Rio Nakamura

Rio Nakamura is a student in Korosensei's Class 3-E of Kunugigaoka Junior High School. She was a former elementary school genius but felt lonely and longed to be normal. When she got to middle school, she began shirking off her studies which landed her in Class 3-E.

Appearance
Rio has long, straight strawberry blond hair (blond in the anime and dark blond in the OVA) swept behind her shoulders and grey eyes (aqua blue in the anime). She has D cups.

She wears the Kunugigaoka school uniform with the assigned yellow sweater. Her hair color appears to be dyed as shown in Chapter 111, it’s original shade might have been a darker shade.

Her blond hair and blue eyes give her the appearance of a typical Caucasian female but she's Japanese.

Rio is described as the “cool girl” of Class 3-E.

Personality
A girl whose sleaziness can put even Class E’s perverted genie Okajima to shame, she also shows the keen intellect of someone known as a former child prodigy. At the same time, she also greatly enjoys doing stupid things, displaying a genius-level gift for messing with others. The nurture of Korosensei’s teaching effectively restores her academic ability. She has a nose for finding people to mess with, always on the mark. With behavior like that, the only thing in store for others is a world of teasing and blackmail.

Rio is also a friendly, energetic girl and somewhat of a trickster. She's playful, has a bit of a dirty mind, and has been noted to be rather intelligent. She claims she was originally a serious person, something that would prove to be true when she disagreed with Nagisa's proposition to save Korosensei and continue to kill him.

Despite her eccentric nature, she has the ability to see the bigger picture and hides how she really feels, but she cares about Class E more than anyone.

On one hand, she can play the role of Class 3-E's resident mischief chick. On the other hand, when the situation calls for it she can be quite straightforward. Even Terasaka started to wonder which between the two of them is the more outrageous kid in class.

Synopsis
Like the majority of her classmates, Rio debuted in the first chapter; however, she didn't originally get spotlighted until the first Finals Arc (Chapters 51-53) where she and Nagisa were the main rivals to Tomoya Seo in English. Before that, she was introduced during Chapter 18 where she was trying to peek in on Korosensei.

She gets another spotlight in Chapter 111, where she reveals her past as a gifted, but lonely elementary school student. She was the top student, but felt lonely and unsatisfied and wondered how would it be feel to be a normal student. Because of how gifted she was, the other kids don’t chat with her about the tests. Putting it another way, her superiority, her “difference”, makes it hard for others to approach and understand her. Since then, she decided to "be stupid", by shirking off her studies and acting playfully. In the process, she completely forgot how to study and how take tests, prompting her fall into Class E.

Bad behaviour like dress code violations, using profane language with her teachers, and insufficient attendance is what also lands her in Class E. She expresses her gratitude to Korosensei for providing her with a place where she can both study and do "stupid things" along with her friends.

Rio contributes to Class 3-E's school festival in gathering the ingredients for their restaurant. However upon seeing Yuji Norita recognising Nagisa from the summer holidays, she quickly changes Nagisa's pants for her skirt and has him try to swindle money from the unsuspecting Yuji. Eventually Nagisa confesses that he is not a girl as Yuji had thought, Rio even covertly suggesting to Nagisa to "show it to him".

At the end of Chapter 142, when Nagisa proposes to find a way to save Korosensei instead of assassinating him, Rio is the first to speak against it. She cites the bond between assassin and target the the very reason why she wants to continue killing their teacher. Her disagreement eventually causes the class to split into either saving or killing Korosensei, prompting him to settle the dispute by having the two factions play a paintball match against each other. Rio joins the red (kill) team and acts as second-in-command to Karma Akabane.

When the strength of both sides have been cut in half, Rio heads to Ryoma's position and lie in wait until the blue team attacks to capture their flag. She reiterates her resolve to kill Korosensei, earning Terasaka's subtle praise. When the surviving blue team attack, Rio's group raced for the flag but but were ambushed from behind by Nagisa, thus eliminating her from the battle. She later watches Nagisa and Karma's brutal fight, which Nagisa eventually wins when Karma surrenders after being caught in a chokehold. Despite her earlier disagreement, Rio sees how both sides fought their very best and as such decides that Nagisa's side won fair and square. She even made up to Nagisa by playfully pinching him on the cheek.

