Heartcatch Pretty Cure/Characters

This is the character sheet for Heartcatch Pretty Cure.

Pretty Cure

Heartcatch Pretty Cure

Tsubomi Hanasaki (Cure Blossom)

Voiced by: Nana Mizuki

A bookish, introverted nerd who loves flowers. Upon transferring to a new school, she vows to change herself and become more outgoing.

• Blue Oni to Erika's Red
• Catch Phrase: "I can't stand it anymore!"/"My bag of tolerance has just snapped!"^[1]
• Cherry Blossom: Her Pretty Cure motif.
• Curtains Match the Window
• Hair Decorations: Often wears her pigtails with big yellow flower scrunchies.
• Girlish Pigtails: In civilian form
• Heroic Lineage: Her grandmother Kaoruko was Cure Flower in her youth and the only Cure to have defeated Dune alone.
• Innocent Flower Girl: She is the first ever shy Pretty Cure main character.
• Meaningful Name: There was a budding tree by the window of the hospital room where she was born, and so her mother named her Tsubomi ("flower bud").
• Meganekko: Whenever feeling shy or in distress.
• Petal Power
• Redheaded Hero --> Rose-Haired Girl: When transformed
• Shrinking Violet
• Stepford Smiler: A Type A.
• The Glasses Gotta Go

Erika Kurumi (Cure Marine)

Voiced by: Fumie Mizusawa

A brash and extroverted fashionista. Though energetic and sincere, she often fails to consider the feelings of others.

• Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance
• Badass Adorable: She doesn't even think twice before punching men twice her size in the face. Her fight with Kumojacky in episode 46 practically solidifies her as this.
• Catch Phrase: "Even if my heart is larger than the sea, this is over my limit!"
• Curtains Match the Window
• The Fashionista
• Hot-Blooded: Yes, the water-elemental character is this.
• Genki Girl
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: More than oft acts like a Bratty Half-Pint, but is always there for her friends.
• Large Ham
• Making a Splash
• Red Oni to Tsubomi's Blue
• You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Literally, even!
• Water Is Blue
• Zettai Ryouiki: As Cure Marine and also as part of her civilian attire.

Itsuki Myoudouin (Cure Sunshine)

Voiced by: Houko Kuwashima

The androgynous Student Council President who acts masculine in order to continue the martial traditions of her family in place of her feeble older brother. Despite this, she adores cute things and wishes she could show her feminine side more freely.

• Action Girl / Little Miss Badass: She's quite the accomplished martial artist and even fought back against Cobraja and Kumojacky respectively in two episodes. Then she received her powers.
• Barrier Warrior
• Bifauxnen
• Bokukko: She switches to "watashi" briefly whenever flustered; she uses it exclusively as Cure Sunshine.
• Bishie Sparkle: In episode 7 from Tsubomi's perspective, complete with Love Bubbles and a flowery background at one point.
• Catch Phrase: "I will heal the darkness in your heart with my light!"
  • And to a lesser extent, "How cute!"
• Custom Uniform: Her school uniform is different from the other boys' mostly due to her status as granddaughter of the principal. Fanartists often ignore this and draw her in the standard female uniform.
• Curtains Match the Window
• Cuteness Proximity: Normally quite reserved, but get her anywhere near dolls or cute clothing, and it's a different story, to the point where "How cute!" might as well be her other Catch Phrase.
• Even the Girls Want Her
• Expository Hairstyle Change: After the brief Time Skip in episode 49, she grows her hair out somewhat and starts wearing the female uniform.
• Girliness Upgrade: As the series goes on, she becomes more open about her love of cute things, dolls up for the school fashion show and eventually grows her hair out a bit and starts wearing the female uniform. Still, she remains as athletic and interested in martial arts as ever.
• Girls Love Stuffed Animals: Episode 15 reveals that she has a pretty good-sized collection of them, which she keeps hidden away.
• Gold Makes Everything Shiny: Her Pretty Cure costume includes a gold lamé chest ribbon.
• Heir to the Dojo: Her sick brother wasn't expected to make it before his surgery in episode 23, so she was made into this. In order to become a worthy successor, she felt compelled to act like a boy and disguise her adoration for cute things. Poor girl.
• Late Arrival Spoiler: Her gender and maybe her Cure identity.
• Power Makes Your Hair Grow: While this happens to almost all Cures, she takes it to the biggest extent, going from a very short bob haircut to waist-length Girlish Pigtails when transformed.
• The Power of the Sun
• School Uniforms Are the New Black: She's in her school uniform most of the time, even if she's out of school. That is, unless Erika forces her into the yellow tunic...
• She Cleans Up Nicely A rare non-ballroom variation. Seeing her girled up makes that much of a difference.
• Sixth Ranger: Suspected for a long while, confirmed in the most blatant way possible after episode 22.
• Student Council President
• Tomboy to Tsubomi and Erika's Girly Girls
• Unsettling Gender Reveal: Tsubomi is pretty upset when she learns that Itsuki is actually a girl during episode 7. Cobraja, on the other hand, is flat-out shocked.
• Wholesome Crossdresser: That is, until the timeskip.

