Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 30, 1976
Place of Birth:
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).
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Beheneko: The Elf-Girl's Cat Is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster! | Leona (voice) |
| 2025 | Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective | Jun Fuyumoto (voice) |
| 2025 | Private Tutor to the Duke's Daughter | Lisa Linster (voice) |
| 2024 | Tonari no Yokai-san | Suzu Sakaki (voice) |
| 2024 | Unnamed Memory | Lucrezia (voice) |
| 2024 | As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World | Sophia Louvent (voice) |
| 2024 | The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies | Bellatrix (voice) |
| 2024 | Unnamed Memory | Lucia (voice) |
| 2024 | Unnamed Memory | Lucrezia / Lucia (voice) |
| 2024 | Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers | The First Princess (voice) |
| 2023 | 16bit Sensation: Another Layer | Kaori Shimoda (voice) |
| 2023 | Horimiya: The Missing Pieces | Kozue Sengoku (voice) |
| 2023 | Spy Classroom | Homuro (voice) |
| 2022 | RWBY: Ice Queendom | Winter Schnee (voice) |
| 2022 | Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games Is Tough for Mobs | Luce (voice) |
| 2022 | CUE! | Chisa's sister (voice) |
| 2022 | Raven of the Inner Palace | Xie Fei/Consort Sha (voice) |
| 2022 | KanColle: See You Again on Another Quiet Blue Sea | (voice) |
| 2020 | The Day I Became a God | Isuzu Satō (voice) |
| 2020 | BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense. | Velvet (voice) |
| 2020 | Princess Connect! Re:Dive | Jun Shirogane (voice) |
| 2020 | The Misfit of Demon King Academy | Sheila (voice) |
| 2020 | Grand Blues! | (voice) |
| 2020 | Adachi and Shimamura | Shimamura's mother (voice) |
| 2020 | SUPER HxEROS | ShimiChu (voice) |
| 2019 | Star☆Twinkle PreCure | Taurus (voice) |
| 2019 | Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia | Fou (voice) |
| 2019 | Battle Spirits: Saga Brave | |
| 2018 | Laid-Back Camp | Tea Lady (voice) |
| 2018 | That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime | Beretta (voice) |
| 2018 | Yotsuiro Biyori | Tomoko Hayashi (voice) |
| 2018 | Violet Evergarden | Clara Magnolia (voice) |
| 2018 | Cells at Work! | Mast Cell (voice) |
| 2017 | Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side: Sword Oratoria | Riveria Ljos Alf (voice) |
| 2017 | The Ancient Magus' Bride | Goddess of Winter Morrígan (voice) |
| 2017 | Today's Menu for the Emiya Family | Saber (voice) |
| 2017 | 18if | Eve (voice) |
| 2016 | Witchy Precure! | |
| 2016 | Kubikiri Cycle - Aoiro Savant to Zaregoto Tsukai | Ibuki Kanami |
| 2016 | Matoi the Sacred Slayer | 春夏·ルシエラ |
| 2016 | Queen's Blade Grimoire | Reina Vance (voice) |
| 2015 | Hifuu Club Activity Record ~ The Sealed Esoteric History | |
| 2015 | Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? | Riveria Ljos Alf (voice) |
| 2015 | Death Parade | Machiko (voice) |
| 2015 | Assassination Classroom | Aguri Yukimura (voice) |
| 2014 | Dai Shogun - Great Revolution | Kiriko Hattori (voice) |
| 2014 | Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] | Saber (voice) |
| 2014 | Amagi Brilliant Park | Moffle (voice) |
| 2014 | Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun | Yukari Miyako (voice) |
