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).
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Sky Girls
as Otoha Sakurano (voice)
2006
Sin: The Movie
as Elyse Stewart (voice)
2000
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
as Saber (voice)
2010
Shakugan no Shana: The Movie
as Kazumi Yoshida
2007
Zegapain ADP
as ミサキ シズノ (voice)
2016
Initial D: Third Stage
as Natsuki Mogi (voice)
2001
King of Thorn
as Laura Owen (voice)
2010
Hotori: Simply Wishing for Hope
as Hotori (voice)
2005
.hack//Legend of the Twilight: Let's Meet Offline
as Hotaru
2003
Revue Starlight: The Movie
as Hikari's Mother (voice)
2021
Hetalia: Axis Powers: Paint It, White!
as Pict Princess (voice)
2010
Violet Evergarden: Recollections
as Clara Magnolia (voice)
2021
Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Past
as Izumi Nase (voice)
2015
Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Future
as Izumi Nase (voice)
2015
Ah! My Goddess: The Movie
as Morgan le Fay (voice)
2000
.hack//G.U. Trilogy
as Atoli (voice)
2007
Brave Story
as Mysterious girl (voice)
2006
Strike Witches the Movie
as Heinrike Prinzessin zu Sayn-Wittgenstein (voice)
2012
Nakoruru: A Gift from That Person
as Manari (voice)
2002
RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio
as Megumi Shitō (voice)
2003
TV Appearances
Samurai Champloo
as Fuu (voice)
2004
Serial Experiments Lain
as Mika Iwakura - Lain's older sister (voice)
1998
The Day I Became a God
as Isuzu Satō (voice)
2020
Legend of Black Heaven
as Rinko (voice)
1999
Hifuu Club Activity Record ~ The Sealed Esoteric History
2015
Neo Ranga
as Aya Seike (voice)
1998
Hell Girl
2005
RahXephon
as Megumi Shitow (voice)
2002
Mamotte Shugogetten
1998
Please Teacher!
as Koishi Herikawa
2002
Please Twins!
as Koishi Herikawa (voice)
2003
Twin Princess of Wonder Planet
as Elsa
2005