Rui Yonagi

**Rui Yonagi**(夜凪 ルイ *Yonagi Rui*) is a character in *Act-Age* manga series. He is little brother of *Act-Age*main protagonist Kei Yonagi.

She was born with a older twin sister, Rei Yonagi. Unlike his twin sister, Rui isn't afraid of Yonagi's behavior. He just sometimes that Yonagi's acting is weird. He is still a crybaby, even it's so hard to calm him down once he starts crying. He is a fan of Ultra Masked Man, a fictional character played by Akira Hoshi.

## Appearance

Rui has semi dark-colored with a single protruding strand of hair in the front and center, he also has light-colored eyes.

Initially, he wore a white t-shirt and dark-colored pants.

## Personality

Rui has a playful and innocent personality. She looks up to her sister and hopes that one day she accomplishes her goal of becoming an actor.

## Plot

Rui and her twin brother Rei greet their big sister Kei home as the housework rangers. Later the two enjoy a bath together and learn that not only did Kei not get picked for the audition but also was fired from her job. Kei then tells her siblings that she's resolved herself to get a real job and quit trying to become an actor. At bedtime, the twins are asleep, while Kei reminisces when their mother was still alive. Rui is shown to be still awake and hopes that her sister doesn't give up on her dream of becoming an actress.

The next day, Kei acts in front of the twins not to prepare herself for another audition, but for getting a job. An emotional Rui tries to get her older sister to pursue acting again, until the arrival of Akira Hoshi. Rei instantly recognizes Akira as his character Ultra Masked Man. The interreaction between Rei and Akira causes a scene, making them all get into Akira's car and leave the scene. On their way to the place of the audition, they learn of the circumstances of why their sister was chosen to be a fill-in for the last round of an audition. The twins watch their sister put on a magnificent performance, but it's later learned that she didn't win the part. At their home, the twins try and console their sister, but then the director Sumiji arrives and gives her an offer.

## Etymology

* The name **Rui (2)** is written in katakana (ルイ), 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, great/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 "admirable, great/greatness, remarkable, conceited, famous, excellent" (偉) (**i**).
	+ 流依 - "flow, style, manner, method" (流) (**ru**) and "rely on" (依) (**i**).
	+ 瑠以 - "lapis lazuli" (瑠) (**ru**) and "after that, by means of, because, in view of, compared with" (以) (**i**).
* Rui's surname **Yonagi** means "night calm, evening calm" (夜凪).