Aiko

Aiko (アイ子) is one of Taeko Okajima's classmate and appears in the movie Only Yesterday.

Appearances
Aiko wears a Turko dress.

Story
A talent scout spots her talent and offer her to come to his show. Aiko was excited and talk to everyone in her class.

But she didn't know the same talent scout comes to Taeko before. Taeko's Father didn't want his daughter to perform in a show, because it is just entertainment. Taeko's Mother told Taeko not to talk about it at school. Otherwise she will hurt Aiko's feeling.

Etymology

 * The name Aiko is written in kanji/katakana (アイ子), which has no special meaning except the kanji "子" means "child". However, when part of the name Ai (1) is written in kanji (愛 or 藍), it could possibly mean:
 * 愛 - "love, affection".
 * 藍 - "indigo".

Aiko