Ryo Nishimiya

Ryo Nishimiya (西宮 諒, Ryo Nishimiya?) is a supporting main character and a member of Kouta Hasegawa’s friend group. He is a fan of the Sanrio mascots, the Little Twin Stars, and the library assistant, as well as a person who struggles to fit in with most boys his age.

Appearance
Often referred to as ‘cute’ by his family, Ryo is a teenager of average height and has a rather childish and innocent look, having quite long curly blonde hair, lavender irises and innocent-looking eyes.

He is usually seen in his school uniform, but wears a blue sweater instead of the usual blazer. He wears a white collared shirt, checkered grey dress pants and cream colored sneakers with asymmetrical colored laces, one being a pastel blue and the other being a pastel pink, likely being a reference to the hair colors of the Little Twin Stars.

Personality
Ryo has an awkward introverted personality due to him being aggravated by his family calling him adorable. Ryo had always wanted to be a manly person as he stood out from the other boys in his class based on his interests.

This caused him to lash out at Kouta Hasegawa and the others for liking Sanrio and chatting openly about it, and later on Seiichiro Minamoto after finding out he liked Sanrio as well. However, Ryo is shown to be kind to those whom he trusts, as shown with his actions towards Seiichiro.

Ryo doesn’t trust easily, as he still had his doubts about Kouta, Yuu Mizuno and Shunsuke Yoshino even after seemingly becoming friends with them.

History
As a child most people found Ryo to be both cute and quite feminine in appearance and his interests. As Ryo had always wanted to be manly, he was frustrated by people mentioning these things to him, causing him to become quiet and introverted, and he became shy and struggled quite a bit when socializing with other people, having gained a lack of self-confidence and becoming socially awkward due to him isolating himself from others in the past.

Seiichiro Minamoto
As said before, Ryo takes his time when it comes to trusting others, concluding him to have difficulty forming strong bonds. Despite this, he seems to very much enjoy Seiichiro's company. They're often seen together in scenes, like how in Episode 7 on the bus scene Ryo's seen resting on Seiichiro's shoulder, and occasions of Ryo blushing due to Seiichiro. This could signify Ryo having feelings towards him, but this is not officially confirmed.

Ryo doesn't seem to share very close bonds with the rest of the cast outside of a mild friendship minus Seiichiro, but that depends on how you see it.

Etymology

 * The name Ryo means "reality" (諒).
 * Ryo's surname Nishimiya means "west" (西) (nishi) and "temple, shrine, palace" (宮) (miya).