Ayako Kawasumi

1976-03-30 / 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), Leina (Queen's Blade), Aoi Sakuraba (Ai Yori Aoshi), Mahoro (Mahoromatic) and Natsuki Mogi (Initial D).

Appearances

Samurai Champloo (2004)

Serial Experiments Lain (1998)

The Day I Became a God (2020)

Legend of Black Heaven (1999)

Hifuu Club Activity Record ~ The Sealed Esoteric History (2015)

Neo Ranga (1998)

Hell Girl (2005)

RahXephon (2002)

Mamotte Shugogetten (1998)

Please Teacher! (2002)

Please Twins! (2003)

Twin Princess of Wonder Planet (2005)

Comic Party (2001)

Ceres: Celestial Legend (2000)

Piano: The Melody of a Young Girl's Heart (2002)

07-Ghost (2009)

Crest of the Stars (1999)

My Wife is a High School Girl (2005)

To Heart (1999)

Gate Keepers (2000)

Shakugan no Shana (2005)

NieA_7 (2000)

Ninja Nonsense (2004)

Best Student Council (2005)

Zoids: New Century (2001)

Magician's Academy (2008)

The Skull Man (2007)

Princess Nine (1998)

Petopeto-san (2005)

Shattered Angels (2007)

Real Drive (2008)

Starship Operators (2005)

Girls Bravo (2004)

Ai Yori Aoshi (2002)

Mahoromatic (2001)

Princess Resurrection (2007)

The Snow Queen (2005)

Angel Tales (2001)

Great Teacher Onizuka (1999)

Outlaw Star (1998)

Popotan (2003)

Sorcerer on the Rocks (1999)

Carnival Phantasm (2011)

Ghost Stories (2000)

Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry (2006)

Seraphim Call (1999)

Night Raid 1931 (2010)

Strawberry Marshmallow (2005)

Laid-Back Camp (2018)

Pandora Hearts (2009)

Romeo × Juliet (2007)

Bakuman (2010)

Nodame Cantabile (2007)

Scrapped Princess (2003)

The Flowers of Hard Blood (2007)

Kemeko Deluxe! (2008)

Sky Girls (2007)

Destiny of the Shrine Maiden (2004)

Kanokon (2008)

Skip Beat! (2008)

Charger Girl Juden Chan (2009)

Rave Master (2001)

Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE (2005)

Polyphonica (2007)

Hitohira (2007)

Petite Princess Yucie (2002)

Shining Tears X Wind (2007)

I'm Gonna Be An Angel! (1999)

Fate/stay night (2006)

Ladies versus Butlers! (2010)

Ginban Kaleidoscope (2005)

This Ugly Yet Beautiful World (2004)

Gallery Fake (2005)

Great Dangaioh (2001)

Knight Hunters (1998)

The Qwaser of Stigmata (2010)

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (2018)

Yume Tsukai (2006)

Mokke (2007)

The Diary of a Crazed Family (2008)

Tari Tari (2012)

Genshiken (2004)

Angelic Layer (2001)

Zegapain (2006)

BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense. (2020)

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? (2015)

Battle Spirits: Shounen Gekiha Dan (2009)

Battle Spirits: Brave (2010)

Dai Shogun - Great Revolution (2014)

Beyond the Boundary (2013)

To LOVE-Ru (2008)

Witchy Precure! (2016)

DT Eightron (1998)

Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] (2014)

Fate/Zero (2011)

Star☆Twinkle PreCure (2019)

Initial D (1998)

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012)

Queen's Blade (2009)

Amagi Brilliant Park (2014)

16bit Sensation: Another Layer (2023)

Sister Princess (2001)

Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun (2014)

Horimiya: The Missing Pieces (2023)

D.Gray-man (2006)

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side: Sword Oratoria (2017)

One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e (2001)

Ping Pong the Animation (2014)

A.D. Police (1999)

Strike the Blood (2013)

Kanon (2006)

Kanon (2002)

Hatsukoi Limited. (2009)

Queen's Blade: Vanquished Queens (2013)

Death Parade (2015)

The Ancient Magus' Bride (2017)

Witch Craft Works (2014)

Soul Hunter (1999)

The Pet Girl of Sakurasou (2012)

Girls und Panzer (2012)

Squid Girl (2010)

Yotsuiro Biyori (2018)

Usagi-chan de Cue!! (2001)

Tristia of the Deep-Blue Sea (2004)

Sword Art Online (2012)

Magical Witch Punie-chan (2006)

Getsumen to Heiki Mina (2007)

A Certain Magical Index (2008)

Tonari no Yokai-san (2024)

RWBY: Ice Queendom (2022)

CUE! (2022)

Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games Is Tough for Mobs (2022)

Princess Connect! Re:Dive (2020)

Today's Menu for the Emiya Family (2017)

Natsume's Book of Friends (2008)

Potemayo (2007)

Terra Formars: Bugs-2 2599 (2014)

Raven of the Inner Palace (2022)

Angelic White Magical Girls, Absolute Whiteness: Magical Girl (2012)

KanColle: See You Again on Another Quiet Blue Sea (2022)

18if (2017)

Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia (2019)

Accel World (2012)

Assassination Classroom (2015)

Fairy Tail (2009)

Kubikiri Cycle - Aoiro Savant to Zaregoto Tsukai (2016)

Aria the Scarlet Ammo (2011)

Angel Sanctuary (2000)

Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up (2011)

Spy Classroom (2023)

Unnamed Memory (2024)

Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers (2024)

The King of Braves GaoGaiGar FINAL: GRAND GLORIOUS GATHERING (2005)

Kurau Phantom Memory (2004)

Okami-san and Her Seven Companions (2010)

As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World (2024)

.hack (2002)

Claymore (2007)

High School D×D (2012)

Tournament of the Gods: Title Match (1997)

Violet Evergarden (2018)

Matoi the Sacred Slayer (2016)

The Misfit of Demon King Academy (2020)

Grand Blues! (2020)

Nakaimo: My Little Sister Is Among Them! (2012)

Adachi and Shimamura (2020)

Samurai: Hunt for the Sword (1999)

Cells at Work! (2018)

The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies (2024)

Queen's Blade Grimoire (2016)

Beheneko: The Elf-Girl's Cat Is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster! (2025)

KONOSUBA - God's blessing on this wonderful world! (2016)

Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective (2025)

The Familiar of Zero (2006)