Ayumi Ito
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.
98 acting credits
Acting · 98
Emergency Room 24 Hours
1999
Tokyo Vice
2022
Midnight Diner
2009
Radiation House
2019
Last Man: The Blind Profiler
2023
Hirugao: Love Affairs in the Afternoon
2014
Yu Yu Hakusho
2023
The Great Passage: I'll Make a Dictionary
2024
Sherlock: Untold Stories
2019
Shinigami-kun
2014
La Grande Maison Tokyo
2019
Penance
2012
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
2005
Romantics Anonymous
2025
All About Lily Chou-Chou
2001
Ohisama
2011
Hakubo no Chronicle
2024
Beyond Goodbye
2024
Natsuko Kira
2016
Wonderful Single Life
2012
Never Let Me Go
2016
Crime and Punishment: A Falsified Romance
2012
Lipstick
1999
Poison Daughter, Holy Mother
2019
The Makioka Sisters
2018
Gantz
2010
Gantz: Perfect Answer
2011
Sono otoko, ishiki takai kei
2015
O-PARTS〜オーパーツ〜
2012
I Prefer Tomorrow's You
2018
Stolen Face
2019
Tokyo!
2008
Sekigahara
2017
７０才、初めて産みました～セブンティウイザン。
2020
Hana & Alice
2004
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007
20th year reunion
2021
Cecile's Plot
2017
Swallowtail Butterfly
1996
Final Fantasy VII: Last Order
2005
Labyrinth of Cinema
2020
Solanin
2010
Hirugao
2017
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2022
A Story of Yonosuke
2013
Final Fantasy VII: On the Way to a Smile - Episode Denzel
2009
Tokyo Rhapsody
2007
Into the Faraway Sky
2007
Immersion
2023
Dr. Akagi
1998
The Motive
2004
Penance
2013
Noise
2022
Owl
2003
The Go Master
2007
Konkatsu Deka
2015
Bandage
2010
People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan
2021
Curtain Call
2005
Samurai Kids
1993
Sada
1998
After the Flowers
2010
Cheer Boys!!
2019
Farewell, Kuro
2003
Be Sure to Share
2009
Kitokito!
2007
Vanished
2006
River of First Love
2004
太陽の罠
2013
Amateur Singing Contest
1999
Judge!
2014
Last Quarter
2004
Mask de 41
2004
Sunday's Dream
1999
Flower of Shanidar
2013
Hold Up Down
2005
Happy-Go-Lucky
1997
Crickets
2006
Chaser Game W: A Match Made in Heaven
2026
Believer
2004
Soup
2012
Story Game
2022
The Blue Bird
2008
Check It Out, Yo!
2006
円都 YEN TOWN
1996
埋もれる
2014
Pandora: Eternal life
2014
Chief — Keishichou IR Bunsekishitsu
2018
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 7
2003
A Day on the Planet
2004
White Flowers and Fruits
2025
Dance! Dance! Dance!
2014
With All Our Might
2013
All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou"
2002
Clay Fear
2006
The Room
2012
Fishes in August
1998
A Place Called Home
2026