Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#156
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Saori Hayami 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.
Saori Hayami appears in 30 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Saori. Cosmic Princess Kaguya! is the clearest case: a film rated 8.3 by our editors, where the performance carries weight the script only implies.
The recognisable elements are versatility, transformation, quiet performance. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for romance, science fiction, fantasy. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Jimmy Stone, Shukou Murase, Seiji Mizushima and others, Saori Hayami 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.
Cosmic Princess Kaguya! (2026) as Yachiyo Runami (voice) · Pretty Cure All Stars F (2023) as Kotoha Hanami / Cure Felice (voice) · A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016) as Shouko Nishimiya (voice)
Career snapshot
Ranked #156 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
30
2013–2026
Career length
13 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
8.3
Cosmic Princess Kaguya!
Average Nutevio score
6.6
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
8.4
A Silent Voice: The Movie
Most frequent director
Haruo Sotozaki
2 films together
Longest collaboration
2×
With Haruo Sotozaki
Most common genre
Animation
30 titles
Average runtime
1h 33m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
6.8
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
6.4
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
2010s
7.2 average MV
The 2010s are where the work and the material meet. For Whom the Alchemist Exists, ZENONZARD THE ANIMATION Episode 0, Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Arrow of the Orion — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2010s
7.2
Across 9 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2010s
7.2
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. For Whom the Alchemist Exists, ZENONZARD THE ANIMATION Episode 0, Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Arrow of the Orion.
Most productive era
2020s
21 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 | 7.92 films | 5.87 films |
| Action | 7.35 films | 6.09 films |
| Comedy | 7.03 films | 7.38 films |
| Romance | 8.02 films | 6.39 films |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
2013anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day - The Movie
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Chiriko "Tsuruko" Tsurumi (voice).
Highest rated performance · Career peak
8.3 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
2026GROTESQQQUE
The current state of the argument, as Hikarin (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.
30 of 30 films
as Yachiyo Runami (voice)
Directed by Unknown
as Ellietta Lash (voice)
Directed by Kei Oikawa
as Shouko Nishimiya (voice)
Directed by Naoko Yamada
as Viktoriya Ivanovna Serebryakov (voice)
Directed by Yutaka Uemura
as Shinobu Kocho (voice)
Directed by Haruo Sotozaki
From the library
Every movie and TV credit stored for this name in the Nutevio catalogue — filter by media, role or sort by rating.
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The defining work
#1
Yachiyo Runami (voice)
Cosmic Princess Kaguya! (2026)
Performance score8.5
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Yachiyo Runami (voice) gives Saori Hayami a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Ellietta Lash (voice)
ZENONZARD THE ANIMATION Episode 0 (2019)
Performance score8.5
ZENONZARD THE ANIMATION Episode 0 asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Ellietta Lash (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Shouko Nishimiya (voice)
A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)
Performance score8.5
A Silent Voice: The Movie asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Shouko Nishimiya (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Viktoriya Ivanovna Serebryakov (voice)
Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie (2019)
Performance score8.3
Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Viktoriya Ivanovna Serebryakov (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
View movieStart here
A guided path through the work, ordered so each film explains the next.
Best entry point
as Yachiyo Runami (voice)
Start here. Cosmic Princess Kaguya! is the clearest statement of what Saori Hayami does — accessible, 141 minutes, and rated 8.3 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Saori 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.
A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)
Keeps the animation register of Cosmic Princess Kaguya! but asks for a colder reading of it.
ZENONZARD THE ANIMATION Episode 0 (2019)
Keeps the animation register of A Silent Voice: The Movie but asks for a colder reading of it.
Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie (2019)
Keeps the action register of ZENONZARD THE ANIMATION Episode 0 but asks for a colder reading of it.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle (2025)
Keeps the action register of Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie but asks for a colder reading of it.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Tomoya Takahashi
Director
2 films together
Notably Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos the Movie Part 2
Haruo Sotozaki
Director
2 films together
Notably Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train
Tatsuyuki Nagai
Director
1 film together
Notably anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day - The Movie
Naoko Yamada
Director
1 film together
Notably A Silent Voice: The Movie
Hiroyuki Seshita
Director
1 film together
Notably Godzilla: The Planet Eater
Kazuaki Imai
Director
1 film together
Notably Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island
Yutaka Uemura
Director
1 film together
Notably Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie
Tsutomu Mizushima
Director
1 film together
Notably Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 2
Katsushi Sakurabi
Director
1 film together
Notably Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Arrow of the Orion
Kei Oikawa
Director
1 film together
Notably ZENONZARD THE ANIMATION Episode 0
Masanori Takahashi
Director
1 film together
Notably For Whom the Alchemist Exists
Hirofumi Ogura
Director
1 film together
Notably Cells at Work!! The Return of the Strongest Enemy: A Huge Uproar in the Body’s Bowels!
