Ayanami Shiratsuyu

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Ayanami Shiratsuyu

“	Hi, hi! Everyone, it's your favorite child singer, Aya-chan~! I hope everyone is having a jolly time~! If not, then Aya will be sad... Well, that got you excited, didn't it? I pray that you all enjoy my songs as much as I do, okay~? Let's go, everyone! Idol, Ayanami Shiratsuyu, going all-out~!	„
	~ Ayanami's usual self-introduction during her concerts.

Ayanami Shiratsuyu (白露綾波, Glistening Dew Figure Wave^?), known as Kirin (麒麟, Kirin^?) in «[[w:c:swordartonline:Sword Art Online|]]» (SAO), «Spell Blade Online» (SBO), and «Ordinal Scale» (OS), while known as 'Emilia Rosenberg (エミリア・ローゼンバーグ, Emiria Rōzenbāgu^?) in the Underworld of «Project Alicization» (PA), is the main female protagonist of Yasuda Izumi's Sword Art Online Alternative: Spell Blade Online light novel series.

She is one of the 1,000 beta testers of Sword Art Online as well as one of the 10,000 players trapped in the game during the scandal that was the SAO Incident. During her time as a player, she gained fame both with her already immense fame from real life along with her excellent skills in-game. She was known as the «Snow White Songstress» (白雪の歌姫, Shirayuki no Utahime^?), a reference to her beautiful snow white hair.

After arriving on the 75th Floor, she and the other players in the boss raid encountered the [[w:c:swordartonline:Skull Reaper|]] which proved to be the most difficult boss yet. With the help of [[w:c:swordartonline:Heathcliff|]], they were able to finish off the boss. However, there were still surprises left in store. Kirito challenged Heathcliff, telling him that he was truly the creator of the game himself, Akihiko Kayaba. The uncovered Akihiko agreed to Kirito's invitation of a duel but Asuna proceeded to get in the way of their duel, forcing Akihiko's hand. With Asuna's death, Kirito's anger reached a boiling point which would prove his undoing.

Kirito's fatal mistake was when he, in his anger, accidentally used «The Eclipse». Akihiko proceeded to exploit the post-motion delay of the sword skill to inflict a fatal wound on the swordsman. Kirito dropped his weapons onto the floor as he exploded into particles. At that, Ayanami was able to shake off the paralysis Akihiko had previously inflicted on the players in the room and she attacked him, successfully running him through. However, the air split and the game glitched completely.

With that, the remaining players were freed from their clutches and discovered that the door to the 76th Floor which Akihiko had previously sealed shut was now open. The players eventually resolved themselves for the final run. The game was finally cleared on in mid-June 2025. After recovering from the incident, she eventually was given an invitation to participate in the Closed Beta of a newly invented VR game: «Spell Blade Online».

The Closed Beta was successful and in the pause between the test's close to the opening of the official servers, a new invention presented by the father of Ayanami's best friend, Tetsuhiro Shigemura, by the name of «[[w:c:swordartonline:Augma|]]» presented a new take on the world of VR: the world of AR, Augmented Reality. The new game that was released along with the Augma was called «Ordinal Scale» (OS). Eager to learn more, Ayanami donned the Augma and began to play OS.

Background

Ayanami was born in the year of the Ox, October 30th, 2009. She was a child of the Shiratsuyu family, a rather famous family that produces figures high in Japanese society. Ayanami's mother worked as an idol during the former's early life although her growing age forced her to retire. Ayanami had the skill and the talent to become an idol and so from the age of six, was taught in the arts of singing. She also attended her family's dojo where she learned the Authentic No-Sword Style.

When she was in the year that would advance her to the age of twelve, she encountered something else that would interest her more: the Closed Beta of Sword Art Online. With the help of her mother pulling some strings, Ayanami was able to snatch a spot in the limited space that was allowed. Her mother approved of her playing the game because Ayanami could entertain people from within. She managed to log hundreds of hours of playtime in the one month that the beta was released for.

