Ayumi Ito

Known for ActingBorn 1980-04-14 (age 46)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.Read more

Movies & web series

With All Our Might

Ohisama

Believer

20th year reunion

Lipstick

White Flowers and Fruits

La Grande Maison Tokyo

Romantics Anonymous

Midnight Diner

The Makioka Sisters

Tokyo Vice

Sherlock: Untold Stories

Beyond Goodbye

Penance

Dr. Coto's Clinic

Hakubo no Chronicle

Yu Yu Hakusho

Last Man: The Blind Profiler

Swallowtail Butterfly

Penance

After the Flowers

Samurai Kids

Emergency Room 24 Hours

All About Lily Chou-Chou

Happy-Go-Lucky

Judge!

Wonderful Single Life

A Story of Yonosuke

Farewell, Kuro

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children

Sekigahara

Natsuko Kira

Konkatsu Deka

Pandora: Eternal life

Soup

Radiation House

Into the Faraway Sky

Crickets

Hold Up Down

Curtain Call

Hana & Alice

Mask de 41

Solanin

Sunday's Dream

Labyrinth of Cinema

Tokyo!

Fishes in August

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad