# Aoi (name)

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
* Aoi Todo (東堂 葵), a character in the manga and anime series Jujutsu Kaisen who is the BROTHER of protagonist Yuji Itadori
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