Rio makes another major appearance during Valentines' Day, conspiring with Karma to teasing Kaede about her affections for Nagisa. The pair help Kaede build up her courage by taking her to spy on other couples throughout the mountain. Rio and Karma both watched Kaede present her chocolate to Nagisa and afterwards Rio indirectly confessed to Karma that she will not act on her own feelings for Nagisa for Kaede's sake.

She makes an appearance when the students try to save Korosensei from the government’s hands where Korosensei notes she moved gracefully during battle. She then reveals she had brought Korosensei a cake to celebrate his birthday and the entire class sings him happy birthday. They are interrupted by Shiro and the God of Death’s arrival.

After the fight, Korosensei asks Rio to feed him the cake in order to help save Kayano to which Nakamura deadpans it had been covered in dirt due to the fight that occurred but nonetheless gives the cake to Korosensei.

In the ending, she bravely tries to face Koro-sensei's impending death with a smile during his final roll call; that facade soon crumbles in tears after he is gone for good.

Seven years after graduation, Rio was seen in England chattering with some college student and laughing together on a bridge near Big Ben Parliament during her exchange program.

After graduating college, she became a freelance interpreter and aims to work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Her dirty jokes garner a lot of grand reactions even when she's studying abroad in the west, and fitting there was a great success for Rio. She started working as a sharp and witty interpreter, aiming to establish her career with the personal connections she'd established.

Abilities
Marksmanship: Rio is ranked 4th for marksmanship, girls' side. She scored 79/200 in a test in June, giving her the 7th best marksmanship in Class 3-E.

English: Rio has a mastery over this subject and apparently the language itself and she's ranked 1st in the school for it.

Intelligence: Rio, despite her whimsical personality, is actually one of the smartest people in Class E, second only to Karma. This stems from her past as a genius elementary school student and though she forgot how to study, she hasn't lost her own wit and guile.

Technology: Rio was ranked 3rd for technology in Class 3-E by Korosensei, stating she was able to dissemble a radio within seconds but it was a shame she found reassembling it boring.

Night vision: She was ranked 4th by Karasuma in the students’ night vision abilities.

Nagisa Shiota
Rio sits beside Nagisa enjoys messing with him and harassing him. She gets a kick out of playing on his androgynous appearance and according to the tankobon extra this is one of her hobbies. Despite that, the two are good friends and Nagisa doesn't pay much mind to her teasing.

In Chapter 116, Rio apologizes to Nagisa when she found out that the reason he kept his hair long was because of his mother's oppression, and says that she won't tease him about it anymore. However, the moment Yuji appeared, Rio breaks her promise and cross-dressed Nagisa.

When Kayano is making her move to Nagisa during Valentine's day. She accept her defeat indirectly through her push to Kayano. It is indicated that she has a crush on Nagisa but giving up once she encourage Kayano to make her move.

Karma Akabane
For most of the series, Karma and Rio were not shown to be interacting much together except for a few snippets where they tease Nagisa together. They are also shown briefly teasing each other but no romantic interest was ever shown. Their first well-known interaction was during the civil war when the two shared a common ground in opposing Nagisa's suggestion to save him.

As the two most intelligent students of Class 3-E, the pair are of the same mind and it is even said that they can finish each other's thought. The two also share the pleasure of playfully teasing Nagisa.

It is unknown if Karma is aware of Rio’s crush on Nagisa after she indirectly confessed to Karma during Valentines Day. When he questioned her, she had brushed him off.

In the Graduation album, Karma comments on Nakamura’s message board saying “Talking with you was fun, Nakamura. Why not say how you really feel more often, Miss Vice-Commander?”

