Aoi Asahina

Aoi Asahina is a student from Dangan Ronpa. She is a prominent character within the series and popular with fans. Asahina debuted in Dangan Ronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc and survived The Mastermind's Killing Game, along with Makoto Naegi, Byakuya Togami, Kyoko Kirigiri, Toko Fukawa and Yasuhiro Hagakure. She also was a main character in Dangan Ronpa 3: End of Hope's Peak High School.
== Canon Overview ==
Asahina loves playing sports. She was a member of six athletic clubs, including volleyball and track & field club. She had a younger brother named Yuta Asahina, and together, they loved swimming the most. Asahina is a very talented swimmer, at nearly an Olympian level, and its this skill that she was scouted for by Hope's Peak Academy to enroll in their specialty school. In Japanese, she is a Super High School Level Swimmer. In English, she is the Ultimate Swimming Pro.
She's very outgoing, and tends to follow emotions rather than logic. This makes her a great, loyal friend to have. She bonds particularly well with Sakura Oogami. Its this personality that makes her easily manipulated by assumptions and emotion during the Killing Game.
She has a love for donuts as well. Fanworks for her often feature them.
Asahina's birthday is April 24th. She shares this birthday with Mahiru Koizumi, another Dangan Ronpa character. On Twitter and Pixiv, art tagged with #朝日奈葵生誕祭[year value] are commonly released on her birthday. More birthday tag listings can be found on Dangan Ronpa Birthday and Anniversary Tag List.
In Japanese, fans may misspell her name as 朝“比”奈. Both 比 and 日 sound the same, but have different meanings.
== Popular Tropes & Fanon ==
*Good Friend!Asahina Aoi
*Lesbian!Asahina Aoi
All of the above are wrangled tags on Archive of Our Own. Other places where fandom lives may portray Asahina with one or all of these attributes. Bisexual!Asahina, Trans!Asahina, ADHD!Asahina and Comphet!Asahina are also common, though unwrangled. Non-binary is her most common trans interpretation.
== Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta ==
=== Queercoding ===
Some fans believe she is queercoded.
== Relationships ==
This is purposefully an incomplete list, as Asahina is shipped with much of Dangan Ronpa's cast. Please add any notable relationships in fanworks if they are missing. 
In Kanji, Asahina is usually represented in a pairing names with 朝 (asa). For Katakana, it's usually ヒナ (hina). In Hiragana, あさ (asa) and ひな (hina) are common. 
The order seen should be what's most popular unless marked with "possibly." ENG portmanteaus are also subject to change. Relationships listed fall into GL, NL, BL, Poly, Combi or Cargo.
With... 	Full Label 	Type 	Portmanteau / Phrase 	Kanji or Katakana 	Information
Sakura Oogami 	Aoi Asahina/Sakura Oogami 	GL 	Sakuraoi 	さくひな (Sakuhina) 	(Seen on its page.)
Sakura Oogami 	Aoi Asahina & Sakura Oogami 	Combi	n/a 	n/a 	(Seen on its page.)
Makoto Naegi 	Aoi Asahina/Makoto Naegi 	NL 	Naehina 	苗朝 (Naeasa) 	(Seen on its page.)
Kyoko Kirigiri 	Aoi Asahina/Kyoko Kirigiri 	GL 	Kirihina 	n/a 	(Seen on its page.)
Yasuhiro Hagakure 	Aoi Asahina/Yasuhiro Hagakure 	NL 	Asakure, Hagahina 	葉朝 (Haasa) 	(Seen on its page.)
Byakuya Togami 	Aoi Asahina/Byakuya Togami 	NL 	Togahina, Asagami 	十朝 (Toasa) 	(Seen on its page.)
Mahiru Koizumi 	Aoi Asahina/Mahiru Koizumi 	GL 	Asazumi 	朝昼 (Asahiru) 	Both share a birthday
Toko Fukawa 	Aoi Asahina/Toko Fukawa 	GL 	Fukahina 	朝腐 (Asafu) 	(Seen on its page.)
Kiyotaka Ishimaru 	Aoi Asahina/Kiyotaka Ishimaru 	NL 	Ishihina 	石朝 (Ishiasa) 	(Seen on its page.)
Chihiro Fujisaki 	Aoi Asahina/Chihiro Fujisaki 	NL 	Chihina 	n/a 	May bond over their femininity complexes.
Celestia Ludenberg 	Aoi Asahina/Celestia Ludenberg	GL 	Ludenhina 	n/a 	Opposites Attract
Leon Kuwata 	Aoi Asahina/Leon Kuwata 	NL 	Kuwahina, LeonAoi 	n/a 	Both are outgoing and somewhat roudy people.
Akane Owari 	Aoi Asahina/Akane Owari 	GL 	Owahina 	n/a 	Fans have noted they look alike and have similar interests.
donuts 	Aoi Asahina/Donuts 	Cargo	Asahina Donuts 	朝日奈葵ドーナツ 	Asahina loves donuts canonically.
Chihiro Fujisaki; Sakura Oogami	Asahina & Fujisaki & Oogami 	Combi	Chisakuraoi, Sakuhinahiro	n/a 	Fujisaki would likely want to hang out with them.
==Example/Notable Fanac==
===Fan Communities/Fan Events===
*, a club on DeviantArt.
*Chisakuraoi Week 2018 , a fanweek for platonic and romantic Asahina & Fujisaki & Oogami. It ran from September 9th to the 15th.
===Aesthetic Edits===
*, a moodboard for Asahina x Ishimaru.
*, an Asahina icon set.
*, a stimboard for Asahina, featuring donuts.
===Blogs===
*, a sort of Fuckyeah blog for Asahina x Togami.
*, a sort of Fuckyeah blog for Asahina x Hagakure.
*, a sort of Fuckyeah blog for Asahina x Ishimaru.
=== Cosplay ===
* (2019)
* (2022)
* (2023), where Komaru Naegi is about to tell Asahina what happened to her brother Yuuta...
* (2021), a 4th-wall breaking cosplay video with hiyoko_sayonjiii as Akane Owari about padded bras in cosplay.
===Fan Art===
*, fanart of Asahina and a flustered Fujisaki. Asahina x Fujisaki.
*, a DTIYS for Asahina x Celeste. waveglox later .
===Fan Fic===
*, an Asahina x Togami one-shot written for NDRV3 Winter Exchange.
*, an Asahina x Fukawa one-shot. Asahina processing grief and teaching Fukawa how to swim.
===Fan Mix===
*, a fanmix for Asahina x Kuwata on 8tracks.
===Meta===
* (), a Carrd. (the arrows needed to advance the slides are invisible on the wayback machine, but they still work.)
* (2018)
=== Zines ===
* Donut Splash!
===MikuMikuDance Models===
*, a MikuMikuDance model.
*, a MikuMikuDance model.
*, a MikuMikuDance model.
*, a MikuMikuDance model.
==References/Further Reading==
* on Danganronpa Wiki
* on PixivEncyclopedia
* on Shipping Wiki
Category:Dangan Ronpa Characters