grand Order the Movie: Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot 1 Wandering; AgateramFou / The Lion King (voice)2020The Day I Became a GodTVIsuzu Satō (voice)2020Adachi and ShimamuraTVShimamura's mother (voice)2020Grand Blues!TV(voice)2020Violet Evergarden: The MovieClara Magnolia (voice)2020Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. Spring SongSaber Alter (voice)2020The Misfit of Demon King AcademyTVSheila (voice)2020SUPER HxEROSTVShimiChu (voice)2020A Whisker AwayKaoru Mizutani (voice)2020Princess Connect! Re:DiveTVJun Shirogane (voice)2020BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense.TVVelvet (voice)2019Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: BabyloniaTVFou (voice)2019Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 2(voice)2019Battle Spirits: Saga BraveTV2019Star☆Twinkle PreCureTVTaurus (voice)2019Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. Lost ButterflySaber Alter (voice)2018That Time I Got Reincarnated as a SlimeTVBeretta (voice)2018Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral BondSasago (voice)2018Cells at Work!TVMast Cell (voice)2018Yotsuiro BiyoriTVTomoko Hayashi (voice)2018Today's Menu for the Emiya FamilyTVSaber (voice)2018Violet EvergardenTVClara Magnolia (voice)2018Laid-Back CampTVTea Lady (voice)2017Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 1(voice)2017Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. Presage FlowerSaber (voice)2017The Ancient Magus' BrideTVGoddess of Winter Morrígan (voice)201718ifTVEve (voice)2017Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side: Sword OratoriaTVRiveria Ljos Alf (voice)2016Fate/Grand Order -First Order-Fou / Saber Alter (voice)2016ぐだぐだオーダー青セイバー2016Assassination Classroom the Movie: 365 Days' TimeAguri Yukimura (voice)2016Kubikiri Cycle - Aoiro Savant to Zaregoto TsukaiTVIbuki Kanami2016Zegapain ADPミサキ シズノ (voice)2016Matoi the Sacred SlayerTV春夏·ルシエラ2016Accel World: Infinite BurstKakei Mihaya2016Queen's Blade GrimoireTVReina Vance (voice)2015Hifuu Club Activity Record ~ The Sealed Esoteric HistoryTV2015Girls und Panzer der FilmKay (voice)2015Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – FutureIzumi Nase (voice)2015Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?TVRiveria Ljos Alf (voice)2015Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – PastIzumi Nase (voice)2015Death ParadeTVMachiko (voice)2015Assassination ClassroomTVAguri Yukimura (voice)2014Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works]TVSaber (voice)2014Amagi Brilliant ParkTVMoffle (voice)2014Terra Formars: Bugs-2TVAkita nanao2014Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kunTVYukari Miyako (voice)2014Ping Pong the AnimationTVYurie (voice)2014Dai Shogun - Great RevolutionTVKiriko Hattori (voice)2014JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Re-Edited Vol.1Erina Pendleton (voice)2014Witch Craft WorksTVKomachi Takamiya (voice)2013Strike the BloodTVGiada Kukulcan (voice)2013Beyond the BoundaryTVIzumi Nase (voice)2013Queen's Blade: Vanquished QueensTVLeina2012The Pet Girl of