Aozora | 青空 A well-priced 65% board with a stunning look [GB GOING LIVE!!]

Aozora | 青空
The Aozora is a 65% style keyboard with an extra key!
Aozora features a clean design with a brass badge. Together with the plate, the badge and plate create a sleek two-tone design.

There are 5 finish options at the moment: Sumi (Black), Aizome (Navy), Sakura (Light Pink), Fukai(Deep Blue), and Hakushi (E-White).

Sumi, Aizome, Faukai and Sakura will be sandblasted and anodized.

This board was designed by our new studio, SalmonCat. We are excited to join in on making great products at reasonable prices. We have some really cool boards planned for the future. So if you like this design, make sure to join our discord to see what we are working on.





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Here are the main points.

Typing Angle: 6-Degree

Target Price: $200-ish for the base kit, with several optional plate & PCB extras available

The base kit will come with a top housing, plate, bottom housing, badge, screws, and PCB.

65% 69-key layout.

Sandwich mount

Full aluminum body

Plate and badge will come stock as brass, with an optional kit for aluminum hardware available

Carbon and Polycarbonate plates will be available in both ISO and ANSI, also as extras.

Uniquely shaped, Japanese cloud badge above arrow cluster.

ANSI Hot-swap, with ISO plate and PCB available.

Estimated 1.5kg without PCB, switches, and caps.

QMK Support

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Colors:

E-White (Hakushi)


Black (Sumi)


Blue (Aizome)


Pink (Sakura)



There is one more color being added! It is an extremely dark navy. It is pictured in the topmost image of this post, but more renders will also be coming soon.

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SOUND TEST!!!~

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Timeline:
We are aiming to run the GB sometime within March & April 2021
Our second prototype ended up taking way too long to manufacture, and the date we were given for it to be shipped was pushed back several times. As of 5/28/21, we have received the second round of prototypes.
Our new estimated GB is June 2021.

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Vendors/Pricing

We're going to be selling and shipping ourselves. It might result in shipping being more expensive for overseas customers, but it lowers the overall cost of the board for the entire GB. We're still working on our website, but it'll be up when we announce the GB.

We've confirmed a base kit of 199.99 USD, with either an aluminum or brass plate and badge available to chose at checkout. Extras of each component will be available, including tops and bottoms if you want to create a 2-tone keyboard!

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Make sure to join our Discord or follow us for updates!
https://discord.gg/4fDq9QK5e2
https://www.instagram.com/salmoncat.studio/