Aoi Igawa

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**Aoi Igawa** (井川葵) is a member of the IDOLY PRIDE unit LizNoir. She is a student at Tsukinode Private High School and her image color is blue.

## Appearance

Aoi has purplish gray hair in a bob cut and gold eyes. She wears crystal earrings, an elbow length black glove on her right arm, a black choker with a star, a bracer, and a partial glove on her left hand. For her dress, she wears a purple sleeveless dress tied over with a thick black ribbon over a black crystal encrusted on top, a fishnet stocking around her right leg, and thigh high boots.

## Personality

Aoi is the brains of LizNoir; she is always calm, with few emotional ups and downs. She expresses her thoughts in a straightforward manner, but she has a cool attitude. She is the person who understands Rio Kanzaki best; Rio is who Aoi has shared hardships with since before her debut.

## Interviews

Mysterious? Well, all right. Let's start this.

**First of all, tell us about your school life. How do you spend your time at school?**
Like most people do. I go to school as normal, and I have a normal life.

**That normalcy is sometimes a surprising thing to hear from you. What do you do with your time off?**
I wonder what I've been doing. I think I've been dancing a lot.

**That's great. So you've been working hard on your lessons at school?**
Lessons? I don't mean that kind of dancing. We're just dancing because we want to.

**I see. Do you have a favorite subject?**
I think it's physical education.

**On the other hand, what are your weakest subjects?**
It's not that I'm bad at it, it's just that I don't like sitting down to study for things. It's boring.

**I see. By the way, are you a morning person?**
I'm not. I often get a called by Rio (Kanzaki).

**I understand. What do you have for breakfast?**
I don't have anything in particular. I'll eat what I want at the time.

**Is that from a convenience store?**
If I really don't have time, yes, but when I do, I'll make it myself.

**Oh, excuse me, but I didn't expect you to do that. Do you usually cook?**
I often make my own food.

**Do you have a specialty?**
I wonder. I often make sweet things.

**Sweets? Do you like them?**
Yeah. I like sweets.

**Kanzaki-san said she likes pancakes too. Do you sometimes go out to eat them?**
Sometimes.

**Oppositely, is there any food that you don't like?**
There is, things like konnyaku and crabapples.

**What else do you dislike?**
Dislike... Ah. Dogs.

**You're not good with dogs?**
Yeah... is that bad?

**No, no, no, not at all. How do you spend your days off?**
I would go to the studio and sing and dance... It's not interesting to listen to this stuff.

**That's not true. Is there anything you've been into lately?**
I'm addicted to.... oh yeah, music games.

**Games? How did that happen?**
It was recommended to me.

**Is it interesting?**
It was fun at first. It's just that I've lost interest in it.

**Really? Did you put in a lot of effort?**
I don't know. I didn't think it was that difficult from the start. I heard from other people that I'm pretty good at it.

**It's true that you seem to be good at the sensory games. Are you worried about anything lately?**
I guess it's about getting work outside of the performances.

**Do you mean interviews and TV shows, etc?**
That's right.

**So this interview is also a problem, right?**
Oh, I'm sorry. You don't have to worry about it. I've got a job to do... If I say more Rio will be mad at me.

**I'm glad to hear that it's fine. I'm sure you'll be able to tell me if anything is too hard to answer. What did you dream of when you were young?**
It's hard to answer.

**I'm sorry. I'm more than halfway through, so please stay with me a little longer.**
I'm just kidding. But I guess so. I can't think of anything specific though.

**I see. What are you looking forward to the most right now?**
When the interview is over... I'm going to get angry again. I'm looking forward to going on stage.

**I'm a little surprised. Now that you've talked about the stage, can you tell us about your idol work? What made you want to be an idol originally?**
There is no particular reason for it. It's just because I was invited.

**That's right. So it's amazing that you've come this far. If you had chose between singing or dancing, which do you prefer?**
Dancing, I guess?

**It's one of your strengths, isn't it? Have you been dancing for a long time?**
Yeah. Under my brother's influence. I don't think I ever said I wanted to do that either.

**Igawa-san I get the feeling you're the type of person who's a genius. With the phrase "No one can beat me at this!" in mind, what are your strengths as an idol?**
I'm good at dancing. But there's no point in thinking that I'm not going to lose to myself, because I'm Aoi Igawa of LizNoir.

**I think I've caught a glimpse of the unity of LizNoir. What is the most important thing in your idol activities?**
Yeah... the most important thing? I think it's to make sure LizNoir remains LizNoir.

**That's deep. What kind of people are your fans to you?**
Ah. This question... wait a minute. Let's see.. they are always guiding us and are invaluable to us. We couldn't have come this far without their help.

**Have you changed your character?**
Hmm. It's impossible for me after all. Rio gave me this paper.

**It's fine if you're honest. I won't print it if it's bad.**
If it weren't for our fans, we wouldn't be here with LizNoir. They're very important to us.

**It's great to be honest. Do you have a rival?**
I don't talk about people I consider my rivals in my heart.

**I see. So is there someone you consider your best friend?**
I don't have anyone I can call my best friend.

**Are the members of LizNoir not your best friends?**
I think Rio is even more special than my best friend. I think it's more accurate to say that Ai (Komiyama) and Kokoro (Akazaki) are my best friends. The two of them often disrupt the pace of my life.

**So tell us about your music. Do you have a favorite genre of music or a song you listen to most often?**
I listen to all kinds of music, from rock to R&B. I'm a big fan of up-tempo music that makes my body move on its own. I listen to a lot of up-tempo music that makes my body move on its own.

**I'll ask you about LizNoir's music as well. When you first heard "Shock out, Dance!!", what was your first impression?**
I felt like dancing.

**What's your favorite lyric in "Shock out, Dance!!"?**
"One more dream."

**How would you explain "Shock out, Dance! in one word?**
One word? It's not easy. Can I pass?

**Thank you very much. So what does being an idol mean to you, Igawa-san?**
What is an idol? Being unique and no one else can imitate it. Isn't that what an idol is?.... Are we done?

**Sorry, last one. Could you give a word to your fans?**
Please keep up the good work on supporting LizNoir!

## Trivia

* Aoi's VA, Ayahi Takagaki, and Rio's VA, Haruka Tomatsu, both members of LizNoir, also worked together in Sword Art Online series, as VAs of Rika Shinozaki and Asuna Yuuki.

## Etymology

* The name **Aoi** means "hollyhock, althea" (葵).
* Aoi's surname **Igawa** means "well, mine shaft, pit" (井) (**i**) and "river, stream" (川) (**kawa**/**gawa**).

## Gallery

*Please refer to this character's Image Gallery.*
## References

1. ↑ Aoi Igawa Q+A on the LisAni website.