Introductions Main Article: Intros Current IntroĪyano monologues about her life, explaining that she has always felt 'hollow' and 'empty'. 'Aishi' is also an actual Japanese name, but rather than being ended with 死, is more often ended with 志 (Shi) that means 'Purpose', 'Will', 'Determination', 'Aspiration', or 'Ambition' 思 (Shi) that means 'Think' or 詩 (Shi) that means 'Poetry' or 'Poem'. Her surname 'Aishi' is a combination of kanji 愛 (Ai) that means 'Love', and 死 (Shi) that means 'Death'. In kanji, it is either 綾乃, with 綾 (aya) that means 'figure', 'design', 'twill', or 'pattern of diagonal stripes', or 彩乃, with 彩 (aya), that means 'color', both with 乃 (no), which is a possessive particle. Her name 'Ayano' in Japanese is written as あやの in hiragana (アヤノ in katakana).
Īyano is nicknamed 'Yan-chan' by other students (probably by 'yan' in 'Ayano' and not because of 'Yandere-chan'), but teachers will refer to her by either her surname or full name. He leaned towards Ayano, because there are fewer Google searches for that name.
However, he resigned from this idea, and decided that her name would include 'yan' in it somewhere. One of YandereDev's first ideas about Yandere-chan's name was that it could mean 'Murder', for which he suggested Satsu Jinsha or Jinsha Satsu. YandereDev originally did not want to name Ayano, as he believed that a name was unimportant, but he later changed his mind.
