Ayumi Ito
Biography
Ayumi Ito is a Japanese actress born in Tokyo, Japan. She made her big-screen debut in Nobuhiko Obayashi's The Water Travelers: Samurai Kids. Ito's distinctive style led to her critically acclaimed performance in Swallowtail Butterfly, directed by Shunji Iwai. At 16-years-old, she was awarded both the Best New Actress Award and the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 20th Annual Japanese Academy Awards. Ito trained in Los Angeles and New York and has worked globally with renowned directors, including Zhuangzhuang Tian and Michel Gondry. She has starred in several successful films and television shows, with over 100 known credits in her acting career.
Career overview
Ayumi Ito is a Japanese actress born in Tokyo, Japan. She made her film debut in Nobuhiko Obayashi's The Water Travelers: Samurai Kids. Her performance in Swallowtail Butterfly, directed by Shunji Iwai, received critical acclaim. At the age of 16, Ito won both the Best New Actress Award and the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 20th Annual Japanese Academy Awards.
Ito's acting career has included starring roles in several films and television shows. She has also trained in Los Angeles and New York. Ito has worked with notable directors, including Zhuangzhuang Tian and Michel Gondry. Gondry is known for directing Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, among other films.
Ito's acting credits include work in multiple films and television shows, with a total of 101 known credits. She has a known stage name, 伊藤歩, and is also known as Ayumi Itô. Ito's birthday is April 14, 1980, and she is a female actress.
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- Chaser Game W: A Match Made in Heaven (2026)
- How to Generate a Perfect Crime (2026)
- A Place Called Home (2026)
- Romantics Anonymous (2025) as Motomi Kawamura
- White Flowers and Fruits (2025)
- The Woman Who Repeats (2025)
- Beyond Goodbye (2024) as Midori Tateishi
- The Great Passage: I'll Make a Dictionary (2024)
- Hakubo no Chronicle (2024) as Azechi Kaoruko
- Yu Yu Hakusho (2023) as Atsuko Urameshi
- Last Man: The Blind Profiler (2023)
- Immersion (2023) as Ide
- Tokyo Vice (2022) as Misaki
- Dr. Coto's Clinic (2022) as Rika Ando
- Story Game (2022) as Michiko
- Noise (2022) as Chihiro Aoki
- 20th year reunion (2021) as self
- People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan (2021) as Ishika
- 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
- Labyrinth of Cinema (2020) as Yoshiko Kawashima
- La Grande Maison Tokyo (2019)
- Radiation House (2019) as Shizuku Ikeda
- Sherlock: Untold Stories (2019) as Rieko Ichikawa
- The House on the Slope (2019) as Mutsumi Haga
- Poison Daughter, Holy Mother (2019)
- Stolen Face (2019) as Chiharu
- Cheer Boys!! (2019) as Takagi Satsuki
- I Prefer Tomorrow's You (2018) as Satokawa Akane
- The Makioka Sisters (2018) as Makioka Yukiko
- Chief — Keishichou IR Bunsekishitsu (2018) as Izumoto Noriko
- Sekigahara (2017) as Shirohebi
- Hirugao (2017) as Noriko Kitano
- Cecile's Plot (2017) as Eri Okita
- Natsuko Kira (2016) as Miyuki Sakabe
- Never Let Me Go (2016) as Horie Tatsuko
- Konkatsu Deka (2015) as Hanada Yoneko
- Sono otoko, ishiki takai kei (2015) as Haruko Tsubokura
- Shinigami-kun (2014)
- Hirugao: Love Affairs in the Afternoon (2014) as Noriko Kitano
- Dance! Dance! Dance! (2014) as Yukino
- Judge! (2014) as Kiichiro Ota's Ex-girlfriend
- 埋もれる (2014)
- Pandora: Eternal life (2014) as Megumi Tashiro
- A Story of Yonosuke (2013) as Chiharu Katase
- With All Our Might (2013) as Tamiko Sakamoto
- Penance (2013) as Mayu Murakami
- Flower of Shanidar (2013) as Yurie
- 太陽の罠 (2013) as 하세가와 아오이
- Wonderful Single Life (2012) as Mizuki Kono
- Penance (2012) as Mayu Murakami
- Crime and Punishment: A Falsified Romance (2012) as Tachi Yoshino
- Soup (2012) as Mika Shibuya
- The Room (2012) as Yumi
- O-PARTS〜オーパーツ〜 (2012)
- Ohisama (2011) as Natsuko Takahashi
- Gantz: Perfect Answer (2011) as Eriko Ayukawa
- Gantz (2010) as Eriko Ayukawa
- Bandage (2010) as Nobuko Yukari
- After the Flowers (2010) as Kayo
- Solanin (2010) as Ai Kotani
- Midnight Diner (2009) as Ikumi
- Final Fantasy VII: On the Way to a Smile - Episode Denzel (2009) as Tifa Lockhart (voice)
- Be Sure to Share (2009) as Yoko Nakagawa
- Tokyo! (2008) as Akemi (segment "Interior Design")
- The Blue Bird (2008) as Ms. Shimazaki
- Tokyo Rhapsody (2007)
- Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007) as Tamami
- Kitokito! (2007) as Ai
- The Go Master (2007) as Kazuko Nakahara
- Into the Faraway Sky (2007) as Sawako
- Clay Fear (2006) as Zhen Zi
- Vanished (2006) as Chie
- Check It Out, Yo! (2006) as Nagisa Nakamura
- Crickets (2006) as Eiko
- Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005) as Tifa Lockhart (voice)
- Final Fantasy VII: Last Order (2005) as Tifa Lockhart (voice)
- Hold Up Down (2005) as Kyoko Miyazaki
- Curtain Call (2005) as Kaori Hashimoto
- The Motive (2004) as Ayako Takarai
- Hana & Alice (2004) as Saori Ikeda
- Last Quarter (2004) as Sayaka Kamijo
- A Day on the Planet (2004) as Kate
- River of First Love (2004) as Mika Inoue
- Mask de 41 (2004) as Haruko Kuramochi
- Believer (2004) as Kaoru Takano
- Owl (2003) as Emiko
- Farewell, Kuro (2003) as Yukiko Igarashi
- Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 7 (2003)
- All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou" (2002)
- All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001) as Yōko Kuno
- Emergency Room 24 Hours (1999)
- Lipstick (1999) as Eriko Matsuda
- Amateur Singing Contest (1999)
- Sunday's Dream (1999)
- Sada (1998) as Maid
- Dr. Akagi (1998)
- Fishes in August (1998)
- Happy-Go-Lucky (1997) as High School Girl
- Swallowtail Butterfly (1996) as Ageha
- 円都 YEN TOWN (1996)
- Samurai Kids (1993) as Chizuko Kusubayashi