Ayumi Ito

Born: 1980-04-14

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.


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Gantz

as Eriko Ayukawa
Released: 2010-11-29

After trying to rescue a man on the subway tracks, two teens wake up in a room dominated by a...

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All About Lily Chou-Chou

as Yōko Kuno
Released: 2001-10-06

Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the...

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Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children

as Tifa Lockhart (voice)
Released: 2005-07-14

Two years have passed since the final battle with Sephiroth. Though Midgar, city of mako, city...

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Gantz: Perfect Answer

as Eriko Ayukawa
Released: 2011-04-23

Summoned by the black sphere, Kei and Masaru fight against extraterrestrials until Masaru grows...

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Final Fantasy VII: On the Way to a Smile - Episode Denzel

as Tifa Lockhart (voice)
Released: 2009-04-16

It's been four years since Meteor fell on Midgar. Denzel meets Reeve at an outskirts coffee shop...

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Sekigahara

as Shirohebi
Released: 2017-08-26

The background to and depiction of a watershed battle in Japanese history, at Sekigahara in...

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Tokyo!

as Akemi (segment "Interior Design")
Released: 2008-08-16

Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller,...

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Swallowtail Butterfly

as Ageha
Released: 1996-09-14

The struggles of a group of outcasts living in "Yentown", in an alternate-future Japan.

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Immersion

as uncredited
Released: 2023-06-16

Mysterious deaths befall on employees of a VR-tech company. There's an unprecedented fear...

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Hana and Alice

as Saori Ikeda
Released: 2004-03-13

Two teenage best pals attracted to the same boy end up scrambling his life after he walks into a...

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A Story of Yonosuke

as Chiharu Katase
Released: 2013-02-23

The year is 1987 and Japan is just reaching the peak of its economic success. Eighteen-year old...

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Final Fantasy VII: Last Order

as Tifa Lockhart (voice)
Released: 2005-09-14

In the events of Last Order, taking place five years before the beginning of Final Fantasy VII...

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Bandage

as Nobuko Yukari
Released: 2010-01-16

Set in the 1990s during Japan's "band boom" era, the film tells the tale of a girl in high...

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Solanin

as Ai Kotani
Released: 2010-04-03

Meiko Inoue is a recent college grad working as an office lady in a job she hates. Her boyfriend...

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Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

as Tamami
Released: 2007-04-14

Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age...

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Story Game

as Michiko
Released: 2022-11-05

Who can tell the scariest story? Three friends try to out wit each other on a camping trip in...

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Dr. Coto's Clinic

as Rika Ando
Released: 2022-12-16

In this drama set on Shikina Island, a far-flung island of the Japanese archipelago located more...

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Dr. Akagi

as uncredited
Released: 1998-05-17

At the end of WWII, Japanese doctor Akagi searches for the cure for hepatitis in the...

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Judge!

as Kiichiro Ota's Ex-girlfriend
Released: 2014-01-11

After taking the blame for another disastrous advertising campaign, Ota Kiichiro is asked by his...

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Labyrinth of Cinema

as Yoshiko Kawashima
Released: 2020-07-31

The only movie theater on the Onomichi seafront is about to close its doors. Its last night of...

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Last Quarter

as Sayaka Kamijo
Released: 2004-09-25

Do you believe in love after death? On the eve of her 19th birthday, Mizuki (Kuriyama) doesn't...

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The Blue Bird

as Ms. Shimazaki
Released: 2008-11-29

Higashigaoka Junior High School is in turmoil as one of the pupils, Noguchi, who had been...

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Sunday's Dream

as uncredited
Released: 2005-10-22

Kazuya goes to live with his mother Shinobu because his father, Yoshiki, who works in the same...

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Into the Faraway Sky

as Sawako
Released: 2007-08-18

A vast wheat field, a straight road that has no end, a sky without a single building in sight –...

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Hold Up Down

as Kyoko Miyazaki
Released: 2005-10-28

A bank robbery goes completely to pot, a pair of shoplifters get both an old man and a cop...

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The Go Master

as Kazuko Nakahara
Released: 2007-05-24

The life of Go master Wu Qingyuan from his meteoric rise as a child prodigy to fame and fortune...

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Tokyo Rhapsody

as uncredited
Released: 2007-05-12

"Tokyo Rhapsody" consists of 11 short films all centered around the music genre known as...

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Noise

as Chihiro Aoki
Released: 2022-01-27

Shishikari is a remote island, which is behind the times. The island suffers from a decreasing...

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Samurai Kids

as Chizuko Kusubayashi
Released: 1993-07-17

A special effects filled fantasy adventure, in which an 8-year-old boy encounters an ancient...

