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Aika Nakamura is an anime-only character in Persona 4 The Animation.

Appearance[]

Design[]

Persona 4 the animation Aika

Aika's concept artwork by Shigenori Soejima

Aika is a short girl, having pale skin, brown eyes and navy blue hair. Part of her hair is braided and adorned with a hair-clip with a Chinese design. She is most often seen wearing her working clothes which consist of a white shirt with a matching white skirt, a headscarf of the same color, and black sandals. Additionally, she wears a deep red apron in order to avoid getting dirty.

As a student of Yasogami High School, Aika also wears the standard uniform for girls of said school. At the summer festival she wears a purple kimono with a red sash.

Personality[]

Personality-wise, Aika is stoic and calm. She doesn't talk much and gives off an emotionless impression to most people. In the English dub, she sounds a little more expressive.

Profile[]

Persona 4 Golden[]

Aika is occasionally mentioned in-game by the owner of Aiya Restaurant if the protagonist undergoes the Rainy Day Mega Beef Bowl Challenge. Aika herself, however, is not seen. The owner always attributes it to her being out on deliveries.

Persona 4 The Animation[]

Aika makes occasional appearances in the animated version of the game, mostly as a background character: she was seen briefly in Yu's classroom and in the halls of Yasogami High. After Kou and his team win the basketball match, she appears again during the party at Aiya's, serving food and drinks to the people affiliated with the basketball club. She reappears once more while the gang is observing Kanji, delivering the food Chie ordered. Aika is then seen again during the school camp and shares her nikudon with the Investigation Team. Other appearances include:

  • Episode 8, delivering nikudon to the Investigation Team's secret hiding place.
  • Episode 9, delivering order while the Investigation Team spies on Rise's "kidnapper".
  • Serving the rainy-day-only 3,000 yen nikudon special which would be on the house if the team had finished it within 40 minutes.
  • At the summer festival, delivering the block of ice that Daisuke ordered from Aiya Chinese Restaurant.
  • On the last day of the school trip at Tatsumi Port Island, training to make the noodles at Hagakure.
  • After the school's culture festival, she worked at the Amagi Inn as a part-timer.
  • During Episode 24, noticing the fog moving in the sky.

Golden Animation[]

Aika is seen feeding the Fox at the Tatsuhime Shrine. In September, she reappeared delivering ramen to the Investigation Team and she gave them some information about the wooden comb, saying that they should show it to Master Daidara at his shop.

Persona 4 Arena[]

Although she doesn't appear in the storyline, Aika was mentioned by Chie in her gag ending.

Gallery[]

Persona 4 The Animation
PERSONA 20th Anniversary Festival

In Other Languages[]

Language Title
Flag of the United States English Aika Nakamura
Flag of Japan Japanese 中村 あいか (Nakamura Aika)
Flag of Hong KongFlag of the Republic of China Traditional Chinese 中村 愛家 (Zhōngcūn Àijiā)
Flag of France French Aika Nakamura
Flag of Germany German Aika Nakamura
Flag of Spain Spanish Aika Nakamura

Etymology[]

  • The name Aika is written in hiragana (あいか), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (愛華, 愛花, 愛香, 愛加, 愛歌, 愛嘉, 藍花, 藍香, 藍加, 藍華, 藍嘉 or 藍歌), it could possibly mean:
    • 愛華 - "love, affection" (愛) (ai) and "flower, petal" (華) (ka).
    • 愛花 - "love, affection" (愛) (ai) and "flower, blossom" (花) (ka).
    • 愛香 - "love, affection" (愛) (ai) and "fragrance, fragrant" (香) (ka).
    • 愛加 - "love, affection" (愛) (ai) and "add, increase" (加) (ka).
    • 愛歌 - "love, affection" (愛) (ai) and "song, poetry" (歌) (ka).
    • 愛嘉 - "love, affection" (愛) (ai) and "applaud, praise, esteem, happy, auspicious" (嘉) (ka).
    • 藍花 - "indigo" (藍) (ai) and "flower, blossom" (花) (ka).
    • 藍香 - "indigo" (藍) (ai) and "fragrance, fragrant" (香) (ka).
    • 藍加 - "indigo" (藍) (ai) and "add, increase" (加) (ka).
    • 藍華 - "indigo" (藍) (ai) and "flower, petal" (華) (ka).
    • 藍嘉 - "indigo" (藍) (ai) and "applaud, praise, esteem, happy, auspicious" (嘉) (ka).
    • 藍歌 - "indigo" (藍) (ai) and "song, poetry" (歌) (ka).
  • Aika's surname Nakamura means "middle" (中) (naka) and "town, village" (村) (mura).

Trivia[]

  • A running gag throughout the series is that the Aiya restaurant (specifically Aika) will deliver "anything, anywhere, anytime." This started with the delivery in the middle of escaping from Kanji, where Aika somehow found Chie to deliver her order, even though Chie never really said where she was, and they were on the move.
    • A second running gag is that Aika will tell the group to just leave the bowls anywhere when they're through with the food, implying that Aika or someone at Aiya will pick them up, regardless of where they are.
  • In the animation, she has blue hair for all episodes but one; in episode 14, at the summer festival, she appears to have black hair.
  • Aika shares her Japanese voice actress, Aoi Yūki, with Futaba Sakura, and English voice actress, Cassandra Lee Morris, with Morgana, both from Persona 5.


