Nyandere

Nyandere ニャンデレ

A nyandere [1] ニャンデレ is a vague type of dere that's just cat-related. Why cat-related? Because nyan in Japanese means "meow", the sound cats make.

A nyandere may be:

A girl that starts acting like a cat when dere (grows fang, cat-ears, even if not really, but just drawn so)
A girl that acts composed, but when she sees a cat she becomes dere.
A tsundere with nekomimi 猫耳, "cat ears."
An actual cat (or anthro catgirl) that's dere for her owner.

Personality

Nyandere characters often times add “nyan” in their sentences. They might even be nekojin, which is part cat and part human. When they are expressing love, they might say “nya~” to express loving feelings.

Meaning of the Name

The word is a compound of "nyan" (ニャン), which is a Japanese onomatopoeia for a cat sound, and "deredere" (デレデレ), which means "lovey dovey".

Characters with this Personality

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Characters from Anime, Manga and Light Novels

Wakana Morizono from Pretty Rhythm Rainbow Live
Neko from K Project [2]
Ritsuka Aoyagi from Loveless [3]
Rumiho 'Farris' Akiha from Steins;Gate [4]
Felix Argyle from Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu [5]
Tsumiki Miniwa from Acchi Kotchi [6]
Koneko Toujou from High School DxD [7]
Kuroka from High School DxD [8]
Lisanna Strauss from Fairy Tail [9]
Milianna from Fairy Tail
Eris from Cat Planet Cuties [10]
Black Hanekawa from Bakemonogatari [11]
Hinano Miyako from Magia Record: Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica Gaiden [12]
Tamami from Otogi Story Tenshi no Shippo
Rin Hoshizora from Love Live! School Idol Project! [13]
Ropponmatsu Unit 2 from Excel Saga
Kiriya Nozomi from Mayoi Neko Overrun!
Ikuto Tsukiyomi from Shugo Chara!
Yoru from Shugo Chara!
Vanilla and Chocola from Nekopara
Yukari Kotozume from PreCure a la Mode
Ni & Li from High School DxD
Nyanta from Log Horizon
Yuni from Star Twinkle PreCure
Nyanko Suzu / Sailor Tin Nyanko from Sailor Moon
Neferpitou, Cheetu and Leol from Hunter X Hunter
"Chaser" John Doe from Yumekui Merry
Yaya Fushiguro from Yuragi- sou no Yuuna- san
Cammot from Holy Knight
Taokaka from BlazBlue
Cheshire from Pandora Hearts
Blair from Soul Eater
Ichigo Momomiya from Tokyo mew mew
Shader from Chrono Crusade
Kyouka from Kyouran Kazoku Nikki
Chain from Pandora Hearts
Kuro from Servamp
Schrödinger from Hellsing Ultimate
Millianna from Fairy Tail
Cathy Katherine from Yu-Gi-Oh ZEXAL
Chaton from MÄR
Takuto Kira from Full Moon o Sagashite
Cyan from Show By Rock
Yuki Shirakaba from Nekomusume Shoukougun

Characters from Cartoons,Comics and Everything Else

Blake Belladonna from RWBY [14]
Adrien Agreste/Cat Noir from Miraculous Ladybug
Selina Kyle, Selina Calabrese / Catwoman from DC
Barbara Ann Minerva / Cheetah from DC
Toralei stripe from Monster High
Catty Noir from Monster High
Meowlody from Monster High
Purrsephone from Monster High
Catrine De Mew from Monster High
Felicia Hardy / Black Cat from Marvel
Greer Grant Nelson / Tigra from Marvel
T'Challa / Black Panther from Marvel
Sergei Nikolaevich Kravinoff / Kraven the Hunter from Marvel
Patricia "Patsy" Walker / Hellcat from Marvel
Catra from She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Ashley/Katnappe from Xiaolin Showdown
Kalshara from Winx Club
Jessica Cat from The Jungle Show
Clover from Totally Spies (in Wild Style only)
Rook Blonko from Ben 10: Omniverse
Miranda from Wakfu
Connor/Catboy from PJ Masks
Bastet from Mummies Alive!
Unikitty from Unikitty!
Gumball Watterson from TAWOG
Nicole Watterson from TAWOG
Starfire from Teen Titans Go!
Radicles from OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes

Characters from Games

A Hat in Time -
- Cooking Cat
- Bow Kid
Danganronpa - Monaca Towa
Darkstalkers - Felicia
Gacha Life -
- Autumn
- Bex
- Lado
- Rambo Nyan Kitty
- Senpaibuns
- Serenity
- Spring
Hyperdimension Neptunia - Broccoli
Kantai Collection - Tama
Let's Meow Meow! - (All female characters)
Magical Paws - Ren
Nekopara - (Several characters)
OneShot - Niko
Sonic - Nicole the Holo-Lynx
Show By Rock - Cyan
Undertale -
- Catty
- Mew Mew Kissy Cutie
Yo-kai Watch - Jibanyan

Characters from other sources

Hatsune Miku from VOCALOID (In Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya!)