Ayako Kawasumi
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).
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2026
Fate/stay night 20th Anniversary Concert Finale as Saber
2025Girls und Panzer: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu! Act 1
2025Private Tutor to the Duke's Daughter as Lisa Linster (voice)
2025Beheneko: The Elf-Girl's Cat Is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster! as Leona (voice)
2025Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective as Jun Fuyumoto (voice)
2024Zegapain STA as Shizuno Misaki (voice)
2024The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies as Bellatrix (voice)
2024Unnamed Memory as Lucrezia (voice)
2024Unnamed Memory as Lucia (voice)
2024Unnamed Memory as Lucrezia / Lucia (voice)
2024Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers as The First Princess (voice)
2024As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World as Sophia Louvent (voice)
2024Tonari no Yokai-san as Suzu Sakaki (voice)
2024Girls und Panzer das Finale OVA: Taicho War!
202316bit Sensation: Another Layer as Kaori Shimoda (voice)
2023Horimiya: The Missing Pieces as Kozue Sengoku (voice)
2023Spy Classroom as Homuro (voice)
2022KanColle: See You Again on Another Quiet Blue Sea as (voice)
2022Raven of the Inner Palace as Xie Fei/Consort Sha (voice)
2022RWBY: Ice Queendom as Winter Schnee (voice)
2022Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games Is Tough for Mobs as Luce (voice)
2022CUE! as Chisa's sister (voice)
2021Violet Evergarden: Recollections as Clara Magnolia (voice)
2021Fate/Grand Order Final Singularity – Grand Temple of Time: Solomon as Fou (voice)
2021Revue Starlight: The Movie as Hikari's Mother (voice)
2021Fate/Grand Order: Divine Realm of the Round Table - Camelot Paladin; Agateram as The Lion King (voice)
2020Fate/Grand Order: Divine Realm of the Round Table - Camelot Wandering; Agateram as Fou / The Lion King (voice)
2020The Day I Became a God as Isuzu Satō (voice)
2020Adachi and Shimamura as Shimamura's mother (voice)
2020Grand Blues! as (voice)
2020Violet Evergarden: The Movie as Clara Magnolia (voice)
2020Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. Spring Song as Saber Alter (voice)
2020The Misfit of Demon King Academy as Sheila (voice)
2020SUPER HxEROS as ShimiChu (voice)
2020A Whisker Away as Kaoru Mizutani (voice)
2020Princess Connect! Re:Dive as Jun Shirogane (voice)
2020BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense. as Velvet (voice)
2019Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia as Fou (voice)
2019Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 2 as (voice)
2019Battle Spirits: Saga Brave
2019Star☆Twinkle PreCure as Taurus (voice)
2019Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. Lost Butterfly as Saber Alter (voice)
2018That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime as Beretta (voice)
2018Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond as Sasago (voice)
2018Cells at Work! as Mast Cell (voice)
2018Yotsuiro Biyori as Tomoko Hayashi (voice)
2018Violet Evergarden as Clara Magnolia (voice)
2018Laid-Back Camp as Tea Lady (voice)
2017Today's Menu for the Emiya Family as Saber (voice)
2017Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 1 as (voice)
2017Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. Presage Flower as Saber (voice)
2017The Ancient Magus' Bride as Goddess of Winter Morrígan (voice)
201718if as Eve (voice)
2017Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side: Sword Oratoria as Riveria Ljos Alf (voice)
2016Fate/Grand Order: First Order as Fou / Saber Alter (voice)
2016ぐだぐだオーダー as 青セイバー
2016Assassination Classroom the Movie: 365 Days' Time as Aguri Yukimura (voice)
2016Kubikiri Cycle - Aoiro Savant to Zaregoto Tsukai as Ibuki Kanami
2016Zegapain ADP as ミサキ シズノ (voice)
2016Matoi the Sacred Slayer as 春夏·ルシエラ
2016Accel World: Infinite Burst as Kakei Mihaya
2016Witchy Precure!
