Aiya Kinoshita

**Aiya Kinoshita** is a recurring character in the series, first appearing Season One's Epilogue and makes a few appearances in Season Two. She later appears in Season Three.

She is currently a college student from the South Area of Crestland and living with her parents, Rokuro and Akane Kinoshita. She's also the foster sister of Shiro Hama.

## Biography

### Appearance

Aiya has the physique of a young woman with long blonde hair, fair skin, and amber eyes. From Season One to Season Two, her hair is styled with small pigtails on her head and casually wears a light gray top with shoulder cut sleeves and a pink heart on her chest. She also wears a purple skirt with a white belt and a pair of beige brown boots. For accessories, she also wears a white choker.

In Season Three, Aiya lets her hair down freely and wears a pair of star earrings. She now wears a white and pink dress with off-shoulder sleeves and black straps, and a pair of white heels with ankle straps.

### Official Bio

A resident and college student living in the South Area of Crestland.

The only daughter to Rokuro and Akane Kinoshita, and the foster sister of Shiro Hama.

She has a sweet and kind personality that led to some boys falling for her, often receiving love letters and confessions from some of them. However, she turns down their confessions but appreciates their courage to confess to her.

### Personality

Aiya has a friendly personality who is very family-oriented. She often teases Shiro, her foster sister, and forced her into taking singing lessons with her because she didn't want to hear Shiro's singing voice. However, she is a caring sister and a responsible daughter. Aside from her family, Aiya is also a hardworking student as she works hard on her studies to become an aspiring film director, often hanging out with her friends and make short films together.

At times, Aiya has a tendency of getting annoyed easily and doesn't want laziness in the way of her own work. She likes to stay organized and wants to get her work done, but tends to overwork herself and lose motivation in her own work. However, she has her family and friends as her inspiration and motivation to keep working hard on her work and projects.

## Background

Aiya is the only daughter of Rokuro and Akane Kinoshita. When she was a kid, she enjoyed being with her parents and loved hanging out with her friends, always playing together. When she turned 6 or 7 years old, Aiya met Asahi Yamada and both share a frenemy relationship towards each other. They enjoy playing together or playing pranks on each other. At school, Aiya is known as a top student in her class and participates in academic competitions to represent her school. Both of her parents are very supportive and would always want to see her do her best at what she does.

For her 15th birthday, her parents surprised Aiya with her new foster sister, Shiro Hama, who was seven years younger than her. Aiya was happy that she could have a sister of her own, the two bonded and spend a lot of time together while maintaining to focus on her studies and hang out with her friends. One time, Aiya and Asahi were hanging out in the park, Aiya bringing Shiro with her, and Asahi accidentally hits Aiya, which left her crying. Asahi says sorry to her, but Shiro protects Aiya from him and shouts at him for hitting her sister. Aiya thanks Shiro for protecting her and Shiro tells her that she'll protect him from Asahi, to which she find it funny from her foster sister.

As she grows older, Aiya founds her passion in film making and dedicates most of her time to studying about film and wanting to graduate college with her love for film making. But she continues to find more time to spend with her family.

## Relationships

### Family

* Rokuro & Akane Kinoshita - Aiya's parents. Both are hardworking at their jobs and supportive of Aiya and her progress in school. They are also supporting the choices that Aiya makes for her dream of becoming a film director.
* Shiro Hama - Aiya's foster sister. Her parents greeted Shiro to Aiya and fell in love with her because she dreamed of having a sister of her own. Even if they are not related by blood, the two share a close bond as sisters and find time to play together. Aiya often teases Shiro and gets her into singing lessons, but Shiro didn't want to take singing lessons, even when Aiya forces her into them. After learning about Shiro being the Angel Goddess of Water, Aiya promises to keep her secret from her parents while always reminding Shiro to be careful with herself.

### Friends

* Akira Takashi - Aiya and Akira are close friends with one another. They enjoy each other's company and often teams up when they tease Shiro or make jokes together, keeping each other entertained.
* Asahi Yamada - Asahi is a good friend to Aiya. They met when they were younger and would always play in the playground with some of the other kids. They would often get into quarrels with each other and still do, to this day but it's not much from the quarrels they used to do back then

## Trivia

* Aiya's given name is a Japanese female name meaning "beautiful silk", while in Hebrew, it means "bird". Her family name, **Kinoshita**, means "(one who lives) under the tree".
	+ The name "Kinoshita" is a surname found throughout Japan and the Ryukyu Islands.
* Aside from learning and doing film making, she enjoys playing in sports like badminton and soccer. She also enjoys singing and even forced Shiro to take singing lessons with her, before Shiro learned how to sing well.
* Her favorite drink is honey tea while her favorite food are pancakes and cinnamon rolls.
* Aiya enjoys watching a lot of documentaries of real-life events and video influencers online, which got her to learn more about film making.
* Aiya is a fan of the music artist, Valerie Harlow.
* Aiya is the type of girl with a pretty appearance and gets received a ton of chocolate, gifts, and fan letters from the boys that admire her looks and hard work in her studies.