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.
Known For

Emergency Room 24 Hours

Tokyo Vice

Midnight Diner

Radiation House

Last Man: The Blind Profiler

Yu Yu Hakusho

Beyond Goodbye

Sherlock: Untold Stories
All Movies (67)
- How to Generate a Perfect Crime2026
- Chaser Game W: A Match Made in Heaven2026
- A Place Called Home2026
- White Flowers and Fruits2025
- Immersion2023 · as Ide
- Dr. Coto's Clinic2022 · as Rika Ando
- Story Game2022 · as Michiko
- Noise2022 · as Chihiro Aoki
- People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan2021 · as Ishika
- Labyrinth of Cinema2020 · as Yoshiko Kawashima
- Cheer Boys!!2019 · as Takagi Satsuki
- Chief — Keishichou IR Bunsekishitsu2018 · as Izumoto Noriko
- Sekigahara2017 · as Shirohebi
- Hirugao2017 · as Noriko Kitano
- Pandora: Eternal life2014 · as Megumi Tashiro
- Dance! Dance! Dance!2014 · as Yukino
- 埋もれる2014
- Judge!2014 · as Kiichiro Ota's Ex-girlfriend
- Flower of Shanidar2013 · as Yurie
- Penance2013 · as Mayu Murakami
- A Story of Yonosuke2013 · as Chiharu Katase
- With All Our Might2013 · as Tamiko Sakamoto
- Soup2012 · as Mika Shibuya
- The Room2012 · as Yumi
- Gantz: Perfect Answer2011 · as Eriko Ayukawa
- Gantz2010 · as Eriko Ayukawa
- Solanin2010 · as Ai Kotani
- After the Flowers2010 · as Kayo
- Bandage2010 · as Nobuko Yukari
- Be Sure to Share2009 · as Yoko Nakagawa
- Final Fantasy VII: On the Way to a Smile - Episode Denzel2009 · as Tifa Lockhart (voice)
- The Blue Bird2008 · as Ms. Shimazaki
- Tokyo!2008 · as Akemi (segment "Interior Design")
- Into the Faraway Sky2007 · as Sawako
- The Go Master2007 · as Kazuko Nakahara
- Tokyo Rhapsody2007
- Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad2007 · as Tamami
- Kitokito!2007 · as Ai
- Crickets2006 · as Eiko
- Vanished2006 · as Chie
- Check It Out, Yo!2006 · as Nagisa Nakamura
- Clay Fear2006 · as Zhen Zi
- Curtain Call2005 · as Kaori Hashimoto
- Hold Up Down2005 · as Kyoko Miyazaki
- Final Fantasy VII: Last Order2005 · as Tifa Lockhart (voice)
- Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children2005 · as Tifa Lockhart (voice)
- The Motive2004 · as Ayako Takarai
- River of First Love2004 · as Mika Inoue
- Last Quarter2004 · as Sayaka Kamijo
- Believer2004 · as Kaoru Takano
- Hana & Alice2004 · as Saori Ikeda
- A Day on the Planet2004 · as Kate
- Mask de 412004 · as Haruko Kuramochi
- Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 72003
- Farewell, Kuro2003 · as Yukiko Igarashi
- Owl2003 · as Emiko
- All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou"2002
- All About Lily Chou-Chou2001 · as Yōko Kuno
- Sunday's Dream1999
- Amateur Singing Contest1999
- Dr. Akagi1998
- Sada1998 · as Maid
- Fishes in August1998
- Happy-Go-Lucky1997 · as High School Girl
- 円都 YEN TOWN1996
- Swallowtail Butterfly1996 · as Ageha
- Samurai Kids1993 · as Chizuko Kusubayashi
All TV Shows (32)
- Romantics Anonymous2025 · as Motomi Kawamura
- Beyond Goodbye2024 · as Midori Tateishi
- Hakubo no Chronicle2024 · as Azechi Kaoruko
- The Great Passage: I'll Make a Dictionary2024
- Yu Yu Hakusho2023 · as Atsuko Urameshi
- Last Man: The Blind Profiler2023
- Tokyo Vice2022 · as Misaki
- 20th year reunion2021 · as self
- 70才、初めて産みました~セブンティウイザン。2020 · as 黄桜豊子
- La Grande Maison Tokyo2019
- Sherlock: Untold Stories2019 · as Rieko Ichikawa
- Poison Daughter, Holy Mother2019
- Radiation House2019 · as Shizuku Ikeda
- Stolen Face2019 · as Chiharu
- I Prefer Tomorrow's You2018 · as Satokawa Akane
- The Makioka Sisters2018 · as Makioka Yukiko
- Cecile's Plot2017 · as Eri Okita
- Natsuko Kira2016 · as Miyuki Sakabe
- Never Let Me Go2016 · as Horie Tatsuko
- Konkatsu Deka2015 · as Hanada Yoneko
- Sono otoko, ishiki takai kei2015 · as Haruko Tsubokura
- Hirugao: Love Affairs in the Afternoon2014 · as Noriko Kitano
- Shinigami-kun2014
- 太陽の罠2013 · as 하세가와 아오이
- Wonderful Single Life2012 · as Mizuki Kono
- Crime and Punishment: A Falsified Romance2012 · as Tachi Yoshino
- O-PARTS〜オーパーツ〜2012
- Penance2012 · as Mayu Murakami
- Ohisama2011 · as Natsuko Takahashi
- Midnight Diner2009 · as Ikumi
- Lipstick1999 · as Eriko Matsuda
- Emergency Room 24 Hours1999