Aoba Suzukaze is the main protagonist of the New Game! series. She is a rookie character designer for the company Eagle Jump.
She is very polite and strives to do her best for the company, but she has a childish side to her, especially when it comes to things that she likes, such as her favorite games. But beyond her earnest personality, She has a sadistic side.
Aoba may still look childish, but it's now time for her to enter into the working industry! Ready to use all the skills she learned during high school, she is very proud to enter the company that produced one of her favorite video games! She even gets the opportunity to work on the sequel of this game and her boss is her favorite character designer. One of her dream came true, but it is also coming with a large book to learn the basics of character design in 3D.
Due to her cheerfulness and earnest personality, she has no problem to fit in this new environment and to get the respect of her colleagues. She easily makes friends even with her very shy office mate and the switch from studies to actual work is not a problem for her. Aoba may lack skills at first, but easily makes up with hard work and passion, soon becoming one of the key designers of the game the team is working on.
Because of her appearance, one might think she is a middle schooler… and her childish demeanor outside of the working areas surely doesn't help to think the opposite. Luckily, Aoba can count on her childhood friend, an overexcited girl always ready to have fun with her. Aoba takes a lot of pride to tell her about her work, but is also happy to just spend the weekend with her. Because work isn't everything!
ND - NOT a DEBUTANT; appeared in a seasonal contest beforehand SEQ - Appeared in a SEQUEL installment DC - Won inter-seasonal playoffs (Divine Circlet / Crown) DCX - Won inter-seasonal playoffs but not a seasonal (listed last)