This article focuses on the Pop'n Music 3 character, Aya. If you are looking for the Pop'n Music 18 Sengoku Retsuden character, see Ayame.
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Aya is one of the characters from pop'n music 3.
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細かいことは気にしないサッパりした性格が人気だよ。
マリィとジュディとは今回が初対面だけど新たなライバル登場と評判なんだ。
Yokohama's top dancer.
She has a carefree and refreshing personality and doesn't care for trivial matters.
Even though she's only met them once, there are rumors that say she'll end up being Judy and Mary's biggest rival.[1]
A girl with a fresh personality, she isn't well known just yet but she seems popular despite. She has just recently met Judy and Mary but she considers them rivals. Who cares if they're famous! During her free time Aya likes to play basketball, but she is mainly a dancer. She has a already adopted kitten. Despite how many scratches she gets she still claims to be fine and that its just playful.
Aya comes from Yokohama, Japan and is known to be its top dancer. When she has free time now she likes to dance at Clubs.
Appearance
Pop'n Music 3
Aya is a light brown-dark tan skinned girl with dark blue eyes. Her hair is brownish-black and is usually held back in a ponytail with a red scrunchie. She wears a orange tanktop with white sleeves and a white star on the center, red wristband, and dark orange pants with a single white stripe going down both sides and gray and white tennis shoes. She has a silver belly button piercing and a single earring.
Pop'n Music 4
Aya wears an orange and black striped tank top with dark/burnt-orange jeans and black and white tennis shoes. She has a bright red wristband on her left wrist, a single drop earring and a silver belly ring. Between games Aya's hair got slightly longer and her bangs have been pulled back/cut extremely short.
Pop'n Music 5
Aya is wearing a light orange strapless tank top that ties in the back, her single drop earring and red hairtie. Her belly button piercing is also the same and she has on baggy green jeans, a loose tan brown belt and brown and white shoes.
In her 2P color palette, her recolor is brown skinned with darker eyes. The jewelry are still the same and the hairtie is purple. She has on a bluish-purple tank top, usual blue jeans with a black belt, and red and white shoes. Her hair merges into a dark sandy blond color.
Her alternate, third variant has gives her powder blue eyes and her clothes entirely white with platinum and pastel blue highlights. This only makes an appearance in Maximum from Pop'n Music 16 PARTY♪.
Free Soul
Aya still wears the same outfit. However, she has oddly taken on the form of her second player coloring. Instead of having brown-ish hair and wearing orange and green. She has added a bluish-purple theme and has a gold-blonde colored hair.
Beach
Aya's outfit excels as a beachwear, consisting of a cyan-colored peekaboo tank top with a white half section on the bottom. Aya wears a white bracelet in each wrist. She wears dark green swimming trunks with white sections in each side. Aya finally wears a pair of sandals with sky blue soles.
Aya's 2P color palette includes her hair color as red, and her eyes are lime green. Her tank top use halves, such as a white color (mentioned in her original color palette) is moved to the top, and there is a red half in the bottom. Her trunks are turned into a pastel pink color and the laces are the same color as the bracelets and half of her tanktop. Her sandals are red and the soles are white.
Other Character Comments
Pop'n Music 5:[2]
最近ダイヤの家で産まれた子猫を1匹引き取って育てているアヤ。
引っかき傷の絶えない毎日だけど「元気が一番!」らしいよ。
Aya has recently picked up one of the kittens that was born at Dia's house.
She's constantly getting scratched by it everyday, but she still continues to boast "I'm fine!".
Pop'n Music 8:[3]
YOKOHAMAのトップダンサー。でも忙しい生活はイヤなんだって。オフの日はこんな音楽のかかってるクラブで踊っている姿が見られるかもね。
She's Yokohama's top dancer, but she does not like her busy life anymore. On some days, you may be able to catch her dancing to the music at the club next to the speakers.
