Rae Taylor

 (Also: Rei Taylor) is one of the main characters in "I'm in Love with the Villainess".

Appearance
Oohashi Rei Pre-reincarnation Rei has dark hair and is described as being tall. She wears glasses and has bags under her eyes due to being so overworked.

Rae Taylor Rae has dark brown hair and brown eyes.

Personality
Rei deliberately plays herself up as being a foolishly happy-go-lucky girl who is obsessed with gaining Claire's affection. However in reality this is more of a coping mechanism brought about her early experiences with exploring her sexuality. She is actually far less open with her true feelings, often bottling them up and covering it with humor.

According to the game plot, the original Rae Taylor had many saint-like characteristics to which the story Rae Taylor considered troublesome. At the start of the story, Rae Taylor has been friends with Misha Yule for ten years.

Background
Rae Oohashi is a former Office Lady who died of overwork and found herself reincarnated in the world of her favorite otome game, Revolution, assuming the role and identity of Rei Taylor. Her encyclopedic knowledge of Revolution comes from memorizing the kingdom history for the Liberal Arts exam, multiple playthroughs of the game, and studying all the secondary materials about the game. Her motivation to understand all the details led her consume all fan made materials and she was a perfectionist in the doujin novels she produced as well.

Rei was accepted into the Royal Academy, where the story takes place, by scoring well in examinations and earning a scholarship to attend.

Powers and abilities

 * Morden Knowledge: Rae retains her all her knowledge from modern-day Japan, including recipes and bookkeeping techniques.
 * Game Knowledge: Rae was a huge fan of the game Revolution, having an almost encyclopedic knowledge of its world, characters, and events.
 * Dual-caster: She has the highest magical aptitude, super, in both water and earth magic.

Trivia

 * The "零" in 大橋 零 (Oohashi Rei) commonly translates to "zero", possibly alluding Rei's life being far emptier before reincarnating.
 * While working at a company, Rei's only source of entertainment was games, specifically love simulation games. Rei will essentially play any game which includes board games and card games. She's shown to be adept at both chess and poker due to their inclusion as minigames in Revolution.
 * In a weekly stream, Inori-sensei revealed that Rei loves penguins.