Amano Ayane

Amano Ayane (天乃綾音) is a student of Tokiwadai Middle School who appears in Toaru Kagaku no Railgun. She was a member of the Hasekura Clique, one year before the main story.

Etymology

 * Amano means "heaven/heavenly, sky, imperial" (天) (ama) and "from" (乃) (no).
 * Ayane means "design" (綾) (aya) and "sound" (音) (ne).

Appearance
She has dark colored short length hair, which slightly covers her right eye, and wears the Tokiwadai Middle School uniform.

Personality
Unlike other Hasekura clique members, Amano stayed calm and imperturbable behavior when facing Urui Aika, a member of Mikagami clique. She is also sharp-sighted to figure out the esper ability user by seeing only a part of the ability. She is brave enough to confront a Level 5 and willing to risk her life to find out that how strong Level 5 is.

Background
When seeing Misaka Mikoto first time in hallway, she wanted to know how strong Level 5 is.

First Year Arc
Amano was part of a group from the Hasekura Clique who accidentally ran into Urui Aika of the Mikagami Clique late at night, in the middle of the conflict between the two cliques. With tensions high, a clash of abilities occurred, with an intervention by a nearby and out-of-sight Misaka Mikoto to move Urui out of the way of an incoming blow.

Abilities
Amano's Level 4 ability is called Air Pressure. She can walk on vertical surfaces like walls and cut distant foes with vacuum waves.

Trivia

 * Ayane shares her last name (天乃) with Amano Kaguya, although the latter's is spelled with different kanji (天埜), implying the two are unrelated.