Aoyagi Toya/en

: "I want to surpass that night... and witness a scenery I've never seen before with my own eyes."
: ―Aoyagi Toya (Brand New World)
Aoyagi Toya (青柳 冬弥) is a second-year student at Kamiyama High School. He's part of the street music group Vivid BAD SQUAD.
== Character Bio ==
=== Original ===
"Reserved and taciturn. His strict dad, a classical musician, had Toya take music classes for especially talented children from a young age. This early education brought results, but in an act of defiance against his father, Toya became a street musician."
=== Brand New World ===
"A young prodigy who was born into a famous family of classical musicians. While aiming to surpass the legendary event "RAD WEEKEND", Toya is also trying his hand at composing music. Despite being overwhelmed by the true level of the legendary event, by using the experience he has gained so far, he is now more eager than ever to overcome the barriers in order to see the view that lies beyond them together with his teammates."
== Background ==
Toya's father raised him exclusively with classical music, learning the piano and violin. He had an extraordinary sense of music due to being educated since a very young age. His father, however, used to isolate and force him to study classical music 24/7, causing him to despise his father and by association the entirety of classical music. As such, he started performing street music to spite his father.
At school, he was previously classmates with Kusanagi Nene. He is also a member of the school's library committee.
As of Brand New World, he is now classmates with Akiyama Mizuki.
Together with Shinonome Akito , his singing partner and best friend, he sings at event houses under the duo name "BAD DOGS". While this is not as common following the formation of Vivid Bad Squad, sometimes he and Akito will still perform together without An and Kohane, mostly if the two girls are unavailable.
== Appearance ==
Toya has grey, sharp eyes. His hair is short and split into two colors of light and dark blue. He has a mole under his right eye on his cheek.
=== Original ===
Toya's outfit consists of a white graphic tee with a red collar and a purple hoodie underneath a grey jacket with black and white accents, and black ripped jeans with a red belt and long grey straps attached to the back. He also wears a long necklace with a triangular pendant and large grey sneakers.
=== Brand New World ===
Toya has three outfits as of Brand New World.
His unit outfit consists of a distressed white undershirt, black turtleneck, and blue jacket. He wears distressed grey jeans, white sneakers with blue accents, and a silver rectangle pendant.
His casual outfit consists of a white pullover hoodie under an olive green jacket. He wears distressed black jeans and a red and white belt.
His school outfit is the standard male Kamiyama High School uniform, with a tie and suit jacket.
== Personality ==
Toya is silent but strong. He tends to keep to himself but deep down is truly grateful for his friends. He’s a well-mannered and polite person, but may come off as cold or intimidating at first, usually by the lack of an expression on his face as he struggles with showing emotion. He cares deeply for his friends, and although he is smart can also be quite gullible or airheaded at times. In Vivid BAD SQUAD’s main story, he feels like he isn’t passionate enough to stand at Akito’s side because he saw street music as a way to escape his father, which leads to him telling Akito that he should find a better partner than him. However, he overcomes this and realizes he wants to surpass RAD WEEKEND, just like the other members of Vivid BAD SQUAD.
== Relationships ==
* : Fellow group member. Toya encourages her and is surprised by her rapid growth but is happy.
* : Fellow group member. Toya recognizes her talent and views her as a trusted teammate.
* : Fellow group member and best friend. Before joining VBS, they created their own duo called BAD DOGS. Akito helped him find where he belongs and wants to be relied on as his partner.
* : Used to play together when they were very young. Toya occasionally asks Tsukasa how she's doing, and sometimes gives her the prizes he wins from crane games for her to have.
* : An upperclassman whom he "looks up to." The two are childhood friends, as Tsukasa's mother is a piano teacher. In the Kamikou Festival event, Toya mentions that he considers Tsukasa his "savior", as it was Tsukasa who told him it was okay to do the things he wanted, and to not do things he hated. This gave Toya the courage to quit classical music, and he says if it weren't for Tsukasa, the person he was today wouldn't exist.
* : Friend and fellow classmate. They both enjoy arcade games and are both introverted and quiet.
== Trivia ==
* His voice actor, Ito Kento, used to be a VOCALOID producer. His producer name was 21SeikiP.
* He is very good at crane games to the point he often has difficulty with sorting the massive amounts of plushies he obtains through them.
* In one of the area conversations, it is revealed that Toya's father let him enroll in Kamiyama High because Tsukasa is there; it seems that the Aoyagi family respects the Tenmas a lot.
* Toya has two older, unnamed brothers who travel a lot for classical recitals.
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* Toya's gamer username at the local arcade is ATVBS.
* Toya once gave his father a two hour presentation on why he should go camping.
== Navigation ==
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Category:Vivid BAD SQUAD
Category:Kamiyama High School