| Aya Hoshino | |
|---|---|
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| Kanji | 星野 綾 |
| Rōmaji | Hoshino Aya |
| Nickname | Aya |
| Gender | Female |
| Age | 15/16 (start of the series) 18 (end of the series) |
| Eye Color | Brown |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Occupation | Student Gal |
| Education | Hounan High School |
| Relatives | Unnamed Father Unnamed Mother |
| Relationships | Rei Otohata (boyfriend) |
| Debut | |
| Anime | Episode 1: The World's Greatest Gal ♥ Go Go → Ran Kotobuki |
| Manga | Chapter 1: The Greatest Kogal in the World |
| Voice Actors | |
| Japanese | Oma Ichimura |
| English | Kim Prause |
Aya Hoshino (星野 綾 Hoshino Aya) is one of the main characters in Gals!. She is one of the top student in Hounan High School who became friends with Ran Kotobuki after she saved her from a dark side and Aya is now a loyal Gal to her best friends.
Appearance[]
Aya is a tall and beautiful pale-skinned teenager with long, straight black hair and brown eyes. She usually leaves her hair loose and styles it with bangs parted over her left eye.
She dresses the most simply out of the girls. Her favorite color is blue. Her preferred style seems to lean towards a more mature, almost Onee style.
Personality[]
At the beginning of the series, Aya was a very quiet and shy girl. She was constantly forced to study by her strict parents. Despite this, she expressed a desire to have a normal life, and snuck out at night secretly to get money.
Aya was doing Enjo kō, dating older men for money, many times and almost "did it" but Ran Kotobuki luckily brought some sense to her. Aya seemed to not care about herself in the beginning as she considered it okay to sell her body as long as she didn't sell her soul. After Ran stopped her subsidized dating, she gained confidence. Aya was more honest and playful but acts awkward and shy around Rei Otohata (Aya's crush). Over the course of the series, Aya became much stronger and more assertive.
History[]
Aya started the series as a reclusive loner. Aya focused on her studies in school, but a rumor spread that she was possibly doing Enjo kō. Aya admitted it was true to Ran and then avoided her. Ran confronted her and stopped her before she slept with her date, and convinced her to join her friend group with Miyu Yamazaki. She started easing up and even altering her style. However, this distracted her from her grades, which took a nosedive. She then started avoiding Ran and Miyu once more and focused on cram school. After talking to Rei Otohata she decided to take charge of her life. Aya then started crushing on Rei. Unfortunately, Rei had a crush on Ran, a crush he kept well hidden. Ran asked him to date Aya and he did, simply out of pity for Aya and to make Ran happy. Aya started following Rei around, which annoyed him and he told her to quit following the crowd. Aya started getting suspicions and they are later confirmed when she learns Rei did it out of a favor for Ran and that he likes her. However, Rei's feelings for Ran are gone and he fell for Aya. The two are then true boyfriend and girlfriend, even heading off to the same college.
Etymology[]
- The name Aya (綾) means "design".
- Aya's surname Hoshino means "star" (星) (hoshi) and "field, wilderness" (野) (no).