Shining Pretty Cure/Characters

This is the character sheet for Shining Pretty Cure. The hypothetical casting by the author is just for fun.

Pretty Cure and Allies

Akiyama Youko (Cure Ruby) Voice Actor: Nagasawa Miki (Japanese), Mona Marshall (English)

"So, are you real or are you me daydreaming about meeting an alien, becoming a henshin hero, and saving the world from giant monsters like AuraRed does?"

Youko is one of two Toku fangirl leads in the Precure fanseries collective, the situational difference being that Luminous Town seems far more amiable to nerdiness than Kazahana City ever was. Her favourite show, Auraranger, draws all sorts of strange parallels to her new life as Cure Ruby, which she tends to acknowledge here and there without ever really stopping to think about what it means for what will happen to her in the future. She starts out as Aina's good friend and gathers a Nakama in the first quarter of the series with her belief in never giving up, no matter what. After all, AuraRed had to face betrayal, a mysterious transfer student, monsters every other day, and eventually, the man who killed his parents -- anything less than living up to him is unacceptable.

Ascended Fangirl: She was obsessed with henshin heroes, particularly Ultra Sentai, before becoming a Cure.
Book Dumb
Calling Your Attacks: Notably, she's the only member of the team to do this with anything outside of her Finishing Move.
Catch Phrase: "I'm not giving up that easily!"
Cool Sword: Ruby Saber
Crossdresser: She makes a habit of cosplaying the (always-male) Red Ranger from each installment of Ultra Sentai at least once every year, so ...
Curtains Match the Window: In Cure form.
Elemental Punch: Her specialty as Cure Ruby.
Fiery Redheaded Heroine
Foil:
- Red Oni to Shinju's Blue
- Tomboy to Aina's Girly Girl
Four-Temperament Ensemble: Choleric.
Genre Savvy: As a result of her Ascended Fangirl status. It helps...most of the time.
Hot-Blooded
The Idiot Heroine
I Know Mortal Kombat/Taught by Television: Her love of video games and television has benefited her more than once.
Jumped At the Call: And kept on running!
Law of Chromatic Superiority: Not really played straight in-story, but she cites wearing red as one of the reasons she's team leader.
Playing with Fire
Plucky Girl: Her catchphrase says all! It also makes her the glue that holds the team together.
Poster Gallery Bedroom: All Ultra Sentai, of course.
Running Gag: A literal one -- when dashing somewhere, she always avoids crashing into someone mid-run by "slamming on the brakes".
Serious Business: Sometimes shows this inclination in regards to her favorite shows, especially when people get the details wrong.
Tomboyish Ponytail
Trademark Favorite Food: Taiyaki

Kobayashi Aina (Cure Peridot) Voice Actor: Matsuoka Yuki (Japanese), Kira Vincent-Davis (English)

"This is...this is wonderful! Ito-han wants me at his birthday party! I will repay his kindness! I'll show him the inner feelings of my heart! Now's my chance!"

Kobayashi Aina is a kind-hearted soul who just wants to make everyone happy, but she's no Love-knockoff, before you think that. For one thing, this girl likes to think she's very perceptive of other people's feelings, leading her to avidly pair up everyone in sight. When it comes to her own love life, though, she's a blushing, stuttering mess. Notable for her Kansai accent, her kindness to everyone around her, and her strong friendship with Youko even before the other team members show up, Aina is a sweet girl who, like AuraGreen, follows her friend out of dedication to protecting everyone's smiles.

The Airhead From Osaka
Bare Your Midriff: In Cure form.
Berserk Button: Nobody ruins others' "special days" on her watch.
Cannot Spit It Out: Her feelings for Soichi. She ends up going inarticulate every time she tries talking to or even about him.
The Chick
Curtains Match the Window: In Cure form.
The Ditz: Sometimes.
Drop the Hammer: Peridot Mallet
Feminine Women Can Cook: The girliest one on the team is the best chef. Go figure.
For Happiness: This is her rationale for wanting to pair everyone up. A good romance = instant happiness, right?
Four-Temperament Ensemble: Sanguine.
Green Thumb/Petal Power
Girlish Pigtails: Twin braids in her case.
- Mega Twintails: As Cure Peridot.
Girly Girl to Youko's Tomboy
Kansai Regional Accent: Described as speaking in one.
Shipper on Deck
Skewed Priorities: Sometimes, she ends up putting things like matchmaking over her Cure duties. At least she notices she's doing it.
Theme Naming: Her parents also have plant-based names.
Thinks Like a Romance Novel
Twice Shy: With Soichi.
You Gotta Have Green Hair

Miwa Shinju (Cure Pearl) Voice Actor: Kugimiya Rie (Japanese), Monica Rial (English)

"I wanted to get away from all the other people. They keep staring."

