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|height = 159 cm (5'3")<ref>[@5Hanayome] (Feb 8, 2018). [https://twitter.com/5Hanayome/status/961799135518015489 “「教えて!五月せんせー!」
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|height = 159 cm (5'3")<ref>[@5Hanayome] (Feb 8, 2018). [https://twitter.com/5Hanayome/status/961799135518015489 “「教えて!五月せんせー!」 その1『標準体重』”] (Tweet in Japanese) – via Twitter.</ref><br>165 cm (5'5"){{cite|vol=9|Extra Bonus Comic.}}
その1『標準体重』”] (Tweet in Japanese) – via Twitter.</ref><br>165 cm (5'5"){{cite|vol=9|Extra Bonus Comic.}}
 
 
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* [[Nakano Quintuplets' Grandfather|Unnamed grandfather]]
 
* [[Nakano Quintuplets' Grandfather|Unnamed grandfather]]
 
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|occupation = Student<br>Class representative (from [[Chapter 70|Ch. 70]])
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* [[Kurobara Girls High School]] (formerly)
 
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|jap voice = [[Ayane Sakura]]
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{{Cquote|The fourth sister is a muscle-brained idiot. She's dependable in the sense that she's motivated. But she worries me the most. And plus, she's... no, I'm just overthinking things. In any case, she's an idiot.|[[Fuutarou]] to [[Rena]] about Yotsuba, ''[[Chapter 42]]''}}
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{{Nihongo|'''Yotsuba Nakano'''|{{Ruby|中|なか}}{{Ruby|野|の}} {{Ruby|四|よつ}}{{Ruby|葉|ば}}|Nakano Yotsuba}} is the fourth sister of the [[Nakano Quintuplets]], and one of the main characters of the ''[[5-toubun no Hanayome]]'' series. Having an cheerful and energetic personality, she has a strong tendency of helping people out.
{{Cquote|There is someone who supports me, even though I lack the talent.|Yotsuba Nakano}}
 
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{{Nihongo|'''Yotsuba Nakano'''|{{Ruby|中|なか}}{{Ruby|野|の}} {{Ruby|四|よつ}}{{Ruby|葉|ば}}|Nakano Yotsuba}} is the fourth sister of the Nakano Quintuplets. She has a bright and cheerful personality. Yotsuba is the only sister who accepts [[Fuutarou Uesugi]] ever since the start and wholeheartedly supports him in everything.
 
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Yotsuba and her sisters used to enroll at the [[Kurobara Girls High School|Black Rose Girls School]], thanks to the influence of their stepfather, [[Maruo Nakano]]. However, an unfortunate incident prompted them to transfer to [[Asahiyama High School]], where Yotsuba served as the representative of [[class 3-1]] in her last high school year.
   
 
== Appearance ==
 
== Appearance ==
[[File:Yotsuba Nakano design draft.jpg|thumb|left|190px|Yotsuba Nakano profile.]]Yotsuba is a carefree and cheerful looking girl with a short straight hair. She has a consistent light orange hair color throughout Volume 1 to Volume 4. Her notable accessories is an ear-shaped ribbons. Like her sisters, she has a dark blue eyes, an average height, a well-endowed figure and large breasts.
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Yotsuba has short, straight hair that stops just around her neck. She is portrayed to have light orange hair colour throughout Volume 1-4. Her notable accessory is a bunny ear-shaped ribbon, which can change forms depending on her emotions.<ref>''Manga'' [[Chapter 24]] (p. 12).</ref> Like her sisters, she has dark blue eyes, an average height, a well-endowed figure, and large breasts.
[[Fuutarou Uesugi]] calls Yotsuba's ribbon as an eyesore.<ref>''Manga'' Chapter 70 (p. 16).</ref>
 
Yotsuba still wears her ribbon when bathing.<ref>''Manga'' [[Chapter 24]] (p. 10).</ref> Yotsuba change into a new ribbon because it's the new trend.<ref>''Manga'' [[Chapter 15]] (p. 10).</ref><ref>''Manga'' [[Chapter 15]] (p. 12).</ref> Yotsuba's ribbon changes form depending on her emotion.<ref>''Manga'' [[Chapter 24]] (p. 12).</ref>
 