Pop'n Music 12 Iroha:[4]
夏といえばやっぱり海~
今年はビーチバレーでこんがり焼いちゃうもんね!
She's actually going to the beach in the summer!
This year, she'll be suntanning and playing with her beach ball!
Pop'n Music 16 PARTY♪:[5]
パワフルでキレのいいダンスには定評のある彼女。
あの名曲とバックダンサーをひっさげて、パーティに駆けつけてくれたよ!
She's reputable for her powerful and crisp dances.
She rushed to the party with that famous music and some backup dancers!
NET Self
Attack | (えーい!?) |
Damage | (いたっ!?) |
GOOD Play | (いい感じ?) |
BAD Play | (あれれ??) |
WIN | (よっしゃー!?) |
LOSE | (くやし~!?) |
Quotes
Pop'n Music 19 TOWN Mode
Conversation Only (Phase 1)
ヤッホー。 マリィとジュディには会えた? たぶん、ディスコとかに いると思うんだけどな~。
Yoo-hoo! Have you met Mary and Judy? Perhaps, I think they might be at the disco~.
Pop'n Music 20 Soreyuke! Pop'n Quest
Making a request
やっほー。 今回、私のあの曲が装いも新たに復活! ということで、探してみてね。
Yoo-hoo! A song of mine has been newly resurrected this time! So, you should try looking for it.
Request achieved
ナイスプレー! フフフ。マイティガイ子も 元気そうだったでしょ? それじゃ、また一緒に遊んでね!
Nice play! Hehehe. That mighty guy was looking quite robust, wasn't he? Alright, let's play together again!
Etymology
Aya's name was rarely written in katakana at first, but in kanji form (彩 or 綾), her name translates into "colorful" or "design". It was compared with another form of Aya.
Trivia
- In the pop'n music 1-4 site, Aya is listed as a CS character for the very first game, including it's sequel.
- However, this is wrong. Aya first appeared in pop'n music 3.
- Ironically, she appears in a pop'n music éclale vol. 3 rare card, titled "JUDY→Suite Night FEVER LOOP!!→" where she, along with characters from the first game appear.
- However, this is wrong. Aya first appeared in pop'n music 3.
- In a way she could be considered another edit of Mary or Judy. As she dresses like them, and most likely has similar dancing to them.
- In Beach, Uncle JAM makes a cameo in Aya's LOSE animation, while Dia appears in Aya's WIN animation.
- She is very similar to Tourmaline. Both wear/wore orange clothes and have a relation to Mary somehow.
- Aya is the second character so far to originate from Yokohama, Japan.
- Aya shares her birthdate with Temari, Natsubou, Hara=Hetta, Tang Tang, Really, Yang Yang and Tsukasa Kirishima.
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Merchandise
References
pop'n music 3 characters | |
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Playable Characters | Mary | Mimi | Nyami | SHOLLKEE | the KING |
New Rival Characters | AYA | ice |
First Stage | Dia | LingLing | Megumi | RIE♥chan |
Second Stage | Candy | Cyber | Donna | JUDY | Poet |
Final Stage | Ash | Kate | P-1 & P-2 | Rave girl | SHOLLKEE | tourmaline |
Hidden Characters | Bamboo? | SANAE♥chan |
pop'n music 5 characters | |
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Playable Characters | AYA | Mary | the KING |
Returning Rival Character | MZD |
First Stage | CLARA | José | KAREN | MAKOTO | Mr.KK | SHOLLKEE | Sugi★kun |
