Airi Himekawa

Airi Himekawa ( あいり, Himekawa Airi) was a minor, pivotal character in the Oshi no Ko manga series. She was a successful actress in her day as well as the wife of Seijuurou Uehara and the mother of Taiki Himekawa.

Appearance
Airi had chest-length dark hair that was split on either side, dark-colored eyes and she wore dark-colored lipstick.

Personality
Since Airi never physically appears in the story, not much is known about her general demeanor. However, her having an affair with an 11-year-old boy implies that she was a child molester. Also, the fact that she kept all this from her husband suggests that she was an unfaithful woman who had no qualms about cheating on him.

History
Not much is known about Airi except that she was an actress who was married to Seijuurou Uehara. At some point, it was implied that she molested aspiring actor Hikaru Kamiki, who was only 11 years old at the time, which resulted in the birth of Taiki Himekawa.

However, it was suspected that Seijuurou learned of her secret later on, which prompted him to kill her at a cottage in Karuizawa before committing suicide.

Etymology

 * The name Airi (1) is written in hiragana (あいり), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (愛莉 or 愛梨), it could possibly mean:
 * 愛莉 - "love, affection" (愛) (ai) and "white jasmine" (莉) (ri).
 * 愛梨 - "love, affection" (愛) (ai) and "pear" (梨) (ri).
 * Airi's surname Himekawa means "princess, young lady of noble birth" (姫) (hime) and "river, stream" (川) (kawa).

Trivia

 * Despite being the wife of Seijuurou Uehara, it is unknown as to why Airi is still "Airi Himekawa" and not "Airi Uehara".
 * According to Aqua Hoshino in Chapter 68, Airi "played the female protagonist in a morning drama." (*'Morning Drama' mentioned in Chapter 41).
 * Airi's rape on Hikaru Kamiki that resulted in him fathering Taiki Himekawa when he was only 11 years old may be the reason why Hikaru started targeting and killing actresses.
 * Many fans in-fandom theorized that Airi will reincarnate in the future as the series' central antagonist, presumably that she harbors revenge to rape more victims against Seijuurou, who killed her after she molested Hikaru.