Aya Tatsugami

Aya Tatsugami (辰神 彩, Tatsugami Aya) is a character in Durarara!! SH. She is the older sister of Himeka Tatsugami and Ai Tatsugami who mysteriously disappears after investigating the Headless Rider.

Characteristics
Aya has strong beliefs in doing what is right, even turning her father in for his crimes in loaning money illicitly. However, her involvement in her father's arrest lead to her being reprimanded by her mother. Years later, she's even stabbed by a client of her father's. This causes her to not only question her place in the world, but to develop a deep hatred for the world's seeming unfairness.

After seeing the Headless Rider on television, Aya begins to form an obsession over it, convinced that it is the savior that could save them from the cruel world. However, Aya's sister consistently points out that this absurd belief is just Aya's way of running from her problems.

Background
Aya turned her father in for his illegal money dealings. However, her involvement in her father's arrest lead to her being reprimanded by her mother. Years later, she is stabbed by a client of her father's. This causes her to not only question her place in the world, but to develop a deep hatred for the world's seeming unfairness.

Serial Kidnapping Arc
Aya disappears as a part of a mass serial kidnapping. It is later revealed that she, her sister Ai Tatsugami, and the other abductees were actually Headless Rider fanatics who ran away to join the cult.

Etymology

 * The name Aya means "color" (彩).
 * Aya's surname Tatsugami means "dragon" (辰) (tatsu) and "god, deity" (神) (kami/gami).

Trivia

 * It is revealed in an Epitome of Eighteen Histories that Aya was a co-worker of Kazane Kinomiya as a part-time writer.