Miwa Shinju is the series' token Lonely Rich Kid, but more than anything, she's alone by choice. Thanks to guilt from her past, she denies so much as wanting friends even to herself, and it takes a long time and a lot of struggling before she integrates herself into the team. What Shinju really wants is an exciting life with interesting people. Like the bereaved and standoffish AuraPink, being Cure Pearl represents a dream Shinju never allowed herself to have, which she comes to terms with as the story goes on.

Barrier Warrior: Her main attack doubles as a limited shield.
Big Fancy House: Miwa Manor is the largest and fanciest house in town, of course.
Blue Oni to Youko's Red
Brutal Honesty
Curtains Match the Window: The only Cure to avert this.
Eating Lunch Alone: Her first appearance saw her searching for a place to do this. Even after befriending the Cures, she prefers eating alone.
Hair Decorations: Her headband, with its Alice bow.
Four-Temperament Ensemble: Melancholic.
Little Miss Snarker
Lonely Rich Kid: A straight example, complete with self-imposed friendlessness.
Making a Splash
Magic Mirror: Pearl Glass
Magic Skirt: Has this in Cure form, unlike her teammates, who wear Modesty Shorts. The petticoats help.
Opera Gloves: Sports them as Cure Peridot.
Parental Abandonment: Her mother left the family for unspecified reasons when she was younger, fueling her fears of getting attached to anyone else, while her father is usually overseas supervising his company.
Parent with New Paramour: Her father fell in love with someone in his company at some point, though she doesn't formally discover it until he returns to Luminous Town. She does not take it well.
Perpetual Frowner: At first. A lot of her artwork depicts her with this expression as well. But...
Proper Tights with a Skirt
Rapunzel Hair: In both forms, moreso as Cure Pearl.
Rose-Haired Girl
Shana Clone: She looks and sounds like one but is a lot more mellow in temperament and prefers snarking at others to using violence. This doesn't stop her from getting in at least one "Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!" during the series.
Shorter Means Smarter: Very petite and established as doing well in school.
The Smart Girl
Tsundere: A platonic type A, especially towards Youko.
Why Did It Have To Be Spiders?: They're the the one thing that can make her visibly freak out.
Zettai Ryouiki: With at least one of her casual outfits.

Takamura Akira (Cure Turquoise) Voice Actor: Shintani Ryoko (Japanese), Patricia Ja Lee (English)

"I'm fine, really. Your problems will always come first, remember?"

Takamura Akira is the laid-back upperclassman who attracts fans from all over the school, and she's easy to befriend. This makes her the perfect target for Amazora, who she ends up hanging out with almost as much as she does with the other Precures. At first, it seems like nothing bothers Akira. On the contrary, she holds guilt from her parents blaming her for an accident that her sister was involved in when they were kids, and now Akira puts others first to the point that it's developed into an unhealthy complex.

