Aoi Yoshioka

Aoi Yoshioka is a member of the I MY ME group Sunrise Girls! She acts as the group's leader.

## Background

    Aoi was born on the 18th of October as the second child of the Yoshioka family when her older brother Akami was eight. Though they loved their son very much and worked hard to provide him with everything he could want, they had always wanted a daughter and at times their disappointment showed. When Aoi was born the Yoshiokas finally had their daughter, however, with the long hours they had to work to afford raising two children kept them from seeing her nearly as much as they wanted. Aoi became her brother's responsibility and Akami was thrust into the role of a parent far too young and grew resentful of his family.

    Though he was never inattentive to his sister's needs, even as a child Aoi could tell that the burden weighed heavily on her brother, and around age seven, when she was old enough to watch over herself, she convinced Akami that he could stop watching her every evening. The teenage boy was overjoyed and started to pursue his passions outside of the family home, and even though Aoi was a little lonely she was proud she had made such a grown-up decision. Their parents saw things differently though, scolding Akami for his foolishness and selfishness. This only caused him to become more distant from his family, even going weeks without coming home.

    One weekend, when he did return home, Akami took Aoi along with him to see what he was doing with his time. They headed toward a seedy part of the city and Aoi clung close to her brother. Through smoke-filled air and rumbling floors, Aoi was introduced to the world of underground music. She was terrified of the booming and shaking going on all around her, and cried until her brother took her home. Taking it as a rejection of his dreams, the two hardly spoke again after that, and when Akami moved away to tour with his band Aoi didn't even have his address, making repairing their rift impossible. Aoi had lost the only person she really thought of as family, and this left her alone each day after school with only her thoughts to occupy her time.

    So, Aoi took up singing. At first it was simply an inexpensive activity she could do by herself, but before long it became a way for her to share her emotions and finally connect with people. She returned to the underground stage she had been so scared of years before and tried to embrace it, letting the bass rip through her as she belted out every song she had memorized. Just like it had Akami, the world of rock flooded into Aoi's life, and she was soon spending her evenings and weekends as an amateur underground idol. When she was seventeen a talent scout for I MY ME attended one of her performances and was impressed by the girl's strong singing voice, offering her a position in the company's next class of idols.

    Aoi was one of the idols who had not yet passed their exams at the formation of Interlunium and whose company folder Rinko kept to invite later, which she did after Interlunium debuted. She was turned away from the audition along with her friend Minori by Eimi Inagawa for preparing one of Eimi's songs for the audition. Immediately after, Aoi and Minori encountered Asa Asakura who introduced them to her producer Kouji Kumasawa. Convincing him of the need to have an idol group under his direction, Aoi was placed into Sunrise Girls! along with her two new friends, acting as the group's leader due to being the oldest and most experienced.

## Appearance

    Aoi is a slender, petite girl with bright amber eyes and short-cut brown hair, worn long in a single tress on her left-hand side. She tends to dress modestly to befit her quiet personality.

## Personality

    Aoi is extremely timid and shy, prone to being drowned out by louder, more confident voices. She often has trouble speaking in public, frequently relying on her catchphrase "let's rock!" and letting her group mate Minori elaborate for her. Onstage, Aoi does a complete about face, controlling the crowd with loud cheers and shouts. She has a tendency to get taken advantage of by Asa, who she sees as more of a natural idol and leader than she is.

## Other Data

Her blood type is O-.

Aoi was created by longtime Interlunium supporter and wiki manager Takafumi.

Aoi is in the same class as Kazue at Mizoroge.