2016Queen's Blade Grimoire as Reina Vance (voice)
2015Hifuu Club Activity Record ~ The Sealed Esoteric History
2015Girls und Panzer der Film as Kay (voice)
2015Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Future as Izumi Nase (voice)
2015Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? as Riveria Ljos Alf (voice)
2015Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Past as Izumi Nase (voice)
2015Assassination Classroom as Aguri Yukimura (voice)
2015Death Parade as Machiko (voice)
2014Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] as Saber (voice)
2014Amagi Brilliant Park as Moffle (voice)
2014Terra Formars: Bugs-2 as Akita nanao
2014Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun as Yukari Miyako (voice)
2014Ping Pong the Animation as Yurie (voice)
2014Dai Shogun - Great Revolution as Kiriko Hattori (voice)
2014Witch Craft Works as Komachi Takamiya (voice)
2013Strike the Blood as Giada Kukulcan (voice)
2013Beyond the Boundary as Izumi Nase (voice)
2013Queen's Blade: Vanquished Queens as Leina
2012Girls und Panzer as Kay (voice)
2012The Pet Girl of Sakurasou as Rita Ainsworth (voice)
2012JoJo's Bizarre Adventure as Erina Pendleton (voice)
2012Angelic White Magical Girls, Absolute Whiteness: Magical Girl as Kuramoto, Erika
2012Sword Art Online as Aki Natsuki (voice)
2012Carnival Phantasm: HibiChika Special
2012Nakaimo: My Little Sister Is Among Them! as Risa Seri (voice)
2012Tari Tari as Haruka Tanaka (voice)
2012Accel World as Kakei Mihaya
2012Strike Witches the Movie as Heinrike Prinzessin zu Sayn-Wittgenstein (voice)
2012High School D×D as Susan (voice)
2011Carnival Phantasm: Illya's Castle
2011Fate/Zero as Saber (voice)
2011Carnival Phantasm as Saber (voice)
2011Aria the Scarlet Ammo as Jeanne d`Arc
2011Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up as Harumi
2010Squid Girl as Ayumi Tokita (voice)
2010Bakuman as Yuriko Hiramaru (voice)
2010Battle Spirits: Brave as Mai Shinomiya (voice)
2010Queen's Blade: Beautiful Fighters as Leina
2010Okami-san and Her Seven Companions as Otsuu Tsurugaya (voice)
2010Hetalia: Axis Powers: Paint It, White! as Pict Princess (voice)
2010King of Thorn as Laura Owen (voice)
2010Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works as Saber (voice)
2010Night Raid 1931 as Shizune Yusa
2010Night Raid 1931
2010The Qwaser of Stigmata as Miyuri Tsujidō (voice)
2010Ladies versus Butlers! as Tomomi Saikyō (voice)
2009Battle Spirits: Shounen Gekiha Dan as Mai Shinomiya (voice)
2009Charger Girl Juden Chan as Reika Galvini
2009Hatsukoi Limited. as Sumire Fudoumiya (voice)
200907-Ghost as Athena
2009Queen's Blade as Leina (voice)
2009Pandora Hearts as Alice (voice)
2008A Certain Magical Index as Laura Stuart (voice)
2008Skip Beat! as Ruriko Matsunai
2008Magician's Academy as Eineus the Vergest
2008Kemeko Deluxe! as Fumiko Kobayashi
2008Kiku and the Wolf as Kiku-chan (voice)
2008Natsume's Book of Friends as Sasago (voice)
2008The Diary of a Crazed Family as Dr. Hell
2008Real Drive as Holon (voice)
2008Kanokon as Chizuru Minamoto
2008To LOVE-Ru as Saki Tenjōin (voice)
2007.hack//G.U. Trilogy as Atoli (voice)
2007The Flowers of Hard Blood as Shion Yasuoka
2007Kimi Kiss Pure Rouge as Tomoko Kawada (voice)
2007Mokke as Shizuru Hibara (voice)
2007Potemayo
2007Sky Girls as Otoha Sakurano (voice)
2007The Skull Man
2007Shakugan no Shana: The Movie as Kazumi Yoshida
2007Kino's Journey: Country of Illness -For You- as Inertia (voice)
2007Princess Resurrection as Hime
2007Shining Tears X Wind as Blanc Neige
2007Shining Tears X Wind as Clalaclan Philias
2007Romeo × Juliet as Emilia (voice)
2007Claymore as Elena (voice)
2007Polyphonica as Tsuge Eufinley
2007Hitohira as Nono Ichinose
2007.hack//G.U. Returner as Atoli (voice)
2007Getsumen to Heiki Mina
2007Nodame Cantabile as Megumi Noda (voice)
2007Shattered Angels as Kaon (voice)
2006Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry as Sara Werec
