Ayako Kawasumi
Ayako Kawasumi is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She is affectionately referred to by her fellow voice actors and fans as "Ayachii", "Peyaya","Ayasumi" and "Aya-nē". She is a skilled pianist as she has played the piano since childhood.
She composed and performed "...To You", the opening theme to , 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 Erina Pendleton, Akari Kamigishi, Saber, Melfina, Nodame, Lafiel, Fuu, Leina, Aoi Sakuraba, Mahoro and Natsuki Mogi.
Filmography
Television animation
1997
- You're Under Arrest – Female officer
1998
- Outlaw Star – Melfina
- B Bidaman Bakugaiden V
- Dokkiri Doctor – Hideko Ikeda and Shoku
- DT Eightron – Fia
- Guardian Angel Getten – Rishu
- Initial D – Natsuki Mogi
- Neo Ranga – Aya
- Princess Nine – Azuma Yuki
- Serial Experiments Lain – Mika Iwakura
- Weiß Kreuz – Sayaka
1999
- – Kyoko Miyano
- Black Heaven – Rinko
- Crayon Shin-chan – Ai Suotome
- Crest of the Stars – Lafiel
- Great Teacher Onizuka – Nomura Tomoko & Naoko Izumi
- Hoshin Engi – Shinyou
- I'm Gonna Be An Angel! – Sara
- Initial D: The Second Stage – Natsuki Mogi
- Seraphim Call: Kurumi Matsumoto
- To Heart – Akari Kamigishi
2000
- Argento Soma – Operator
- Banner of the Stars – Lafiel
- The Candidate for Goddess – Kazuhi Hikura
- Ceres, The Celestial Legend – Chidori Kuruma
- Gate Keepers – Ruriko Ikusawa
- Ghost Stories – Hanako
- Mon Colle Knights – Water Angel
- NieA 7 – Mayuko Chigasaki
2001
- Angel Tales – Turtle Ayumi
- Angelic Layer – Kaede Saito
- Banner of the Stars II – Lafiel
- Comic Party – Akari
- Gene Shaft – Dolce Saito and Chacha
- Great Dangaioh – Manami Mishio
- Rave Master – Elie
- Mahoromatic – Mahoro Andō
- Muteki Ō Tri-Zenon – kurara
- Sister Princess – Chikage
- – Rinon Toros
2002
- Ai Yori Aoshi – Aoi Sakuraba
- Kanon – Kaori Misaka
- – Mahoro Andō
- Petite Princess Yucie – Elmina
- Piano – Nomura Miu
- Please Teacher! – Koishi Herikawa
- RahXephon – Megumi Shito
- Sister Princess RePure – Chikage
- Tokyo Underground – Jilherts Mesett
- Tokyo Mew Mew – Jacqueline
2003
- .hack//Legend of the Twilight – Hotaru
- Ai Yori Aoshi Enishi – Aoi Sakuraba
- Angel Tales 2 – Turtle Ayumi
- E's Otherwise – Ruri
- Mahoromatic: Summer Special – Mahoro Andō
- Please Twins! – Koishi Herikawa
- Popotan – Unagi
- Scrapped Princess – Winia Chester
2004
- Genshiken: Kanako Ohno
- Girls Bravo – Miharu Sena Kanaka
- Initial D: The Fourth Stage – Natsuki Mogi
- Kannazuki no Miko – Chikane Himemiya
- Kujibiki Unbalance – Kasumi Kisaragi
- Kurau Phantom Memory – Kurau Amami
- Ninin Ga Shinobuden – Kaede
- Samurai Champloo – Fuu
- This Ugly Yet Beautiful World – Hikari
- – Akari Kamigishi, Hikari Kamigishi
2005
- Atashin'chi – Emiko
- Banner of the Stars III – Lafiel
- Best Student Council – Sayuri Hida
- Black Jack – Michiru
- Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan – Shizuki Minakami
- Canvas 2 ~Niji Iro no Sketch~ – Anna Housen
- Fushigiboshi no Futagohime – Elsa
- Gallery Fake – Sara Harifa
- Girls Bravo Second Season – Miharu Sena Kanaka
- Ginban Kaleidoscope – Tazusa Sakurano
- Gunparade Orchestra – Sakaki Rimei
- He Is My Master – Takami Sugita
- Hell Girl – Misato Urano
- Kyo Kara Maoh! – Ondine
- Oku-sama wa Joshi Kōsei – Asami Onohara
- Petopeto-san – Kanna Maeda
