Ayako Katagiri (片桐 彩子, Katagiri Ayako) is a character in the Tokimeki Memorial series.
Profile[]
Meeting Requirements: Art 50+ (65+ if you already met two characters other than Shiori Fujisaki and Yumi Saotome.)
Birthday Gifts:
- 1st Year: Very Dubious Book
- 2nd Year: Imported Gergi Art Book
- 3rd Year: Smart Karaoke Set
She is very interested in the arts, primarily visual arts. She admires the work of "R. H. Gergi" (a reference to H.R. Giger) and loves to pepper her sentences with seemingly random English phrases.
Ayako does not know how to swim and even goes so far as to skip swimming lessons in gym class to avoid the embarrassment. In the Tokimeki Memorial anime, she asks Nozomi Kiyokawa to give her private swimming lessons.
She’s also the singer of the band club “Irodori”, in the second Drama Series game, Irodori no Love Song, where she’s the heroine, thanks to being one of the most popular character among fans in Tokimeki Memorial.
After she graduates, she plans on going to France to study.
Date Events[]
- Spring: At the karaoke box, Ayako doesn't want to put the mic down, and treats you to a performance. The song she sings is actually one of her character singles ("Don't Carry Love Too Far").
- Summer: On a date at the beach, Ayako pulls away from you, afraid to get into the water.
- Fall: Ayako spends two full hours memorizing a painting at the R.H. Gergi exhibit on your date at the art museum.
- Winter: She falls asleep on your shoulders at the planetarium. You get to choose to let Ayako sleep or wake up; if you don't wake her up, she'll mumble in her sleep she loves you.
Special Events[]
During school you find Ayako hiding around the corner of the school building skipping swimming class. (This event reportedly never happens due to a bug in Forever with You. The event actually will occur in Densetsu no Ki no Shita de).
Ending Requirements[]
Health 50+, Culture 60+, Logic 60+, Art 120+, Fitness 60+, Insight 90+, Looks 100+, Spirit 20+, Stress 50-.
Etymology[]
- The name Ayako means "color" (彩) (aya) and "child" (子) (ko).
- Ayako's surname Katagiri means "single, piece" (片) (kata) and "paulownia" (桐) (kiri/giri).
Trivia[]
- Her hobbies are painting and karaoke.
- Konami organized a character poll on the famous magazine Famitsu, in which the readers would decide which character will become the heroine of the second Drama Series game, Irodori no Love Song. Despite the poll results giving a large victory to Miharu Tatebayashi, for various reasons the producers decided to go with the poll runner-up, Ayako.
Game Appearances[]
- Tokimeki Memorial
- Tokimeki Memorial: Forever With You (Playstation/Saturn/Windows 95/PSP)
- Tokimeki Memorial: Densetsu no Ki no Shita de
- Tokimeki Memorial Pocket Culture Version: Komorebi no Melody
- Tokimeki Memorial Mobile
- Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series Vol. 1: Nijiro no Seishun (Playstation/Saturn)
- Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series Vol. 2: Irodori no Love Song (Playstation/Saturn)
- Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series Vol. 3: Tabidachi no Uta (Playstation/Saturn)
- Tokimeki Memorial Selection: Fujisaki Shiori
- Tokimeki Memorial: Oshiete Your Heart (Arcade/Windows 95)
- Tokimeki Memorial Taisen Puzzle-Dama (Arcade/Windows 95/Playstation/Saturn)
- Tokimeki Memorial Taisen Tokkae Dama (Playstation/Saturn)
- Tokimeki Memorial Private Collection
- Tokimeki no Houkago: Ne, Quiz Shiyo
- Tokimeki Memorial 2 Substories: Memories Ringing On
- Tokimeki Memorial Typing
- Tokimeki Memorial Desktop Accessories
Other Game Appearances[]
- Quiz Magic Academy II
- Super Bomberman R
- Pixel Puzzle Collection
- Mahjong Fight Club Sp
- Konami GB Collection Vol.3 - Ayato is an instructor in the japanese version of the game.
Other Media Appearances[]
- Tokimeki Memorial (Movie)
- Tokimeki Memorial (Anime)
- High Score Girl (manga) - Ayako makes cameo in the chapter 37.
- Bombergirl (manga) - appears as cameo.