Akari Mizunashi

Akari Mizunashi is the main protagonist of the Aria anime and manga.

Akari is a native from Japan on Manhome who immigrated to Aqua when she was fifteen. Akari ventured to Aqua in hopes of becoming an Undine. In preparation, she practiced the basics of rowing on Manhome, but in the wrong direction (backwards).

Although she's since relearned the correct way, she's still faster in reverse. Like her mentor Alicia, Akari has an appreciation and enjoyment for all things in life. Even mundane experiences can be a source of wonder to Akari. This makes her seem spaced out since she's often found with a dreamy expression and distracted easily. Her friend Aika often scolds her for not paying attention.

Appearance
Akari wears the Aria Company 's primary colors of white and blue on their traditional Undine outfit. She has short pink hair, but two long ponytails on the sides of her head held together by two yellow hairbands.

At the end, when we see Akari as an adult, she has long pink hair that she ties in a ponytail, and her long sideburns are still held by the yellow hairbands, but her sideburns are longer, and are looped up into her her ponytail.

Personality
Akari is a hard worker who trains daily with her friends, Aika & Alice, but also enjoys her work. While not noted for any outstanding feature, Akari has a warm presence that can win anyone over. She has an uncanny ability to make friends, and becomes well known throughout Neo-Venezia simply by talking to people and getting to know them.

Trivia

 * She frequently pronounces "hai!" as "hahi!".
 * She also tends to go "Ehhhh?" a lot, especially in response to Aika's own admonishing Catch-Phrase. Aika immediately knows something is wrong when Akira doesn't respond with that.
 * Even though she has galoshes, Akari prefers to go barefoot when she's wading through the waterlogged streets, mostly because she enjoys the cold sensation of the water and the stone paving under her feet. Should one galosh slip off in the water, she's more inclined to pull the other one off and leave them off.