Aoba (アオバ, Aoba?) is a side character in Beastars. He is a second-year member of the drama club at Cherryton Academy. Aoba has a very calm and serious demeanor, as well as being quite peaceful and passive. Aoba shows a very mature, sane mentality and is relatively intelligent and insightful. He usually shows great knowledge and respect for ethics, which combined with his good use of words and arguments, make him the bearer of the voice of reason, being the one who usually stops the fights of Legoshi and Bill and reassures them with his arguments. Aoba seems to be a connoisseur of romance, which he shows when pointing to Legoshi is out of sync. Aoba has also shown himself to be very interested in flying and looks forward to the day he can get his license to fly.