Aoi Mizuno

Name: Mizuno Aoi (水野 葵)
Age: 20
Hometown: Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
Current Status: University withdrawal year
Occupation: Part-time stationery shop assistant & occasional zine contributor

Personality: Reserved, inward-looking, emotionally subtle, quietly determined
Interests: Ink sketching, film photography, urban walking, collecting ephemera
Online Alias: AoiPaper — a muted, poetic persona she maintains on a locked Instagram and a small personal blog

Backstory — “Between Trains”

Aoi Mizuno grew up in Kanazawa, learning early how to be patient and observant. With parents often busy, she spent much of her childhood alone, filling notebooks with quiet sketches of streets, stations, and everyday moments most people passed without noticing. Her grandmother taught her to value small rituals — careful handwriting, well-made paper, and the beauty of things done slowly.

After high school, Aoi moved to Tokyo for university, choosing a practical major that never quite felt like hers. The pace of the city left her detached, and by her second year she realized she was moving through life without paying attention. She took a withdrawal year and returned home.

Now, she works part-time at a small stationery shop, draws again, and documents overlooked moments online under the name AoiPaper. She doesn’t know what comes next — only that, for now, slowing down feels like the right place to be.

Disclaimer:
This character is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real persons, living or deceased, or to actual events is purely coincidental. Created for storytelling and creative exploration only.