Ayako Kawasumi

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Ayako Kawasumi ( Japanese 川 澄 綾 子 , Kawasumi Ayako ; born March 30, 1976 in Tokyo Prefecture ) is a Japanese voice actress ( seiyū ) and J-pop singer. She works as a voice actress for the Ōsawa Jimusho agency .

Life

Ayako Kawasumi started playing the piano at the age of 3 . She later graduated from the Tōhō Academy of Music .

In 1996 she won a scholarship for the Yoyogi Animation Gakuin ( 代 々 木 ア ニ メ ー シ ョ ン 学院 ) at an SME audition, where she was trained as a voice actress .

She made her dubbing debut in 1997 in episode 33 of the anime Taiho Shichau zo as a nameless policewoman. In 1998 she got her first major role as Melfina in Seihō Bukyō Outlaw Star . Her breakthrough came in the same year with the role of Natsuki Mogi in Initial D First Stage and a year later as Akari Kamigishi in To Heart .

Ayako Kawasumi is considered a good piano player. During the production of the soundtrack to Seihō Bukyō Outlaw Star, she was asked to compose a piano piece for this, after which A Date was created. In the anime Piano , she not only played the piano-playing lead actress, but also composed a number of background songs and the opening credits ... to you . In Nodame Cantabile she also played a piano player in a leading role; here Megumi Noda. Under this role name she composed and co-wrote the interlude Onara Taisō . In February 2007 she also played this at the Nodame Orchestra Concert.

voice

Unlike many other Japanese voice actors who often speak in a high-pitched voice, she sticks to her natural soft and nasal voice. Although she barely changes her voice, she still speaks a variety of role types.

Roles (selection)

Anime

Computer games

Discography

All CDs were created as part of her dubbing work. In the following listings, all CDs are excluded in which Ayako Kawasumi appeared as part of a group or with only one song for a role.

Singles

  • Dream it (opening and closing credits for the anime Starlight Scramble Ren'ai Kōhosei , 1998)
  • Goal no nai Yume ni mukatte ( 終 わ り （ゴ ー ル） の な い 夢 に 向 か っ て ; for Shinseiki GPX Cyber ​​Formula: Aratanaru Chōsensha , 1999)
  • Aoi Uta ( 葵 唄 ; for Ai yori Aoshi , 2002)
  • ... to you (for the anime Piano , 2002)
  • Ka-ta-ko-to ( カ ・ タ ・ コ ・ ト ; interlude from the OVA by Aoi Umi no Tristia ; 2004)
  • Watashi no Namida to Sora ( 私 の 涙 と 空 ; Interlude from the game Blue Dragon )
  • Love Love! Chu Chu! (Love Love! Chu っ Chu っ!; Opening and closing credits of Oku-sama wa Joshi Kōsei ; 2005)
  • Yume Tsukai Character CD: Mishima Tōko ( 「夢 使 い」 キ ャ ラ ク タ ー CD ~ 三島 塔 子 ~ ; 2006)
  • Scoop! / 7 days after (together with Mamiko Noto , 2006)
  • Fate / stay night Character Image Song I: Saber (as Saber; 2006)
  • Genzai no Aperitif ( 原罪 の Aperitif; as princess ( 姫 , Hime ) from Kaibutsu Ōjo ; 2007)

Albums

  • Primary (2002)
  • Mahoromatic for Kawasumi Ayako ( ま ほ ろ ま て ぃ っ く for 川 澄 綾 子 , Mahoromatikku for Kawasumi Ayako ; 2003)
  • AA (with Ai Shimizu , 2004)

Web links

Commons : Ayako Kawasumi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview in the September 1999 issue of the music magazine Monthly Piano , ymm.co.jp
  2. ↑ see also your own statement at the Otakon 2006 ( memento of the original from June 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fansview.com
personal data
SURNAME Kawasumi, Ayako
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 川 澄 綾 子 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese voice actress and singer
DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Tokyo prefecture