Aoi (name)

Aoi

Pronunciation	[aoi]
Gender	Unisex
Origin
Word/name	Japan
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Region of origin	Japan

Aoi (あおい, アオイ) is both a Japanese given name and a Japanese surname.

Written forms

Forms in kanji can include:

• 葵, "hollyhock"
• 碧, "blue-green, beautiful"
• 蒼, "blue, indigo"
• 青唯, "blue only"
• 蒼唯, "blue only"
• 葵唯, "hollyhock only"
• 葵陽, "hollyhock sun"

People

with the given name Aoi

• Aoi (born 1984), Japanese singer
• Aoi (葵), vocalist of Japanese rock band Ayabie
• Aoi (葵, born 1979), guitarist of Japanese rock band The Gazette
• Aoi Enomoto (榎本 葵, born 1992), Japanese baseball player
• Aoi Hiiragi (柊 あおい, born 1962), Japanese manga artist
• Aoi Koga (古賀 葵, born 1993), Japanese voice actress
• Aoi Matsuda (松田 蒼, born 1996), Japanese badminton player
• Aoi Miyazaki (宮﨑 あおい, born 1985), Japanese actress
• Aoi Morikawa (森川 葵, born 1995), Japanese actress and model
• Aoi Nakabeppu (中別府 葵, born 1990), Japanese fashion model and actress
• Aoi Nakamura (中村 蒼, born 1991), Japanese actor
• Aoi Nanase (七瀬 葵, born 1967), Japanese manga artist
• Aoi Nishimata (西又 葵, born 1977), Japanese character designer and illustrator
• Aoi Shiga (志賀 葵, born 1999), Japanese ice hockey player
• Aoi Tada (多田 葵, born 1981), Japanese voice actress
• Aoi Teshima (手嶌 葵, born 1987), Japanese singer and voice actress
• Aoi Yūki (八武崎 碧, born 1992), Japanese voice actress

with the surname Aoi

• Eir Aoi (藍井 エイル, born 1988), Japanese singer
• Futaba Aoi (葵 二葉), Japanese manga artist
• Shouta Aoi (蒼井 翔太, born 1987), Japanese singer and voice actor
• Sola Aoi (蒼井 そら, born 1983), Japanese AV idol
• Tsukasa Aoi (葵 つかさ, born 1990), Japanese AV idol
• Wakana Aoi (葵 わかな, born 1998), Japanese actress and idol
• Yū Aoi (蒼井 優, born 1985), Japanese actress and model

Fictional characters

with the given name Aoi

• Aoi (アオイ), Laughing Man's alias, a character in the anime series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
• Aoi "Hina" Asahina (朝日奈 葵), a character in the video game series Danganronpa and its anime adaptations
• Aoi Futaba (葵 双葉), a character in the manga series You're Under Arrest
• Aoi Futaba (二葉 あおい), a character in the anime series Vividred Operation
• Aoi Housen (蓬仙 あおい), a character in the anime series Infinite Ryvius
• Aoi Kimidori (木緑 葵), a character in the manga series Dr. Slump
• Aoi Kunieda (邦枝 葵), a character in the manga series Beelzebub
• Aoi Matsubara (松原 葵), a character in the visual novel To Heart
• Aoi Ogiyama (荻山 葵), a character in the light novel Ro-Kyu-Bu!
• Aoi Sakuraba (桜庭 葵), a character in the manga series Ai Yori Aoshi
• Aoi Ryugoku (茜 鳥保), a character in the video game Yandere Simulator
• Aoi Tōsaka (遠坂 葵), a character in the light novel series Fate/Zero
• Aoi no Ue (葵の上), a wife of Hikaru Genji in the classic The Tale of Genji
• Aoi Umenokoji (梅小路 葵), a character in the video game series Virtua Fighter

with the surname Aoi

• Akira Aoi (蒼井 晶), a character in the anime series selector infected WIXOSS
• Nagisa Aoi (蒼井 渚砂), protagonist of the light novel series Strawberry Panic!
• Valt Aoi (蒼井 バルト, Aoi Baruto) is the main character of the anime/manga Beyblade Burst and Beyblade Burst God/Evolution and supporting character in the rest of the seasons
• Toko[natsu] and Nika Aoi (蒼井常夏, Aoi Tokonatsu & 蒼井日夏, Aoi Nika ) are the younger siblings of Valt Aoi in the anime/manga Beyblade Burst, Beyblade Burst God/Evolution, and Beyblade Burst Chouzetsu/Turbo