Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#1143
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Ayumu Murase works on versatility rather than volume, and the catalogue keeps proving that the quieter choice was the correct one.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Ayumu Murase appears in 21 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Ayumu. You and Idol Precure♪ the Movie For You! Our Kirakilala Concert! is the clearest case: a film rated 10.0 by our editors, where the performance carries weight the script only implies.
The recognisable elements are versatility, transformation, emotional range. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for drama, animation, fantasy. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Toshiya Shinohara, Kouji Ogawa, Susumu Mitsunaka and others, Ayumu Murase helped set a standard other performers now audition against. Awards bodies have been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
You and Idol Precure♪ the Movie For You! Our Kirakilala Concert! (2025) as Tsubasa Yuunagi / Cure Wing (voice) · Samurai Ballerina -L'étoile de Paris en fleur- (2026) as Thomas (voice) · Pretty Cure All Stars F (2023) as Tsubasa Yuunagi / Cure Wing (voice)
Career snapshot
Ranked #1143 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
21
2019–2026
Career length
7 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
10.0
You and Idol Precure♪ the Movie For You! Our Kirakilala Concert!
Average Nutevio score
7.3
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
10.0
You and Idol Precure♪ the Movie For You! Our Kirakilala Concert!
Most frequent director
Bob Shirohata
2 films together
Longest collaboration
2×
With Bob Shirohata
Most common genre
Animation
20 titles
Average runtime
1h 23m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
7.2
out of 10
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio metric
Cultural impact and legacy, measured separately from craft — how far the work travelled once it left the cinema.
Nutevio Influence Score
6.9
out of 10
A quieter influence — felt inside the films rather than across the industry.
How far the work travelled past the people who saw it first.
What survives once the release-week conversation has burned off.
Institutional acknowledgement, weighted but never decisive.
Years of chosen, relevant work rather than years merely employed.
Statuettes, read as evidence rather than verdict.
Roles named without needing the film named alongside them.
Directors who wrote parts because this performer existed.
The reading other performers now have to answer.
Actor DNA
A fingerprint derived from the roles themselves — register, range and the kind of film they carry.
The shape of a career
Every performance plotted in time. Hover a point to read the title behind it.
Peak years
Where the scores, the awards and the sheer volume of work agree with each other.
Best decade
2020s
7.3 average MV
The 2020s are where the work and the material meet. Samurai Ballerina -L'étoile de Paris en fleur-, Alice in Wonderland –Dive in Wonderland–, You and Idol Precure♪ the Movie For You! Our Kirakilala Concert! — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2020s
7.3
Across 20 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2020s
7.4
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
2010s
0 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection.
Most productive era
2020s
20 films
The busiest stretch of the catalogue — volume that reads as appetite rather than availability.
Range, mapped
Genres down the side, decades across the top. Warmer cells mean stronger titles.
| Genre | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|
| Drama | — | 6.84 films |
| Action | — | 7.59 films |
| Comedy | — | 7.77 films |
| Crime | 7.21 film | 7.01 film |
| Romance | — | 6.73 films |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
2019Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Shalio (voice).
First Nutevio masterpiece · Highest rated performance · Career peak
2025You and Idol Precure♪ the Movie For You! Our Kirakilala Concert!
The first film here to clear 9.0 on our scale — a threshold fewer than one film in ten reaches. 10.0 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer. Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Most recent film
2026Samurai Ballerina -L'étoile de Paris en fleur-
The current state of the argument, as Thomas (voice).
Our order
Every performance in the catalogue, ordered by Nutevio Score.
Every title
Filter by genre or decade, and compare any two titles side by side.
21 of 21 films
as Tsubasa Yuunagi / Cure Wing (voice)
Directed by Kouji Ogawa
as Thomas (voice)
Directed by Unknown
as Shoyo Hinata (voice)
Directed by Susumu Mitsunaka
as Tsubasa Yuunagi / Cure Wing (voice)
Directed by Yuta Tanaka
as Tristan (voice)
Directed by Bob Shirohata
From the library
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The defining work
#1
Tsubasa Yuunagi / Cure Wing (voice)
You and Idol Precure♪ the Movie For You! Our Kirakilala Concert! (2025)
Performance score9.5
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Tsubasa Yuunagi / Cure Wing (voice) gives Ayumu Murase a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Thomas (voice)
Samurai Ballerina -L'étoile de Paris en fleur- (2026)
Performance score8.6
Samurai Ballerina -L'étoile de Paris en fleur- asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Thomas (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Shoyo Hinata (voice)
HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle (2024)
Performance score8.3
HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Shoyo Hinata (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Tsubasa Yuunagi / Cure Wing (voice)
Pretty Cure All Stars F (2023)
Performance score8.3
Pretty Cure All Stars F asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Tsubasa Yuunagi / Cure Wing (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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A guided path through the work, ordered so each film explains the next.
Best entry point
as Tsubasa Yuunagi / Cure Wing (voice)
Start here. You and Idol Precure♪ the Movie For You! Our Kirakilala Concert! is the clearest statement of what Ayumu Murase does — accessible, 71 minutes, and rated 10.0 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Ayumu at the most legible performance, then move forward in time so each film reads as a response to the one before it rather than a repetition of it.
The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh Part 1 (2022)
Keeps the action register of You and Idol Precure♪ the Movie For You! Our Kirakilala Concert! but asks for a colder reading of it.
