Rie Nishina

Rie Nishina (仁科りえ, Nishina Rie?) is a minor character of Clannad. She is a second-year student at Hikarizaka Private High School who once played the violin when she was young, and won numerous competitions. She had a lot of talent and was supposed to go to study abroad, but she was involved in an accident. As a result, the strength of her grip became weak and she was not capable of playing the violin as well as she had formerly been able to. Her plans to leave Japan were terminated, and she entered a phase of depression, having lost her main goal in life. However, when she entered high school, Toshio Koumura taught her about the chorus, and she found that she could sing very well. Thus, having found a new purpose to live on, she chose to assemble a chorus club with her friends. Her best friend is her fellow club member, Sugisaka.