SakurasouTVRita Ainsworth (voice)2012Girls und PanzerTVKay (voice)2012JoJo's Bizarre AdventureTVErina Pendleton (voice)2012Absolute Whiteness: Magical GirlErika Kuramoto (voice)2012Sword Art OnlineTVAki Natsuki (voice)2012Carnival Phantasm: HibiChika Special2012Nakaimo: My Little Sister Is Among Them!TVRisa Seri (voice)2012Tari TariTVHaruka Tanaka (voice)2012Accel WorldTVKakei Mihaya2012Strike Witches the MovieHeinrike Prinzessin zu Sayn-Wittgenstein (voice)2012High School DxDTVSusan (voice)2011Carnival Phantasm: Illya's Castle2011Fate/ZeroTVSaber (voice)2011Carnival PhantasmTVSaber (voice)2011Aria the Scarlet AmmoTVJeanne d`Arc2011Ghastly Prince Enma Burning UpTVHarumi2010Squid GirlTVAyumi Tokita (voice)2010BakumanTVYuriko Hiramaru (voice)2010Battle Spirits: BraveTVMai Shinomiya (voice)2010Queen's Blade: Beautiful FightersTVLeina2010Okami-san and Her Seven CompanionsTVOtsuu Tsurugaya (voice)2010Hetalia: Axis Powers: Paint It, White!Pict Princess (voice)2010King of ThornLaura Owen (voice)2010Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade WorksSaber (voice)2010Night Raid 1931TVShizune Yusa2010The Qwaser of StigmataTVMiyuri Tsujidō (voice)2010Ladies versus Butlers!TVTomomi Saikyō (voice)2009Battle Spirits: Shounen Gekiha DanTVMai Shinomiya (voice)2009Charger Girl Juden ChanTVReika Galvini2009Hatsukoi Limited.TVSumire Fudoumiya (voice)200907-GhostTVAthena2009Pandora HeartsTVAlice (voice)2009Queen's BladeTVLeina (voice)2008Magician's AcademyTVEineus the Vergest2008Skip Beat!TVRuriko Matsunai2008A Certain Magical IndexTVLaura Stuart (voice)2008Kemeko Deluxe!TVFumiko Kobayashi2008Kiku and the WolfKiku-chan (voice)2008Natsume's Book of FriendsTVSasago (voice)2008The Diary of a Crazed FamilyTVDr. Hell (voice)2008Real DriveTVHolon (voice)2008KanokonTVChizuru Minamoto2008Kanokon: The Girl Who Cried FoxTVChizuru Minamoto2008To Love RuTVSaki Tenjōin (voice)2007.hack//G.U. TrilogyAtoli (voice)2007The Flowers of Hard BloodTVShion Yasuoka2007Kimi Kiss Pure RougeTVTomoko Kawada (voice)2007MokkeTVShizuru Hibara (voice)2007PotemayoTV2007Sky GirlsTVOtoha Sakurano (voice)2007The Skull ManTV2007Shakugan no Shana: The MovieKazumi Yoshida2007Kino's Journey: Country of Illness -For You-Inertia (voice)2007Princess ResurrectionTVHime2007Shining Tears X WindTVBlanc Neige · Clalaclan Philias2007Romeo × JulietTVEmilia (voice)2007PolyphonicaTVTsuge Eufinley2007ClaymoreTVElena (voice)2007HitohiraTVNono Ichinose2007.hack//G.U. ReturnerAtoli (voice)2007MinaTVSumire Nishiha / Mina Shiwasu (voice)2007Nodame CantabileTVMegumi Noda (voice)2007Shattered AngelsTVKaon (voice)2006Strain: Strategic Armored InfantryTVSara Werec · Mariette2006KanonTVKaori Misaka (voice)2006D.Gray-manTVSofia (voice)2006Sky GirlsOtoha Sakurano (voice)2006The Familiar of ZeroTVHenrietta de Tristain (voice)2006Brave StoryMysterious girl (voice)2006Crayon Shin-chan: The Legend Called: Dance! Amigo!Ai Suotome (voice)2006Yume TsukaiTVTouko Mishima (voice)2006ZegapainTV2006Magical Witch Punie-chanTVAnego2006Fate/stay nightTVSaber (voice)2005Ginban KaleidoscopeTVTazusa Sakurano2005Shakugan no ShanaTVKazumi