Once the testing phase was done, she returned back to the life of an idol for a while before she got into line to buy one of the 10,000 copies of the official Sword Art Online release. Upon the server's full opening on November 6th, 2022, Ayanami was fully expecting to log in, cash in a few hours of gameplay, and log out to prepare for her next concert. However, this would not come to pass as the SAO server was locked: no one could leave. With the mirror item the Reaper gave out, Ayanami's avatar was destroyed and her identity was made known. After the nightmare of the Reaper, Ayanami was immediately showered in-game with the players' love. It was a constant bother when she was annoyed out of the job. Here, it was going to be a 24/7 thing.

She fell in love with the one person who was immune to her charms: Kazuto Kirigaya, known as Kirito in-game. Kazuto was forced to give up attempting to shake Ayanami off after she continually chased him to avoid the crowds. The two of them made for an excellent team for the first two months until Kazuto began to grow apart from her upon meeting Asuna Yūki, simply Asuna. She helped the couple realize their mutual feelings for each other. Ayanami spent the next two years being Asuna's wingwoman for advancing her relationship with Kazuto.

Personality

Ayanami is extremely kind and caring. Unlike Kazuto, Ayanami has a way with words and can hold extended conversations with others which is the primary reason why she became an idol in the first place. Despite having a rather uncurable addiction to video games and computers, Ayanami has a heavy appreciation for nature as since she sees nature as a level of perfection that humanity will never hope to reach.

Ayanami is the type to be uncaring about her own condition. She is the type to sacrifice herself for others having done so multiple times but instead, her status as an idol has clouded the thoughts of male players to the point that when she attempts to protect them, they instead protect her.

Appearance

Real Life / Sword Art Online / Project Alicization Avatar

Ayanami is a very beautiful teenage girl sporting hair the color of snow and golden eyes. During the SAO Closed Beta, Ayanami made sure to make changes to her avatar so that she could disguise herself amongst the normal players. Her avatar had green eyes as well as gray hair and she made herself six centimeters taller. She also wore an eyepatch almost all the time. However, with the mirror item the Reaper gave out, Ayanami's avatar was changed back to her real-life appearance which began to attract unwanted attention.

At the start of SAO, Ayanami was twelve years of age, 153 centimeters tall and weighed 43 kilograms. Her bust-waist-hip measurements at that time were 82/57/8.

Spell Blade Online Avatar

Chronology

Aincrad Arc

The Death of a Hero

A flashback during the events on Floor 75 details Ayanami's life directly before and after the SAO incident started. Ayanami had just finished recording a collaborative work with Nijika Karatachi who was debuting as an idol through this collaboration. The two of them congratulate each other and Itsuki Taniguchi, Ayanami's manager excitedly proclaims that he believes this song will claim the top spot of songs for a while. He then charges them to have a great time when they begin playing [[w:c:swordartonline:Sword Art Online|]].

After they eat a short lunch, the two girls go to Ayanami's hotel room, a suite in the lavish Keio Plaza Hotel, where they break out the [[w:c:swordartonline:NerveGear|]] and login together at the same time. They then start playing for a while, training each other while testing out the mechanics of the game itself. After six hours, they both decide to log off when they discover that they could not log out and were forcefully teleported to the plaza where they were told that they would not be able to log out until they clear all 100 floors of the castle.

When their appearances were reverted back to normal, both Ayanami and Nijika were swarmed by fans from the real world who squealed at their chance of meeting her in-game. Uncomfortable by the attention, both Ayanami and Nijika ditched to follow Kirito when the former spotted the latter running away. Through some heavy insisting, Kirito allowed the three of them to form a party and together, they went and grinded through the game.

