Nephrite

Nephrite
Official artwork.
Jewel	Nephrite
Katakana	ネフライト
Romaji	Nefuraito
First Appearance	JP16
Voice Actor	Megumi Ozaki
Biography
Gender	Male
Species	Pembroke Welsh Corgi
Eye Color	Yellow green Light pear green
Fur Color	Amber (head and coat) White (body, inner ears and muzzle)
World	Jewel Land
Birthplace	Jewel Land
Birthday	February 1
Magical Status
Magical Ranking	Glass (JP1)
Magical Class	Green
Occupation	Magician Student (JP1/JPS) Assassin/Cleaner (JPKD) Dog-walking volunteer (LJP)
Partner	Akira Nanase (JP1)
Magical Item	Jewel Pod (JPH) Jewel Pad (LJP)

Nephrite (ネフライト, Nefuraito^?) is a male Pembroke Welsh Corgi Jewelpet who represents Likeability and Teamwork.

Appearance

Nephrite is a Pembroke Welsh Corgi dog with amber fur and white paws, inner ears, muzzle and chest. His Jewel Eyes are made out of green nephrites. For his attire, he wears a blue checked flat cap on his head and a silver beaded necklace with a green diamond-shaped nephrite jewel attached around his neck.

Charm Form

Nephrite's Jewel Charm is orange and oval-shaped with white decor. There is a large green diamond-shaped nephrite in the middle, surrounded by four smaller nephrites and a green heart-shaped nephrite at the top.

Personality

According to the official website, Nephrite is depicted as a cheerful type of Jewelpet who gets along with almost anyone.

In Jewelpet Kira☆Deco!, he is more of the dour type who is coldly focused on his missions and rejects positive emotions, such as the concept of love. In spite of having a soft spot, he prefers not to admit it and rather erases it as a means to avoid feeling love, which he regards as a distraction and weakness.

In Lady Jewelpet, Nephrite was originally a much happier individual, but after witnessing Lady Diana eloping with Alto and abandoning Luea behind, he becomes rude and cynical as a result. However, Momona's presence begins to help him open up himself again.

Nephrite often ends his sentences with the word "geroppa".

Skills

In Nephrite's official setting in the franchise, he represents Likeability. As the Jewelpet of Likeability, Nephrite's magic can make humans more likeable by improving their manners and enhancing their leadership. In Jewelpet, he wields the power of Teamwork, allowing humans to team up with their friends and work together to accomplish their goals, also making them become good leaders.

History

In Jewelpet

Nephrite is the partner of Akira Nanase. In episode 16, Nephrite appears to Akira to rid him of Diana's curse that caused him to become harsh to the kids he was teaching to play basketball. Like Ruby, he wants to see Akira and Rinko get together in love.

In Jewelpet Twinkle☆

Nephrite forms a trio with Chite and Io as they appear in certain episodes.

In Jewelpet Kira☆Deco!

Nephrite is a "cleaner-for-hire" (a parody of an assassin) and an old friend of Coal who tries to help him defeat Ruby and her friends. However, he falls in love with her and ends up turning against Coal. In the end, he cleanses his mind of all memories of Ruby so that he won't love her anymore.

In Jewelpet Happiness

Nephrite is known for jumping into Ruby and Chiari at the exact moment the beam of light is hit from the Small Moon of Happiness. While Sapphie is working on her latest invention, the Happiness Shot, Nephrite develops a crush on her and is willing to work alongside her.

In Lady Jewelpet

Nephrite is one of the dogs used to test the Petite Ladies' skill at dog-walking. He is partnered with Momona, whom he's rude and unhelpful to at first, but he eventually takes a liking to her during the course of the episode. In the past, Nephrite did the same test with Lady Diana; his cynical attitude came from him witnessing Diana run away with Alto and leaving Luea behind.

Gallery

Main article: Nephrite/Image Gallery

Main article: Nephrite/Image Gallery/Anime

Trivia

• Nephrite's jewel motif is the nephrite, a variety of the calcium and magnesium-rich amphibole mineral actinolite.
• Nephrite is the only one out of the 12 canine Jewelpets who does not have a tail. Most Corgis in real life are born with tails, but for pembroke welsh corgis, they are born tailless.
• Depending on the seasons we can get different descriptions of Nephrite power : teamwork, solidarity, dynamism and good mood (Jewelpet season 1), leadership (Sega Toys charm)
• On the official Jewelpet Sega Toys website his gem power is describe as "Be liked by everyone : Demonstrate good morals and leadership".