Risa Aoi (葵梨紗 Aoi Risa) is the ex-wife of Itami and an artist of doujinshi catered to females. Risa has quite a collection of yaoi-themed manga, explicit enough to shock Tomita when he absentmindedly picks up a random book and read it. Princess Pina Co Lada and Bozes are also quite enthusiastic about acquiring some of these Japanese "art books," much to several diplomats' dismay.
Personality
Because Risa draws manga, she is a very big Otaku much like Itami. She usually asks him for money and food. Even after divorcing him, she is still on good terms with Itami. She even admits that their relationship has actually gotten better than before.
She also likes cute girl since they are her inspiration to write her manga, as well as for her doll collection. This traits is shown during her first encounter with Rory Mercury, in which Risa scares Rory to the point that she refers to Risa as Hardy.
Appearance
Risa is a woman with brown hair. She is usually seen wearing glasses and a shirt track suit.
History
4 years earlier during Christmas, Risa proposed to Itami in exchange for feeding her, but they later divorced. Itami's ex-wife Risa has a perpetual problem with money, exacerbated by the fact that she's also a massive otaku. Since she's a douijn artist, she only needs electricity and Internet to get paid, but goes hungry as a result.
Plot
Risa was first seen sitting in her room, drawing manga and thinking where she should get more money. She later went to the city to spend some time with Itami's group, and accompanied them to the Hakone Resort, where she was present during the entirety of the Hakone Incident. In spite of her lack of any sort of combat or tactical skills, Risa effectively prevented a second assault at the entrance to the Gate by posting on the internet the date and time in which Rory Mercury, Lelei La Lelena, and Tuka Luna Marceau would be returning to the Special Region, causing a large enough crowd of civilians and potential witnesses to prevent any attacks by foreign agents. After the main characters had returned to the Special Region, Youji had Risa ditch the car they used somewhere in Tokyo, in spite of the fact that she does not know how to drive.
Back in Tokyo, Risa walked past a police car with Itami inside. She quickly moves backward and asks Itami what he did this time, being completely shocked. Itami tells her that all he wanted to do was go to a convention.
Skills & Abilities
Manga Drawing: As a mangaka Risa is experienced in drawing doujinshi manga.
Gallery
Trivia
- Limits herself to a diet of soy milk and cereal because of money problems.
- Due to her low salary, Itami often sends alimony to her.
- Itami left behinds a big amount of life insurance money to her if something happens to him during his assignment in the Special Region.
- Her financial stability has been improved since her first encounter with Pina and Bozes since they often pay a lot of money to buy her manga.
Refrences
The book, GATE, (C) Sentai Filmworks, Houston, Texas, page 71 that was in the boxed set of Anime DVDs in the box set of the English Dubbed Gate Anime, notes that Risa's last name is Aoi.