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| Rui Nagata | |
| Kanji | 永田 るい |
| Japanese Name | Nagata Rui |
| Characteristics | |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Species | Human |
| Gender |  Female
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| Age | 15 |
| Height | 156 cm |
| Hair Color | Blonde |
| Eye Color | Brown |
| Professional Status | |
| Base of Works | Higashizaka High School |
| Occupation | High School Student |
| Partner(s) | Miri Yanagiba |
| Personal Status | |
| Status | Alive |
| Debuts | |
| Anime Debut | Episode 3 |
| Portrayal | |
|---|---|
| Japanese Voice | Ari Ozawa |
| Image Gallery | |
Rui Nagata (永田 るい Nagata Rui) is one of the female characters of WWW.Working!!. She is the classmate of Daisuke Higashida and Miri Yanagiba.
Appearance[]
Nagata has with long blonde hair that is tied in twin buns (she later cuts her hair shorter and ties it to a single bun in Episode 13) and brown eyes.
Personality[]
Nagata is a kind and quiet girl who tends to misunderstand things.
Plot[]
Relationships[]
Classmates[]
Daisuke Higashida[]
Daisuke is Nagata's friend whom she has a crush on, but she later gave up when he starts dating Hana Miyakoshi. However, she seems to still care about him and supports their relationship.
Miri Yanagiba[]
Nagata has a close relationship with Yanagiba, who she often discusses her feelings with.
Wagnaria Employees[]
Hana Miyakoshi[]
Nagata initially treats Miyakoshi as her love rival, but she slowly draws closer that she begins to support her when she starts dating Daisuke Higashida.
Etymology[]
- The name Rui (2) is written in hiragana (るい), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (類, 流生, 流衣, 琉以, 琉依, 琉唯, 琉生, 琉衣, 瑠伊, 瑠依, 塁, 流維, 琉偉, 琉威, 琉維, 流依 or 瑠以), it could possibly mean:
- 類 - "class, kind, sort, family, genus".
- 流生 - "flow, style, manner, method" (流) (ru) and "life, living" (生) (i).
- 流衣 - "flow, style, manner, method" (流) (ru) and "clothing, garment" (衣) (i).
- 琉以 - "precious stone, gem, lapis lazuli" (琉) (ru) and "after that, by means of, because, in view of, compared with" (以) (i).
- 琉依 - "precious stone, gem, lapis lazuli" (琉) (ru) and "rely on" (依) (i).
- 琉唯 - "precious stone, gem, lapis lazuli" (琉) (ru) and "solely, only, merely, simply" (唯) (i).
- 琉生 - "precious stone, gem, lapis lazuli" (琉) (ru) and "life, living" (生) (i).
- 琉衣 - "precious stone, gem, lapis lazuli" (琉) (ru) and "clothing, garment" (衣) (i).
- 瑠伊 - "lapis lazuli" (瑠) (ru) and "that one" (伊) (i).
- 瑠依 - "lapis lazuli" (瑠) (ru) and "rely on" (依) (i).
- 塁 - "base/bases, fort, rampart, walls, base(ball)".
- 流維 - "flow, style, manner, method" (流) (ru) and "fiber, tie, rope" (維) (i).
- 琉偉 - "precious stone, gem, lapis lazuli" (琉) (ru) and "admirable, greatness, remarkable, conceited, famous, excellent" (偉) (i).
- 琉威 - "precious stone, gem, lapis lazuli" (琉) (ru) and "prestige, authority, power, dignity, influence, vigor, merit, stature, virtue, pride, dominance, ascendancy/ascendency, ascendance/ascendence, impression, in, domination, mastery, potence/potency, lordship, grasp, control, whip hand, might, force, vis, puissance" (威) (i).
- 琉維 - "precious stone, gem, lapis lazuli" (琉) (ru) and "fiber, tie, rope" (維) (i).
- 流依 - "flow, style, manner, method" (流) (ru) and "rely on" (依) (i).
- 瑠以 - "lapis lazuli" (瑠) (ru) and and "after that, by means of, because, in view of, compared with" (以) (i).
- Rui's surname Nagata means "eternal" (永) (naga) and "field, rice paddy" (田) (ta).