   
Yotsuba wears her uniform with a large butterfly-shaped tie and wears a sports bag.<ref>''Manga'' [[Chapter 1]] (p. 45)</ref><ref>''Manga'' [[Chapter 1]] (p. 46)</ref> It is revealed by [[Ichika Nakano]] that Yotsuba still uses her panties from elementary school days. Yotsuba's bedroom is the only one that hasn't been revealed from the initial tour. We can see her room after the Labour Thanksgiving Tour date with Yotsuba.<ref name=":0">''Manga'' Chapter 37 page 18</ref> She uses animal-shaped pajamas. According to Ichika, Yotsuba still uses childish panties.<ref>''Manga'' [[Chapter 2]] (p. 14).</ref>
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Yotsuba wears her uniform with a large butterfly-shaped tie and wears a sports bag.<ref>''Manga'' [[Chapter 1]] (p. 45)</ref><ref>''Manga'' [[Chapter 1]] (p. 46)</ref> When at her home. she uses small-shaped pajama's.
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Character Profile Yotsuba Nakano 1.jpg|Yotsuba Nakano design.
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Character Profile Yotsuba Nakano 2.jpg|Yotsuba Nakano character profile.
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Character Profile Yotsuba Nakano 3.jpg|Yotsuba Nakano sketch.
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== Personality ==
 
== Personality ==
Yotsuba is an active, cheerful and easygoing girl. She talks in a loud, spontaneous and sometimes absent-minded manner. She is a type of person who can't say no to people who need help<ref>''Manga'' [[Chapter 5]] (p. 5).</ref>. She is mostly seen helping people either directly and indirectly.
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Yotsuba is an active, cheerful and easygoing girl. She talks in a loud, spontaneous and sometimes absent-minded manner. She is the type of person who can't say no to people who need help<ref>''Manga'' [[Chapter 5]] (p. 5).</ref> and is mostly seen helping others; either directly and indirectly.
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While cheerful on the outside and towards others, she harbours feelings of inferiority towards her sisters and her own abilities. Because of this, she grew a desire to be different from sisters. She shortened her hair, put on a ribbon and excelled in extra-curricular activities. While portrayed as a bad liar early on, she is later shown to have some skill in lying herself.
   
== Ability ==
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== Abilities ==
Yotsuba is good at sports, the basketball club even asked her to join the team. Yotsuba's excellent sports skill is shown, she scores 7.9 seconds for a 50m sprint.<ref>''Manga'' Chapter 72 (p. 4).</ref> Yotsuba is getting praised as a skilled player by a basketball club member.<ref>''Manga'' [[Chapter 5]] (p. 24).</ref> She also has excellent stamina and is a good runner. Yotsuba is the only known sister with excellent eyesight ([[Itsuki Nakano]] wears glasses and [[Nino Nakano]] use contacts). Yotsuba got a part-time job in cleaning-related work.<ref>''Manga'' [[Chapter 69]] (p. 17).</ref>
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Knowing the Yotsuba is physically fit, she is capable of tasks that aren't normally done by her sisters. She has excellent stamina and is a good runner; meaning she has a knack for sports. Her excellent skills were shown when she scored 7.9 seconds for a 50m sprint; even getting praised by fellow skilled club member. She is the only known sister with excellent eyesight, whilst [[Itsuki Nakano|Itsuki]] wears glasses and [[Nino Nakano|Nino]] uses contacts. She even sports a good sense of smell and has a green thumb.
Yotsuba is good at festival games.<ref>''Manga'' [[Chapter 8]] (p. 7).</ref>
 
Yotsuba's excellent eyesight is shown again, she is able to recognize the nametag on Nino's uniform from the second floor.<ref>''Manga'' [[Chapter 2]] (p. 18).</ref>
 
