Aoyagi Tsubaki

* Official Illustration
* Anime (2nd)
* Live2D

**Aoyagi Tsubaki** (青柳椿, ***Aoyagi Tsubaki***?) is a character in the D4DJ franchise, and is a member of the group RONDO.

## Profile

Tsubaki was asked to join the DJ unit, which was lacking a vocalist, by Aoi, and quickly attracted attention as soon as she joined. She is a natural-born vocalist who has been humming melodies for as long as she can remember. Although she may appear to be confident, she hates to be alone.

## Appearance

Tsubaki has long, black hair that falls just below her hips. She has several braids that have blue highlights in them that lead into a small ponytail that is slightly wavier than the rest of her hair. For performances, Tsubaki's hair has four dark blonde streaks in the lower part of her hair. Her eyes are a light gray color, and she is always seen with a cold glare.

## Background

Growing up, her parents were always busy with work, which lead to her developing estranged relations with them. In spite of this, she dreamt of becoming a singer ever since she was young and even took vocal training lessons before joining RONDO. But once she failed her audition to become a professional singer in high school, she ended up losing her confidence in her singing. However, still having a lingering attachment to singing and a need to belong, she would continue to vocalize in isolated churches until she encounters Aoi.

## Personality

Although Tsubaki has a cold and harsh appearance, as well as a standoffish attitude, she can be quite shy and easily flustered. She unveils a kind-hearted nature towards those she is comfortable with, notably the younger members outside of her DJ unit, tending to look after them and help them with their problems as their older figure. At the same time, she's not very good with carefree, energetic types such as Rinku, Rika or Nagisa, but finds their cheerfulness endearing. Otherwise, Tsubaki can be blunt with people who are too reckless.

Once insecure of becoming RONDO's vocalist, her strong devotion to singing leads to her becoming more confident and suited in her role, especially after her unit's reassurance. Tsubaki's fixation on singing is excessive to the point that she thinks MCing during performances is unnecessary, resulting in her speaking only a few words on stage and leaving to Nagisa to hype up the MCs. Regardless, many characters are enraptured by her vocals, which she usually receives compliments on.

## Etymology

**Aoyagi** (青柳) can be split into two parts. **Ao** (青), meaning blue, and **Yagi** (柳) meaning willow tree.

**Tsubaki** (椿) translates to camellia, which is a flower with white, red or pink petals (and rarely, yellow).

## Trivia

* Though naturally talented as a vocalist, Tsubaki has also had extensive vocal training prior to joining RONDO.
* Tsubaki has seen her favorite foreign movies enough times to watch them without subtitles.
* Tsubaki loves rock bands.
* Tsubaki is bad with mornings.
* Tsubaki is bad at cooking.
* Tsubaki has been featured in the following collaboration events:

* In Alright! Heartcatch Groove!, her character design was based on Tsukikage Yuri.
* In Lightning groove!! -2nd Half-, her character design was based on Shana.
* In Quintessential Thoughts, her character design was based on Nakano Nino.
* In For the Groovy of Mankind, her character design was based on A2.

## References

1. ↑ Temporarily, after being reminded by Tsubaki that she is older.
2. ↑ In-game Profile
3. ↑ Official Profile
4. ↑ Chocolate Kingdom-Mint- Card Episode
5. ↑ Birthday -Museum- (Tsubaki) Card Episode
6. ↑ D4DJ Groovy Mix Character Illustrated Book Vol. 2
7. ↑ Indigo Bullet
8. ↑ Wavering Solo Camellia/Episode
9. ↑ You Can't Veto It/Episode

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