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is a fictional character from the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise. He is the Fifth Child and the seventeenth angel, Tabris. He is sent to Nerv by Seele as a replacement pilot for Unit 02 after Asuka Langley Soryu's synchronization ratio falls below usability. He later breaks into Terminal Dogma to return to Adam, but after he discovers the being there is actually Lilith, he permits Shinji Ikari to destroy him. He appears in ''The End of Evangelion'' during Third Impact, communicating with Shinji in regard to the choice of whether to accept or reject Instrumentality. Despite his very small screentime in the series (first appearing two episodes only before the series' finale, and with little to no presence in subsequent episodes), Kaworu became a popular and recognizable character, mainly due to his sex appeal. A ''Newtype'' poll in 2010 ranked him the second most popular male anime character from the 1990s. ==Conception== In early designs, Kaworu was depicted as a school boy with a pet cat who could switch to an "Angel form".〔''NEWTYPE 100% COLLECTION: NEON GENESIS EVANGELION''. 1997 Kadokawashoten. ISBN 4-04-852700-2. (Partial translation ).〕 In vol. 9 of the manga, one of Sadamoto's artworks is a portrayal of Kaworu dressed in black and holding a black cat.〔 Kaworu was named by screenplay writer Akio Satsukawa.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Translation of essay by Hideaki Anno about character name origins; includes a link to the original essay in Japanese )〕 Kaworu's surname "Nagisa" comes from the Japanese word , meaning "waterside" or "shore", concerned with sea. It also comes from Japanese movie director Nagisa Oshima.〔 Adding to these, the character "", when divided, can be read . The title of episode 24 is . "" includes two Japanese words read as "''shisha''" (the character "" only represents the sound "shi"). The first is , while the other is .〔 Gainax renders his name in Romaji as "Kaworu", not "Kaoru" as would be given by most romanization schemes. The reasons for the difference in the naming have not been explicitly detailed by the series' creators; one theory is that the name is based on the original kana of the name Kaoru Genji, from ''The Tale of Genji''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kaworu Nagisa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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