Attack Reflector: She can do a limited one with her powers.
The Big Girl
Big Sister Instinct: One of the things that led to her protective complex.
Blow You Away: With a major in Razor Wind.
Cordon Bleugh Chef: Can make good curry, but everything else she tries her hand at is pretty much inedible...unless you're Sora.
Curtains Match the Window: In Cure form.
Dating Catwoman: With Sora, eventually.
Drama Club President
Even the Girls Want Her
First-Name Basis: Prefers to be on this with almost everyone she meets.
Four-Temperament Ensemble: Phlegmatic.
Guilt Complex: At first. She's slowly getting better, although her first instinct is to assume all responsibility for anything that befalls her loved ones.
Heroic Self-Deprecation
Lipstick Lesbian: Low-key about this, although she doesn't hide it either. The only reason she didn't tell her teammates earlier is because they never asked.
Lonely Guitar Piece: Plays them when depressed.
Loves My Alter Ego: Inverted. Amazora/Sora has a crush on Akira, but despises her Cure alter-ego. Then again, Sora knows that they're the same person.
Nice Girl: Her reputation throughout the school and her usual demeanor...which helps obscure her self-esteem issues.
Onee-Sama: The more affectionate type, somewhat for her teammates, but definitely for Sora.
Parental Neglect: Her parents are both very busy with their jobs and hardly close to either of their daughters. The unfair standards they place on Akira's shoulders don't help.
Proper Tights with a Skirt
Rings of Death: Turquoise Chakrams
Theme Naming: Her parents and sister have sky or flight-based names.
You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Sheeny Voice Actor: Shin-ichiro Miki (Japanese)

"Youko, I'll try to believe in you and your teammates, no matter how bad this gets, shii."

Sheeny, the first of the two mascots to appear and the more hard-nosed of the two, starts out very stubborn and set in his ways about how he's going to save his world. This seems to come from a sense of guilt about letting his home be destroyed and letting Lucey get lost. He eventually starts to lighten up when Lucey returns and Youko's "wishful thinking" starts being right more often than not.

Lucey Voice Actor: Goto Yuko (Japanese)

"Trouble has been following us everywhere since he and I landed too, so... we could just play it safe, lu? Please?"

Lucey is the second mascot to appear. She is sweet, lovable and all-forgiving, and not quite as strict as Sheeny, but no less serious about reaching their goal. Lucey just believes more strongly in the power of kindness to solve the problems that others would write off as a lost cause.

Castle Triste

Shade Queen Voice Actor: Minaguchi Yuko (Japanese)

"Star Pieces...I need them, for the good of this kingdom. In order for the restoration of all that has been lost to take place, in order for the power of miracles to occur, all must be gathered."

The Shade Queen seeks the restoration of her homeland and her dead servants and subjects, though it isn't clear what happened or what the Star Pieces have to do with this goal. Either way, no matter how noble her cause, the fact remains that she has no qualm with hurting or destroying hundreds, thousands or even billions of people as long as she gets what she wants. At this stage, she is annoyed with the Shade Quartet for consistently losing to Precure, and is rapidly losing faith in their abilities.

Big Bad
Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette
Glowing Eyes of Doom → Red Eyes, Take Warning: Briefly, whenever she's put out about something
God Save Us From the Queen
Rapunzel Hair

Meran and Korii Voice Actor: Mizuhashi Kaori (Japanese)

"You're not doing your job. And that's wrong."

The Shade Queen's personal assistants, Meran and Korii, even intimidate the Shade Quartet. They are twins, but don't even seem to have separate consciousnesses, speaking and acting as one. Their own powers have yet to be revealed, and they rarely say much of anything, but when they do, it's always to back up the Queen's demands.

Bob Haircut
Creepy Children
Creepy Crossdresser: Meran.
Creepy Half-Identical Twins
- Hive Mind: They even blink in unison.
- Theme Twin Naming: Together, their names form the romanization of "melancholy".
- Twin Banter: If they're not speaking in unison, they're using this.
Creepy Monotone
Curtains Match the Window
The Dragons: A more concrete example.
Giggling Villains
Glowing Eyes of Doom
Tertiary Sexual Characteristics: Korii is differentiated from her brother by...her hair ribbons.
Wonder Twin Powers: Considering they can't do anything separately, this is a given.
You Gotta Have Gray Hair

The Shade Quartet

Kibami Sora (Amazora) Voice Actor:Kanai Mika (Japanese), Hynden Walch (English)

"Y-yeah. That's right! Amazora will get the job done! And the Queen will be proud... and that will be super cool, super awesome!"

Amazora, the first enemy to appear, is a girl the same age as the Cures. She's bouncy, whiny, simple, and all-around childish. She tries her best to gain the Shade Queen's approval and believes that winning will make her cold, lonely home world a happier place. She reluctantly attaches herself to Akira with the intent to use her, but she slowly begins Becoming the Mask...

