The lead female character in the anime Ai yori Aoshi.  Aoi's name in Japanese means blue and she is usually described throughout the anime as a traditional Japanese beauty.  She is introduced in the anime as being the future wife of the anime's lead male character, Kaoru Hanabishi. Birthday is July 7th.

Kaoru Hanabishi, a college student who lives alone, met a beautiful but bewildered girl dressed in a kimono at a train station. He volunteered to guide her way to the address she was looking for, which happened to be in his neighborhood, but turned out to be an empty lot. Not knowing what to do next, Kaoru invited the devastated girl to his apartment and asked for any additional clues to her destination. She supplied him with a photo of two children whom Kauru immediately identified as himself and Aoi Sakuraba, his childhood friend. It turned out that the girl in front of him is Aoi Sakuraba herself, his betrothed fiancee who came all the way to Tokyo to marry him. Her revelation was not only surprising but also reminded the deepest part of Kaoru's memory for why he left the Hanabishi family in the first place.

__Non-anime roles:__
- Shenhe - Genshin Impact (VG)
- Sugar - Goddess of Victory: Nikke (VG)
- Dikke - Reverse: 1999 (VG)

Michelle Suzanne Ruff is an American voice actress known for her work in anime and video games. Height 5' 3½" (1.61 m). Georgette Rose is the name of Michelle Ruff's mother, and Michelle used her mother's name as a pseudonym in her early career.

1997 MBC Voice Actor in Korea.

*Note: Not to be confused with the [background artist](https://anilist.co/staff/187359).*

Two years after meeting Aoi, Kaoru and gang are still up to their normal habits. Kaoru now in grad school and the tenants being as rowdy as ever what will become of Aoi and Kaoru's love. 
Two years has passed since Aoi and Kaoru were freed from the bonds of their families. They continue to live their normal lives with their usual friends in their house.

Despite her family's protests, Aoi Sakuraba decides that she is going to marry Kaoru Hanabishi, her love of eighteen years. Once he realizes that her intentions are genuine - and that she's not just trying to get him to reconcile with his estranged (and domineering) family - he begins to definitely warm up to the idea, too. What obstacles must the two overcome in order to be together? 
(Source: Tokyopop)

Ai yori Aoshi: Enishi - Miyuki is a 16 minute Christmas special set before the beginning of the first season. 
Based on manga chapters 43-44.

Kaoru and the girls have a picnic in Spring and talk about their dreams for the future.