Reira Serizawa
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Reira Serizawa (芹澤レイラ, Serizawa Reira, also simply known as Reira (レイラ) is a fictional character in the anime/manga series Nana by Ai Yazawa.
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[edit] Character
Although her name is often transliterated as "Reira", her actual name is "Layla", after Eric Clapton's famous song of the same name. She is half-American, half-Japanese, and is the lead singer of Trapnest. She also penned some of their songs.
Layla's friendship with her band comes all the way back to her high school days, with Takumi Ichinose and Naoki Fujieda. She's a carefree girl, although she could be sensitive at times. She was in a relationship with Yasushi Takagi, the future leader of Blast, but it didn't last.
Within Trapnest, she has at times expressed interest in both Takumi and Ren Honjo, drawing the ire of Nana Osaki. To make matters worse, the tabloid magazine, SEARCH mailed to Nana photographs of Ren and Layla together. To stop the magazine from publishing the photos, Takumi decided to reveal his relationship with Hachi (Nana Komatsu), who initially was suspicious of Layla as well.
On top of all this, she's also in love with Blast's young bassist, Shinichi Okazaki. Knowing that the teen's underage, Takumi issued his warning to both parties to think of the possible consequences. Even though Takumi warned them the two kept on meeting as lovers. In the end, they broke up. It is clear that they love each other a lot, but it's not known if in the future, when their relationship would not as be dangerous, if they will date again.
[edit] Personality
To fans, Layla is the archetypal idol: beautiful, charming and possessing a good voice. However, to her circle of friends, she's probably as well known for throwing silly tantrums, and making silly demands, as well as the qualities listed above. Together with Naoki, she's Trapnest's main source of laughter.
When Takumi became linked with Hachi, Layla ran out of the recording room throwing a fit . However, it seemed to have cooled, seeing that she personally invited Hachi to her birthday party. As for Ren and Nana, Layla has the thought that Nana had misunderstood her; during a long distance call over to the UK, Nana realised that Layla was in Ren's room at midnight (local time).
[edit] Seiyu and live-action actress
- In the anime, she's voiced by Aya Hirano. Her singing voice is provided by Olivia Lufkin, who is herself half American, half Japanese.
- In both live-action movies, she's portrayed by Yuna Ito, who interestingly is half-Japanese and half-Korean-American.
[edit] Trivia
- Through the filming of the movies, Yuna Ito became good friends with Mika Nakashima, the actress/singer portraying Nana Osaki, which is ironic, considering that in the storyline, Nana was not too fond of Layla.