| 2014 | Ping Pong the Animation | Yurie (voice) |
| 2014 | Witch Craft Works | Komachi Takamiya (voice) |
| 2014 | Terra Formars: Bugs-2 | Akita nanao |
| 2013 | Beyond the Boundary | Izumi Nase (voice) |
| 2013 | Strike the Blood | Giada Kukulcan (voice) |
| 2013 | Queen's Blade: Vanquished Queens | Leina |
| 2012 | Tari Tari | Haruka Tanaka (voice) |
| 2012 | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure | Erina Pendleton (voice) |
| 2012 | The Pet Girl of Sakurasou | Rita Ainsworth (voice) |
| 2012 | Girls und Panzer | Kay (voice) |
| 2012 | Sword Art Online | Aki Natsuki (voice) |
| 2012 | Angelic White Magical Girls, Absolute Whiteness: Magical Girl | Kuramoto, Erika |
| 2012 | Accel World | Kakei Mihaya |
| 2012 | High School D×D | Susan (voice) |
| 2012 | Nakaimo: My Little Sister Is Among Them! | Risa Seri (voice) |
| 2011 | Carnival Phantasm | Saber (voice) |
| 2011 | Fate/Zero | Saber (voice) |
| 2011 | Aria the Scarlet Ammo | Jeanne d`Arc |
| 2011 | Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up | Harumi |
| 2010 | Night Raid 1931 | |
| 2010 | Night Raid 1931 | Shizune Yusa |
| 2010 | Bakuman | Yuriko Hiramaru (voice) |
| 2010 | Ladies versus Butlers! | Tomomi Saikyō (voice) |
| 2010 | The Qwaser of Stigmata | Miyuri Tsujidō (voice) |
| 2010 | Battle Spirits: Brave | Mai Shinomiya (voice) |
| 2010 | Squid Girl | Ayumi Tokita (voice) |
| 2010 | Okami-san and Her Seven Companions | Otsuu Tsurugaya (voice) |
| 2010 | Queen's Blade: Beautiful Fighters | Leina |
| 2009 | 07-Ghost | Athena |
| 2009 | Pandora Hearts | Alice (voice) |
| 2009 | Charger Girl Juden Chan | Reika Galvini |
| 2009 | Battle Spirits: Shounen Gekiha Dan | Mai Shinomiya (voice) |
| 2009 | Queen's Blade | Leina (voice) |
| 2009 | Hatsukoi Limited. | Sumire Fudoumiya (voice) |
| 2008 | Magician's Academy | Eineus the Vergest |
| 2008 | Real Drive | Holon (voice) |
| 2008 | Kemeko Deluxe! | Fumiko Kobayashi |
| 2008 | Kanokon | Chizuru Minamoto |
| 2008 | Skip Beat! | Ruriko Matsunai |
| 2008 | The Diary of a Crazed Family | Dr. Hell |
| 2008 | To LOVE-Ru | Saki Tenjōin (voice) |
| 2008 | A Certain Magical Index | Laura Stuart (voice) |
| 2008 | Natsume's Book of Friends | Sasago (voice) |
| 2007 | The Skull Man | |
| 2007 | Shattered Angels | Kaon (voice) |
| 2007 | Princess Resurrection | Hime |
| 2007 | Romeo × Juliet | Emilia (voice) |
| 2007 | Nodame Cantabile | Megumi Noda (voice) |
| 2007 | The Flowers of Hard Blood | Shion Yasuoka |
| 2007 | Sky Girls | Otoha Sakurano (voice) |
| 2007 | Polyphonica | Tsuge Eufinley |
| 2007 | Hitohira | Nono Ichinose |
| 2007 | Shining Tears X Wind | Blanc Neige |
| 2007 | Shining Tears X Wind | Clalaclan Philias |
| 2007 | Mokke | Shizuru Hibara (voice) |
| 2007 | Getsumen to Heiki Mina | |
| 2007 | Potemayo | |
| 2007 | Claymore | Elena (voice) |
| 2007 | Kimi Kiss Pure Rouge | Tomoko Kawada (voice) |
| 2006 | Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry | Mariette |
| 2006 | Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry | Sara Werec |
| 2006 | Fate/stay night | Saber (voice) |
| 2006 | Yume Tsukai | Touko Mishima (voice) |
| 2006 | Zegapain | |
| 2006 | D.Gray-man | Sofia (voice) |
| 2006 | Kanon | Kaori Misaka (voice) |
| 2006 | Magical Witch Punie-chan | Anego |
