Aya Sugisaki

Aya Sugisaki (杉崎亜矢) is a first year at Seiran High School. Her star sign is Libra and her blood type is O. Her hobby is reading. She is a member of the calligraphy club and enters calligraphy contests. She became a school idol because she thought it would be good if people saw her more.

## Personality

Aya is a nervous girl with rather low confidence as she says she doesn't have anything going for her. She is shown to be very interpretative, which is likely to lead to her low confidence. She gets rather nervous before live shows however she doesn't get nervous before calligraphy contests. She likes to do things little by little and likes to put a lot of effort into the things she does. Despite this, Aya also shows a lot of determination to get better at things that she thinks are holding her back and enjoys doing new things like being a school idol, and writing big calligraphy characters.

However, her introspective personality isn't all bad as Aya is also willing to do things that may be uncomfortable for her because it would better her goal, such as being a school idol to improve her nervousness or working at a maid cafe because she thinks it is important for school idols to be seen by everyone in the community.

## Clubs and Hobbies

Aya enters a lot of calligraphy meets and even says that she doesn't get nervous before it, showing that she really enjoys it.

Aya helps out at a maid cafe because she thinks it is important as a school idol, to be seen by everyone in the community.

## Relationships

### Sachiko Tanaka

Aya thinks that Sachiko says strange things but nonetheless they appear to be good friends and are in the same grade at school. When Aya has to go to a calligraphy meet with her grandfather, Sachiko fills in her shift at the maid cafe where she works. Sachiko claims she only did it because she owed a favor to Aya, but Aya never mentions what she did for Sachiko.

## Quotes

* "I'm not good with standing in front of an audience..." *(#11)*
* "Slowly and steadily." *(#11)*
* "I'll... try my best too." *(#11)*
* "Umm... It's embarrassing if you watch while I'm writing..." *(#209)*
* "Sachiko-chan says some weird things... but she's really a nice girl." *(#209)*
* "I'm sorry for becoming a school idol even though I'm so shy... but I'll do my best." *(#209)*
* "All the other members are so charming, unlike me... I have to learn from them." *(#560)*
* "Huh? My hair is like a brush? Th-That's..." *(#560)*
* "I'm not good at saying what I want to say... I have to be more outspoken..." *(#560)*
* "I want silkier hair... Maybe I'll ask Shizuku-chan for some tips." *(#816)*
* "I started dieting with Marika-chan, but... it's hard cutting back on snacks~" *(#816)*
* "Grinding ink makes me feel really relaxed, as if my mind were completely empty..." *(#816)*
* "We have summer lessons today. I'll do my best with my studies as well." *(#1269)*
* "Do you want to do some training? Those who hold a brush every day will get better that calligraphy." *(#1269)*
* "How about relaxing your heart with some calligraphy, seeing as it's so hot in the summer?" *(#1269)*

## Trivia

* On her New Years card, Aya's banner says "What goes around comes around" (因果応報), but in the official Side Story translation, she says it as "Reap what you sow." These phrases are similar, but have slightly different connotations.