[[Miku Nakano]] will notice if Yotsuba is lying to her,<ref>''Manga'' [[Chapter 21]] (p. 4).</ref> because according to [[Fuutarou Uesugi]], Yotsuba is bad at lying.<ref>''Manga'' [[Chapter 21]] (p. 7).</ref>
 
Yotsuba's poor academic abilities are first hinted and shown, she gets a zero for a test.<ref name="Manga Chapter 1 p. 27">''Manga'' [[Chapter 1]] (p. 27)</ref> Yotsuba remarks that she is the one most likely to repeat a year.<ref>''Manga'' [[Chapter 18]] (p. 11).</ref>
 
Yotsuba's excellent eyesight and kind attitude is shown for the first time, she notices a test paper Fuutarou dropped and returns it to him.<ref name="Manga Chapter 1 p. 27"/>
 
   
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Like her sisters, her academic abilities are poor at best; even getting zero on a test.[12] She is well aware of her shortcomings and even stated that she would most likely be the one to repeat a year. She ranks as being the lowest among her sisters with Japanese being her forte.
Yotsuba has an excellent sense of smell.<ref>''Manga'' [[Chapter 33]] (p. 14).</ref> Apparently she has a green thumb.<ref name=":0" />
 
   
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She has been noted to be terrible at lying, though she says that she could if she really wanted to. She was able to hide her true identity from Fuutarou all the while maintaining their current relationship.
Yotsuba states that she is the dumbest among the sisters.<ref>''Manga'' [[Chapter 56]] (p. 10).</ref>
 
Among the sister, Yotsuba is ranked the lowest one with her strongest subject is Japanese. Yotsuba is bad at lying, though she states that she could do it if she really tries to lie. Yotsuba is good at Summer Festival games.
 
   
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==Relationships==
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{{Main|Yotsuba Nakano/Relationships}}
 
== Quotes ==
 
== Quotes ==
 
* ''"I'll support you with everything I've got!"''<ref>''Manga'' [[Chapter 25]] (p. 7).</ref>
 
* ''"I'll support you with everything I've got!"''<ref>''Manga'' [[Chapter 25]] (p. 7).</ref>
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* ''"It feels like.. my efforts have been rewarded for the first time ever"''<ref>''Manga'' [[Chapter 56]] (p. 20).</ref>
 
* ''"It feels like.. my efforts have been rewarded for the first time ever"''<ref>''Manga'' [[Chapter 56]] (p. 20).</ref>
 
* ''"Even though you were an unlikable boss who always wanted what others had, you were our leader. I've always thought of you as the older sister since back then."''<ref name="Manga Chapter 66 p. 10">''Manga'' Chapter 66 (p. 10).</ref>
 
* ''"Even though you were an unlikable boss who always wanted what others had, you were our leader. I've always thought of you as the older sister since back then."''<ref name="Manga Chapter 66 p. 10">''Manga'' Chapter 66 (p. 10).</ref>
* ''"Don't feel like you should be the only one holding yourself back. Just do whatever you want to do."''<ref name="Manga Chapter 66 p. 10"/>
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* ''"Don't feel like you should be the only one holding yourself back. Just do whatever you want to do."''<ref name="Manga Chapter 66 p. 10" />
 
* ''"Even you might find someone you love in the future, Uesugi-san. And when that happens, no matter who you love, no matter how you come to love them, I'll always be on your side.. supporting you with everything I've got!"''<ref>''Manga'' Chapter 72 (p. 16-17).</ref>
 
* ''"Even you might find someone you love in the future, Uesugi-san. And when that happens, no matter who you love, no matter how you come to love them, I'll always be on your side.. supporting you with everything I've got!"''<ref>''Manga'' Chapter 72 (p. 16-17).</ref>
   
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
* The name '''Yotsuba '''means "four" (四) ('''yotsu''') and "leaf" (葉) ('''ba''').
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* The name '''Yotsuba '''means "four" (四) ('''yotsu''') and "leaf" (葉) ('''ba''').
 
* Yotsuba has a unique giggle: "Shi Shi Shi." This is a pun on number 4.
* Yotsuba is the first Nakano Quintuplets who directly or indirectly confesses to [[Fuutarou Uesugi]], although she dismissed it as a joke.
 