Hinano Kurahashi
Though they aren’t often seen together, the two of them have bonded over bejeweling their knife sheaths. The two of them also seem to have their airheaded moments together, as they casually were showing them off during a school assembly, much to Karasuma’s dismay.

When Hinano tells the girls that she has a crush on Karasuma, Rio remarks by telling her no girl in 3-E does not have a thing for him. The two are also shown battling each other with knives during one of 3-E’s PE lessons before Takaoka’s arrival.

Ryouma Terasaka
The two do not interact until 3-E’s Civil War where Rio expresses her desire to win the battle and assassinate Korosensei. Terasaka then subtly praises her, stating that Rio acts stupid and does stupid things but in reality she was the most serious person in Class 3-E.

Later on Terasaka refers back to that conversation which causes Rio to blush in embarrassment and hide her face telling him to shut up. She often refers to Terasaka and his group as knuckleheads or dummies.

In the graduation album, Terasaka commented on her message board saying “Doing stupid stuff is great and all, but I think that stupidly serious side of you is already plenty charming.”

Tōka Yada
The two of them are sometimes seen together and are usually together in a group. Rio refers to Toka as “Yada-chan”. Yada calls her "Rio-chan". In one of the tankobon extras, Rio is seen teasing Yada and Kayano in the 3-E girl group chat by telling Yada her breasts have grown bigger to which the the latter denies. Ritsu remarks that Yada’s breasts have gotten bigger, by this point Kayano has signed off.

Kaede Kayano
Rio enjoys trolling and teasing Kayano, especially due to her hatred of big chests. She also enjoys teasing Kayano along with Karma because of her feelings for Nagisa.

When Kayano is making her move to Nagisa during Valentine's day. She accept her defeat indirectly through her push to Kayano. This shows that Rio does care for Kayano’s happiness although it is not addressed much. Rio refers to Kaede as “Kayano-chan”.

Trivia

 * Her favorite subject is English while her worst is Civics.
 * Her hobbies are making jokes, especially ones about Nagisa, and spending time with friends.
 * Her past club before joining the Class E was Amateur Radio Club.
 * She is the president of the Crossdressing Nagisa Appreciation Club.
 * Her favorite food is Pizza.
 * Her older brother is in university, he has a lot of refined interests but has a sister complex.
 * Her father is a translator and her mother formerly was an advertisement model.
 * She wants to be a diplomat or an interpreter (presumably due to her English skills) in the future.
 * In the tankobon extras it was revealed that her current nickname is "Old Mannish Middle Schooler" while her past one was "Elementary School Genius."
 * She was paired with Sōsuke Sugaya in Nuru-Nuru Test of Courage in Chapter 74.
 * She was called "Gal English" during Class 3-E training using code names. The one who gave her the code name was Isogai.
 * She is seen trolling Yada and Kayano on the girls’ group chat in one of the tankobon extras.
 * Her profile photo online is Nagisa wearing a skirt.
 * Her current hair color was revealed to be dyed as shown in a flashback in Chapter 111.
 * When she was in first grade, she got 100% on 6th grade tests.
 * Despite the way she acts, whenever a perverted situation happens, she's shown to be completely disgusted. However, she playfully notes that Taiga has a small penis while all the other girls were enraged at his flashing at the beach during Summer Camp.
 * She says she hates looking at pictures of herself because she doesn't like her small eyes.
 * During the Civil War, she was eliminated along with Ryoma, Taisei and Takuya after Nagisa ambushed and shot all 4 of them.
 * She placed 11th overall during the first semester final exams
 * She was ranked 3rd overall in the final semester exams with a score of 469, after Karma(500) and Asano Gakushuu(497).
 * Her and Gakushū Asano's English voice actors are engaged in real life.
 * In the tankobon extras, her statistics were listed as:
 * Physical strength: 3
 * Mobility: 3.5
 * Close-range assassination: 3.5
 * Long-range assassination: 3
 * Academic ability: 5
 * Characteristic skill: 4.5 (wasting talent)