Aoi Asahina

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Character
Name: Kanji: 朝日奈 葵
Katakana: アサヒナ アオイ
Hiragana: あさひなあおい
Romaji: Asahina Aoi
Latin Alphabet: Aoi Asahina
Occupation: High School Student
Relationships: Sakura Oogami (best friend; deceased)
Makoto Naegi (ally; alive)
Fandom: Dangan Ronpa
Other: Talent: 超高校級の「スイマー」lit. Super High School Level Swimmer
Official English Translation: The Ultimate Swimming Pro

JPN Voice Actor: Chiwa Saitō
ENG Voice Actor: Cassandra Lee Morris

Fanart for Asahina by Mio_Mzgc70.
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Aoi Asahina is a student from Dangan Ronpa. She is a prominent character within the series and popular with fans. Asahina debuted in Dangan Ronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc and survived The Mastermind's Killing Game, along with Makoto Naegi, Byakuya Togami, Kyoko Kirigiri, Toko Fukawa and Yasuhiro Hagakure. She also was a main character in Dangan Ronpa 3: End of Hope's Peak High School.

Canon Overview

Asahina loves playing sports. She was a member of six athletic clubs, including volleyball and track & field club. She had a younger brother named Yuta Asahina, and together, they loved swimming the most. Asahina is a very talented swimmer, at nearly an Olympian level, and its this skill that she was scouted for by Hope's Peak Academy to enroll in their specialty school. In Japanese, she is a Super High School Level Swimmer. In English, she is the Ultimate Swimming Pro.

She's very outgoing, and tends to follow emotions rather than logic. This makes her a great, loyal friend to have. She bonds particularly well with Sakura Oogami. Its this personality that makes her easily manipulated by assumptions and emotion during the Killing Game.

She has a love for donuts as well. Fanworks for her often feature them.

Asahina's birthday is April 24th. She shares this birthday with Mahiru Koizumi, another Dangan Ronpa character. On Twitter and Pixiv, art tagged with #朝日奈葵生誕祭[year value] are commonly released on her birthday. More birthday tag listings can be found on Dangan Ronpa Birthday and Anniversary Tag List.

In Japanese, fans may misspell her name as 朝“”奈[1]. Both 比 and 日 sound the same, but have different meanings.

Popular Tropes & Fanon

All of the above are wrangled tags on Archive of Our Own. Other places where fandom lives may portray Asahina with one or all of these attributes. Bisexual!Asahina, Trans!Asahina, ADHD!Asahina and Comphet!Asahina are also common, though unwrangled. Non-binary is her most common trans interpretation.

Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta

Queercoding

Some fans believe she is queercoded.

[Name of Subject #]

TBA

Relationships

Less Popular Relationships

This is purposefully an incomplete list, as Asahina is shipped with much of Dangan Ronpa's cast. In Kanji, Asahina is usually represented in a pairing names with 朝 (asa). For Katakana, it's usually ヒナ (hina). In Hiragana, あさ (asa) and ひな (hina) are common.

The order seen should be what's most popular unless marked with "possibly." ENG portmanteaus are also subject to change. Relationships listed fall into GL, NL, BL, Poly, Combi or Cargo.

With... Full Label Type Portmanteau / Phrase Kanji Hiragana or Katakana Information
Kyoko Kirigiri Asahina x Kirigiri GL Kirihina n/a n/a (Seen on its page.)
Yasuhiro Hagakure Asahina x Hagakure NL Asakure, Hagahina 葉朝 (Haasa) はあさ (Haasa) or はがあさ (Hagasa) (Seen on its page.)
Byakuya Togami Asahina x Togami NL Togahina, Asagami 十朝 (Toasa) とあさ (Toasa) (Seen on its page.)
Mahiru Koizumi Asahina x Koizumi GL Asazumi 朝昼 (Asahiru) あさひる (Asahiru) Both share a birthday and may get along together well. They have not met in canon.
Toko Fukawa Asahina x Fukawa GL Fukahina 朝腐 (Asafu) ふかひな (Fukahina) (Seen on its page.)
Kiyotaka Ishimaru Asahina x Ishimaru NL Ishihina 石朝 (Ishiasa) possibly いしあさ (Ishiasa) (Seen on its page.)
Chihiro Fujisaki Asahina x Fujisaki NL Chihina n/a n/a Asahina and Fujisaki may bond over their femininity complexes.
Celestia Ludenberg Asahina x Celeste GL Ludenhina n/a n/a Concave and Convex / Opposites Attract
Leon Kuwata Asahina x Kuwata NL Kuwahina, LeonAoi n/a n/a Both are outgoing and somewhat roudy people.
Akane Owari Asahina x Owari GL Owahina n/a n/a Fans have noted they look alike and have similar interests.
donuts Asahina x Donuts Cargo Asahina Donuts 朝日奈葵ドーナツ n/a Asahina loves donuts canonically. The Danganronpa Abridged Thing abridged YouTube series and NicoB's playthrough of the game helped fuel this cargo ship.
Chihiro Fujisaki; Sakura Oogami Asahina & Fujisaki & Oogami Combi Chisakuraoi, Sakuhinahiro n/a n/a Fujisaki would likely want to hang out with them in fanworks where he is portrayed as Trans Female. See his page for more context.

Example/Notable Fanac

untitled by ludenhinas, an Asahina/Celeste comic featuring the It's okay... I am a "lesbo" meme.

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