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Ayako Kawasumi

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Ayako Kawasumi

Born Mar 30, 1976 · 50 years238 titles 58 movies · 180 TV
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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).

Also known as

川澄 綾子 · Ayachii · あやちー · آیاکو کاواسومی

Born

Mar 30, 1976

Tokyo, Japan

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

238

Acting credits

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Directing

0

Writing

3

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Career timeline

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1998 9 title(s)

1999 10 title(s)

2000 9 title(s)

2001 11 title(s)

2002 9 title(s)

2003 5 title(s)

2004 8 title(s)

2005 15 title(s)

2006 11 title(s)

2007 19 title(s)

2008 11 title(s)

2009 6 title(s)

2010 12 title(s)

2011 5 title(s)

2012 11 title(s)

2013 3 title(s)

2014 8 title(s)

2015 7 title(s)

2016 8 title(s)

2017 5 title(s)

2018 7 title(s)

2019 5 title(s)

2020 11 title(s)

2021 4 title(s)

2022 5 title(s)

2023 3 title(s)

2024 7 title(s)

2025 4 title(s)

2026 9 title(s)

Undated 1 title(s)