Spell Blade Online Part I Arc

Ordinal Scale Arc

Spell Blade Online Part II Arc

Project Alicization Arc

Stats

Sword Art Online

Stat	Value	Time
Level	1 95 300	November 6, 2022 November 7, 2024 End of Game
Hit Points (HP)	250 46450 351394	November 6, 2022 November 7, 2024 End of Game

Spell Blade Online

Project Alicization

Stat	Value	Time
Unit ID	NND7-6354	Permanent
Life	3449	Chapter 1
Object Control Authority	37	Chapter 1
System Control Authority	13	Chapter 1

Known Equipment

Sword Art Online

Name	Type	Acquisition	Notes
«Small Sword»	One-Handed Sword	Initial Equipment	Replaced by an «Anneal Blade» on November 7, 2022, 07:00.
«Anneal Blade»	One-Handed Sword	Reward for the «[[w:c:swordartonline:Secret Medicine of the Forest|]]» quest. Obtained on November 7, 2022, 07:00.	Replaced by an unknown weapon.
«Breakwind»	One-Handed Sword	TBA	Corrupted during a server-wide glitch following its usage to impale [[w:c:swordartonline:Heathcliff|]] on Floor 75. Replaced by «Breakwind Kai».
«Elucidator»	One-Handed Sword	50th Floor Boss Drop. Kirito entrusted the blade to her before dying.	Primary weapon (besides «Breakwind»).
«Dark Repulser»	One-Handed Sword	Player-made by Lisbeth Kirito entrusted the blade to Kirin before dying.	Secondary weapon (besides «Breakwind»).
«Breakwind Kai»	One-Handed Sword	TBA	Secondary weapon.
«Kunai»	Throwing Blade	Player-made by Shimakaze.	Supplementary weapon.
«Summer Fun»	Armor Set	Player-made by Lisbeth.	Armor for the rest of the Aincrad Arc.

Spell Blade Online

Project Alicization

Name	Type	Acquisition	Notes
«Morning Dew Sword»	One-Handed Sword	Discovered in a river.	Primary weapon.

Skills

Sword Art Online

SKILL SLOTS (Aincrad Arc)
One Handed Sword	Dual Blades	One-Handed Curved Sword	Katana	Blade Throwing
Completed	Completed	450 / 1000	Completed	Completed
Parry	Searching	Hiding	Sprint	Extended Weight Limit
Completed	Completed	Completed	870 / 1000	949 / 1000
First Aid	Fishing	Cooking	Songstress
744 / 1000	643 / 1000	Completed	Completed

Sword Skills

One-Handed Sword

• Horizontal
• Horizontal Arc
• Horizontal Square
• Rage Spike
• Sharp Nail
• Slant
• Sonic Leap
• Vertical
• Vertical Arc
• Vertical Square
• Vorpal Strike
• Star Quint Prominence
• Radiant Arc
• Phantom Rave
• Shadow Explosion
• Nova Ascension

Dual Blades

• Final Revolution
• Gale Cutter
• Depth Impact
• Locus Hexedra
• Specula Cross
• Dead End
• Radial Shine
• Crimson Splash
• Rage Inferno
• Nightmare Rain
• Starburst Stream
• The Eclipse
• Nebular Empress

=Katana

• Tsumujigurama
• Ukifune
• Tsujikaze
• Oborodzukiyo
• Gengetsu
• Zangetsu
• Rasetsu
• Rashōmon
• Shinonomenoun
• Tenen

Spell Blade Online

SKILL SLOTS (Spell Blade Online Closed Beta)
One Handed Sword	Celestial Blades	Katana	Blade Throwing	Parry
Completed	Completed	Completed	Completed	Completed
Searching	Hiding	Sprint	Extended Weight Limit	First Aid
Completed	Completed	870 / 1000	949 / 1000	744 / 1000
Fishing	Cooking	Songstress
643 / 1000	Completed	Completed

Sword Skills

One-Handed Sword=

• Horizontal
• Horizontal Arc
• Horizontal Square
• Rage Spike
• Sharp Nail
• Slant
• Sonic Leap
• Vertical
• Vertical Arc
• Vertical Square
• Vorpal Strike
• Star Quint Prominence
• Radiant Arc
• Nova Ascension

Celestial Blades

• Final Revolution
• Gale Cutter
• Cygnus Onslaught
• Depth Impact
• Locus Hexedra
• Specula Cross
• Dead End
• Radial Shine
• Crimson Splash
• Rage Inferno
• Nightmare Rain
• Starburst Stream
• The Eclipse

Magic Spells

Project Alicization

Sword Skills

Aincrad-style

Trivia

References