Aoi

Aoi may refer to:

• Ao (color), a Japanese color word (noun)
  • Aoi, the Japanese adjectival form of ao
• Aoi, the Japanese name for various plants used in Japanese heraldry, including the hollyhock and the wild ginger (Asarum caulescens)
  • Aoi Matsuri, a hollyhock festival that takes place annually on 15 May in Kyoto, Japan
• Aoi (trigraph), the three letters "aoi"
• Aoi Ward of Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

Science and technology

• AND-OR-Invert, a Boolean logic gate in electrical engineering
• Angle of incidence, angle from "straight on" (angle from perpendicular or normal)
• Arctic oscillation index, a measure of atmospheric pressure changes in the Arctic
• Art of Illusion, an open-source 3D graphics rendering software package
• Automated optical inspection, manufacturing test system that uses optical vision to identify defects during the manufacturing of a PCBoard
• Add On Instruction, a complex programming instruction used in industrial logic controllers

Organizations

• Arab Organization for Industrialization, an Egyptian defense manufacturing consortium
• Association of Illustrators, a non-profit trade association for illustrator’s rights and professional standards (U.K.)
• AOI Records, a record label created by De La Soul
• Africa Orientale Italiana, an Italian colony in Africa

People

Aoi (葵, 青井,　蒼井) can be both a given name and a surname in Japan

• Aoi Miyazaki (born 1985), Japanese actress
• Aoi Tada (born 1981), Japanese voice actor
• Aoi Teshima (born 1987), singer
• Sora Aoi (born 1983), Japanese adult idol
• Minori Aoi (born 1980), Japanese adult idol
• Aoi (葵^?), vocalist of Japanese rock band Ayabie
• Aoi (葵), a Japanese guitarist of the band The Gazette
• Aoi (Japanese singer) (born 1984), Japanese singer
• Aoi (Japanese actress and fashion model) (born 15 February 1989), Japanese actress and fashion model

Characters

• Aoi Kiriya, a character in Kare First Love
• Aoi Matsubara, a character from ToHeart
• Aoi no Ue, a wife of Hikaru Genji in the classic Tale of Genji
• Aoi Umenokouji, a combatant in the Virtua Fighter video game series
• Aoi (Naruto), a minor villain in the manga Naruto
• Aoi Senou, a character in the My-HiME and My-Otome series
• Mitsuru Aoi, a character in the Legendz manga
• Takuma Aoi, a character in Battle Royale II: Requiem
• Jun Aoi, a character in Martian Successor Nadesico
• Laughing Man (Ghost in the Shell)s alias, a character in the 2002 Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. anime
• Sena Aoi,a character from the visual novel and anime Chaos;Head
• Aoi Kimidori, a character from the anime and manga series Dr. Slump
• Aoi Sakuraba, a character in Ai Yori Aoshi
• Aoi Futaba, a character in You're Under Arrest!
• Aoi Housen, a character in Infinite Ryvius
• Aoi Tōsaka, a character in Fate/zero
• Nagisa Aoi (渚砂), the main character of the Strawberry Panic! anime series
• Aoi, a minor character from Kekkaishi
• Aoi Kunieda, one of the major characters in "Beelzebub (manga)"
• Aoi Kurashiki, A.K.A Santa. A character in the game 9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors.

Other uses

• Ancona Airport's IATA code, near Ancona, Italy
• All Ordinaries, the primary index of the Australian securities market
• Articles of Incorporation, the rules governing a corporation (U.S. and Canada)
• Art Official Intelligence, a series of albums by De La Soul
• Areas of Interaction, an element of the IB Middle Years Program (education).