Aoyagi Toya

Reserved and taciturn. His strict dad, a classical musician, had Toya take music classes for especially talented. Toya's father was a famous classical musician and trained Toya and his two older brothers in classical music from a very young age, specifically piano and violin. His father would isolate Toya and force him to study classical music at all hours of the day, causing him to despise his father, and by association, the entirety of classical music. As such, he started performing street music to rebel against his father and eventually met Akito while singing on the street. He sang together with Akito under the name BAD DOGS before forming Vivid BAD SQUAD with An and Kohane. Even after joining Vivid BAD SQUAD, he still operates under the BAD DOGS unit with Akito children from a young age. This early education brought results, but in an act of defiance against his father, Toya became a street musician

appearance

Toya has sharp grey eyes and a mole under the corner of his left eye. His hair is short and bicolored, the right side a dark blue, the left a light blue. His voice is quite quiet and calm. his skin is pale. sometimes he wears glasses

character

Toya is quiet and calm but has a strong mind. His face is often deadpan, and people other than Akito and Tsukasa have difficulty reading his expressions. When people talk to him, they usually mistake him for being rude, as he is blunt and often misphrases his statements. Until becoming part of Vivid BAD SQUAD, he wasn't one to smile frequently. Despite his stoic demeanor, he is kind and quick to help others. He can occasionally be airheaded or gullible.

relationship

Shinonome Akito: Fellow group member and best friend. They met in middle school and have been practically inseparable ever since. Akito helped him find where he belongs after he quit classical music and understands Toya's distant relationship with his father. They are partners in the unit BAD DOGS and trust each other a lot. Toya feels thankful to have Akito in his life. The two have a unique dynamic between them, as Akito is shown to be very protective of Toya, especially when Rui and Tsukasa are involved, likely due to his knowledge of Toya's gullibility and difficulty communicating. Toya is also the only character shown to have any sway over Akito's stubbornness, as on various occasions he's convinced Akito to participate in activities he didn't want to do, such as when Akito refused to help Rui as an extra dancer in An Ode for the Pure of Heart but changed his mind after Toya made his heartfelt plea to him. As a testament to how close they are, he’s the only non-VIRTUAL SINGER character that Toya refers to by their first name without using any honorifics. Toya states that he trusts Akito more than anyone else, and wants to remain by his side as his partner “from now and forever

relationship

Aoyagi Harumichi: Toya's father. it was explained that they have a very strained relationship due to Toya choosing to "run away" from classical music against his father's wishes. Despite this, Toya appears to hold his father and the music he plays in high regard, and only wanted to be understood by him, hence the animosity between them and their differing mindsets toward music. as a child, his father beat him and to this day continues to scold him about

relationship

Shiraishi Ken: An's father. He acts as a mentor figure to Toya, and has done so for him and Akito since Toya was in middle school. Toya looks up to Ken and respects him, with Ken acting almost as a parent figure to him in turn. he went to Ken specifically to tell him of his plans to quit music, and asks Ken to take care of Akito