Yuri Tsukikage (Cure Moonlight)

Voiced by: Aya Hisakawa

The former Cure Moonlight, who was defeated and Brought Down to Normal by Dark Pretty Cure before the events of the series. Though quiet, mature and intellectual, she harbours a deep sadness within her heart, unable to forgive herself for her past failures. She eventually regains her resolve to fight and becomes Cure Moonlight once more.

• Badass: Quite possibly the coolest Cure ever. Being unable to transform didn't stop her from jumping into danger, as seen in episode 13.
• Badass Longskirt: She's the first Cure to actually have a dress-like form.
• Barrier Warrior: Less so than Sunshine, but shows some inclinations
• Broken Bird
• Brought Down to Normal: Thanks to Dark Precure. She gets better, of course.
• Cool Big Sis: At age 17, she's the oldest active Cure, and the third-oldest overall (behind Cure Flower and Cure Angie from the movie series).
• Curtains Match the Window
• Dark Magical Girl: While firmly being on the side of Good, she has some shades of this. She must deal with her loneliness and a great deal of bitterness in her life. If she's Fate, Tsubomi is Nanoha. (No irony intended.)
• Disappeared Dad: Her father has been missing ever since he began looking for the Heart Tree.
• Fashionable Asymmetry
• Heroic BSOD: She suffers one before the series after she is defeated by Dark Precure, and it takes her almost the entire series to get over it.
• Hurting Hero
• Lady of War
• Loners Are Freaks: Her main character flaw, in the "I'll take on all the responsibility so no-one else has to" sense. It indirectly leads to Cologne's death, after she overestimates her power against a two-on-one disadvantage and rejects his advice to find team-mates to even the odds.
• Lunacy
• Meaningful Name: Her surname literally means "moon shadow" and her first name is also the Japanese name for the lily flower, which is also her Heart Flower.
• Meganekko
• Opera Gloves: But only on one arm
• Peek-a-Bangs
• Sugar and Ice Personality: Acted like an Emotionless Girl at first, but was later shown to be more guarded than anything. She defrosts a bit after joining the team.
• Tall, Dark and Bishoujo
• Unfortunate Names: Poor thing had to be named Yuri in a franchise where yuri is all over the place...
• When She Smiles
• White-Haired Pretty Girl: Cure Moonlight comes close; her hair is a very light shade of lavender.
• You Gotta Have Purple Hair

Allies

Chypre & Coffret

Voiced by: Taeko Kawata (Chypre) & Motoko Kumai (Coffret)

Chypre and Coffret are two fairies that act as partners to Tsubomi and Erika, respectively. They safeguard and summon the Heart Seeds that the Pretty Cure use to transform, and (uh) "create" new Heart Seeds after a Desertarian is defeated.

• It Is Pronounced Shee-PRAY and Caw-FRAY
• Meaningful Name: Chypre is named after a floral perfume family. Coffret is named after the French for a jewellery box or casket.
• Non-Human Sidekick
• Pink Girl, Blue Boy
• Verbal Tic: "~desu"
• Vitriolic Best Buds: Coffret with Erika.

