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Nao Ehime | |
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Kanji | 愛媛なお |
Rōmaji | Ehime Nao |
Physical and Vital Information | |
Species | Human |
Gender | Female |
Age | 10-11 (Season 1) 12 (Season 2) |
Eye Color | Hazel |
Hair Color | Brown |
Professional Statistics | |
Occupation | Student
Idol |
Affiliation | Paprika Private Academy |
Personal Status | |
Debut | |
Anime | Episode 01 - I Became an Idol! |
Voice Actors | |
Japanese | Yoshino Nanjou |
Image Gallery |
Nao Ehime (愛媛 なお Ehime Nao) is Laala Manaka's best friend at Paprika Private Academy.
Appearance[]
Nao has light skin and long ash brown hair which is normally adorned by a white headband with yellow flowers. Her eyes are hazel. In Pripara, her hair brightens and reaches her waist, separating into two pigtails with curls at the end. Her headband becomes turquoise and gains two star ornaments.
Personality[]
Nao is easygoing, friendly, and caring. She tends to tease Laala or talk with her seriously every once in a while, but really cares about her. Nao has known about idols and dreamt of becoming one, being the one who got Laala into them at first.
Story[]
Nao is first shown as the best friend of Laala with much knowledge of idols. Unlike Laala, she had a true desire to become an idol someday. Nao surprised her by showing her the PriTicket she just received, but no sooner is it confiscated by Headmistress Gloria. This made her upset but nothing came of it.
As the series progresses, Nao became a fan of Laala, but had no idea her best friend was also the idol she admired until Laala told her. Nao took the news harshly due to her jealousy over being unable to become an idol herself, but they soon make up after Nao realizes her own feelings and how much Laala wished to tell her, but couldn't yet. Later, Nao gets her PriTicket back, allowing her to enter PriPara.
Relationships[]
Laala Manaka is her best friend and neighbor. The two have been classmates ever since kindergarten. She admired her Idol form long before finding out it was actually Laala herself, but after they made up, Nao continued to support her best friend until she finally got her PriTicket back.
Trivia[]
- Nao was one of the first girls who had her PriTicket shown being snatched away by Headmistress Gloria Ookanada.
- Judging by her PriTicket, Nao is a Pop type Idol.
- Her seiyuu, Yoshino Nanjo, also voiced Eli Ayase, one of the main characters featured in the Love Live! franchise.
- She also voiced Nene Tokuda and Nanami.
- Nao is the first non-idol to receive a Friends Ticket.
- Nao shares her birthday (November 20th) with Laala, making her zodiac sign Scorpio.
- She is the second supporting character to have her birthday revealed before Cosmo Hojo.
- She also shares her birthday with Mai Mishou from Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash★Star.
- She is the second supporting character to have a CGI model, preceded by Cosmo and followed by Chanko.
- Unlike Chanko and Cosmo however, Nao's model was only shown briefly during her and Laala's birthday performance, rather than actually performing.
- Nao's PriPara coord is a slightly modified variation of the Fluffy Snow One Piece from Pretty Rhythm.
- Nao shares her given name with Midorikawa Nao/Cure March from Smile Pretty Cure!.