| “ | He will be mine. He doesn't have a choice. | „ |
| ~ Ayano Aishi |
Ayano Aishi (Yandere Chan) is the main female protagonist in the game Yandere Simulator. She is a Japanese Schoolgirl who is a Yandere. Her main goal is to eliminate all 10 of her rivals so she can finally be with her "Senpai", Taro Yamada.
Her mother, Ryoba Aishi was also a Yandere and so are most people in her bloodline. Her father's name is Jokichi Yudasei, and was Ryoba's classmate before she kidnapped him and made him marry her.
Etymology[]
Her forename "Ayano" is written as あやの in hiragana and アヤノ in katakana. In kanji, it could be written as 綾乃 (綾 means "design", "figure" etc.) or 彩乃 (彩 means "color"). (乃 is a possessive article.)
Her surname "Aishi" is a combination of 愛 (Ai-) meaning "love" and 死 (-Shi) meaning "death". Therefore, her surname quite literally means "Love-Death".
Appearance[]
Ayano is a 165 cm tall Japanese girl with a pale complexion and dark gray eyes. Her eyes are sharp and her resting face is unsmiling. Otherwise, she looks completely average.
Her hair is in a high ponytail, and her ponytail reaches just below the neck. She has bangs that are eyebrow-level, and she also has side bangs that reach past her collar. Her ears are hidden form the side bangs.
Ayano wears a Japanese sailor-style female summer school uniform unless changed by the player, and she has plain black stockings. She wears plain black school shoes.
Personality[]
Ayano has been emotionless since she remembers, but she becomes very lovesick and passionate with anything related to her senpai, Taro. She cannot feel empathy, guilt, happiness or sadness. However, she could possibly feel pity for other people, unless they get in the way of her and Taro. She is aware of what is considered "right" or "wrong" in society, but she herself doesn't care about these superficial boundaries.
However, she is very sensitive when Taro is brought up, as she feels love for him to an extreme extent. She will not give up in persuing him, even if it means hurting the people around him. She doesn't care about the rivals at all, even hating them with an intense passion, and revels in destroying their lives just so she could be with Taro.
Her sanity is also shown to be extremely fragile, and will break as soon as Taro finds out about her murderous side, as evidenced in snap mode, where the player has the option to have Ayano go on a killing rampage and kill Taro and herself if Taro witnesses her acting suspiciously.
History[]
Ayano was born without emotions, just like all the Aishi ancestors. At first, everyone was very concerned for her health because of her apathy, but she had gradually learnt to pretend to be a "normal" person and pretend to have emotions, although she never actually had any emotions.
Ryoba had told Ayano that she was like that when she was younger, but when she met the love of her life (Jokichi), she changed completely; She told Ayano that one day she would feel the same. However, Ayano would not know of Ryoba's crimes (she promised Jokichi to never tell her) unless the player found the basement tapes that were in the game and listened to them to find out about Ryoba's past.
Ryoba never worried about Ayano's apathy, but her father Jokichi was very concerned about her and tried to find a way to "heal" her. Nothing worked, but after Ayano started pretending to be "normal", he stopped being worried, thinking that Ayano was fine again.
Despite never being told the truth about Ryoba and Jokichi, Ayano still learnt how to get away with murder from her mother, who subtly taught her all throughout her childhood.
Ayano only went to Akademi because Ryoba wanted her to, since she thought that Ayano might be able to find "the one" there as well, just as Ryoba did when she went to that school. She did meet her senpai Taro at the school, but when she found out that Osana Najimi had a crush on him through Info-chan, she started plotting to eliminate her.
Relationships[]
Taro Yamada (Senpai)[]
Her first encounter with Taro is a few days prior to the introduction of the game, yet he has changed her life forever. Because of him, she has suddenly started to feel emotions, especially romantic intentions for him. Because of this, she obsesses over him and dreams of confessing to him and becoming his girlfriend.
She likes everything that he is interested in, and she would want nothing more than for him to be happy, but if he was to be happy because of another girl, she would not stand for it. Even though she wants him to be happy, she would be okay with killing another girl and traumatizing him in order for them to be together.
Ayano would not be able to live without him, and she desperately clings onto him in fear that if she loses him, she will just return to the apathetic and colorless husk of a person she was before meeting him, so therefore she cannot lose him to anyone else, especially another love interest.
Ryoba Aishi[]
Ryoba is Ayano's mother, and she feels indifferent towards her. She understands that her mother loves her dearly, but due to her being apathetic, she fails to feel anything resembling daughterly love for Ryoba. Ryoba has told Ayano that her apathetic nature will be changed forever because one day she would meet the love of her life, but Ayano seemingly does not believe her until she met Taro. Ryoba has also taught Ayano how to avoid capture after she commits a crime.
Jokichi Yudasei[]
Jokichi is Ayano's father, and she feels indifferent towards him. He loves her very dearly since she is his daughter, and he used to be aware of her apathetic nature. Ayano had noticed that her father was worried about her for being apathetic, so she hid her true nature and tried to be normal, so Jokichi stopped worrying about her on that part.
Ayano does not really see Jokichi as a "father figure"; Her view of him could be better described as a family pet that is there because Ryoba needs him. She does not actually care about him as a person.
Info-chan[]
Info-chan and Ayano are currently allies. Info-chan supplies Ayano with information about the students in the school and various materials that Ayano may need while eliminating her rivals for Info points.
Their relationship is strictly business, and they have never met in person, as no one has been able to see Info-chan in person so far.
In the earlier versions of the game, Info was part of the newspaper club, who asked Ayano to eliminate her rivals so she could have something to write about in her newspapers, but the current Info is very different to that.
Rivals[]
Ayano has 10 rivals in her way of getting her senpai. There names being:
- Osana Najimi - She is Taro Yamada's childhood best friend and a Tsundere.
- Amai Odayaka - She is the club leader of the Cooking Club and a Hajidere.
- Kizana Sunobu - She is the club leader of the Drama Club and a Himedere.
- Oka Ruto - She is the club leader of the Occult Club and a Dandere.
- Asu Rito - She is the club leader of the Sports club and is a Deredere.
- Muja Kina - She is the school nurse and a Dojikko.
- Mida Rana - She is a school substitute teacher and a Sadodere.
- Osoro Shidesu - She is the leader of the Delinquents and a Mayadere.
- Hanako Yamada - She is Taro Yamada's little sister and a Deredere.
- Megami Saikou - She is the leader of the Student Council and a Kamidere.
Ayano does not care about the rivals, as they are only obstacles between her and Taro. However, she probably does not feel any hatred for them either as she is apathetic. She only sees them as mere objects, or pests, that she must get rid of.
Game appearances[]
Ayano on the official page.
First appearance[]
Ayano Aishi first appeared April, 2014 on the first ever build of the game. Originally, she had a blue ponytail, rather than a black ponytail and that is all that has changed. Her hairstyle has changed once on November 15th 2021.
Yandere no Sutoka[]
Ayano is one of the two antagonists of the parody of Saiko no Sutoda, called Yandere no Sutoka. In the game, the player can choose either Ayano or Ayato (the male version of her) to be the antagonist of the game, and Ayano/Ayato will chase down the player in a school setting.