Nyandere

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Koneko Toujou from 'High School DxD'

### Personality

Cat-like, cute, funny, playful, flirtatious, friendly, happy, sweet, kind, creative, brave, joyful, easy-going, curious, mischevious, nonchalant

***"Nyandere"*** (*JP*Japanese: ニャンデレ

Romaji: Nyandere) a term for a character who acts like a cat towards their love interest. They will be very affectionate towards their love interest and may rub against them in a similar manner as a cat. They will also bat their "paws" to get the attention of their love interest and will often add "meow/nyaa" to their sentences to sound cuter.

## **Meaning of the Name**

The word *nyandere* (ニャンデレ) is a compound of "nyan" (ニャン), which is a Japanese onomatopoeia for a cat sound, and "deredere" (デレデレ), meaning "lovey-dovey". In other words, *nyan* in Japanese means "meow", the sound cats make.

It is also sometimes alternatively written as にゃんデレ, though this is less common.

### Origin

The exact origin is currently unclear, but the term has been used officially in several doujins and manga series dating back to at least 2010.[1][2][3][4]

## Characteristics

*Nyandere* characters in official media are always *nekomimi*, or someone who is part cat and part human. Characters who aren't part cat but just act like one might also count.

## Personality

When they are expressing love, they might say "nyaa~" to show their loving feelings.[5]

A *nyandere* may be:

* Someone that starts acting like a cat when dere (grows fang, cat-ears, even if not really, but just drawn so).
* Someone that acts composed, but when they see a cat they become dere.
* A *tsundere* with nekomimi (猫耳), "cat ears."
* An actual cat that's dere for their owner.

*Nyandere* characters may not be actual cats, they might just be obsessed with cats to the point they start acting like one. They may like milk, fish and other food cats like. They may also have books, clothes, drawings, keychains or other items that are cat themed.

*Nyandere* characters are curious, playful, happy, and inquisitive like actual cats. They are portrayed as having cat ears, and a long slener tail. They are also quite smart and clever and can blend in well in the background.

## Similar Japanese Archetypes

* ***Juujin***: A term for a hybrid humanoid animal character.
* ***Kemono***: A term for an animal character that has human traits.
* ***Kemonomimi***: A term for a human character with animal ears.
* ***Wandere***: A term for a character that behaves like a dog around their love interest.

## **Characters with this Personality**

See Nyandere/Anime Characters to see characters from anime media.

See Nyandere/Western Characters to see characters from western media.

## **Gallery**

Biridere ♥
Bokodere ♥
Butsudere ♥
Darudere ♥
Deredere ♥
Dorodere ♥
Erodere ♥
Gandere ♥
Goudere ♥
Gundere ♥
Himedere ♥
Hinedere ♥
Kamidere ♥
Kichidere ♥
Kiredere ♥
Kiridere ♥
Kuudere ♥
Megadere ♥
**Nyandere** ♥
Onidere ♥
Ojoudere ♥
Rindere ♥
Roshidere ♥
S Dere ♥
Shindere ♥
Teredere ♥
Tsundere ♥
Undere ♥
Usodere ♥
Utsudere ♥
Uzadere ♥
Wandere ♥
Yandere ♥
Yoidere ♥
 Variations
Tsun-Aho ♥
Tsundora ♥
Tsun-Pure ♥
Tsunshun ♥
 Western
Byoukidere ♥
Dandere ♥
Kanedere ♥
Kekkondere ♥
Masodere ♥
Nemuidere ♥
Oujidere ♥
Smugdere ♥
Teasedere ♥
 Variations
Dorodere (Western) ♥
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