Ayako Kawasumi

Ayako Kawasumi (川澄 綾子) 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)", "Peyaya (ペヤヤ)","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 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), Elie (Rave Master), Melfina (Outlaw Star), 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), Shenhe (Genshin Impact) and Natsuki Mogi (Initial D).

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
 * 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 (cameo)
 * Gene Shaft – Dolce Saito and Chacha
 * Great Dangaioh – Manami Mishio
 * Rave Master – 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 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 (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, Hikari Kamigishi (ep. 12)

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 (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
 * Onegai My Melody – Miki's Mother
 * 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/Arturia Pendragon
 * 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

 * 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 (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
 * Pocket Monsters: Diamond and Pearl – 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
 * Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (2010 film) – 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 (ver. Alice)
 * Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya – Saber Alter
 * Beyond the Boundary – Izumi Nase
 * Unbreakable Machine-Doll – Avril

2014

 * Amagi Brilliant Park – Moffle
 * Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works – 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
 * Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works S2 – Saber
 * Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma – 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

 * ''Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Sword Oratoria – Riveria Ljos Alf
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS – Aqua
 * Fate/Apocrypha – King Arthur (Episode 6)
 * 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 (episode 12, uncredited)
 * Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia – Fou
 * We Never Learn – Hanae Yuiga
 * Dr. Stone - Sulfurina/Ryu-san

2020

 * The Misfit of Demon King Academy - Sheila

2021

 * That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime – Beretta

2022

 * Play It Cool, Guys – Shirakawa

2023

 * 16bit Sensation: Another Layer – Kaori Shimoda
 * A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life – Karen
 * Dr. Stone: New World - Sulfurina/Ryu-san

2024

 * Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers – First Princess
 * Unnamed Memory – Lucrezia
 * Tonari no Yōkai-san – Suzu Sakaki
 * The Many Sides of Voice Actor Radio – Chika's Mother
 * The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies – Bellatrix

Original video animation (OVA)

 * Hamtaro (xxxx)
 * .hack//G.U. (xxxx) – Atoli
 * Nakoruru ~Ano Hito kara no Okurimono~ (xxxx) – Manari
 * Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan (xxxx) – Shizuki Minakami
 * The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final OVA (xxxx) – Papillon Noir
 * One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e (xxxx) – Mizuka Nagamori
 * Air Gear: Kuro no Hane to Nemuri No Mori (xxxx) – Simca
 * Sorcerer on the Rocks (xxxx) – Taru-Ho
 * Starlight Scramble Ren'ai Kohosei (xxxx) – Megumi
 * Be Rockin'  (xxxx) – Kaori
 * Carnival Phantasm (xxxx) – Saber
 * Tournament of the Gods (1997) – Shizuku-hime
 * Kai Toh Ran Ma: The Animation (1999) – Mayura
 * Angel Sanctuary (2000) – Sara Mudo
 * Guardian Angel Getten OVA (2000)
 * Gundam Evolve (2001) – Red Snake
 * Usagi-chan de Cue (2001) – Miku
 * Tristia of the Deep-Blue Sea (2004) – Nanoca Flanka
 * Banner of the Stars III (2005) – Lafiel
 * Shakugan no Shana Special (2006) – Kazumi Yoshida
 * Sky Girls OVA (2006) – Otoha Sakurano
 * Dai Mahō Tōge (2006) – Anego
 * Strawberry Marshmallow OVA (2007) – Matsuri Sakuragi
 * To Love Ru (2009) – Saki Tenjōin
 * Zettai Junpaku: Mahō Shōjo (2012) – Erika Kuramoto
 * The Kubikiri Cycle (2016) – Kanami Ibuki
 * Fate/Grand Order: First Order (2017) – Fou, Saber Alter
 * Strike the Blood (2020-2022) as Giada Kukulcan

