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