Second Stage | AKAGI TAKAYUKI | BELLE | GRAPPA | JUDY | Kevin | NAWOMI | OLIVIA | PIERRE&JILL | TAMAKO | WACKY |
Final Stage | FAT BOY | HOTARU | LISA | Nyami | RIE♥chan | SPACE🪐MACO |
Hidden Characters | Mimi | MZD | Reo★kun |
EXtra Stage | Ash | SANAE♥chan |
pop'n music 8 characters | |
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Default Roster | |
Playable Characters | BAMBOO | Mary | Mimi | Nyami | the KING |
Returning Characters | Ash | JUDY | OTOKO-MAN | PIERRE&JILL | Poet | RIE♥chan | risette | SANAE♥chan | tourmaline | Yuli |
New Characters | ALT | hina | Honey | John A. Chopper | MIDORI | MILK | ミラクル★4 | MOMOKO★SAN | NOHOHO | ν·μ | PAPYRUS | 雷舞 | REALLY | Robin&Cock | Ryuta | SAPPHIRE | シノビアン赤 | シノビアン青 | ししゃも |
すごろく de 8 | |
Returning Characters | AYA | Kelly | LISA |
New Character | July |
pop'n stage Characters | INUCHIYO | THE♪MOCKEY | TROPPiE |
CS Transplant Characters | BOY | HAMANOV | TECHNO STARS |
Crossover Characters | ASPARA-SEIJIN | KINOKO BOY | Mr.B.Bone | Mr.T.Bone | おしゃれずきん | shiroro | Sir Conga | Tart&Toffee | USAO-kun |
Hidden Characters | |
for LIVE Songs | Ash | OTOKO-MAN | Poet | SANAE♥chan | the KING |
Bonus | Mimi | Nyami | SANAE♥chan |
Hidden Course Character | Ash |
pop'n music 12 いろは characters | |
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Default Roster | |
Playable Characters | Mimi | Nyami |
Returning Characters | HONE | MAKOTO | MZD | PATTY | 六 | SUMIKO'73 |
New Characters | BERRY | CHIZURU | ドミー&ソラー | flow flow | EITO | HAJIME | HANAO | Justice★ | KIKYO | Mamoru-kun | MELL | マッスル増田 | Nazuna&Suzuna | NICE GUY | Ryusei☆Honey | SASUGA MOGAMI | SHISHIWAKA | TangTang | YON |
New Hidden Characters | GOEMON | WAKA-san |
ポップン秘伝忍法帖 | |
Spring | CECIL | HIPOPO&TAMAYO | MEBAE | おしゃれずきん | Poet |
Summer | AYA | HOSHIO | PAL | Ruri | SARASA | TOBY-S | TRAN |
Autumn | HAMANOV | Jean | MAGOJIROU | pretty | SHOLLKEE | Smile | USAO-kun |
Winter | Jean | MILK | Mr.SOBACCO | おんなのこ | YODO=DOZEN |
Shinobi | シノビアンコ |
pop'n music 16 PARTY♪ characters | |
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Default Roster | |
Playable Characters | Mimi | Nyami |
Returning Characters | Charlotte | DICK | DTO | fili | 部下A | HAJIME | IA-RAMSE | JUDY | Kagome | KARLI | LISA | MAKOTO | MOMOKO-san | MZD | OTOKO-MAN | PIERRE&JILL | risette | ロミ夫 | Sora | SYO | Timer | White-Merry | Yima | Yuli |
New Characters | CHIP | Edda | eleMEN'S | IZUMI-san | KAKERU-kun | Karoline&Yangels | 小次郎 | LENA | pop*con | Rosalie | サトウさん | SMOKE | Suisei*Laura | Sweets | ター子 | |
Hidden Characters | 育江 | マジカル★4 |
Hidden CS Transplant Characters | Lotte* | Ophelia | Ratte* | Robitz | tetra |
あつまれ!ポップンパーティー♪ Songs | |
Returning Characters | AYA | Mary | MZD | Rave girl | RIE♥chan | SANAE♥chan | the KING |
CS Transplant Characters | A. Michel | ayumu | KANTA |
New Characters | BUBBLES | Fatima | HARA=HETTA | HOUSE girl | KERI MARO | NANASHI | PANDETH | pop'n dream | SigSig | TENT-KANT | ZINA |
Crossover Characters | EMI | Matin | Nox | TAMAKI | TRAN |