2006Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry as Mariette
2006Kanon as Kaori Misaka (voice)
2006D.Gray-man as Sofia (voice)
2006Sky Girls as Otoha Sakurano (voice)
2006The Familiar of Zero as Henrietta de Tristain (voice)
2006Brave Story as Mysterious girl (voice)
2006Crayon Shin-chan: The Legend Called Dance! Amigo! as Ai Suotome (voice)
2006Yume Tsukai as Touko Mishima (voice)
2006Zegapain
2006Magical Witch Punie-chan as Anego
2006Fate/stay night as Saber (voice)
2005Ginban Kaleidoscope as Tazusa Sakurano
2005Shakugan no Shana as Kazumi Yoshida
2005Hell Girl
2005Hotori: Simply Wishing for Hope as Hotori (voice)
2005Strawberry Marshmallow as Matsuri Sakuragi (voice)
2005Petopeto-san as Kanna Maeta
2005My Wife is a High School Girl as Asami Onohara (voice)
2005The Snow Queen as Gerda (voice)
2005The King of Braves GaoGaiGar FINAL: GRAND GLORIOUS GATHERING as パピヨン・ノワール
2005Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE
2005Best Student Council as Sayuri Hida (voice)
2005Twin Princess of Wonder Planet as Elsa
2005Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan
2005Gallery Fake as Sara Halifa
2005Starship Operators as Rio Mamiya
2004Genshiken as Kanako Ohno (voice)
2004Destiny of the Shrine Maiden as 姫宮千歌音 / Chikane Himemiya
2004Ninja Nonsense as Kaede Shiranui (voice)
2004Girls Bravo
2004Kurau Phantom Memory as Kurau Amami (voice)
2004Samurai Champloo as Fuu (voice)
2004Tristia of the Deep-Blue Sea as Nanoca Flanka
2004This Ugly Yet Beautiful World as Hikari (voice)
2003.hack//Legend of the Twilight: Let's Meet Offline as Hotaru
2003Popotan as Unagi (Voice)
2003Please Twins! as Koishi Herikawa (voice)
2003RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio as Megumi Shitō (voice)
2003Scrapped Princess as Winia Chester (voice)
2002Armored Troopers J-Phoenix PF LIPS
2002Piano: The Melody of a Young Girl's Heart as Miu Nomura (voice)
2002Petite Princess Yucie as Elmina
2002Nakoruru: Ano Hito kara no Okurimono as Manari (voice)
2002Initial D: Battle Stage as Natsuki Mogi
2002Ai Yori Aoshi as Aoi Sakuraba (voice)
2002.hack as Hotaru (voice)
2002RahXephon as Megumi Shitow (voice)
2002Please Teacher! as Koishi Herikawa
2001Usagi-chan de Cue!! as Miku Mizuki (voice)
2001Rave Master as Elie (voice)
2001Mahoromatic as Mahoro (voice)
2001Angel Tales as Ayumi
2001One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e
2001One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e as 長森 瑞佳 (Voice)
2001Great Dangaioh as Manami Mishio
2001Sister Princess as Tikagie
2001Comic Party
2001Angelic Layer as Kaede Saito (voice)
2001Initial D: Third Stage as Natsuki Mogi (voice)
2001Zoids: New Century as Rinon (voice)
2000Azumanga Web Daioh as Ayumu 'Osaka' Kasuga (voice)
2000Sin: The Movie as Elyse Stewart (voice)
2000Ghost Stories as Hanako (voice)
2000Ah! My Goddess: The Movie as Morgan le Fay (voice)
2000Angel Sanctuary as Mudou Sara (voice)
2000NieA_7 as Mayuko Chigasaki (voice)
2000Ceres: Celestial Legend as (voice)
2000Crest of the Stars: Birth as Lafiel "Abriel Nei Debrusc Borl Paryun Lafiel" Abriel (Voice)
2000Gate Keepers as Ruriko Ikusawa (voice)
1999Samurai: Hunt for the Sword as 魔由羅
1999Seraphim Call as Kurumi Matsumoto (voice)
1999Sorcerer on the Rocks as Taru-Ho (voice)
1999Legend of Black Heaven as Rinko (voice)
1999Soul Hunter as (voice)
1999Great Teacher Onizuka as Tomoko Nomura (voice)
1999A.D. Police as Kyoko Miyano
1999I'm Gonna Be An Angel! as Sara
1999To Heart as Akari Kamigishi (voice)
1999Crest of the Stars as Lafiel Abriel (voice)
1998Visitor as Mochizuki Lila
1998Mamotte Shugogetten
1998Serial Experiments Lain as Mika Iwakura - Lain's older sister (voice)
1998DT Eightron as Fuia
1998Initial D as Natsuki Mogi (voice)
1998Knight Hunters
1998Princess Nine as Yuki Azuma (voice)
1998Neo Ranga as Aya Seike (voice)
1998Outlaw Star as Melfina (voice)
1997Tournament of the Gods: Title Match as Shizuku-hime