- Shakugan no Shana – Kazumi Yoshida
- Starship Operators – Rio Mamiya
- Strawberry Marshmallow – Matsuri Sakuragi
- The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final – Papillon Noir
- The Snow Queen – Gerda
- Trinity Blood – Catherina
2006
- Angel Heart – Yume
- Fate/stay night – Saber/Arturia Pendragon
- Fushigiboshi no Futagohime Gyu! – Elsa
- .hack//Roots – Wool
- Kanon – Kaori Misaka
- Kujibiki Unbalance – Kanako Ohno
- Lovely Idol – Aya Hiwatari
- Sōkō no Strain – Sara Werec/Sara Cruz
- – Suzuran
- xxxHolic – Ran
- Yume Tsukai – Tōko Mishima
- Zegapain – Shizuno Misaki/Yehl
- Zero no Tsukaima – Henrietta
2007
- Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan 2 – Shizuki Minakami
- Claymore – Elena
- D.Gray-man – Angela/Sophia
- Getsumento Heiki Mina – Sumire Nishiha / Mīna Shiwasu
- Genshiken 2 – Kanako Ohno
- Hitohira – Nono Ichinose
- KimiKiss pure rouge – Tomoko Kawada
- Shattered Angels – Kaon
- Mokke – Shizuru Hibara
- Nodame Cantabile – Megumi Noda
- Potemayo – Mikan Natsu
- Princess Resurrection – Hime
- Romeo x Juliet – Emilia
- Shion no Ō – Shion Yasuoka
- Shining Tears X Wind – Blanc Neige and Clalaclan Philias
- Shakugan no Shana Second – Kazumi Yoshida
- Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica – Eufinley Tsuge
- Sky Girls – Otoha Sakurano
- Skull Man – Kiriko Mamiya
- Zero no Tsukaima: Futatsuki no Kishi – Henrietta de Tristain
- Zombie-Loan – Kōume
2008
- Kanokon – Chizuru Minamoto
- Shina Dark – Noel D. Buche
- To Love Ru – Saki Tenjōin
- Zero no Tsukaima: Princesses no Rondo – Henrietta de Tristain
- Kyōran Kazoku Nikki – Dr.Eru
- Macademi Wasshoi! – Eineus The Vergest
- Nodame Cantabile: Paris Chapter – Megumi Noda
- Real Drive – Holon
- Skip-Beat! – Ruriko Matsunai
- Kuroshitsuji – Queen Victoria, Girl
- Kemeko Deluxe! – Fumiko Kobayashi
- Kiku-chan to Ookami – Kiku-chan
2009
- Pandora Hearts – Alice
- ' – Shouko
- Maria-sama ga Miteru – Yuuko Hosokawa
- ' – Kirie
- Hayate no Gotoku 2nd Season – Athena Tennōsu
- Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica Crimson S – Eufinley Tsuge
- 07 Ghost – Sister Atena
- Queen's Blade – Leina
- – Urara
- A Certain Magical Index – Laura Stuart
- Fight Ippatsu! Jūden-chan!! – Reika Galvani
- Battle Spirits: Shōnen Gekiha Dan – Mai Viole
- Hatsukoi Limited – Sumire Fudounomiya
- Kuroshitsuji – Queen Victoria
- Tatakau Shisho – Siron
2010
- Cobra the Animation – Ellis
- ' – Nodame
- Ladies versus Butlers! – Tomomi Saikyo
- The Qwaser of Stigmata – Miyuri Tsujidō
- ' – Saber/Artoria Pendragon
- Gintama – Gedomaru
- Maid Sama! – Ayuzawa Minako
- Senkou no Night Raid – Shizune Yusa
- Bakuman – Kō Aoki/Yuriko Aoki
- Okami-san and her Seven Companions – Otsū Tsurugaya
- Motto To Love Ru – Saki Tenjōin
- Shinryaku!? Ika Musume – Ayumi Tokita
- A Certain Magical Index II – Laura Stuart
2011
- Bakuman 2 – Kō Aoki/Yuriko Aoki
- Gosick – Anastasia
- Fate/Zero – Saber
- Aria the Scarlet Ammo – Jeanne d'Arc
- Fairy Tail – Marl
- Ro-Kyu-Bu! – Hatsue Nobidome
- Shakugan no Shana III Final – Kazumi Yoshida
2012
- Familiar of Zero: F – Henrietta de Tristain
- AKB0048 – Sayaka Akimoto The 10th / Akira Igarashi
- Fate/Zero 2nd Season – Saber
- Accel World – Blood Leopard
- Girls und Panzer – Kay
- Tari Tari – Haruka Tanaka
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure – Erina Pendleton
