Ayako Kawasumi
| Ayako Kawasumi | |
|---|---|
 Ayako Kawasumi at the 2006 Otakon Convention | |
| Born |
March 30, 1976 Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Voice actress, J-pop singer |
Ayako Kawasumi (川澄 綾子 Kawasumi Ayako, born on March 30, 1976 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese voice actress and J-pop singer.[1] 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 because she's played the piano since childhood.[2] 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), Leina (Queen's Blade), Aoi Sakuraba (Ai Yori Aoshi), Mahoro (Mahoromatic), and many more.
Voice roles
Anime
- 1997
- You're Under Arrest – Female officer (episode 33)
- 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 (Natalie Mogi)
- Neo Ranga – Aya
- Princess Nine – Azuma Yuki
- Serial Experiments Lain – Mika Iwakura
- Weiß Kreuz – Sayaka
- 1999
- AD Police: To Serve and Protect – Kyoko Miyano
- Black Heaven – Rinko
- Crayon Shin-chan – Ai Suotome (starting with episode 339)
- 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 (Natalie Mogi)
- Seraphim Call: Kurumi Matsumoto
- ToHeart – Akari Kamigishi
- Yoiko
- 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 (cameo)
- Gene Shaft – Dolce Saito and Chacha
- Great Dangaioh – Manami Mishio
- Groove Adventure Rave – Elie
- Mahoromatic – Mahoro Andō
- Muteki Ō Tri-Zenon – kurara
- Sister Princess – Chikage
- Zoids: New Century Zero – Rinon (Leena) Toros
- 2002
- Ai Yori Aoshi – Aoi Sakuraba
- Kanon – Kaori Misaka
- Mahoromatic: Something More Beautiful – 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 Chu – 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 First Season – Miharu Sena Kanaka
- Initial D: The Fourth Stage – Natsuki Mogi (Natalie 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
- To Heart: Remember My Memories – Akari Kamigishi
- 2005
- Atashin'chi – Emiko
- Banner of the Stars III – Lafiel
- Best Student Council – Sayuri Hida
- Black Jack – Michiru
- Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan – Shizuki Minakami
- Canvas 2 ~Niji Iro no Sketch~ – Anna Housen (episode 10)
- 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 (episode 5)
- Kyo Kara Maoh! – Ondine
- Oku-sama wa Joshi Kōsei (My Wife is a High School Girl) – 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 (10 years old)
- 2006
- Angel Heart – Yume
- Fate/stay night – Saber
- Fushigiboshi no Futagohime Gyu! – Elsa
- .hack//Roots – Wool
- Kanon – Kaori Misaka
- Kujibiki Unbalance – Kanako Ohno (preview narration)
- Lovely Idol – Aya Hiwatari
- Sōkō no Strain – Sara Werec/Sara Cruz
- Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle – Suzuran (episode 33)
- xxxHolic – Ran (episode 9)
- Yume Tsukai – Tōko Mishima
- Zegapain – Shizuno Misaki/Yehl
- Zero no Tsukaima – Henrietta
- 2007
- Bokusatsu Tenshi 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[3]
- 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 (episode 6)
- Kemeko Deluxe! – Fumiko Kobayashi
- Kiku-chan to Ookami – Kiku-chan
- 2009
- Pandora Hearts – Alice
- Tetsuwan Birdy: Decode Season 2 – Shouko
- Maria-sama ga Miteru – Yuuko Hosokawa
- The Tower of Druaga: The Sword of Uruk – Kirie
- Hayate no Gotoku 2nd Season – Athena Tennōsu
- Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica Crimson S – Eufinley Tsuge
- 07 Ghost – Sister Atena
- Queen's Blade – Leina
- Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl: Galactic Battles – 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 Cantabile: Finale – Nodame
- Ladies versus Butlers! – Tomomi Saikyo
- The Qwaser of Stigmata – Miyuri Tsujidō
- Gintama – Gedomaru
- Maid Sama! – Ayuzawa Minako
- Senkou no Night Raid – Shizune Yusa
- Bakuman – Kō Aoki/Yuriko Aoki
- Okami-san and her Seven Companions – Otsuu Tsurugaya
- A Certain Magical Index II – Laura Stuart
- 2011
- Bakuman 2 – Kō Aoki/Yuriko Aoki
- Fate/Zero – Saber
- A Certain Magical Index II – Laura Stuart
- Aria the Scarlet Ammo – Jeanne d'Arc
- Fairy Tail – Marl
- Ro-Kyu-Bu! – Hatsue Nobidome
- Shakugan no Shana III Final – Kazumi Yoshida
- Shinryaku!? Ika Musume – Ayumi Tokita
- 2012
- Zero no Tsukaima F – Henrietta de Tristain
- AKB0048 – Sayaka Akimoto The 10th / Akira Igarashi
- Fate/Zero 2nd Season – Saber
- Accel World – Blood Leopard
- Jojo's Bizarre Adventure – Erina Pendolton
- Bakuman 3 – Kō Aoki/Yuriko Aoki
- Sakura-sō no Pet na Kanojo – Rita Ainsworth
- 2013
- AKB0048 Next Stage – Sayaka Akimoto The 10th / Akira Igarashi
- Hayate no Gotoku Cuties – Athena Tennōsu (ver. Alice)
- Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya – Saber Alter
- Beyond the Boundary – Izumi Nase
- 2014
- Amagi Brilliant Park – Moffle
- Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (TV) – Saber
- Fūun Ishin Dai Shogun – Kiriko Hitoribe
- Ping Pong the Animation – Yurie