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Sada

as Maid
Released: 1998-04-11

The film follows the life of Sada Abe, who became a celebrity in 1936 after strangling her lover...

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Hirugao

as Noriko Kitano
Released: 2017-06-10

Set 3 years after the drama series. Kitano Yuichiro comes to give a lecture in the town where...

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After the Flowers

as Kayo
Released: 2010-03-13

Ito, daughter of a clan official, encounters Magoshiro Eguchi. Magoshiro is a low ranking...

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Penance

as Mayu Murakami
Released: 2013-05-29

The murder of a young girl leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body...

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People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan

as Ishika
Released: 2021-08-13

Since the end of their pirate radio station, life has been quiet for the Kurupt FM boys, but...

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A Day on the Planet

as Kate
Released: 2004-02-05

Seven friends gather at a party in Kyoto to celebrate Masamichi's entry to graduate school. Maki...

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Be Sure to Share

as Yoko Nakagawa
Released: 2009-06-01

Shiro's struggle with his father's cancer and impending death leads to a realization that he...

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Owl

as Emiko
Released: 2003-02-07

A mother and daughter are stranded in small, isolated cabin, and are starving to death. In order...

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Farewell, Kuro

as Yukiko Igarashi
Released: 2003-07-01

Based on a true story set in Matsumoto city, Nagano, during 1960s. A stray dog wanders into a...

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Check It Out, Yo!

as Nagisa Nakamura
Released: 2006-04-22

Tomboy Yui (Mao Inoue) brings her 3 male friends along with her to see a live performance of...

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Kitokito!

as Ai
Released: 2007-03-17

Coming of age story about a boy and his mother.

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River of First Love

as Mika Inoue
Released: 2004-11-13

8-year old boy, Shimpei, who loves fishing and painting, lives with his beautiful mother,...

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Happy Go Lucky

as High School Girl
Released: 1997-03-17

Takashi and four of his classmates, fourth-grade students, cannot succeed in doing a back...

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All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou"

as uncredited
Released: 2002-06-28

The making of 'All About Lily Chou-Chou' starting from its conception as an interactive story...

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Soup

as Mika Shibuya
Released: 2012-07-07

Kenichi Shibuya is a 50-year-old salaryman who divorced a few years back. Since the divorce, his...

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Cheer Boys!!

as Takagi Satsuki
Released: 2019-05-10

Haruki Bando decides to quit his family's sport of judo after a shoulder injury and start a new...

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The Motive

as Ayako Takarai
Released: 2004-12-18

Four people are discovered brutally murdered in an up-scale high-rise apartment. All the victims...

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Vanished

as Chie
Released: 2006-08-26

Eight school friends innocently join together to play a game that, if played well, promised to...

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Amateur Singing Contest

as uncredited
Released: 1999-01-15

Traditional Japanese pop singer Reiko (Muroi) decides to enter a well-known TV program for...

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Crickets

as Eiko
Released: 2006-11-23

Kaoru, a wealthy woman whose youth is fading, abandons the hustle and bustle of the city to live...

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円都 YEN TOWN

as uncredited
Released: 1996-10-18

Making-of documentary for Swallowtail Butterfly

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The Room

as Yumi
Released: 2012-01-01

Yumi moves into her boyfriend's Tokyo apartment but on the night of the move, he is called away...

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Chief - Keishichou IR Bunsekishitsu

as Izumoto Noriko
Released: 2018-04-15

ogane Takichi, the CEO of a construction company, is shot dead in the street in Nishi Shinjuku...

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Pandora: Eternal life

as Megumi Tashiro
Released: 2014-04-27

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With All Our Might

as Tamiko Sakamoto
Released: 2013-01-12

Tamiko (Ayumi Ito) lives happily with her husband Hideaki (Sho Aoyagi) and step-daughter Kotoyo...

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Fishes in August

as uncredited
Released: 1998-01-01

A refined psychological portrait of youths on their way to maturity

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Flower of Shanidar

as Yurie
Released: 2013-07-20

A strange phenomenon takes place. A beautiful flower blooms on a selected woman's body and that...

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Dance! Dance! Dance!

as Yukino
Released: 2014-04-22

The movie is set in Japan and tells the story of Furu, a young aspiring musician, who is...

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Clay Fear

as Zhen Zi
Released: 2006-02-24

Pottery factory owner Ming Fu (Ng Kai Wah) is haunted by visions of the blazing death of his...

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Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 7

as uncredited
Released: 2003-11-21

A collection of psychic images received by general posts. Fear multiplies! Earth-bound spirits,...

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Curtain Call

as Kaori Hashimoto
Released: 2005-11-12

Kaori is pursuing her career as a journalist for a magazine with great enthusiasm. But as a...

