Ayumi Ito
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 14, 1980 (age 46)
- Birthplace
- Tokyo, Japan
Biography
Born in Tokyo, Ayumi Ito has always had a love for movies and art. She made her big-screen debut in Nobuhiko Obayashi's The Water Travelers: Samurai Kids. Her distinctive style led to her critically acclaimed performance in Swallowtail Butterfly, directed by the renowned Director Shunji Iwai. At 16-years-old, Ayumi was awarded both the Best New Actress Award as well as the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 20th Annual Japanese Academy Awards. Ayumi's career has blossomed into starring roles in several successful films and television shows. She trained in LA and New York and has worked globally with world-renown Chinese director and artist Zhuangzhuang Tian, Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), among other great filmmakers. Ayumi's performance in the the Fuji TV drama Belle de Jour was so strong that she reprised the role when it became a feature film and box-office hit, earning over 2.3 billion JPY. She is also the voice of Tifa Lockhart in the animated film Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. Off-screen, Ayumi is a talented vocalist and recording artist. Her passion for art continues to thrive and she brings characters to life in her performances.
Known For
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Filmography
A Place Called Home
Movie
Chaser Game W: A Match Made in Heaven
Movie
How to Generate a Perfect Crime
Movie
Naked People
TV · 6 eps
White Flowers and Fruits
Movie
The Woman Who Repeats
Movie
Romantics Anonymous
TV · as Motomi Kawamura · 8 eps
Hakubo no Chronicle
TV · as Azechi Kaoruko · 12 eps
The Great Passage: I'll Make a Dictionary
TV · 10 eps
Beyond Goodbye
TV · as Midori Tateishi · 8 eps
Immersion
Movie · as Ide
Last Man: The Blind Profiler
TV · 1 ep
Yu Yu Hakusho
TV · as Atsuko Urameshi · 2 eps
Noise
Movie · as Chihiro Aoki
Dr. Coto's Clinic
Movie · as Rika Ando
Story Game
Movie · as Michiko
Tokyo Vice
TV · as Misaki · 15 eps
People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan
Movie · as Ishika
20th year reunion
TV · as self · 13 eps
Labyrinth of Cinema
Movie · as Yoshiko Kawashima
７０才、初めて産みました～セブンティウイザン。
TV · as 黄桜豊子 · 8 eps
Cheer Boys!!
Movie · as Takagi Satsuki
Radiation House
TV · as Shizuku Ikeda · 3 eps
Poison Daughter, Holy Mother
TV · as Toshiko Terasaki · 6 eps
La Grande Maison Tokyo
TV · 1 ep
Sherlock: Untold Stories
TV · as Rieko Ichikawa · 1 ep
Stolen Face
TV · as Chiharu · 5 eps
The House on the Slope
TV · as Mutsumi Haga · 6 eps
Chief — Keishichou IR Bunsekishitsu
Movie · as Izumoto Noriko
I Prefer Tomorrow's You
TV · as Satokawa Akane · 7 eps
The Makioka Sisters
TV · as Makioka Yukiko · 4 eps
Sekigahara
Movie · as Shirohebi
Hirugao
Movie · as Noriko Kitano
Cecile's Plot
TV · as Eri Okita · 9 eps
Nikenme Dou Suru? ~Tsumami no Hanashi~
TV · 1 ep
Never Let Me Go
TV · as Horie Tatsuko · 10 eps
Natsuko Kira
TV · as Miyuki Sakabe · 10 eps
Konkatsu Deka
TV · as Hanada Yoneko · 12 eps
Sono otoko, ishiki takai kei
TV · as Haruko Tsubokura · 8 eps
埋もれる
Movie
Judge!
Movie · as Kiichiro Ota's Ex-girlfriend
Pandora: Eternal life
Movie · as Megumi Tashiro
Dance! Dance! Dance!
Movie · as Yukino
Shinigami-kun
TV · 1 ep
Hirugao: Love Affairs in the Afternoon
TV · as Noriko Kitano · 11 eps
A Story of Yonosuke
Movie · as Chiharu Katase
Flower of Shanidar
Movie · as Yurie
Penance
Movie · as Mayu Murakami
With All Our Might
Movie · as Tamiko Sakamoto
太陽の罠
TV · as 하세가와 아오이 · 4 eps
Soup
Movie · as Mika Shibuya
The Room
Movie · as Yumi
Penance
TV · as Mayu Murakami · 1 ep
Crime and Punishment: A Falsified Romance
TV · as Tachi Yoshino · 6 eps
Wonderful Single Life
TV · as Mizuki Kono · 11 eps
O-PARTS〜オーパーツ〜
TV · 4 eps
Gantz: Perfect Answer
Movie · as Eriko Ayukawa
Ohisama
TV · as Natsuko Takahashi
Bandage
Movie · as Nobuko Yukari
After the Flowers
Movie · as Kayo
Solanin
Movie · as Ai Kotani
Gantz
Movie · as Eriko Ayukawa
Final Fantasy VII: On the Way to a Smile - Episode Denzel
Movie · as Tifa Lockhart (voice)
Be Sure to Share
Movie · as Yoko Nakagawa
Midnight Diner
TV · as Ikumi · 1 ep
Tokyo!
Movie · as Akemi (segment "Interior Design")
The Blue Bird
Movie · as Ms. Shimazaki
Kitokito!
Movie · as Ai
The Go Master
Movie · as Kazuko Nakahara
Into the Faraway Sky
Movie · as Sawako
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Movie · as Tamami
Tokyo Rhapsody
Movie
Clay Fear
Movie · as Zhen Zi
Vanished
Movie · as Chie
Check It Out, Yo!
Movie · as Nagisa Nakamura
Crickets
Movie · as Eiko
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Movie · as Tifa Lockhart (voice)
Final Fantasy VII: Last Order
Movie · as Tifa Lockhart (voice)
Hold Up Down
Movie · as Kyoko Miyazaki
Curtain Call
Movie · as Kaori Hashimoto
Hana & Alice
Movie · as Saori Ikeda
Mask de 41
Movie · as Haruko Kuramochi
A Day on the Planet
Movie · as Kate
River of First Love
Movie · as Mika Inoue
The Motive
Movie · as Ayako Takarai
Believer
Movie · as Kaoru Takano
Last Quarter
Movie · as Sayaka Kamijo
Owl
Movie · as Emiko
Farewell, Kuro
Movie · as Yukiko Igarashi
Dr. Coto's Clinic
TV · as Rika Ando · 1 ep
All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou"
Movie
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 7
Movie
All About Lily Chou-Chou
Movie · as Yōko Kuno
Sunday's Dream
Movie
Amateur Singing Contest
Movie
Lipstick
TV · as Eriko Matsuda · 12 eps
Emergency Room 24 Hours
TV · 2 eps
Dr. Akagi
Movie
Fishes in August
Movie
Sada
Movie · as Maid
Happy-Go-Lucky
Movie · as High School Girl
Swallowtail Butterfly
Movie · as Ageha
円都 YEN TOWN
Movie
Samurai Kids
Movie · as Chizuko Kusubayashi