Yoshida2005Hell GirlTV2005Hotori: Simply Wishing for HopeHotori (voice)2005Strawberry MarshmallowTVMatsuri Sakuragi (voice) · Theme Song Performance2005Petopeto-sanTVKanna Maeta2005My Wife is a High School GirlTVAsami Onohara (voice)2005The Snow QueenTVGerda (voice)2005The King of Braves GaoGaiGar FINAL: GRAND GLORIOUS GATHERINGTVパピヨン・ノワール2005Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLETV2005Best Student CouncilTVSayuri Hida (voice)2005Twin Princess of Wonder PlanetTVElsa2005Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chanTV2005Gallery FakeTVSara Halifa2005Starship OperatorsTVRio Mamiya2004GenshikenTVKanako Ohno (voice)2004Destiny of the Shrine MaidenTV姫宮千歌音 / Chikane Himemiya2004Ninja NonsenseTVKaede Shiranui (voice)2004Girls BravoTV2004Kurau Phantom MemoryTVKurau Amami (voice)2004Samurai ChamplooTVFuu (voice)2004Tristia of the Deep-Blue SeaTVNanoca Flanka2004This Ugly Yet Beautiful WorldTVHikari (voice)2003.hack//Legend of the Twilight: Let's Meet OfflineHotaru2003PopotanTVUnagi (Voice)2003Please Twins!TVKoishi Herikawa (voice)2003RahXephon: Pluralitas ConcentioMegumi Shitō (voice)2003Scrapped PrincessTVWinia Chester (voice)2002Armored Troopers J-Phoenix PF LIPSTV2002Piano: The Melody of a Young Girl's HeartTVMiu Nomura (voice) · Theme Song Performance · Original Music Composer2002Petite Princess YucieTVElmina2002Nakoruru: A Gift from That PersonManari (voice)2002Initial D: Battle StageNatsuki Mogi (voice)2002Ai Yori AoshiTVAoi Sakuraba (voice)2002.hackTVHotaru (voice)2002RahXephonTVMegumi Shitow (voice)2002Please Teacher!TVKoishi Herikawa2001Usagi-chan de Cue!!TVMiku Mizuki (voice)2001Rave MasterTVElie (voice)2001MahoromaticTVMahoro (voice)2001Angel TalesTVAyumi2001One: Kagayaku Kisetsu eTV長森 瑞佳 (Voice) · Theme Song Performance2001Great DangaiohTVManami Mishio2001Sister PrincessTVTikagie2001Comic PartyTV2001Battle Doll: Angelic LayerTVKaede Saito (voice)2001Initial D: Third StageNatsuki Mogi (voice)2001Zoids: New CenturyTVRinon (voice)2000Azumanga Web DaiohAyumu 'Osaka' Kasuga (voice)2000Sin: The MovieElyse Stewart (voice)2000Ghost StoriesTVHanako (voice)2000Ah! My Goddess: The MovieMorgan le Fay (voice)2000Angel SanctuaryTVMudou Sara (voice)2000NieA_7TVMayuko Chigasaki (voice)2000Ceres: Celestial LegendTV(voice)2000Crest of the Stars: BirthLafiel "Abriel Nei Debrusc Borl Paryun Lafiel" Abriel (Voice)2000Gate KeepersTVRuriko Ikusawa (voice)1999Samurai: Hunt for the SwordTV魔由羅1999Seraphim CallTVKurumi Matsumoto (voice)1999Sorcerer on the RocksTVTaru-Ho (voice)1999Legend of Black HeavenTVRinko (voice)1999Soul HunterTV(voice)1999Great Teacher OnizukaTVTomoko Nomura (voice)1999A.D. PoliceTVKyoko Miyano (voice)1999I'm Gonna Be An Angel!TVSara1999To HeartTVAkari Kamigishi (voice)1999Crest of the StarsTVLafiel Abriel (voice)1998VisitorMochizuki Lila1998Mamotte ShugogettenTV1998Serial Experiments LainTVMika Iwakura - Lain's older sister (voice)1998DT EightronTVFuia1998Initial DTVNatsuki Mogi (voice)1998Princess NineTVYuki Azuma (voice)1998Knight HuntersTV1998Neo RangaTVAya Seike (voice)1998Outlaw StarTVMelfina (voice)