Ayumi Ito
Known for: Acting
Born: April 14, 1980
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
68 movies · 34 TV shows, newest first
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How to Generate a Perfect Crime
2026
10.0
Chaser Game W: A Match Made in Heaven
2026
NR
A Place Called Home
2026
8.5
White Flowers and Fruits
2025
8.1
Romantics Anonymous
2025
NR
The Woman Who Repeats
2025
7.8
Beyond Goodbye
2024
7.5
Hakubo no Chronicle
2024
6.5
The Great Passage: I'll Make a Dictionary
2024
7.5
Yu Yu Hakusho
2023
6.2
Immersion
2023
7.4
Last Man: The Blind Profiler
2023
7.6
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2022
5.9
Story Game
2022
7.9
Tokyo Vice
2022
5.9
Noise
20228.8
20th year reunion
2021
6.5
People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan
2021
6.9
Labyrinth of Cinema
2020
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７０才、初めて産みました～セブンティウイザン。
2020
8.4
La Grande Maison Tokyo
2019
7.8
Sherlock: Untold Stories
2019
NR
Poison Daughter, Holy Mother
2019
6.5
Cheer Boys!!
2019
8.1
The House on the Slope
2019
6.9
Radiation House
2019
6.8
Stolen Face
2019
6.0
Chief — Keishichou IR Bunsekishitsu
2018
5.0
I Prefer Tomorrow's You
2018
8.0
The Makioka Sisters
2018
7.0
Sekigahara
2017
4.0
Cecile's Plot
2017
5.4
Hirugao
2017
NR
Nikenme Dou Suru? ~Tsumami no Hanashi~
2017
7.0
Natsuko Kira
2016
4.5
Never Let Me Go
2016
7.0
Konkatsu Deka
2015
6.7
Sono otoko, ishiki takai kei
2015
6.4
Hirugao: Love Affairs in the Afternoon
2014
7.0
Pandora: Eternal life
2014
NR
Dance! Dance! Dance!
2014
6.7
Shinigami-kun
2014
NR
埋もれる
2014
7.1
Judge!
2014
NR
太陽の罠
2013
5.6
Flower of Shanidar
2013
7.1
Penance
2013
7.2
A Story of Yonosuke
2013
10.0
With All Our Might
2013
6.8
Wonderful Single Life
2012
7.0
Soup
2012
5.0
Crime and Punishment: A Falsified Romance
2012
NR
O-PARTS〜オーパーツ〜
2012
7.6
Penance
2012
3.4
The Room
2012
6.6
Gantz: Perfect Answer
2011
9.0
Ohisama
2011
6.5
Gantz
2010
6.9
Solanin
2010
7.3
After the Flowers
2010
6.1
Bandage
2010
8.2
Midnight Diner
2009
6.5
Be Sure to Share
2009
5.9
Final Fantasy VII: On the Way to a Smile - Episode Denzel
2009
5.6
The Blue Bird
2008
6.9
Tokyo!
2008
7.0
Into the Faraway Sky
2007
6.5
The Go Master
2007
NR
Tokyo Rhapsody
2007
6.9
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007
NR
Kitokito!
2007
7.0
Crickets
2006
6.1
Vanished
2006
5.4
Check It Out, Yo!
2006
NR
Clay Fear
2006
7.0
Curtain Call
2005
7.0
Hold Up Down
2005
6.5
Final Fantasy VII: Last Order
2005
7.2
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
2005
6.9
The Motive
2004
6.8
River of First Love
2004
6.9
Last Quarter
20049.0
Believer
2004
7.0
Hana & Alice
2004
5.9
A Day on the Planet
20047.0
Mask de 41
2004
NR
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 7
2003
7.2
Farewell, Kuro
2003
6.4
Owl
2003
4.7
All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou"
2002
7.5
All About Lily Chou-Chou
2001
7.0
Sunday's Dream
1999
9.0
Lipstick
1999
5.4
Amateur Singing Contest
1999
7.4
Emergency Room 24 Hours
1999
6.4
Dr. Akagi
1998
7.0
Sada
1998
7.0
Fishes in August
1998
7.4
Happy-Go-Lucky
1997
NR
円都 YEN TOWN
1996
7.5
Swallowtail Butterfly
1996
7.5
Samurai Kids
1993