NO.222ANIMEOOTDAoi Sakamoto
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Aoi Sakamoto
SAKAMOTO DAYS ↗ / 2020
Taro Sakamoto’s wife and Hana’s mother
AI-assisted illustrations · Not official anime stills








This profile follows Aoi in the 2020 serialization of SAKAMOTO DAYS. She appears in chapter 1’s opening spread and its meeting, wedding and childbirth montage. The series launched in Weekly Shonen Jump’s 2020 issue 51. An earlier prototype exists, but Aoi’s appearance there remains unverified; this year identifies her serialized version.
Aoi’s warmth leaves room for firm boundaries. In chapter 2, Shin’s careless talk of killing makes her question whether Taro has returned to his old trade. She reminds him of their family rules, speaking plainly to a man other assassins fear.
Her story begins with a convenience-store encounter: Taro falls for Aoi while she is working, then retires, marries and becomes Hana’s father. Their shop’s ordinary days attract trouble from his past. Aoi’s everyday presence gives those battles a home and a shared life to protect.
Taro is the husband she trusts, and Hana is their daughter. When Shin joins the shop, he also encounters the household’s expectations. Aoi and Taro’s closeness includes accountability: she believes in him while expecting him to respect the life they chose together.
Aoi originates in manga; Nao Toyama voices her in the 2025 anime. The selected adult everyday design has blue-black hair in a low bun with a jaw-length side section, a pink clip on her left and a beauty mark below her left mouth corner. A coral tee, beige skirt and blue slip-ons complete the look. Page artwork is AI-generated unofficial fan art.
Netflix’s February 11, 2025 report placed the anime sixth among non-English TV titles, with 3.8 million platform-defined views for the week beginning February 3. This measures the adaptation, not Aoi’s popularity. Reader interpretation: her insistence on family promises gives strength an everyday meaning, taking responsibility for loved ones.