Web

 * Azumanga Daioh (xxxx) – Ayumu Kasuga a.k.a. Osaka

Film

 * Crayon Shin-chan: Rumble in the Jungle (?) – Ai Suotome
 * Ah! My Goddess: The Movie (2000) – Morgan le Fay
 * Sin: The Movie (2000) – Elise Stewart
 * Initial D Third Stage (2001) – Natsuki Mogi
 * Pokémon: Jirachi—Wish Maker (2003) – Jirachi
 * Brave Story (2006) – Mysterious girl
 * Kino's Journey: Country of Illness -For You- (2007) – Inertia
 * Shakugan no Shana movie (2007) – Kazumi Yoshida
 * King of Thorn (2010) – Laura Owen
 * Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (2010) – Saber
 * Strike Witches: The Movie (2012) – Heinrike Prinzessin zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
 * Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel (2017–2020) – Saber
 * A Whisker Away (2020) – Kaoru Mizutani
 * Fate/Grand Order: Camelot - Wandering; Agaterám (2020–2021) – Lion King
 * Fate/Grand Order Final Singularity - Grand Temple of Time: Solomon (2021) – Fou
 * Zegapain STA (2024) – Shizuno Misaki

Video games

 * .hack//G.U. – Atoli
 * Aitakute... Your Smiles in My Heart – Senna Ninomiya
 * Another Eden – Azami
 * Asobi ni Iku Yo! -Chikyu Pinch no Konyaku Sengen- – Erisu
 * Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Lucrezia Borgia
 * Baldr Force EXE – Tsukina Sasagiri
 * Blue Dragon – Kluke
 * Cookie Run: Kingdom - Blackberry Cookie
 * Counter:Side - Hayami Sanae
 * Crayon Shin-chan: Kids Station! – Ai Suotome
 * Cross Tantei Monogatari – Sato Hirokawachie
 * Ehrgeiz – Yoko Kishibojin
 * Eternal City - Kachigo
 * Fatal Frame 2 – Mayu Amakura
 * Fate/Extella Link – Saber/Artoria Pendragon
 * 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
 * Kikou Heidan J-Phoenix II – Risa
 * 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
 * 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
 * Princess Maker 4 – Rize Dorbas
 * Shikigami no Shiro III – Yuuki Sayo
 * Shining Blade – Ira
 * SNOW – Sumino Yukiduki
 * Tales of Legendia – Grune, Schwartz
 * 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

1997

 * To Heart – Akari Kamigishi

1998

 * The King of Fighters: Kyo – Aoi Kusanagi

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 (Arturia Pendragon)
 * Fate/tiger colosseum – Saber (Aruturia Pendragon)
 * Shining Wind – Kurarakuran
 * KimiKiss – Tomoko Kawada

2008

 * Fate/tiger colosseum Upper – Saber, Saber Alter
 * Fate/unlimited codes – Saber, Saber Lily and Saber Alter
 * Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon – Julia

2010

 * Dead or Alive: Paradise – Kokoro
 * League of Legends – Leona

2011

 * Dead or Alive: Dimensions – Kokoro

2012

 * Dead or Alive 5 – Kokoro

2013

 * Kantai Collection – Isokaze, Ōyodo, Unryū, Chūkan Seiki

2014

 * Super Heroine Chronicle – Jeanne d'Arc
 * Granblue Fantasy – Lecia, Athena

2015

 * Fate/Grand Order – Saber/Artoria Pendragon, and Anne Bonny (uncredited)
 * Saber/Artoria Pendragon: Base form, Archer, Alter, Maid Alter, Lancer, Lancer Alter, Ruler, Lily, Caster

Anne Bonny: Mysterious Heroine X, Mysterious Heroine X (Alter), Mysterious Heroine XX, Merlin (Prototype), Mysterious Idol X (Alter)


 * Luminous Arc Infinity – Libra
 * Project X Zone 2 – Aty

2016

 * Summon Night 6 – Ati
 * Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 – Kokoro
 * Girls' Frontline – P99

2017

 * Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Theory
 * Azur Lane – King George V, Renown

2018

 * Sdorica – Sione Aldric
 * Food Fantasy – Vodka, Ume Ochazuke, Canele
 * Dragalia Lost – Eleonora, Malora
 * Princess Connect Re:Dive – Jun Shirogane

2019

 * Dead or Alive 6 – Kokoro
 * The King of Fighters All Star – Hinako Shijou

2020

 * Arknights – Siege
 * Genshin Impact – Shenhe
 * Punishing: Gray Raven – Bianca

2022

 * Goddess of Victory: Nikke – Sugar

Dubbing roles

 * Fabricated City – Yeo-wool (Shim Eun-kyung)
 * Genius – Young Elsa Einstein (Gwendolyn Ellis)
 * Train to Busan – Runaway Girl (Shim Eun-kyung)

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