Aoi Sakuraba

Aoi Sakuraba, also known as Aoi Hanabishi and Aoi Honjou, is one of the main characters from the Bluer Than Indigo series.
== Charactah Account ==
Aoi is the daughter and heir to the Sakuraba Family and the wife of Kaoru Hanabishi, and most importantly, Aoi is also the granddaughter-in-law of the late Gen'ichiro Hanabishi.
As noted by Kaoru, Aoi is a very kind, polite, soft-spoken and thoughtful young woman who is often shown to be able to believe in people and encourage them, like when she told Taeko Minazuki to keep making an effort to be a housekeeper, despite her clumsiness, comparing it to her own situation when she was young. She has been described as a Yamato Nadeshiko, time and time again by various characters, where every other female in the Sakuraba household aspires to be more like her.
Aoi is very devoted to Kaoru, having loved him ever since they were children when they first met, and is willing to do anything in her power to prevent being separated from him. When the Hanabishi Clan announced that her engagement to Kaoru was called off, Aoi found this unacceptable and pursued him where it gets to the point that she can barely stand being away from him, even for just one day, and she says at one point that she couldn't imagine spending her life with any man other than him. Initially, however, Aoi did not know why Kaoru left the Hanabishi clan and assumed that she was the reason and that he did not like her at all. After learning the truth from Kaoru as to why he left the family, Aoi expresses her deep sympathy and doesn't want him to return to the Hanabishi family due to the misery and abuse he suffered from them.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Bluer Than Indigo
* Bluer Than Indigo: Fate
* Bluer Than Indigo: Fate - Miyuki
* Bluer Than Indigo: Speaking of Dreams
=== Manga ===
* Bluer Than Indigo
=== Video Games ===
* Bluer Than Indigo
== Trivia ==
* Aoi's birthday (July 7th) is the day of the Tanabata Festival, which celebrates the meeting of deity lovers Orihime and Hikoboshi, as it is the only day are they allowed to meet, on the seventh day of the seventh month once a year.
* Before Michelle Ruff was to cast in the English Dub, Nika Futterman, Felicia Day, Stephanie Sheh, Cindy Robinson, Philece Sampler and Hynden Walch were all considered to voice Aoi Sakuraba.
** Michelle Ruff (Aoi's English-language voice actress) also voices Zoe Orimoto from Digimon, Yoko Littner from Gurren Lagann, Cream the Rabbit from Sonic the Hedgehog, Crimson Viper from Street Fighter, Luna from Sailor Moon and Rukia Kuchiki from Bleach.
* In the final volume of the manga, Aoi reveals that her kimono is a hand-me-down from her family.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Aoi Sakuraba at Ai Yori Aoshi Wiki
Category:Characters
Category:Females
Category:Bluer Than Indigo