* Yotsuba has a unique giggle: "Shi Shi Shi". This is a pun on number 4.
 
 
* Yotsuba has a shirt with the number "428" screened on it. This is a pun on her name's reading (Yo-Tsu-Ba).
 
* Yotsuba has a shirt with the number "428" screened on it. This is a pun on her name's reading (Yo-Tsu-Ba).
* Yotsuba is the first Nakano Quintuplets who has a one-on-one date (although not romantically) with Fuuutarou.
 
** Technically, she is the second Nakano Quintuplets who went to a date with him (the first is [[Itsuki Nakano]] during [[Fireworks Festival Arc]])
 
 
* Yotsuba's voice actor, Ayane Sakura, once voiced all five girls for a television commercial for the manga in October 2017.<ref>[https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/10/17/ayane-sakura-voices-quintuplets-in-gotoubun-no Ayane Sakura Voices Quintuplets in "Gotoubun no Hanayome" CM]. Crunchyroll</ref>
 
* Yotsuba's voice actor, Ayane Sakura, once voiced all five girls for a television commercial for the manga in October 2017.<ref>[https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/10/17/ayane-sakura-voices-quintuplets-in-gotoubun-no Ayane Sakura Voices Quintuplets in "Gotoubun no Hanayome" CM]. Crunchyroll</ref>
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* It is revealed by [[Ichika Nakano|Ichika]] that she still uses her panties from elementary school days.
* Yotsuba is the third Nakano Quintuplets who is seen crying in front of Fuutarou. The first being [[Ichika Nakano]] in [[Chapter 27]] and the second is [[Nino Nakano]] in [[Chapter 43]].
 
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* In the one-shot, Yotsuba has longer hair.
* Yotsuba is the first one who tried to dress differently several years ago.<ref name="Manga Chapter 64 p. 3" />
 
* Yotsuba is the only Nakano Quintuplets so far to not harbor any romantic feelings towards Fuutarou as all of what she does on Fuutaro because she feels like it.
 
   
 
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The fourth sister is a muscle-brained idiot. She's dependable in the sense that she's motivated. But she worries me the most. And plus, she's... no, I'm just overthinking things. In any case, she's an idiot.

Fuutarou to Rena about Yotsuba, Chapter 42

Yotsuba Nakano (なか よつ, Nakano Yotsuba?) is the fourth sister of the Nakano Quintuplets, and one of the main characters of the 5-toubun no Hanayome series. Having an cheerful and energetic personality, she has a strong tendency of helping people out.

Yotsuba and her sisters used to enroll at the Black Rose Girls School, thanks to the influence of their stepfather, Maruo Nakano. However, an unfortunate incident prompted them to transfer to Asahiyama High School, where Yotsuba served as the representative of class 3-1 in her last high school year.

Appearance

Yotsuba has short, straight hair that stops just around her neck. She is portrayed to have light orange hair colour throughout Volume 1-4. Her notable accessory is a bunny ear-shaped ribbon, which can change forms depending on her emotions.[5] Like her sisters, she has dark blue eyes, an average height, a well-endowed figure, and large breasts.

Yotsuba wears her uniform with a large butterfly-shaped tie and wears a sports bag.[6][7] When at her home. she uses small-shaped pajama's.

Gallery

Personality

Yotsuba is an active, cheerful and easygoing girl. She talks in a loud, spontaneous and sometimes absent-minded manner. She is the type of person who can't say no to people who need help[8] and is mostly seen helping others; either directly and indirectly.

While cheerful on the outside and towards others, she harbours feelings of inferiority towards her sisters and her own abilities. Because of this, she grew a desire to be different from sisters. She shortened her hair, put on a ribbon and excelled in extra-curricular activities. While portrayed as a bad liar early on, she is later shown to have some skill in lying herself.