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埋もれる

as uncredited
Released: 2014-03-16

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Beyond Goodbye

as Midori Tateishi
First aired: 2024-11-14

After losing her fiancé in an accident, Saeko feels an inexplicable connection to a stranger —...

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Ohisama

as Natsuko Takahashi
First aired: 2011-04-04

Ohisama is a Japanese television drama that aired on NHK in 2011 in the Asadora time slot. Set...

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Tokyo Vice

as Misaki
First aired: 2022-04-07

A first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat following Jake Adelstein, an American...

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Emergency Room 24 Hours

as uncredited
First aired: 1999-01-05

Dr. Shindo seems cold, but is a competent surgeon. He is also an ER doctor capable of accurate...

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Hirugao: Love Affairs in the Afternoon

as Noriko Kitano
First aired: 2014-07-17

Life is simple for Sasamoto Sawa, a young housewife, but when the adulteress Takigawa Rikako...

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Grand Maison Tokyo

as uncredited
First aired: 2019-10-20

Natsuki Obana (Takuya Kimura) is a charismatic Japanese chef running a 2-star restaurant in...

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Midnight Diner

as Ikumi
First aired: 2009-10-09

Set in a small restaurant in the corner of a shopping district. The unusual eatery is only open...

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Yu Yu Hakusho

as Atsuko Urameshi
First aired: 2023-12-14

After a selfless act costs him his life, teen delinquent Yusuke Urameshi is chosen as a Spirit...

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Radiation House

as Shizuku Ikeda
First aired: 2019-04-08

Iori Igarashi is a talented radiographer who believes the “truth” is definitely captured in CT...

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Wonderful Single Life

as Mizuki Kono
First aired: 2012-10-11

"Kekkon Shinai" follows the lives of single people in their 30's and 40's.

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The Great Passage: I'll Make a Dictionary

as uncredited
First aired: 2024-02-18

Kishibe Midori (Ikeda Elaiza), an editor for a popular fashion magazine, finds herself...

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Last Man: The Blind Profiler

as uncredited
First aired: 2023-04-23

Minami Hiromi is an FBI agent visiting Japan from the US for a limited time. Minami lost his...

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Sherlock: Untold Stories

as Rieko Ichikawa(市川 利枝子)
First aired: 2019-10-07

Set in present day Tokyo, Shishio Homare (Dean Fujioka) works as a freelancer crime consultant....

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Lipstick

as Eriko Matsuda
First aired: 1999-04-12

Hayakawa Ai commits a crime which lands her in a correction facility for juveniles. There she...

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Shinigami-kun

as uncredited
First aired: 2014-04-18

Shinigami-kun, alias grim reaper #413, is a rookie who pronounces the death of those scheduled...

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Hakubo no Chronicle

as Azechi Kaoruko
First aired: 2024-03-01

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Never Let Me Go

as Horie Tatsuko
First aired: 2016-01-15

30-year-old Kyoko has a "job". The story starts with her looking back 20 years to her boarding...

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Poison Daughter, Holy Mother

as uncredited
First aired: 2019-07-06

Yumika is an actress. Since she was a child, she has had to endure her mother Yoshika (Shinobu...

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Penance

as Mayu Murakami
First aired: 2012-01-08

The murder of a young girl shocks a small Japanese village, and the victim's mother is...

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The Makioka Sisters

as Makioka Yukiko
First aired: 2018-01-07

Taking place in the spring of 1992, the story begins with the father of the Makioka company...

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Stolen Face

as Chiharu
First aired: 2019-01-05

Shirato Takamasa is a detective at the Investigation Cooperation Section of the Tokyo...

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Crime and Punishment: A Falsified Romance

as Tachi Yoshino
First aired: 2012-04-29

In this modern adaptation of the Dostoyevsky classic, a loner named Miroku takes it upon himself...

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I Prefer Tomorrow's You

as Satokawa Akane
First aired: 2018-01-20

Matsuo Ryo works at a gardening company. He thinks women are annoying. At a client’s office, he...

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Natsuko Kira

as Miyuki Sakabe
First aired: 2016-07-21

Natsuko is going back to the advertising agency she worked for before taking maternity leave and...

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Konkatsu Deka

as Hanada Yoneko
First aired: 2015-07-02

35-year-old Hanada Yoneko is a detective of Ryogoku Police Precinct who is looking for a...

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太陽の罠

as 하세가와 아오이
First aired: 2013-11-30

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Sono otoko, ishiki takai kei

as Haruko Tsubokura
First aired: 2015-03-03

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O-PARTS〜オーパーツ〜

as uncredited
First aired: 2012-02-27

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Cecile's Plot

as Eri Okita
First aired: 2017-07-13

Miyaji is a full-time housewife who has no interest in dressing herself. One day, her life...

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