Ayaka Tachikawa

"You'd think of me as an idiot, right? But that's how much I want to live true to myself. Because I'm used to getting hurt."

Ayaka Tachikawa is one of the members of the 22/7 idol group, and a virtual YouTuber. She is also a member of 22/7 sub-unit Keikoto Saisei Keikaku. She is voiced by Reina Miyase.

Ayaka's penlight color is pink.

Appearance
Ayaka has long dark-brown hair that reaches the bottom of her back; her hair is braided and looped on both sides of her head, and finished off with grey bows. She has purple-brown eyes.

Her character was designed by Sakura Koharu (QP:flapper).

Personality
Ayaka is an aggressive and militant girl. Aside from being an idol, she also does martial arts. She is described as both cute and sexy, and is like an older sister to her unit mates, even though she is the youngest of three sisters. Despite this, Ayaka is quite girly. She values individuality.

It is said that Ayaka is a mysterious person and no one knows what she is thinking. Despite being overshadowed by her two older sisters, Ayaka is a strong-minded person who isn't influenced by others.

Ayaka tends to give her fellow members nicknames that may seem odd or insulting at first glance.

As shown in the PV for Shampoo no Nioi ga Shita and her character PV, she is playful, as she makes faces at Miu through the window of the art room. She jokes about things such as liking her older female cousin, but then quickly says, "Just kidding".

Ayaka describes herself as more of an indoor person, as she enjoys games and manga, and is skilled at painting. Her weaknesses are thunder and organizing. Ayaka is also afraid of walking outside at night due to fearing being kidnapped.

Rather than having a favorite food, Ayaka prefers a balanced diet.

Biography
Ayaka is from Tokyo. She is the youngest of three sisters. In Ayaka's PV, it is shown that she listens to rock music. In Jun's character PV, Jun states that Ayaka likes tomatoes. In episode 5, Ayaka states that she gets travel-sick.

In episode 9, it is revealed that when Ayaka was 5 years old, she was often bullied by her two older sisters for being a crybaby. Because of this, Ayaka started to hate her sisters, until she stumbled on Ayane fighting her schoolmates; despite being timid and scared, Ayaka attempted to step in to defend Ayane, but the fight finally stopped only when the oldest sister, Ayana, interfered. It was then revealed to Ayaka that Ayane was fighting the boys because they said that Ayaka is weak. After the incident, Ayaka narrates that the fighting between her and her sisters suddenly stopped.

During middle and high school, Ayaka was a loner and spent most of her time by herself. Ayaka works as a manga artist under the pen name "Hoshikawa" ("Hoshi" (星) meaning "stars" and "Kawa" from her last name, respectively), and only does high school part-time to fulfill the wishes of her parents. It is also revealed that Ayaka joined 22/7 only to help get manga ideas.

Miu Takigawa
In the Shampoo no Nioi ga Shita PV, Ayaka continuously makes funny faces at Miu, where it shows that her end goal was to make Miu smile. Meanwhile Miu claims that Ayaka is the type of person she can't handle, and is the one in 22/7 whom she knows the least. However, the two get a little closer in episode 9. Ayaka calls Miu "Crystel", a likely reference to the Japanese newscaster Crystel Takigawa.

Sakura Fujima
Ayaka calls Sakura by the nickname "Returnee Kid".

Miyako Kono
Ayaka calls Miyako "Takoyaki", after one of the famous foods from Osaka, which is Miyako's hometown.

Jun Toda
In both Ayaka's and Jun's PV, it is shown that Ayaka constantly enjoys teasing Jun. Ayaka calls Jun "Kid".

Akane Maruyama
Ayaka calls Akane by "AI" due to Akane being described as an emotionless robot.

Nicole Saito
Ayaka thinks that Nicole behaves like Queen Elizabeth, and because of this, calls her "Elizabeth".

Yuki Tojo
Ayaka addresses Yuki by the nickname "Yusuke", which is basically a male version of her name.

Tsubomi Hiiragi
Ayaka calls Tsubomi "Shiro Gyaru" (White Gyaru), which is a subculture of Gyaru that doesn't tan their skin.

Ayane Tachikawa
As children, Ayaka and Ayane often fought, most of the time bringing Ayaka to tears. However, after Ayaka found out that Ayane did care about her, the fighting between the two stopped. In the present, Ayaka is rather sarcastic and mocks Ayane, although Ayane appears to like spoiling Ayaka.

Ayana Tachikawa
Although Ayaka states that they did fight in the past, it seemingly happened less often than Ayaka's and Ayane's fights.

Cast Commentary
"Although Ayaka is “Aggressive・Militant”, she really is a girly girl. And that gap just makes me adore her a lot. When I was given the role of Ayaka, I wasn’t quite sure if I am capable or not, and it’s because she is a girl who has something I never have. I want to be a girl like Ayaka who can express whatever she has in her mind, and grow up with her at the same time. I want to be a seiyuu idol who’s just like Ayaka, not only cute but also cool."

Discography

 * 1) Boku wa Sonzai Shiteinakatta
 * 2) Shampoo no Nioi ga Shita
 * 3) Rikaisha
 * 4) Nani mo Shiteagerarenai
 * 5) Muzui
 * 6) Kaze wa Fuiteru ka?
 * 7) Boku ga Motteru Mono Nara
 * 8) Kakusei

Etymology
Tachikawa (立川): Tachi (立) means "to stand" and Kawa (川) means "river".

Ayaka (絢香): Aya (絢) means "brilliant" and Ka (香) means "fragrance".

Videos
The Diary of Our Days PV= Anime Introduction PV= Nanaon Introduction PV=

Gallery
For more images of this character please refer here.

Quotes


Trivia

 * Ayaka was originally planned to be 16 years old.
 * Ayaka introduced herself as being from Kanagawa at the Warikirenai Live on 2018.02.27, but in the anime it was changed to Tokyo.
 * Ayaka's motto is "Others are others, I am myself."
 * Ayaka's favorite quote is "Don't compare yourself to others. If you do so, you are insulting yourself."