Chizuru Nakamura

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## Name

### Aliases

Chizu-chan (Hiyori)
Chuu-tan

## First Appearance

### Anime

Heroine Taru Mono! (I Don't Understand Idols! Ep.1)

**Chizuru Nakamura** (中村千鶴, *Nakamura Chizuru*), also known as **Chuu-tan**, is a character in *Confession Executive Committee*. When introduced, she is a student of Sakuragaoka High School's Class 1-4 and one of Hiyori Suzumi's first female friends and classmates in that school.

## Appearance

Chizuru has dark purple hair parted in the middle that extends to her back and maroon eyes. She uses oval-shaped, navy blue prescription glasses. She wears a modified version of the Sakuragaoka school uniform: the skirt ends just above her knees. When not in school, Chizuru's casual attire leans conservatively feminine, favoring longer skirts and simpler designs.
When Chizuru is operating as "Chuu-tan", her appearance greatly contrasts her bookish self in normal life. Outside of work, Chuu-tan's wardrobe seem to evoke *jirai-kei* fashion, with the emphasis on red, swollen looking eye makeup, a focus on pink and black clothing, and her outfit as seen in "Kawaikute Gomen" onward being a stereotypical *jirai kei* ensemble. Chuu-tan often wears warm-colored makeup, with noticeable pink mascara and a similarly colored shade of pink for lipstick. Chuu-tan also styles her hair as long, but with two pigtails at the sides of her head. Contrast to Chizuru being devoid of accessories besides glasses, Chuu-tan wears more cutesy accessories, such as a pink rabbit hairclip over her bangs.
## Personality and Actions

On the surface, Chizuru is a quiet introverted girl who chooses not to stand out, compared to her friends. However, underneath her shy exterior, she is obsessive and a bit neurotic. She is an otaku of girls' media, having ranted about the childhood friends to lovers trope to Hiyori when she hears about her dilemma with Nagisa; but is primarily obsessed with idols and LIP×LIP in particular.
She works at a part-time job at a maid cafe under the alias "Chuu-tan" in order to support LIP×LIP and their career. She also uses this persona when she goes out to LIP×LIP events.
## Relationships

### Hiyori Suzumi

Schoolmate and friend. They eat lunch together along with Juri. At first, Chizuru only befriended Hiyori because the latter sat between LIP×LIP and seemed to get along with them well, but grew to genuinely care about her, despite her anger and jealousy towards her. When Chizuru finally snapped, she tried to distance herself from Hiyori, which ended with her punching her in the face and knocking her out. However, she felt guilty about this and stayed by Hiyori's side until she woke up. The two officially made up after Hiyori admits to Chizuru that she was just LIP×LIP's apprentice manager.
### Juri Hattori

Schoolmate and friend. The two met when Chizuru asked to join Juri and Hiyori for lunch. The two get along well, and it's Juri who talks to Chizuru after the scandal about how she used to be lonely back in middle school and is the one who initially tries to give Chizuru back her LIP×LIP journal.
### LIP×LIP

Chizuru is a huge fan of LIP×LIP, having followed their idol activities ever since they started off with their Pocketz commercial. She is obsessive over them, especially Aizo, as she consistently stalks the two of them in and outside of school. She takes invasive photos of them whenever they're just trying to get around or live their lives. She does, however, express remorse when she realizes that she troubled them too much and backs away, presumably living her life as a more healthy fan.
## Etymology

* The name **Chizuru** means "thousand" (千) (**chi**) and "crane, stork" (鶴) (**tsuru**/**zuru**).
* Chizuru's surname **Nakamura** means "middle" (中) (**naka**) and "town, village" (村) (**mura**).
* Her fan alias of **Chuu-tan** takes from the onomatopoeia *chuu* (ちゅう), typically used as a kissing sound; this can read as an allusion to her admiration for LIP×LIP and their kiss imagery. The **-tan** addon is a diminutive, meant to sound cutesy and young.

## Trivia

* Chizuru supports LIP×LIP as a whole, but Aizo seems to be her oshi.
* Even after she was revealed to her friends to be Chu-tan, she continues to dress up as her.

## References

1. ↑ "What is Jirai-kei?" (2022, October 18). *Devil Inspired.* Retrieved from https://www.devilinspired.com/blog/Harajuku-Fashion-Japanese-Street-Fashion/what-is-jirai-kei.html