- To Love Ru Darkness – Saki Tenjōin
- Bakuman 3 – Kō Aoki/Yuriko Aoki
- The Pet Girl of Sakurasou – Rita Ainsworth
2013
- AKB0048 Next Stage – Sayaka Akimoto The 10th / Akira Igarashi
- Hayate the Combat Butler: Cuties – Athena Tennōsu
- Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya – Saber Alter
- Beyond the Boundary – Izumi Nase
- Unbreakable Machine-Doll – Avril
2014
- Amagi Brilliant Park – Moffle
- – Saber
- Dai-Shogun - Great Revolution – Kiriko Hitoribe
- Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun - Yukari Miyako
- Ping Pong the Animation – Yurie
- Selector Infected WIXOSS – Hanayo
- Sword Art Online II – Aki Natsuki
- Terra Formars – Nanao Akita
- Witch Craft Works – Komachi Takamiya
2015
- Assassination Classroom – Aguri Yukimura
- Death Parade – Machiko
- Kantai Collection – Ōyodo
- ' – Saber
- ' – Fuyumi Mizuhara
- To Love Ru Darkness 2nd – Saki Tenjōin
- Seraph of the End: Battle in Nagoya – Aoi Sangu
2016
- Maho Girls PreCure! – Loretta
- Assassination Classroom 2nd Season – Aguri Yukimura
- Keijo – Maya Sakashiro
2017
- – Riveria Ljos Alf
- Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS – Aqua
- Fate/Apocrypha – King Arthur
- 18if'' – Eve
2018
- Katana Maidens ~ Toji No Miko – Akane Origami
- Laid-Back Camp – Tea girl
- Violet Evergarden – Clara Magnolia
- Lostorage incited WIXOSS – Hanayo
- Cells at Work! – Mast Cell
- A Certain Magical Index III – Laura Stuart
2019
- Star Twinkle PreCure – Taurus' Star Princess
- The Case Files of Lord El-Melloi II: Grace Note Rail Zeppelin – King Arthur's voice
- – Fou
Original video animation (OVA)
- Hamtaro
- .hack//G.U. – Atoli
- Nakoruru ~Ano Hito kara no Okurimono~ – Manari
- Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan – Shizuki Minakami
- The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final OVA – Papillon Noir
- – Mizuka Nagamori
- Air Gear: Kuro no Hane to Nemuri No Mori – Simca
- Sorcerer on the Rocks – Taru-Ho
- Starlight Scramble Ren'ai Kohosei – Megumi
- Be Rockin' – Kaori
- Carnival Phantasm – Saber
- Tournament of the Gods – Shizuku-hime
- Kai Toh Ran Ma: The Animation – Mayura
- Angel Sanctuary – Sara Mudo
- Guardian Angel Getten OVA
- Gundam Evolve – Red Snake
- Usagi-chan de Cue – Miku
- Tristia of the Deep-Blue Sea – Nanoca Flanka
- Banner of the Stars III – Lafiel
- Shakugan no Shana Special – Kazumi Yoshida
- Sky Girls OVA – Otoha Sakurano
- Dai Mahō Tōge – Anego
- Strawberry Marshmallow OVA – Matsuri Sakuragi
- To Love Ru – Saki Tenjōin
- The Kubikiri Cycle – Kanami Ibuki
- Fate/Grand Order: First Order – Fou, Saber Alter
Web
- Azumanga Daioh – Ayumu Kasuga a.k.a. Osaka
Film
- Crayon Shin-chan: Rumble in the Jungle – Ai Suotome
- ' – Morgan le Fay
- ' – Elise Stewart
- Initial D Third Stage – Natsuki Mogi
- Brave Story – Mysterious girl
- Kino's Journey: Country of Illness -For You- – Inertia
- Shakugan no Shana movie – Kazumi Yoshida
- King of Thorn – Laura Owen
- ' – Saber
- Strike Witches: The Movie – Heinrike Prinzessin zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
- ' – Saber
- A Whisker Away – Kaoru Mizutani
- Fate/Grand Order: Camelot - Wandering; Agaterám – Lion King
Video games
- .hack//G.U. – Atoli
- Aitakute... Your Smiles in My Heart – Senna Ninomiya
- Another Eden – Azami
- Arknights – Siege
