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Character Outline
Koyo Aoba (青葉紅葉, Aoba Koyo) is a member of the Shimon Famiglia. He previously attended Shimon Middle School, but he and his family transfered to Namimori after an earthquake hit their area. They chose Namimori because it is relatively earthquake free and they are invited to the Vongola Decimo's Inheritance Ceremony. Koyo uses boxing gloves as his weapon, just like Ryohei. Both he and Ryohei also have the same temper, as seen when they quickly get angry and neither of them want to stop the fight. He is sensitive over his contradictory name (Aoba meaning "green leaves," and Koyo meaning "red leaves"). He is firm in his belief that, no matter what his first and last name mean, they are still the same leaves.
Plot Overview
Inheritance Ceremony Arc
Koyo and Ryohei attempting to break the plates
He first appears with Ryohei when they have difficulty answering questions in class. He is later seen on the school's rooftop with the other transfer students and Tsuna's Guardians, watching Hibari fight Adelheid. Koyo even encourages Adelheid. to "defeat the Nami student." He appears to be surprised that Hibari did not waver at Adelheid's beautiful underwear-showing attack, and that he was able to push Adelheid across the rooftop. Tsuna (who is pushed by Reborn) stops the fight by coming between Hibari's and Adelheid's attack. Reborn says that the Shimon are the Vongola's guests for the Inheritance Ceremony, surprising Koyo with his ability to speak fluently. Reborn even states that the Shimon Famiglia has been their ally even before the time of Primo, but he did not know of them because they have become weaker over time. Koyo is riled up that Reborn speaks the truth so plainly and asks if Reborn has never heard of sugar-coating his words.
Later, Koyo is seen with other Shimon Famiglia Members and Vongola Guardians at Nammy's restaurant, discussing how to protect Tsuna in each area of Namimori. Gokudera creates a plan which seperates everyone into groups. Koyo is aggressively against working under the Vongola, since he believes that the Shimon Famiglia should be treated as equals, but he drops it after Adelheid quiets him. Before arrangements could be made, Adelheid decides that she needs to consult the other members of the family. At the Shimon Famiglia hideout, when Adelheid proposes protecting the Vongola Famiglia, Julie states that he is not feeling well, so he will not help. At this, Koyo starts another argument, complaining about how he will only chase women and gamble instead. Koyo also starts to tease Enma for being weak and not trying to win a fight. Adelheid asks Enma to show her the bulky pendant that he has hidden under his shirt, saying that the pendant is proof that he has inherited the title as the next Boss of the Shimon Famiglia.
The Shimon Famiglia decides to guard Tsuna, with the first day being Koyo's turn. Due to their competitive natures, Koyo and Ryohei compete to see who is a better bodyguard. As they could not physically fight, Reborn makes them compete to solve a set of problems the quickest. However, the problems are printed on plates made of extra hard ceramic. Reborn states that the competition would have to be postponed if the plates were to break. The problems are too difficult for either of them to answer, so they try to break the plates. Alone, they could not destroy them. They realize that they must work together, so Koyo holds the plate while Ryohei breaks it by using Maximum Cannon. Reborn notes that Koyo is able to endure the punch without suffering any injuries and concludes that the Shimon Family is not weak at all.
Koyo and the rest of Shimon Famiglia are later seen at the hospital with the others about Yamamoto's condition after he was attacked in the baseball locker room by Kaoru Mizuno. Koyo also tells them that they no had leads, but was interrupted by Reborn, who said that he had found a lead. This news surprised the Shimon Famiglia, but Reborn said that he couldn't share it with the Shimon Famiglia since it involved "secret information about the Vongola." This news does seem to spark an interest to the Shimon Famiglia, but Reborn says that the Vongola needed some privacy. He does, however, give them an warning that they also might be attacked. Koyo is later seen at the ceremony with the rest of the Shimon Famiglia. They all were surprised to see Yamamoto well. He is later seen amongst the crowds during the ceremony waiting along with the rest of the Shimon Famiglia, when Tsuna was to receive the 'Vongola Sin 'from the Ninth. After an explosion, the sin was broken open, supposedly by Enma. The ninth revealed that the Sin in the ceremony was merely a fake. He proclaimed that the real one was in a safe that was impossible to penetrate. Suddenly, the safe is broken open, revealing Koyo and Enma with rest of the Shimon. Enma states that they came to the ceremony to take back "sin" for the Shimon Famiglia, and get revenge on the "Vongola". Enma later explains the story about Sin and the first boss of the Shimon Family, Cozart Shimon who was believed to be betrayed by the Primo. But Tsuna refuse to believe this and proclaims "I don't deny that the blood of the Vongola runs within me. Neither do I have the ability to really find out what happened between Vongola and Shimon. I can't prove that it didn't happen. But there is one thing I can swear on my grave. Vongola Primo is man who would never do such a thing!". Koyo replies if their "mocking us?, you speak as if you've met him before". The Shimon are angered by Tsuna words release their Shimon Rings, which was said to power that rivaled the Seven Flames of the Sky, the Seven Flames of The Earth.'
Enma quickly defeats Tsuna Guardians alone, and than overpowers Tsuna. the Shimon than leave and take Chrome with them to there "Holy Home", has Adelheid stated.
Trivia
- Koyo can be translated as Red Leaves, while Aoba means Green Leaves.
- Despite being an idiot like Ryohei, Tsuna thinks he looks smart.
- Just like Ryohei, he loves Boxing and calls himself the "Hope of the Boxing World."
- In the Reborn! Fandom, he is known as 54.
- His catchphrase is "In the end!´´.
- His Shimon Ring in weapon form is a pair of boxing gloves.
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