Bare Your Midriff: When transformed.
Dark Chick
Dating Catwoman: With Akira, eventually
Dark Magical Girl
Department of Redundancy Department: Occasionally, she occasionally talks like this, okay? Okay.
Evil Ditzy Blonde → White-Haired Pretty Girl: Well, platinum blonde.
Eyes of Gold
Epic Flail: Topaz Mic
Evil Diva: Well, sort of. She does entertain dreams of becoming an idol now and again, though.
Flower in Her Hair: Wears a black lily hair ornament when transformed.
Four-Temperament Ensemble: Sanguine.
Genki Girl: A rare villainous example.
The Glomp: Her preferred method of greeting Akira.
Kawaiiko: Enough to qualify her for Bratty Half-Pint status despite being a teenager.
Loves My Alter Ego: Akira cares about Sora but apparently dislikes Amazora. This bothers her more than she'd like to admit.
Mad Libs Catchphrase: "Super [adjective], super [adjective]!" Usually "Super cool, super awesome!", but it varies.
Morality Pet: For Anya.
New Transfer Student
Shock and Awe/Make Me Wanna Shout
Third Person Person: But not when she's pretending to be a normal girl.

Enshoku Haru (Yakeru) Voice Actor: Suzuki Chihiro (Japanese), Yuri Lowenthal (English)

"For such a strong, handsome guy, my monsters kinda suck."

Yakeru likes one thing: fighting. He especially likes winning, and prefers picking on the weak to going into a fair fight; otherwise, he might actually lose. He annoys everyone else on the Quirky Miniboss Squad, even (or especially) his girlfriend, Anya. He doesn't care, though, and keeps doing his own thing, mocking everyone else rather than changing.

Badass Cape: When transformed.
Badass Long Hair
The Brute
Catchphrase Interruptus: He really, really does not have the ability to wait for the Cures to give their opening spiel, let alone introduce themselves.
Curtains Match the Window
Elemental Punch
Fiery Evil Redhead
Foil:
- Manly Man to Suishoku's Sensitive Guy
- Red Oni to Anya's Blue
Four-Temperament Ensemble: Choleric.
Hot-Blooded: Much more blatantly than Youko.
Leeroy Jenkins: He's proud of being a Leeroy too, to both Anya and Suishoku's disdain.
Playing with Fire
Sleeves Are for Wimps
Minion Shipping: With Anya.
Sunglasses at Night

Noukon Mizuki (Anya) Voice Actor: Fukami Rika (Japanese); Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (English)

"Idiots... while we constantly focus on how to defeat them, they're doing such inane, stupid things. How could they possibly be so strong?"

Anya is cold, cruel and merciless. She only ever shows affection to her sister, Amazora, and even then is quick to keep her in line whenever her childish mind wanders. Anya prefers to use her abilities to manipulate her enemies, break their spirits, and take everything she wants before laughing in their faces and turning on them. Even the people who love her fear her for it, but continue to believe that there is something good about her -- and maybe there is.

Aloof Big Sister
An Ice Person
Barrier Warrior: Not as much as her counterpart, but she tends to play much more defensively in battle, complete with ice shields.
Blue Oni to Yakeru's Red
Emotionless Girl: Usually, although she tends to fly off the handle when upset.
Evil Genius
Flower in Her Hair: Wears twin black lily hair ornaments on either side of her head when transformed.
Four Eyes, Zero Soul: As Mizuki, complete with the odd Scary Shiny Glasses moment.
Four-Temperament Ensemble: Melancholic.
Glowing Eye of Doom: In effect whenever she activates her powers.
Harmless Freezing: Able to do a version of this, even when not transformed.
Lady of War
Mad Libs Catchphrase: "Your [trait] shall be a tool in my hands."
Minion Shipping: With Yakeru.
Mismatched Eyes: One is gold, the other is reddish-purple and the source of her powers.
Opera Gloves: Her transformed outfit incorporates these.
Peek-a-Bangs: In civilain form. They hide her distinctive reddish-purple eye.
Rapunzel Hair: When transformed; in civilain form, it's always in a Prim and Proper Bun.
Telepathy: She can take it a step further and pull crystallized feelings out of a subject.
Shiny Midnight Black -> You Gotta Have Ice-Blue Hair
Whip It Good: Fights with one made of ice crystals.
Woman in Black

Frédéric Verdant (Suishoku) Voice Actor: Fujiwara Keiji (Japanese); Dan Woren (English)

"I can't stand to see a potentially worthy opponent brought down this quickly either. You're supposed to be my rivals; you can't just fall apart now."