Pretty Cure All Stars F (2023)
Keeps the action register of The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh Part 1 but asks for a colder reading of it.
HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle (2024)
Keeps the comedy register of Pretty Cure All Stars F but asks for a colder reading of it.
Samurai Ballerina -L'étoile de Paris en fleur- (2026)
Keeps the animation register of HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle but asks for a colder reading of it.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Bob Shirohata
Director
2 films together
Notably The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh Part 1
Yuta Murano
Director
1 film together
Notably Kakushigoto Theatrical Edition
Daiji Suzuki
Director
1 film together
Notably Crayon Shin-chan: Shrouded in Mystery! The Flowers of Tenkazu Academy
Masaki Tachibana
Director
1 film together
Notably Blue Thermal
Atsuko Ishizuka
Director
1 film together
Notably Goodbye, Don Glees!
Hiroaki Ando
Director
1 film together
Notably Kaina of the Great Snow Sea: Star Sage
Yoshimi Itazu
Director
1 film together
Notably The Concierge
Keisuke Inoue
Director
1 film together
Notably My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! The Movie
Yuta Tanaka
Director
1 film together
Notably Pretty Cure All Stars F
Tomoya Takahashi
Director
1 film together
Notably Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos the Movie Part 1
Katsuya Watanabe
Director
1 film together
Notably Avataro Sentai Donbrothers vs. Zenkaiger
Yuzuru Tachikawa
Director
1 film together
Notably Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine
Ayataka Tanemura
Director
1 film together
Notably Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King
Susumu Mitsunaka
Director
1 film together
Notably HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle
Kouji Ogawa
Director
1 film together
Notably You and Idol Precure♪ the Movie For You! Our Kirakilala Concert!
Toshiya Shinohara
Director
1 film together
Notably Alice in Wonderland –Dive in Wonderland–
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Bob Shirohata
Director
2 films together · 7.5 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh Part 1Kouji Ogawa
Director
1 film together · 10.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
You and Idol Precure♪ the Movie For You! Our Kirakilala Concert!Yuta Tanaka
Director
1 film together · 8.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Pretty Cure All Stars FSusumu Mitsunaka
Director
1 film together · 7.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
HAIKYU!! The Dumpster BattleToshiya Shinohara
Director
1 film together · 7.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Alice in Wonderland –Dive in Wonderland–Daiji Suzuki
Director
1 film together · 7.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Crayon Shin-chan: Shrouded in Mystery! The Flowers of Tenkazu AcademyAyataka Tanemura
Director
1 film together · 7.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard KingTomoya Takahashi
Director
1 film together · 7.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos the Movie Part 1Yuta Murano
Director
1 film together · 7.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Kakushigoto Theatrical EditionYuzuru Tachikawa
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Detective Conan: Black Iron SubmarineAtsuko Ishizuka
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Goodbye, Don Glees!Yoshimi Itazu
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The ConciergeMasaki Tachibana
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Blue ThermalKeisuke Inoue
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! The MovieHiroaki Ando
Director
1 film together · 5.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Kaina of the Great Snow Sea: Star SageKatsuya Watanabe
Director
1 film together · 4.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Avataro Sentai Donbrothers vs. ZenkaigerSix degrees
Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.
Categories of our own
Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.
Most rewatchable
You and Idol Precure♪ the Movie For You! Our Kirakilala Concert!
as Tsubasa Yuunagi / Cure Wing (voice)
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
You and Idol Precure♪ the Movie For You! Our Kirakilala Concert!
as Tsubasa Yuunagi / Cure Wing (voice)
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
You and Idol Precure♪ the Movie For You! Our Kirakilala Concert!
as Tsubasa Yuunagi / Cure Wing (voice)
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine
as Pinga / Grace (voice)
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
You and Idol Precure♪ the Movie For You! Our Kirakilala Concert!
as Tsubasa Yuunagi / Cure Wing (voice)
If the career had to be argued in a single scene, our editors would pick one from this film and rest the case.
In their films' words
“You can build a whole film around a performer who knows when not to speak. Ayumu Murase has known it for a long time.”
Head to head
Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.
Ours alone
Recognitions handed out by this desk, on criteria no awards body uses.
Modern Classic Performer
Awarded
Defining performances delivered inside the last twenty-five years, in films already being taught rather than merely remembered.
Animation Legend
Awarded
20 catalogue titles in animation, each one a reference point for the films that followed.
Our desk
Best ending, best opening, best twist and the rest — categories we apply to everyone we cover.
Best ending
You and Idol Precure♪ the Movie For You! Our Kirakilala Concert!
as Tsubasa Yuunagi / Cure Wing (voice)
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
You and Idol Precure♪ the Movie For You! Our Kirakilala Concert!
as Tsubasa Yuunagi / Cure Wing (voice)
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
Samurai Ballerina -L'étoile de Paris en fleur-
as Thomas (voice)
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine
as Pinga / Grace (voice)
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
You and Idol Precure♪ the Movie For You! Our Kirakilala Concert!
as Tsubasa Yuunagi / Cure Wing (voice)
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
You and Idol Precure♪ the Movie For You! Our Kirakilala Concert!
as Tsubasa Yuunagi / Cure Wing (voice)
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
You and Idol Precure♪ the Movie For You! Our Kirakilala Concert!
as Tsubasa Yuunagi / Cure Wing (voice)
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Drifting Home
as Noppo (voice)
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
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