Awaya Ringo

Awaya Ringo (あわや りんご) is a fictional singer in the Shaman King manga and anime series.

About
She appears to be a very popular artist and is liked by Asakura Anna. She is famous for her bizarre and rather unique appearance, though Yoh thinks she appears to be quite scary. Anna believes that Ringo's appearance is only a facade to hide her inner weakness and that that one of Ringo's poems was actually a very beautiful song.

Due to her dark lyrics full of sorrow, she have gained an army of fans that keeps growing across the world everyday.

She loves to roll her R's and twist her body, but despite this she have an extremely shy personality and is known to pause her conversations with the host when she is on TV.

History
At first she was seldom talked about in the media and she appeared only in live concerts, but aftter the success of one of her songs she started to perform in TV shows every now and then as well.

During the New Year's Eve of 1995, Ringo participated in a show together with Soul Bob.

Anime/Manga Difference
Though she does not appear in person in the 2001 anime series, she is seen in a TV Show watched by Anna in one of the OVA.

Trivia

 * She is based on the popular Japanese musician Sheena Ringo.
 * Her only named song in called Ringo Urama Uta (りんごウラミウタ).