Aoyama-Kun

**Aoyama** (青山, *Aoyama*), also known as **Aoyama-kun** (青山 く ん, *Aoyama-kun*) is the protagonist of the series Keppeki Danshi! Aoyama-Kun.

## Introduction

Aoyama seems distant from all, as a result of his germaphobia. He avoids getting dirty and any physical contact usually at all costs. However, he has made exceptions to his rule-- when it's the last five minutes of a game, he is willing to get dirty at once, proclaiming he hates losing, and cheaters. Though he has made an exception for one person, Mio Odagiri. The reason is unknown, but he is completely fine with any contact.

However, due to his appearance, personality, and physical prowess, he is extremely popular at his school, even having his own fan club.

While Aoyama may seem cold, he possesses a good heart as he gave Kaoru Zaizen a thumbs up in their team's victory since Zaizen tried his best in it. He helped Jin Tsukamoto get over his fear of an old bully and proved the innocence of Shion Narita when he was accused of stealing Rikiishi's gym clothes. While he seemed like he didn't remember Moka Gotou from elementary school, he later reveals that he still recalled her name and her tendency to create stuffed cats.

## Relationships

In Chapter 101, in order to split everyone into pairs, everyone picks numbers from a box. If two people have the same number, they are a pair. Aoyama picks 10, and Odagiri picks a 10 as well by chance. While going through the "haunted" course, Odagiri and Aoyama are left alone as they get closer to the tunnel. Aoyama stands in front of the tunnel, fearing for his life, as he cannot handle anything horror related. Odagiri insists that they go together while holding hands. Seconds after entering, they hear a mouse and Aoyama drops to the floor. Sequentially, the lights turn off (The lights only stay on for two minutes after a button is pressed). Odagiri holds Aoyama in a slight hug and spots a chance to kiss him. During that moment, the lights turn back on, and everyone else is staring at them.

In Chapters 106-107, Mio confessed her affections to Aoyama but he rejected Mio as he instead devoted himself to Moka Gotou instead, despite his germaphobia being a strain on the relationship. It is shown in the last chapter that Mio has moved on to a new relationship, but she still has a soft spot for Aoyama.

As of the last chapter, Aoyama is engaged to Moka.

## Etymology

* The surname **Aoyama** means "blue" (青) (**ao**) and "mountain" (山) (**yama**).

## Trivia

* Aoyama's first name has not been said.
* The only person Aoyama allows to physically touch him is Mio Odagiri.
* The reason why Aoyama chose to join Fujimi High School instead of any other school is because of the white uniforms Fujimi offers.
	+ Aoyama's favorite color is white.
* While playing online games, Aoyama's characters are dirty which is in contrast to his neat-freak personality.
	+ This likely hints that Aoyama really wants to be untethered by his cleanliness in reality, and that his germaphobia may be an unconscious bodily reaction. This could indicate an event that traumatized him at a young age, leading to his reflexes acting on their own.
* Aoyama has never been seen smiling until the very end of Episode 12 to Zaizen.
* The only person to beat Aoyama in soccer is Seigo Ibuki.
* In Chapter 92, Gaku Ishikawa announced they are doing a festival. They have no clue what to do, Hikaru Tada mentions Aoyama wore a Neko maid outfit. Kaoru Zaizen mentions a perfume of first initial name of Aoyama, but Aoyama showed up holding samples of ' Takoyaki. ' When the festival was about to start, Moka glances at Aoyama, though he has a cold face while looking down. Meanwhile, they give food to customers, a mother-son got their Takoyaki (which Aoyama made) and there is a Flashback of Aoyama, young Aoyama smiles as he thought about it.
	+ In Chapter 93, there was a flashback again. In the kitchen, young Aoyama and his mother were busy washing and drying dishes. When his mother asked him to make her Takoyaki as a present every year on her birthday, Aoyama accepts. Later in Chapter 94, Aoyama is notified that his mother had gotten into an accident, making him sprint to the hospital. When he entered her room, she asked who he was. Aoyama showed a mini photo of them together to her, hoping she would recognize him. The doctor ushered Aoyama to his office to discuss the condition of his mother. He reveals that she had lost her memory. He was then shown sitting on a bench with his head lowered. A few moments later, Aoyama noticed it was his mother's birthday. As a promise, he gave her Takoyaki, and helped her eat it.
* Aoyama is absolutely terrible with anything horror related.