Ayumi Ito
Acting
1980-04-14 · Tokyo, Japan
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.
Filmography
TheatersHow to Generate a Perfect Crime
2026 · Movie
Chaser Game W: A Match Made in Heaven
2026 · Movie
A Place Called Home
2026 · Movie
White Flowers and Fruits
2025 · Movie
Romantics Anonymous
2025 · Series
The Woman Who Repeats
2025 · Movie
Beyond Goodbye
2024 · Series
Hakubo no Chronicle
2024 · Series
The Great Passage: I'll Make a Dictionary
2024 · Series
Yu Yu Hakusho
2023 · Series
Immersion
2023 · Movie
Last Man: The Blind Profiler
2023 · Series
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2022 · Movie
Story Game
2022 · Movie
Tokyo Vice
2022 · Series
Noise
2022 · Movie
20th year reunion
2021 · Series
People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan
2021 · Movie
Labyrinth of Cinema
2020 · Movie
７０才、初めて産みました～セブンティウイザン。
2020 · Series
La Grande Maison Tokyo
2019 · Series
Sherlock: Untold Stories
2019 · Series
Poison Daughter, Holy Mother
2019 · Series
Cheer Boys!!
2019 · Movie
The House on the Slope
2019 · Series
Radiation House
2019 · Series
Stolen Face
2019 · Series
Chief — Keishichou IR Bunsekishitsu
2018 · Movie
I Prefer Tomorrow's You
2018 · Series
The Makioka Sisters
2018 · Series
Sekigahara
2017 · Movie
Cecile's Plot
2017 · Series
Hirugao
2017 · Movie
Nikenme Dou Suru? ~Tsumami no Hanashi~
2017 · Series
Natsuko Kira
2016 · Series
Never Let Me Go
2016 · Series
Konkatsu Deka
2015 · Series
Sono otoko, ishiki takai kei
2015 · Series
Hirugao: Love Affairs in the Afternoon
2014 · Series
Pandora: Eternal life
2014 · Movie
Dance! Dance! Dance!
2014 · Movie
Shinigami-kun
2014 · Series
埋もれる
2014 · Movie
Judge!
2014 · Movie
太陽の罠
2013 · Series
Flower of Shanidar
2013 · Movie
Penance
2013 · Movie
A Story of Yonosuke
2013 · Movie
With All Our Might
2013 · Movie
Wonderful Single Life
2012 · Series
Soup
2012 · Movie
Crime and Punishment: A Falsified Romance
2012 · Series
O-PARTS〜オーパーツ〜
2012 · Series
Penance
2012 · Series
The Room
2012 · Movie
Gantz: Perfect Answer
2011 · Movie
Ohisama
2011 · Series
Gantz
2010 · Movie
Solanin
2010 · Movie
After the Flowers
2010 · Movie
Bandage
2010 · Movie
Midnight Diner
2009 · Series
Be Sure to Share
2009 · Movie
Final Fantasy VII: On the Way to a Smile - Episode Denzel
2009 · Movie
The Blue Bird
2008 · Movie
Tokyo!
2008 · Movie
Into the Faraway Sky
2007 · Movie
The Go Master
2007 · Movie
Tokyo Rhapsody
2007 · Movie
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007 · Movie
Kitokito!
2007 · Movie
Crickets
2006 · Movie
Vanished
2006 · Movie
Check It Out, Yo!
2006 · Movie
Clay Fear
2006 · Movie
Curtain Call
2005 · Movie
Hold Up Down
2005 · Movie
Final Fantasy VII: Last Order
2005 · Movie
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
2005 · Movie
The Motive
2004 · Movie
River of First Love
2004 · Movie
Last Quarter
2004 · Movie
Believer
2004 · Movie
Hana & Alice
2004 · Movie
A Day on the Planet
2004 · Movie
Mask de 41
2004 · Movie
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 7
2003 · Movie
Farewell, Kuro
2003 · Movie
Owl
2003 · Movie
All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou"
2002 · Movie
All About Lily Chou-Chou
2001 · Movie
Sunday's Dream
1999 · Movie
Lipstick
1999 · Series
Amateur Singing Contest
1999 · Movie
Emergency Room 24 Hours
1999 · Series
Dr. Akagi
1998 · Movie
Sada
1998 · Movie
Fishes in August
1998 · Movie
Happy-Go-Lucky
1997 · Movie
円都 YEN TOWN
1996 · Movie
Swallowtail Butterfly
1996 · Movie
Samurai Kids
1993 · Movie