Suishoku is the least evil of the members of the Shade Quartet, and on many occasions expresses remorse for the things that he has to do in the name of the Queen. He believes in fair fights, respect, and keeping battles between knowing, consenting combatants rather than involving civilians. This makes him Yakeru's least favourite person, and Yakeru his. Suishoku quite enjoys the perks of the human world, such as music, the Sun Cafe, and the Suzumiya Haruhi light novels.

Affably Evil: Yes, he really is that polite.
Anti-Villain: Type IV, mostly. Were it not for his staunch devotion to the Queen and his concern for his teammates, he'd probably be with the heroes.
Apologetic Attacker
Badass Cape: When transformed.
But Not Too Foreign: Half French, half Japanese... or so he says.
Curtains Match the Window: When transformed.
The Dandy: In appearance and demeanor, though he lacks the aversion to fighting.
The Dragon: Not this on his own, but has some of the personality traits associated with it.
Four-Temperament Ensemble: Phlegmatic.
Funny Foreigner: His alter-ego has mild shades of this.
Gratuitous French
I Have the High Ground: Usually announces his presence by balancing somewhere above the Cures and throwing a rose at their feet.
Must Have Lots of Free Time: His alter-ego is officially a businessman transplanted to Japan. In practice, this stops at him wearing lots of suits; he's usually enjoying coffee at the Sun Café or wandering around town.
Newspaper-Thin Disguise: A frequent offender.
Parental Substitute: For Amazora.
Royal Rapier: Emerald Fleur
Sensitive Guy to Yakeru's Manly Man
Something About a Rose: His powers pretty much revolve around them.
Token Good Teammate
Worthy Opponent
You Gotta Have Green Hair: It's closer to a green-tinted Shiny Midnight Black in civilian form.

Other Characters

Nakano Hibiki Voice Actor: Kiuchi Reiko (Japanese)

Follow in My Footsteps: His father is a doctor and expects him to go into this line of work.
Genre Savvy: Like Youko, he's an Ultra Sentai fan, so...
Like Brother and Sister: Describes his relationship with Youko as this.
Megane

Ito Soichi Voice Actor: Shimono Hiro (Japanese)

Ito Hoshiko Voice Actor: Noto Mamiko (Japanese), Leah Clark (English)

"Youko-san, everyone, I'm sorry to be a burden. Sometimes, I forget my limits."

Apologises a Lot
Expy: Per the author's admission, she's one of Tomoe Hotaru.
Glowing Eyes of Doom: Every time her powers activate.
I Just Want to Be Normal: Her unpredictable powers and her illness lend her a bit of insecurity.
Ill Girl
Mysterious Waif
New Transfer Student: Some time after her debut in episode 10.
Shipper on Deck: Hoshiko is an avid Aina/Soichi shipper.
Shrinking Violet
Trademark Favorite Food: She definitely thinks Everything's Better with Chocolate.
You Gotta Have Purple Hair

Koizumi Miyako and Kimura Mimi Voice Actor: Shima Ryouka (Miyako), Nishimura Chinami (Mimi)

Maki Kanon Voice Actor: Kozue Yoshizumi (Japanese)

Catch Phrase: "Isn't that weird?" or variations thereof. She takes it to near-Verbal Tic levels.
Idol Singer: Dreams of becoming one.
Motor Mouth: Sometimes falls into this.

Fukui Ren Voice Actor: Yamazaki Wakana (Japanese)

Adults Are Useless: As the only adult who suspects something is going on (and isn't a villain), she's the lone aversion of this trope.
Her Heart Will Go On: With respect to her deceased husband, Yuichi
Intergenerational Friendship: With the Cures
The Mentor: The closest non-mascot equivalent
Morality Pet: Officially becomes one for Suishoku in episode 16.
Old Shame: She isn't very happy about that painting she modeled for being displayed so prominently in the local art museum.

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