Aoi Asahina

Aoi Asahina (朝日奈 葵 Asahina Aoi) is one of the characters featured in Dangan Ronpa: Academy of Hope and High School Students of Despair. She has the title Super High-School Level Swimmer (超高校級の「スイマー」Chō Kōkō Kyū no "Suimā"). She was a young sportswoman who was active in five different sport clubs. Due to her ability, Asahina was chosen as a representative at the Olympics. When Oogami committed suicide in Chapter 4, she attempted to make everyone vote for her as the culprit after being tricked into thinking that Oogami killed herself out of despair. She survived the final trial and escaped with the other survivors at the end of the game.

Appearance
Asahina has tanned skin and brown hair that she wears in a ponytail. She wears athletic shorts and a red track suit jacket over a white shirt. Asahina also has a rather curvaceous body that is usually the subject of Fukawa/Syo's harassment.

Personality
Always energetic and friendly, Asahina is also a bit airheaded. She has difficulty remembering names. Asahina is quite emotional, as she is one of the very few students that take their friends’ deaths very personally, to the extent of crying for the dying Yamada in Chapter 3. This trait is also prevalent in Chapter 4, where she got into a fight with Togami and Syo because they were badmouthing Sakura Oogami, her closest friend.

Of all things that afflict her, Oogami’s death affects her the most. This event is enough to drive her into devising a plan to get herself and the others killed after she read Oogami’s (falsified) suicide note. The Free Time sequence reveals her insecurity about not being feminine enough due to her being an athlete. She is also a donut lover and secretly a fan of Jason Statham.

Pre-Despair Incident
Aoi was best friends with Sakura during her time at Hope's Peak Academy.

Mukuro's Death Retrial and Tensed Rivalry with Real Enoshima
During the retrial of Mukuro's murder, Asahina is shocked and disbelieved in Naegi's statement that

As the true perpetrator was revealed as the real Junko Enoshima, Hagakure was one of the students who was shocked that the "Junko Enoshima" they met was actually Enoshima's twin sister, Mukuro Ikusaba, and remained stunned over the fact that world doomsday because of despair and chaos is as real as truth. As she is motivated by Naegi's words that hope is still alive, Asahina recalls Sakura's quote as if she was still alive: "'Strength is only obtained through unshaken bravery'", and due to that she decided to believe in Naegi. With her support to Naegi, Asahina witnessed him managing to force Enoshima onto her knees and execute herself in a special punishment (Super Duper Nasty Torture) in the progress; which finally resulted in her 'death' and the survivors were finally free from the strings of this sadistic game.

Considering their torments are finally over, Asahina would begin to wonder if a doughnut shop would appear when she returned to the real world before she bade farewell to her fellow friends. Hence, Asahina was among the six survivors to escape the school.

Sakura Oogami
Asahina and Oogami became very close friends due to their passion for sports. They also like drinking protein drinks. Asahina was very upset when Togami badmouthed Oogami, causing her to slap him. Her friend's death had a huge impact on her, accusing anyone who spoke ill of her and planning to get herself and the others killed after reading the falsified suicide note.

Execution
Water Illusion Show - Asahina is put in a water tank. From above, Monobear dressed as a magician appears, and he waves his staff and a curtain falls, raising again with a drum roll. Many sharks can be seen in the tank, surrounding Asahina. Once again, Monobear waves his staff and the curtain falls. As the drum rolls and the curtain rises, Asahina isn't in the tank anymore, because she's been eaten by the sharks. This execution is shown in the Official Fanbook.

Quotes

 * “What, you’ve never seen this before? They say when you want to remember someone’s name, you should write it on the palm of your hand three times!”
 * "That’s definitive evidence! It’s something we can corner her with!!"
 * "It’s you two who I don’t get at all…Killing someone… and then standing here chatting and smiling…"
 * "I won’t listen to any excuses…!"
 * "You are going to be executed… Someone like you who killed Sakura-chan deserves nothing but swift execution…"

Trivia

 * Her ponytail will move in accordance with her mood (ex.: getting spiked when she's angry, or drooping down when she's sad).
 * During a free-time event it is implied that she has never been in a romantic relationship, as she asks Naegi to pretend with her so she can practice. In Asahina's last free time event, this shows that she has a small crush on Naegi.
 * She practices a self-healing technique known as Kanpumasatsu, in which one rubs their body with a dry towel to keep illnesses such as the flu away.