Aoyagi Touya (青柳冬弥) is a second-year student at Kamiyama High School. He is a member of the street music group Vivid BAD SQUAD.
Touya's father was a famous classical musician and trained Touya and his two older brothers in classical music from a very young age, specifically piano and violin. His father would isolate Touya and force him to study classical music at all hours of the day, causing him to despise his father, and by association, the entirety of classical music. As such, he started performing street music to rebel against his father and eventually met Akito while singing on the street.
He sang together with Akito under the name BAD DOGS before forming Vivid BAD SQUAD with An and Kohane. Even after joining Vivid BAD SQUAD, he still operates under the BAD DOGS unit with Akito.
As a first year, Touya was classmates with Nene in Class 1-B. As a second year, he is classmates with Mizuki in class 2-B.
Touya has sharp grey eyes and a mole under the corner of his left eye. His hair is short and bicolored, the right side a dark blue, the left a light blue. His voice is cool and calm.
His outfit consists of a white graphic tee with a red collar and a purple hoodie underneath a grey jacket with black and white accents, and black ripped jeans with a red belt and long grey straps attached to the back. He wears a long necklace with a silver-colored triangular pendant and large grey sneakers with red shoelaces. He also has chunky blue headphones. The image on his shirt shows a light grey box with a cow skull outlined in white.
His second outfit consists of a black turtleneck shirt with faint wavy designs, underneath which can be seen a long, tattered white shirt, and gray pants with ripped knees and a blue stripe down the side of the left leg. He wears a navy blue jacket with white lapels, a blue hem and cuffs, and the word "DerMond" written on the bottom-left. He wears a long silver necklace and white-and-blue running shoes.
Touya is quiet and calm but has a strong mind. His face is often deadpan, and people other than Akito and Tsukasa have difficulty reading his expressions. When people talk to him, they usually mistake him for being rude, as he is blunt and often misphrases his statements. Until becoming part of Vivid BAD SQUAD, he wasn't one to smile frequently. Despite his stoic demeanor, he is kind and quick to help others. He can occasionally be airheaded or gullible.
He is good at studying and gets high grades, a trait that he shares with Kohane. He can sometimes be strict with Akito about the latter neglecting his studies.
Aoyagi (青柳): Ao (青) means "blue", and Yagi (柳) means "willow".
Touya (冬弥): To/Tou (冬) means "winter", and Ya (弥) means "extensively, increasingly".
Azusawa Kohane: Fellow group member. Kohane tells her worries to Touya, saying she doesn't want to fail again like she did during their STAY GOLDEN performance, before asking how he practiced to get to his skill level. Touya mentions he improved by performing in public, and how the true difference between novices and professionals is how many times they've performed in front of an audience. He explains in detail how good technique and innate talent can just mask the hours put into practicing, but what will truly matter and help in the end is performing in front of others, and together with others as well. Kohane feels a bit insecure, before asserting herself that she wants to do it. Touya is happy seeing her determination and then mentions she should talk to An in order to clear things up. They are really good friends.
Shiraishi An: Fellow group member. They've known each other since middle school, however it’s vague what their relationship was like prior to the main story, and it’s implied that they weren’t close until after Vivids and BAD DOGS joined together. Touya recognizes her talent and her dream of surpassing RAD WEEKEND, stating that she is "like Akito" in that regard. An appears to mutually respect Touya.
Shinonome Akito: Fellow group member and best friend. They met in middle school and have been practically inseparable ever since. Akito helped him find where he belongs after he quit classical music and understands Touya's distant relationship with his father. They are partners in the unit BAD DOGS and trust each other a lot. Touya feels thankful to have Akito in his life. The two have a unique dynamic between them, as Akito is shown to be very protective of Touya, especially when Rui and Tsukasa are involved, likely due to his knowledge of Touya's gullibility and difficulty communicating. Touya is also the only character shown to have any sway over Akito's stubbornness, as on various occasions he's convinced Akito to participate in activities he didn't want to do, such as when Akito refused to help Rui as an extra dancer in An Ode for the Pure of Heart but changed his mind after Touya made his heartfelt plea to him.
As a testament to how close they are, he’s the only non-VIRTUAL SINGER character that Touya refers to by their first name without using any honorifics. In Walk on and on, Touya states that he trusts Akito more than anyone else, and wants to remain by his side as his partner “from now and forever”.
