
Detailed playstyle
Road to 2002, 25th anniversary, Japan dream 2006, Wish for peace in Hiroshima, Oversea fierce fights In Calcio
Scoring
Aoi can score (Road to 2002, Due, page 9).
Aoi can score against Albinoleffe with a shot on a loose ball (Road to 2002 arc, Quattro, page 15).
Aoi can score against Bran with a rovesciatta on a loose ball (Oversea fierce fights In Calcio arc, chapter 13, pages 14 to 19), but Gozza may reach the ball before him (Oversea fierce fights In Calcio, chapter 21, pages 1 to 7).
Aoi can try to score with a sliding shot on Bobang's postplay, but Gozza can foresee it and try to block it (Oversea fierce fights In Calcio arc, chapter 19, pages 2 to 7).
Dribbling
Aoi can dribble up on the left side (Road to 2002 arc, Quattro, pages 12-13, Oversea fierce fights in Calcio arc, chapter 4, page 13), as well as the right side (Oversea fierce fights In Calcio arc, chapter 11, page 11). Even after reaching the corner spot and looking like he's going to send a cross, he might dribble towards the goal instead (Oversea fierce fights In Calcio, chapter 11, page 13).
He can get past Reggiana's n°7 during a dribble breakthrough (Oversea fierce fights In Calcio arc, chapter 4, pages 10-11).
Aoi can get past Bobang with constant moves (Road to 2002, Due, pages 8-9).
He can get past Albinoleffe's n°2 and n°4 with his constant movements (Road to 2002 arc, quattro, pages 12-13). He can get past Reggiana's n°11 with a quick feint similar to his constant movements (Oversea fierce fights in Calcio arc, chapter 11, page 11).
Aoi can contribute to the midfield by moving around a lot even if he's tired and send the ball to a teammate (Wish for peace in Hiroshima, part 2, page 21).
He may be able to keep the ball against a shoulder charge from Hyuga thanks to a backstep on a hair's breadth, but it might still stop his attack rhythm for a moment (Oversea fierce fights In Calcio arc, chapter 12, pages 9 to 12).
Feints
He can get past 3 players of Reggiana with his right angle feint, but Gozza, thanks to Hyuga's informations, can stop it (Oversea fierce fights In Calcio arc, chapter 7, pages 8-9).
He can get past Reggiana's n°6 and n°7 with a feint similar to the right angle feint (Oversea fierce fights In Calcio arc, chapter 12, page 8).
He can get past Hyuga with a step over followed by a feint similar to the right angle feint, using a more accute angle of 80° instead of 90° (Oversea fierce fights in Calcio arc, chapter 12, pages 15 to 20).
He can get past Melo and Fabiano with feints similar to the right angle feint, but can eventually be stopped by Gozza (Oversea fierce fights In Calcio arc, chapter 15, pages 10 to 15).
Passing
He can perform one two returns with Bobang (Oversea fierce fights In Calcio arc, chapter 11, pages 6-7).
He can perform a one-two with a teammate to get past Gozza (Oversea fierce fights In Calcio arc, chapter 4, page 12).
Aoi can send the ball in front of the goal (Road to 2002 arc, Quattro, pages 12-13), even while dodging an opponent's tackle, like Reggiana's n°4 (Oversea fierce fights in Calcio arc, chapter 11, pages 14-15). He can also send a cross (Oversea fierce fights In Calcio, chapter 4, page 13).
Aoi can send the ball to a forward (Wish for peace in Hiroshima, part 2, page 11).
Aoi can pass the ball behind (Japan dream 2006, pages 33-34).
Aoi can lure Gozza into blocking his shot while he's passing the ball to the side instead (Oversea fierce fights In Calcio arc, chapter 13, pages 5 to 9).
He can, on the spur of the moment, stop his shooting to get past a blocking player like Gozza instead (Oversea fierce fights In Calcio arc, chapter 19, pages 9 to 13).
He can send the ball on the sides if the central defense is too strong (Oversea fierce fights In Calcio arc, chapter 18, page 4).
He can pretend to forcibly kick a jumping volley while he's passing the ball in the air and in a right angle instead, to avoid a block from the opponent (Oversea fierce fights In Calcio arc, chapter 20, pages 2 to 6).
Defense
Aoi may steal the ball from Hyuga if the latter is pushing back another opponent in a power contest (Oversea fierce fights In Calcio, chapter 3, pages 16 to 19).
Aoi can pressure the opponent, and ease the job of the other defenders with his fireball press (25th anniversary, part 3, pages 7-8).
Aoi may take the ball thanks to his restless defense, even from Levin using his aurora feint (25th anniversary, part 2, pages 10-11).
Aoi can go tackle an opponent, but a player like Davi can dodge him (Final countdown, pages 19 to 22).
Aoi may not be able to stop Diaz' dribble breakthrough (25th anniversary, part 2, pages 8-9).
He can be lured into trying to block a shot from Natureza (25th anniversary, part 2, pages 24-25).
When showing signs of fatigue, he may not be able to stop Santana, Natureza and Rivaul's brazilian golden trio (25th anniversary, part 4, pages 2-3).
He may be able to stop Hyuga's straight line dribble, but can be tricked by a step over feint followed by a feint similar to the right angle feint instead (Oversea fierce fights in Calcio arc, chapter 8, pages 4 to 9).
Header
He can go for a high ball contest, but may lose against Hyuga, however, he may not fall down after the clash (Oversea fierce fights In Calcio arc, chapter 22, pages 3 to 14).
Header
He may try to block Hyuga's raiju shot but may not prevent him from scoring, and may be blown away in the process (Oversea fierce fights In Calcio arc, chapter 23, pages 4 to 9).