- selector infected WIXOSS – Hanayo[4]
- Sword Art Online II – Aki Natsuki
- Terra Formars – Nanao Akita
- Witch Craft Works – Komachi Takamiya
- 2015
- Assassination Classroom – Aguri Yukimura (episode 1, flashback)
- Death Parade – Machiko
- Kantai Collection – Ōyodo
- Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works S2 – Saber
OVA
- Tristia of the Deep-Blue Sea – Nanoca Flanka
- Strawberry Marshmallow OVA – Matsuri Sakuragi
- Usagi-chan de Cue – Miku
- Kai Toh Ran Ma: The Animation – Mayura
- Gundam Evolve – Red Snake
- Shakugan no Shana Special – Kazumi Yoshida
- Sky Girls OVA – Otoha Sakurano
- Banner of the Stars III – Lafiel
- Dai Mahō Tōge – Anego
- Angel Sanctuary – Sara Mudo
- Guardian Angel Getten OVA
- Tournament of the Gods – Shizuku-hime
- Hamtaro
- .hack//G.U. – Atoli
- Nakoruru ~Ano Hito kara no Okurimono~ – Manari
- Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan – Shizuki Minakami
- The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final OVA – Papillon Noir
- One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e – 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
Web
- Azumanga Daioh – Ayumu Kasuga a.k.a. Osaka
Movie
- Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works' – Saber
- Ah! My Goddess: The Movie – Morgan le Fay
- King of Thorn – Laura Owen
- Initial D Third Stage – Natsuki Mogi
- Kino's Journey: Country of Illness -For You- – Inertia
- Crayon Shin-chan: Rumble in the Jungle – Ai Suotome
- Shakugan no Shana movie – Kazumi Yoshida
- Brave Story – Mysterious girl
- Sin: The Movie – Elise Stewart
- Strike Witches: The Movie – Heinrike Prinzessin zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
Games
- .hack//G.U. – Atoli
- Aitakute... Your Smiles in My Heart – Senna Ninomiya
- Angelic Vale series
- Asobi ni Iku Yo! -Chikyu Pinch no Konyaku Sengen- – Erisu
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Lucrezia Borgia
- Baldr Force EXE – Tsukina Sasagiri
- Blue Dragon – Kluke
- Crayon Shin-chan: Kids Station! – Ai Suotome
- Cross Tantei Monogatari – Sato Hirokawachie
- Dead or Alive series – Kokoro
- Dragon Shadow Spell – Miriam
- Ehrgeiz – Yoko Kishibojin
- Fatal Frame 2 – Mayu Amakura
- Fate/stay night(2007) – Saber
- Fate/tiger colosseum(2007) – Saber
- Fate/tiger colosseum Upper(2008) – Saber
- Fate/unlimited codes(2008) – Saber,Saber Lily and Saber Alter
- 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
- Gensou no Artemis – Mikoto Kuzu
- Goemon: Shin Sedai Shuumei – Ebisu
- Gokujō Seitokai – Sayuri Hida
- Kantai Collection – Isokaze, Ōyodo, Unryū, Chūkan Seiki
- Kikou Heidan J-Phoenix II – Risa
- KimiKiss – Tomoko Kawada
- King of Fighters – Hinako Shijou
- Kita e: White Illumination – Hayaka Sakyou
- Ichigo Mashimaro – Matsuri Sakuragi
- Initial D Special Stage – Natsuki Mogi
- MagnaCarta II – Rue
- Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis – Isolde Schelling
- Mana Khemia 2: Ochita Gakuen to Renkinjutsushi-tachi – Ulrika Myberg
- Muramasa: The Demon Blade – Torahime
- Namco x Capcom – Sabinu and Wonder Momo
- Neosphere of the Deep-Blue Sky – Nanoca Flanka
- Odin Sphere – Gwendolyn
- One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e – Yukimi Miyami
- Only You - Re cross – Akiduki
- Oni – Shinatama
- Phantasy Star Universe – Lou, Lumia Waber (Japanese Version)
- Piece of Wonder – Amane Saionji
- Popotan – Unagi
- Princess Maker 4 – Rize Dorbas
- Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon – Julia
- Shikigami no Shiro III – Yuuki Sayo
- Shining Blade – Ira
- Sister Princess – Chikage
- SNOW – Sumino Yukiduki
- Super Heroine Chronicle (2014) – Jeanne d'Arc
- Tales of Legendia – Grune, Schwartz
- To Heart – Akari Kamigishi
- Trauma Center: Second Opinion – Angie Thompson/Blackwell
- Tristia of the Deep-Blue Sea – Nanoca Flanka
- Umineko no Naku Koro ni – Lion Ushiromiya
- Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria – Silmeria
- Wild Arms: The 4th Detonator – Yulie Ahtreide
- Wrestle Angels: Survivor – Chigusa Yuuki
- You That Become A Memory ~Memories Off~ – Isago Narumi
Dubbing roles
- Cantabile Tomorrow – Seol Nae-il (Shim Eun-kyung)
- Cold Case – Hilary West (Johanna Braddy)
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
References
- ↑ Doi, Hitoshi. "Kawasumi Ayako". Seiyuu Database. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
- ↑ "Piano". Anime Manga Project. Archived from the original on March 16, 2009. Retrieved March 14, 2009.
- ↑ "Shina Dark King of Dark Moon and Blue Moon's Princess". Mangaoh Club. Archived from the original on February 16, 2008. Retrieved January 26, 2008.
- ↑ "Steins;Gate's Satō, anohana's Okada Make selector infected WIXOSS Anime". Anime News Network. January 27, 2014. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
External links
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