Ayako Kawasumi

Ayako Kawasumi

Known for

Acting

Born

March 30, 1976 (age 50)

Birthplace

Tokyo, Japan

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), Lei...

Best known work

Sword Art Online
Sword Art Online
2012
High School DxD
High School DxD
2012
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
2012
A Whisker Away
A Whisker Away
2020
Assassination Classroom
Assassination Classroom
2015
Violet Evergarden
Violet Evergarden
2018
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
2018
The Misfit of Demon King Academy
The Misfit of Demon King Academy
2020
Samurai Champloo
Samurai Champloo
2004
Serial Experiments Lain
Serial Experiments Lain
1998

Filmography

  1. 2026

    Chō Uchū Keiji Gyaban Infiniti Taiyō ga Naita Hi

    as Narration (voice), Emorgear (voice)

  2. 2026

    Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night SkyTV

    as Kyoko Sorano (voice) (1 episode)

  3. 2026

    Supplementary Investigation: Gavan Off-DutyTV

    as Gavan Amigo (voice), Emorgear (voice), Narration (voice) (20 episodes)

  4. 2026

    Girls und Panzer: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu! Act 3

  5. 2026

    That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea

    as Beretta (voice)

  6. 2026

    Super Space Sheriff Gavan Infinity: Jo-Chaku Course

    as Narration (voice), Emorgear (voice)

  7. 2026

    PROJECT R.E.D.TV

    as Emolgear / Narrator (voice) (23 episodes)

  8. 2026

    Girls und Panzer: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu! Act 2

  9. 2026

    Fate/stay night 20th Anniversary Concert Finale

    as Saber

  10. 2026

    In the Clear Moonlit DuskTV

    as Yoi's Mom (voice) (1 episode)

  11. 2025

    Girls und Panzer: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu! Act 1

  12. 2025

    Private Tutor to the Duke's DaughterTV

    as Lisa Linster (voice) (12 episodes)

  13. 2025

    Beheneko: The Elf-Girl's Cat Is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster!TV

    as Leona (voice) (2 episodes)

  14. 2025

    Ameku M.D.: Doctor DetectiveTV

    as Jun Fuyumoto (voice) (2 episodes)

  15. 2024

    Zegapain STA

    as Shizuno Misaki (voice)

  16. 2024

    Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Our Dinosaur Diary

    as Ai-Chan (voice)

  17. 2024

    The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be ArchenemiesTV

    as Bellatrix (voice) (12 episodes)

  18. 2024

    Unnamed MemoryTV

    as Lucrezia (voice) (6 episodes), as Lucia (voice) (1 episode), as Lucrezia / Lucia (voice) (1 episode)

  19. 2024

    Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat PowersTV

    as The First Princess (voice) (8 episodes)

  20. 2024

    Tonari no Yokai-sanTV

    as Suzu Sakaki (voice) (13 episodes)

  21. 2024

    As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the WorldTV

    as Sophia Louvent (voice) (2 episodes)

  22. 2024

    Girls und Panzer das Finale OVA: Taicho War!

  23. 2023

    16bit Sensation: Another LayerTV

    as Kaori Shimoda (voice) (13 episodes)

  24. 2023

    Horimiya: The Missing PiecesTV

    as Kozue Sengoku (voice) (1 episode)

  25. 2023

    Spy ClassroomTV

    as Homuro (voice) (1 episode)

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