Abilities

Knowing the Yotsuba is physically fit, she is capable of tasks that aren't normally done by her sisters. She has excellent stamina and is a good runner; meaning she has a knack for sports. Her excellent skills were shown when she scored 7.9 seconds for a 50m sprint; even getting praised by a  fellow skilled club member. She is the only known sister with excellent eyesight, whilst Itsuki wears glasses and Nino uses contacts. She even sports a good sense of smell and has a green thumb.

Like her sisters, her academic abilities are poor at best; even getting zero on a test.[12] She is well aware of her shortcomings and even stated that she would most likely be the one to repeat a year. She ranks as being the lowest among her sisters with Japanese being her forte.

She has been noted to be terrible at lying, though she says that she could if she really wanted to. She was able to hide her true identity from Fuutarou all the while maintaining their current relationship.

Relationships

Main Article: Yotsuba Nakano/Relationships

Quotes

  • "I'll support you with everything I've got!"[9]
  • "As long as you are here, there is no need to worry"
  • "Do you forget that even though I'm like this, I'm still a genuine girl?"
  • "I'm sorry Uesugi-san, but I can't ignore people in trouble!" [10]
  • "There's someone, supporting an untalented girl like me"[11]
  • "In questions with five choices, chances are highest it's the fourth answer!"[12]
  • "It's because I like you"[13]
  • "If you love us, you'll just naturally be able to tell"[14]
  • "The important thing isn't where we are, it's that the five of us are together."[15]
  • "I love the view you get here when you swing as hard as you can. It's not the same as those million dollar views they talk about. But when I imagine that each of those lights is a family, it warms my heart."[16]
  • "An idiot like me can be helpful to everyone? I won't be the me who just hold everyone back anymore?" [17]
  • "It feels like.. my efforts have been rewarded for the first time ever"[18]
  • "Even though you were an unlikable boss who always wanted what others had, you were our leader. I've always thought of you as the older sister since back then."[19]
  • "Don't feel like you should be the only one holding yourself back. Just do whatever you want to do."[19]
  • "Even you might find someone you love in the future, Uesugi-san. And when that happens, no matter who you love, no matter how you come to love them, I'll always be on your side.. supporting you with everything I've got!"[20]

Trivia

  • The name Yotsuba means "four" (四) (yotsu) and "leaf" (葉) (ba).
  • Yotsuba has a unique giggle: "Shi Shi Shi." This is a pun on number 4.
  • Yotsuba has a shirt with the number "428" screened on it. This is a pun on her name's reading (Yo-Tsu-Ba).
  • Yotsuba's voice actor, Ayane Sakura, once voiced all five girls for a television commercial for the manga in October 2017.[21]
  • It is revealed by Ichika that she still uses her panties from elementary school days.
  • In the one-shot, Yotsuba has longer hair.

References

  1. ^ Negi Haruba's tweet and Quintuplets' birthday hashtag.
  2. ^ Manga Chapter 64 (p. 1).
  3. ^ [@5Hanayome] (Feb 8, 2018). “「教えて!五月せんせー!」 その1『標準体重』” (Tweet in Japanese) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ Manga Volume 9 – Extra Bonus Comic.
  5. ^ Manga Chapter 24 (p. 12).
  6. ^ Manga Chapter 1 (p. 45)
  7. ^ Manga Chapter 1 (p. 46)
  8. ^ Manga Chapter 5 (p. 5).
  9. ^ Manga Chapter 25 (p. 7).
  10. ^ "Manga Chapter 5 (p. 6)
  11. ^ Manga Chapter 13 (p. 17).
  12. ^ Manga Chapter 20 (p. 2).
  13. ^ Manga Chapter 21 (p. 18).
  14. ^ Manga Chapter 35 (p. 6).
  15. ^ Manga Chapter 36 (p. 11).
  16. ^ Manga Chapter 37 (p. 13).
  17. ^ Manga Chapter 56 (p. 17).
  18. ^ Manga Chapter 56 (p. 20).
  19. ^ a b Manga Chapter 66 (p. 10).
  20. ^ Manga Chapter 72 (p. 16-17).
  21. ^ Ayane Sakura Voices Quintuplets in "Gotoubun no Hanayome" CM. Crunchyroll