| 2006 | The Familiar of Zero | Henrietta de Tristain (voice) |
| 2005 | Hell Girl | |
| 2005 | Twin Princess of Wonder Planet | Elsa |
| 2005 | My Wife is a High School Girl | Asami Onohara (voice) |
| 2005 | Shakugan no Shana | Kazumi Yoshida |
| 2005 | Best Student Council | Sayuri Hida (voice) |
| 2005 | Petopeto-san | Kanna Maeta |
| 2005 | Starship Operators | Rio Mamiya |
| 2005 | The Snow Queen | Gerda (voice) |
| 2005 | Strawberry Marshmallow | Matsuri Sakuragi (voice) |
| 2005 | Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE | |
| 2005 | Ginban Kaleidoscope | Tazusa Sakurano |
| 2005 | Gallery Fake | Sara Halifa |
| 2005 | The King of Braves GaoGaiGar FINAL: GRAND GLORIOUS GATHERING | パピヨン・ノワール |
| 2005 | Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan | |
| 2004 | Samurai Champloo | Fuu (voice) |
| 2004 | Ninja Nonsense | Kaede Shiranui (voice) |
| 2004 | Girls Bravo | |
| 2004 | Destiny of the Shrine Maiden | 姫宮千歌音 / Chikane Himemiya |
| 2004 | This Ugly Yet Beautiful World | Hikari (voice) |
| 2004 | Genshiken | Kanako Ohno (voice) |
| 2004 | Tristia of the Deep-Blue Sea | Nanoca Flanka |
| 2004 | Kurau Phantom Memory | Kurau Amami (voice) |
| 2003 | Please Twins! | Koishi Herikawa (voice) |
| 2003 | Popotan | Unagi (Voice) |
| 2003 | Scrapped Princess | Winia Chester (voice) |
| 2002 | RahXephon | Megumi Shitow (voice) |
| 2002 | Please Teacher! | Koishi Herikawa |
| 2002 | Piano: The Melody of a Young Girl's Heart | Miu Nomura (voice) |
| 2002 | Ai Yori Aoshi | Aoi Sakuraba (voice) |
| 2002 | Petite Princess Yucie | Elmina |
| 2002 | .hack | Hotaru (voice) |
| 2002 | Armored Troopers J-Phoenix PF LIPS | |
| 2001 | Comic Party | |
| 2001 | Zoids: New Century | Rinon (voice) |
| 2001 | Mahoromatic | Mahoro (voice) |
| 2001 | Angel Tales | Ayumi |
| 2001 | Rave Master | Elie (voice) |
| 2001 | Great Dangaioh | Manami Mishio |
| 2001 | Angelic Layer | Kaede Saito (voice) |
| 2001 | Sister Princess | Tikagie |
| 2001 | One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e | |
| 2001 | Usagi-chan de Cue!! | Miku Mizuki (voice) |
| 2001 | One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e | 長森 瑞佳 (Voice) |
| 2000 | Ceres: Celestial Legend | (voice) |
| 2000 | Gate Keepers | Ruriko Ikusawa (voice) |
| 2000 | NieA_7 | Mayuko Chigasaki (voice) |
| 2000 | Ghost Stories | Hanako (voice) |
| 2000 | Angel Sanctuary | Mudou Sara (voice) |
| 1999 | Legend of Black Heaven | Rinko (voice) |
| 1999 | Crest of the Stars | Lafiel Abriel (voice) |
| 1999 | To Heart | Akari Kamigishi (voice) |
| 1999 | Great Teacher Onizuka | Tomoko Nomura (voice) |
| 1999 | Sorcerer on the Rocks | Taru-Ho (voice) |
| 1999 | Seraphim Call | Kurumi Matsumoto (voice) |
| 1999 | I'm Gonna Be An Angel! | Sara |
| 1999 | A.D. Police | Kyoko Miyano |
| 1999 | Soul Hunter | (voice) |
| 1999 | Samurai: Hunt for the Sword | 魔由羅 |
| 1998 | Serial Experiments Lain | Mika Iwakura - Lain's older sister (voice) |
| 1998 | Neo Ranga | Aya Seike (voice) |
| 1998 | Mamotte Shugogetten | |
| 1998 | Princess Nine | Yuki Azuma (voice) |
| 1998 | Outlaw Star | Melfina (voice) |
| 1998 | Knight Hunters | |
| 1998 | DT Eightron | Fuia |
| 1998 | Initial D | Natsuki Mogi (voice) |
| 1997 | Tournament of the Gods: Title Match | Shizuku-hime |