Tenma Saki: Childhood friends. They used to play together when they were very young. Touya occasionally asks Saki how she's doing, and sometimes has Tsukasa pass on the plushies he wins from claw machines to her. Saki is one of the few characters that Touya refers to by first name, likely relating back to their status as childhood friends. However, he still uses honorifics when referring to her, as he calls her "Saki-san".
Tenma Tsukasa: An upperclassman whom Touya looks up to. The two are childhood friends, as their parents knew each other through playing piano. In the KAMIYAMA HIGH FESTIVAL! event, Touya mentions that he considers Tsukasa his "savior", as it was Tsukasa who told him it was okay to do the things he wanted, even if others disapproved. This gave Touya the courage to quit classical music, and he says if it weren't for Tsukasa, he wouldn't be the person he is today.
Touya occasionally gives Tsukasa the plushies he wins from crane games to pass onto Saki. However, Tsukasa himself sometimes keeps and takes care of the plushies gifted to them.
After becoming aware of Akito's antics toward Tsukasa, he becomes passively protective of him, going as far as to warn Akito against pulling anything on Tsukasa in an Area Conversation.
Otori Emu: Touya's acquaintance. While Emu was already aware of him through his friendship with Tsukasa, they were officially introduced to each other when she partnered up with Nene for the arcade game tournament where they played on opposing teams against each other with their respective partner.
Kusanagi Nene: A classmate from 1-B. He saw her watching a musical once at lunch break, before Nene got bothered and gave him the title of the musical so she could continue watching it on her own. After this, it is shown the two actually get along well. By the end of the event story Close game/OFFLINE, the two have become closer due to their shared interest in gaming, and Nene describes him as a "game friend".
Kamishiro Rui: Touya's upperclassman. Touya is aware of Rui from all the rumors spread about him in school. After the event An Ode for the Pure of Heart, he regards Rui as an excellent director who can compromise for any difficult situation given. In the Never Give Up Cooking! event, Touya invited him to try out his cupcakes as he wanted to bake something for Saki and Tsukasa. Since they looked awful, Rui felt awkward, but ate them anyway so that Touya wouldn't feel bad. Rui then encouraged Touya not to give up.
Shinonome Ena: Akito's older sister. Touya occasionally gives Akito the plushies he wins from claw machines to pass on to Ena, as he can't bring them home for fear that his father will be upset. Despite the pair not being particularly close, Ena is one of the few characters that Touya refers to by first name, as he calls her "Ena-san" when he's not referring to her as "Akito's sister". This is likely because she's the sister of someone he's known for a long time.
Akiyama Mizuki: Touya's schoolmate and acquaintance. They met during the Kamiyama High Festival. Mizuki, Touya and Akito all went together to watch Tsukasa perform. Mizuki enjoyed Tsukasa's performance, which made Touya happy.
Shiraishi Ken: An's father. He acts as a mentor figure to Touya, and has done so for him and Akito since Touya was in middle school. Touya looks up to Ken and respects him, with Ken acting almost as a parent figure to him in turn. In the Main Story, he went to Ken specifically to tell him of his plans to quit music, and asks Ken to take care of Akito.
Aoyagi Harumichi: Touya's father. Prior to Nocturne Interlude, it was explained that they have a very strained relationship due to Touya choosing to "run away" from classical music against his father's wishes. Despite this, Touya appears to hold his father and the music he plays in high regard, and only wanted to be understood by him, hence the animosity between them and their differing mindsets toward music. By the end of Nocturne Interlude, where it's implied that Harumichi watched Touya perform alongside Vivid BAD SQUAD, Harumichi has appeared to eased up on his son and his newfound dream. Touya explains in an area conversation that he feels more comfortable going home now that he and his father don't clash anymore.
Mita Kotaro: A solo street musician and acquaintance of BAD DOGS. Touya is generally nicer to Kotaro than Akito is to him and, thanks to his trusting personality, allows Kotaro to slack off on his obligations until Akito steps in.
Miyata Souma: Arata's former partner and Touya's acquaintance. In Walk on and on he begins to mentor Touya on sampling music while Touya helps him complete a track he's making for Arata. Through this, the two grow closer, and Touya is given insight into Souma's backstory before his accident, along with how Arata and Souma began working together. It is also Souma who helps Touya realize what feelings he needs to put into his first song to make it worthy of being performed onstage, as well as unintentionally helps him to understand that Akito is the one to who he wants to deliver his "sound."
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