Takuya Sato
Director
1 film together
Notably Happy-Go-Lucky Days
Shinya Watada
Director
1 film together
Notably Hula Fulla Dance
Mamoru Hatakeyama
Director
1 film together
Notably Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -The First Kiss That Never Ends-
Minoru Ashina
Director
1 film together
Notably Isekai Quartet the Movie: Another World
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
Takashi Katagiri
Director
1 film together
Notably SPY x FAMILY CODE: White
Naoyuki Ito
Director
1 film together
Notably OVERLORD: The Sacred Kingdom
Ai Yoshimura
Director
1 film together
Notably The Rose of Versailles
Shinsuke Yanagi
Director
1 film together
Notably Senpai Is an Otokonoko Movie: Sunshine After the Rain
Atsushi Nishigori
Director
1 film together
Notably GROTESQQQUE
Seiji Mizushima
Director
1 film together
Notably Liberated from Paradise: Resonance of the Heart
Shukou Murase
Director
1 film together
Notably MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM HATHAWAY The Sorcery of Nymph Circe
Jimmy Stone
Director
1 film together
Notably The Irregular at Magic High School THE MOVIE - Yotsuba Succession Arc -
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Haruo Sotozaki
Director
2 films together · 8.1 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen TrainTomoya Takahashi
Director
2 films together · 7.7 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos the Movie Part 2Yuta 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 FNaoko Yamada
Director
1 film together · 8.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
A Silent Voice: The MovieYutaka Uemura
Director
1 film together · 8.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Saga of Tanya the Evil: The MovieMamoru Hatakeyama
Director
1 film together · 8.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -The First Kiss That Never Ends-Kei Oikawa
Director
1 film together · 8.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
ZENONZARD THE ANIMATION Episode 0Naoyuki Ito
Director
1 film together · 7.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
OVERLORD: The Sacred KingdomKatsushi Sakurabi
Director
1 film together · 7.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Arrow of the OrionMinoru Ashina
Director
1 film together · 7.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Isekai Quartet the Movie: Another WorldTatsuyuki Nagai
Director
1 film together · 7.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day - The MovieShukou Murase
Director
1 film together · 7.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM HATHAWAY The Sorcery of Nymph CirceShinsuke Yanagi
Director
1 film together · 7.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Senpai Is an Otokonoko Movie: Sunshine After the RainTakashi Katagiri
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
SPY x FAMILY CODE: WhiteAi Yoshimura
Director
1 film together · 7.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Rose of VersaillesKazuaki Imai
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure IslandHirofumi Ogura
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Hiroyuki Seshita
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Godzilla: The Planet EaterShinya Watada
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Hula Fulla DanceKeisuke 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 MovieTsutomu Mizushima
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 2Takuya Sato
Director
1 film together · 5.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Happy-Go-Lucky DaysMasanori Takahashi
Director
1 film together · 5.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
For Whom the Alchemist ExistsJimmy Stone
Director
1 film together · 0.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Irregular at Magic High School THE MOVIE - Yotsuba Succession Arc -Seiji Mizushima
Director
1 film together · 0.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Liberated from Paradise: Resonance of the HeartAtsushi Nishigori
Director
1 film together · 0.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
GROTESQQQUESix 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
A Silent Voice: The Movie
as Shouko Nishimiya (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
A Silent Voice: The Movie
as Shouko Nishimiya (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
A Silent Voice: The Movie
as Shouko Nishimiya (voice)
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 2
as (voice)
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
Cosmic Princess Kaguya!
as Yachiyo Runami (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. Saori Hayami 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
30 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
Cosmic Princess Kaguya!
as Yachiyo Runami (voice)
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
Pretty Cure All Stars F
as Kotoha Hanami / Cure Felice (voice)
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
Senpai Is an Otokonoko Movie: Sunshine After the Rain
as Will's Mother (voice)
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
Cosmic Princess Kaguya!
as Yachiyo Runami (voice)
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
Pretty Cure All Stars F
as Kotoha Hanami / Cure Felice (voice)
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
OVERLORD: The Sacred Kingdom
as Calca Bessarez (voice)
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
Senpai Is an Otokonoko Movie: Sunshine After the Rain
as Will's Mother (voice)
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos the Movie Part 2
as Kou Taiki / Sailor Star Maker (voice)
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
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