Ayako Kawasumi
Actor
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).
Filmography
Violet Evergarden: The Movie
as Clara Magnolia (voice) 2020
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. Lost Butterfly
as Saber Alter (voice) 2019
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. Presage Flower
as Saber (voice) 2017
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. Spring Song
as Saber Alter (voice) 2020
King of Thorn
as Laura Owen (voice) 2010
Violet Evergarden: Recollections
as Clara Magnolia (voice) 2021
Fate/Grand Order: First Order
as Fou / Saber Alter (voice) 2016
Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Future
as Izumi Nase (voice) 2015
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
as Saber (voice) 2010
Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Past
as Izumi Nase (voice) 2015
Assassination Classroom the Movie: 365 Days' Time
as Aguri Yukimura (voice) 2016
Brave Story
as Mysterious girl (voice) 2006
Fate/Grand Order: Divine Realm of the Round Table - Camelot Wandering; Agateram
as Fou / The Lion King (voice) 2020
Girls und Panzer der Film
as Kay (voice) 2015
Initial D: Third Stage
as Natsuki Mogi (voice) 2001
Accel World: Infinite Burst
as Kakei Mihaya 2016