- Asobi ni Iku Yo! -Chikyu Pinch no Konyaku Sengen- – Erisu
- ' – Lucrezia Borgia
- Azur Lane – King George V
- Baldr Force EXE – Tsukina Sasagiri
- Blue Dragon – Kluke
- Crayon Shin-chan: Kids Station! – Ai Suotome
- Cross Tantei Monogatari – Sato Hirokawachie
- Ehrgeiz – Yoko Kishibojin
- Eternal City - Kachigo
- ' – Mayu Amakura
- Fate/Grand Order – Artoria Pendragon, Anne Bonny
- Forever Kingdom – Faeana
- Future GPX Cyber Formula: A New Challenger – Rena Yuuki
- Future GPX Cyber Formula: Road to the Infinity series – Rena Yuuki
- Gatekeepers 1970 – Ruriko Ikusawa
- Goemon: Shin Sedai Shuumei – Ebisu
- Gokujō Seitokai – Sayuri Hida
- Kantai Collection – Isokaze, Ōyodo, Unryū, Chūkan Seiki
- Kikou Heidan J-Phoenix II – Risa
- League of Legends – Leona
- Ichigo Mashimaro – Matsuri Sakuragi
- Initial D Special Stage – Natsuki Mogi
- MagnaCarta II – Rue
- ' – Isolde Schelling
- ' – Ulrika Myberg
- ' – Torahime
- Neosphere of the Deep-Blue Sky – Nanoca Flanka
- Odin Sphere – Gwendolyn
- ' – Yukimi Miyami
- Only You - Re cross – Akiduki
- Oni – Shinatama
- Phantasy Star Universe – Lou, Lumia Waber
- Piece of Wonder – Amane Saionji
- Popotan – Unagi
- Princess Maker 4 – Rize Dorbas
- Shikigami no Shiro III – Yuuki Sayo
- Shining Blade – Ira
- SNOW – Sumino Yukiduki
- Tales of Legendia – Grune, Schwartz
- ' – Angie Thompson/Blackwell
- Tristia of the Deep-Blue Sea – Nanoca Flanka
- Umineko no Naku Koro ni – Lion Ushiromiya
- ' – Silmeria
- ' – Yulie Ahtreide
- ' – Chigusa Yuuki
- You That Become A Memory ~Memories Off~ – Isago Narumi
1997
- To Heart – Akari Kamigishi
1999
- Kita e: White Illumination – Hayaka Sakyou
2000
- Gensou no Artemis – Mikoto Kunisu
- The King of Fighters 2000 – Hinako Shijou
2001
- Sister Princess – Chikage
2003
- Angelic Vale – Lician, Supica
- Mahoromatic Moetto Kirakira Maid-san – Mahoro
2005
- Namco × Capcom – Sabinu, Wonder Momo
- Love Doll ~Lovely Idol~ – Aya
- Dead or Alive 4 – Kokoro
2006
- Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 – Kokoro
2007
- Dragon Shadow Spell – Miriam
- Fate/stay night – Saber
- Fate/tiger colosseum – Saber
- Shining Wind – Kurarakuran
- KimiKiss – Tomoko Kawada
2008
- Fate/tiger colosseum Upper – Saber, Saber Olta
- Fate/unlimited codes – Saber, Saber Lily and Saber Alter
- – Julia
2010
- – Kokoro
2011
- – Kokoro
2012
- Dead or Alive 5 – Kokoro
2014
- Super Heroine Chronicle – Jeanne d'Arc
- Granblue Fantasy – Lecia, Athena
2015
- Fate/Grand Order – Altria Pendragon, Anne Bonny, Mysterious Heroine X, Mysterious Heroine X, Merlin .
- Luminous Arc Infinity – Libra
- Project X Zone 2 – Ati
2016
- Summon Night 6 – Ati
- Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 – Kokoro
2017
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Theory
2018
- Sdorica – Sione Aldric
- Food Fantasy – Vodka, Ume Ochazuke, Canele
- "Dragalia Lost" – Eleonora, Malora
2019
- Dead or Alive 6 – Kokoro
Dubbing roles
- Fabricated City – Yeo-wool
- Genius – Young Elsa Einstein
- Train to Busan – Runaway Girl
Drama CD
- Angel Sanctuary – Mudo Sara
- Strobe Edge – Kinoshita Ninako
- Haru Natsu Aki Fuyu – Natsuki Matsuzaka
- Fate/Zero – Saber
- Book Girl and the Famished Spirit – Amemiya Hotaru
- KOHA✩TALK – Blue Saber
- Azmaria Hendrick – Chrno Crusade
- Fushigi Yūgi Genbu Kaiden – Oracle Anlu
Discography