Characters
Playable Protagonist - Yosuke Hanamura - Chie Satonaka - Yukiko Amagi - Kanji Tatsumi - Rise Kujikawa - Teddie - Naoto Shirogane
Social Link Margaret - Nanako Dojima - Ryotaro Dojima - Naoki Konishi - Kou Ichijo - Daisuke Nagase - Hisano Kuroda - Sayoko Uehara - Yumi Ozawa - Ayane Matsunaga - Ai Ebihara - Fox - Shu Nakajima - Eri Minami - Marie - Tohru Adachi
Major Igor - Mayumi Yamano - Misuzu Hiiragi - Saki Konishi - Mitsuo Kubo - Hanako Ohtani - Kinshiro Morooka - Noriko Kashiwagi - Taro Namatame - Old Lady Shiroku - Master Daidara - Minoru Inoue - Yuuta Minami - Kaneko - Aika Nakamura - President Tanaka - Chihiro Fushimi - Mr. Edogawa - Kanami Mashita - Moel Gas Station Attendant
Major enemies Shadow Yosuke - Shadow Chie - Shadow Yukiko - Shadow Kanji - Shadow Rise - Shadow Teddie - Shadow Mitsuo - Shadow Naoto - Kunino-sagiri - Ameno-sagiri - Kusumi-no-Okami - Izanami
Locations
Inaba Central Shopping District - Dojima Residence - Junes Department Store - Samegawa Flood Plain - Velvet Room - Yasogami High School
Midnight Channel Twisted Shopping District - Yukiko's Castle - Steamy Bathhouse - Marukyu Striptease - Void Quest - Secret Laboratory - Heaven - Magatsu Inaba - Hollow Forest - Yomotsu Hirasaka
Other Okina City - Shichiri Beach - Midnight Trivia Miracle Quiz - Tatsumi Port Island (Gekkoukan High School - Club Escapade - Iwatodai Station)
Music
Albums Original Soundtrack (Persona 4 / Golden / The Animation) - Never More -Reincarnation- - Persona 4: The Golden Animation Special Arrange CD - Persona 20th Anniversary All Time Best Album - Re:BRiLLiANCE
Songs "Ain't Nobody Can Hold Me Down" - "Alone in this World" - "Aria of the Soul" - "Studio Backlot/Backside of the TV" - "Beauty of Destiny" - "Dazzling Smile" - "Falling into Right Places" - "Heartbeat, Heartbreak" - "Heaven" - "I'll Face Myself" - "Just Like The Wind" - "Key Plus Words" - "Koisuru Meitantei" - "Never More" - "Next Chance to Move On" - "Pursuing My True Self" - "Reach Out To The Truth" - "Shadow World" - "Signs of Love" - "Sky's The Limit" - "SNOWFLAKES" - "Someone Else's Man" - "Time For True Revelation" - "Time To Make History" - "True Feelings" - "True Story" - "The Way of Memories" - "We Are One and All" - "Ying Yang" - "Your Affection"
Archives
Terminology Persona (Initial / Ultimate) - Persona user - Glasses - Fog - Shadow - Shadow Self - Party - Tactics - All-out Attack - Shuffle Time - Arcana Chance - Fusion Forecast - Weather Forecast - Investigation Team - Mystery Food X - Phoenix Ranger Featherman R
Lists Arcana - Personas - Shadows - Skills - Items (Persona 4 / Golden) - Requests - Status Changes - Activities - Calendar - Golden Trophies - The Animation / Golden Animation Episodes - Patches and Updates - Steam Profile Items
School Life Weather Forecast - Seasons - Social Link - Social Stats - Yen - Class - Studying - Books - Movie Theater - Bed - Fishing - Cooking - Part-time Jobs - Shrine - Scooter - Gardening - School Club - Bug Catching - Refrigerator - Crane Machine - Chagall Café - Tanaka's Amazing Commodities - Cat
Other Media
Games Golden - Arena - Arena Ultimax - Dancing All Night
Productions The Animation / -The Factor of Hope- / The Golden Animation - Visualive / the Evolution - Persona Stalker Club - 「PERSORA AWARDS」 - PERSORA AWARDS 2 - PERSORA AWARDS 3 - Persora -The Golden Best- - Persona VS
Publications Manga - The Magician - Dengeki Comic Anthology (the Animation / The Golden / The Golden Animation) - Kiri no Amnesia - Your Affection - Persona x Detective Naoto (manga) - Yasoinaba Case File - Persona Magazine
Drama CDs Persona 4 (Vol.1 / Vol.2 / Vol.3) - Persona 4 The Animation (Vol.1 / Vol.2) - Persona 4 Golden (Vol.1 / Vol.2)
Mobile Games The Card Battle - Colors - Persona 4: The Slot - Persona 4 the Pachinko
Events Music Live 2008 - Music Live 2009 - Music Tour 2010 - Music Live 2012 - Music Fes 2013 - Music Box 2014 - Super Live 2015 - Livehouse Tour 2015 - Super Live 2017 - Super Live 2019- 25th Anniversary Symphonic Concert
20th Anniversary Festival - 25th Anniversary - 25th FES
Miscellaneous Merchandise
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