Kaoruko Hanasaki (Cure Flower)

Voiced by: Chika Sakamoto

Tsubomi's grandmother. In her youth, she was chosen by the Heart Tree to become Cure Flower, who single-handedly defeated the first invasion of the Desert Apostles. Having long retired her powers, she acts as a mentor to the current generation of Pretty Cure.

• Day in The Limelight: She regains her powers for one battle during the Christmas Episode, basically because it's Christmas.
• Mentor Archetype
• Older and Wiser
• Retired Badass

Potpourri

Voiced by: Kokoro Kikuchi

A baby fairy who is born from the Heart Tree after enough Heart Seeds have been collected. He becomes the partner to Itsuki and enables her transformation into Cure Sunshine. Being a newborn, Potpourri is the most childish and self-centred of the fairies.

• Barrier Warrior: Has the ability to independently create powerful barriers, an ability unique amongst the fairies.
• Non-Human Sidekick: Itsuki's partner
• Third Ranger: To the fairies.
• Verbal Tic: "~deshu"

Cologne

Voiced by: Akira Ishida

The fairy partner of Cure Moonlight. He is shown to be the most mature and level-headed of the fairies. When Yuri ignored his advice and fought Dark Pretty Cure and Sabbaku by herself, he was forced to sacrifice himself to save her life. He later returns as a Spirit Advisor after the Heart Tree regains enough strength, but can only manifest long enough to set Yuri's heart at ease.

• Dead Partner
• Died in Your Arms Tonight
• Disappears Into Light
• Fashionable Asymmetry: Like fairy, like Cure.
• Heroic Sacrifice
• Non-Human Sidekick
• Posthumous Character
• Taking the Bullet

Coppe

A senior fairy, and former partner to Cure Flower. Though silent, he is greatly respected by Chypre & Coffret as their role model. One of the powers of his advanced age is the ability to shapeshift. He often takes the form of Kaoruko's deceased husband, a blue-haired Bishonen.

• Badass
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
• Expy: One can't help but look at how everyone cuddles up to him and be reminded of Totoro.
• The Voiceless
• Voluntary Shapeshifting: Can take a form that resembles Kaoruko's deceased husband.

The Desert Apostles

Leaders

Professor Sabbaku

Voiced by: Taiten Kusunoki

The masked leader of the Desert Apostles' invasion of Earth. He oversees operations from the Desert Palace, using his mastery of technology to create weapons such as Dark Pretty Cure and (later) the Dark Bracelets.

• Cool Mask: He was actually controlled by its power.
• Evil Genius
• Heroic Sacrifice
• Luke, I Am Your Father: He is revealed to be Yuri's Disappeared Dad.
• Redemption Equals Death

Dark Pretty Cure

Voiced by: Minami Takayama

An Evil Knockoff created by Professor Sabbaku specifically to defeat Cure Moonlight. Even after doing so, she remains dangerously obsessed with Yuri Tsukikage. She is a powerful enemy to the Pretty Cure, and slavishly dedicated to Sabbaku.

• Artificial Human
• Casting a Shadow
• Dark Magical Girl
• The Dragon
• Evil Knockoff: She was created specifically to defeat Cure Moonlight.
• Evil Sounds Deep
• Fashionable Asymmetry
• Glowing Eye(s) of Doom: Whenever she unleashes her powers.
• Mismatched Eyes: One blue, one yellow. The latter is usually kept closed; Rule of Cool explains why she keeps all her depth perception anyway. From episode 42 onwards, she gets a massive infusion of darkness that turns both eyes gold.
• One-Winged Angel: In the literal sense, she has one huge black wing.
• Opera Gloves: Like Moonlight, only on one arm
• Replacement Goldfish: Sabaaku unconsciously patterned her off of Yuri/Moonlight, giving her a desire to destroy her counterpart and cement her position as the Professor's real daughter.
• The Stoic: Well...most of the time.
• Villainous Breakdown: She does not take the revelation that Sabaaku is really Yuri's father well at all.
• Woman in Black
• You Gotta Have Green Hair

Dune

Voiced by: Hikaru Midorikawa

The leader of the Desert Apostles. He was defeated and sealed away by Cure Flower decades before, but is slowly reviving himself.

• Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever
• Bishounen
• Big Bad
• Dissonant Serenity: His default expression.
• Giant Space Flea From Nowhere: He is not mentioned until the latter half of the series and doesn't even show up properly until the last few episodes. He's basically just there to act as a Final Boss to the heroes, especially since the main antagonists up to that point, Sabbaku and Dark Pretty Cure, are destined for Alas, Poor Villain endings.
• Go Out with a Smile
• Humanoid Abomination: He is a being created from the feelings of hatred passed down throughout mankind.
• Leitmotif: And a rather ominous one, at that.)
• Omnicidal Maniac: His goal is to destroy the universe.
• The Man Behind the Man
• Monochromatic Eyes
  • Kaleidoscope Eyes: He has Gray Eyes in his weakened form, Eyes of Gold in his regular and giant forms, and Blue Eyes after being purified.
• Slasher Smile: There are only a few fleeting glimpses of it, and it's only worn occasionally when he fights, but when he wears it, he wears it well.

The Three Generals

A trio that leads the ground invasion of the Desert Apostles. Their main duty is to wilt the Heart Flowers of humans, which would hasten the death of the Heart Tree. To do this, they can extract wilting Heart Flowers from humans and transform them into berserking monsters known as Desertrians, catalysing the wilting process. They are actually three Heart Flowers which were extracted from their human hosts by Professor Sabbaku and experimented upon. After they are defeated, the Heart Flowers return to their comatose human bodies, reviving their true human selves.

Kumojaki

Voiced by: Eiji Takemoto

The red General. A boisterous Blood Knight obsessed with achieving martial perfection. Unlike the other two Generals, he regularly fights on the front lines alongside his summoned Desertrians.

• Blood Knight: Deconstructed in episode 46.
• Calling Your Attacks: He loves making up new techniques for this.
• Curtains Match the Window
• Evil Fiery Redhead
• Graceful Loser: In episode 46
• Hot-Blooded PERIOD.
• Large Ham
• Loin Cloth: Wears one during the Beach Episode. A reeeaaaaaaaally long one.
• Red Eyes, Take Warning
• Verbal Tic: "-jaki." And even "-jaki-jaki" in Erika's impression of him during the puppet show from episode 41.
• Wrong Genre Savvy: Let's face it: if he was on a Giant Mecha Shounen series, he'd be the good guy.

Cobraja

Voiced by: Hirofumi Nojima

The blue General. A smarmy narcissist infatuated with his own beauty. He despises anything he considers "ugly", including Heart Flowers, which is why he transforms them into Desertrians.

• Ambiguously Gay: Mostly noticed in episode 7, where he licks Itsuki's Heart Flower and, after a while, getting notified that Itsuki's actually a girl. His reaction is quite funny, actually.
• Curtains Match the Window
• Death Dealer: Yes, he uses photographs rather than cards, but still counts.
• The Fashionista: After returning to his normal life, he seems to have taken a job as a tailor.
• The Fighting Narcissist: And how!
• Graceful Loser: In episode 46
• Gratuitous French
• Large Ham
• Long-Haired Pretty Boy
• Spell My Name with an "S": He writes it as "Kobraj" on the photographs he carries around, but it's spelled as "Cobraja" in most all other materials.
• Villainous Breakdown: In episode 46
• You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Sasorina

Voiced by: Urara Takano

The yellow General. A devious schemer who usually carries an air of smug self-confidence, but can become vicious and petty if provoked.

• Ambiguously Brown
• Beware My Stinger Tail: Capable of turning her hair into a stinging scorpion's tail.
• Evil Redhead
• Eyes of Gold
• Fiery Redhead
• Deadly Change-of-Heart: She seemed to be tilting towards a change of heart after getting hit by Gold Forte Burst. It was promptly reverted after she received her Dark Bracelet. She is fully purified in episode 40 and returns to her human host, functionally completing a Heel Face Turn.
• Token Girl: Within the Apostles.

Other

Snackies

• Alien Blood: They leak sand when injured. They're probably made of it.
• Everything's Better with Monkeys
• Mooks
• Sky Surfing
• The Unintelligible: Communicate entirely in monkey-like squeaking noises. The Apostles can understand them, though.
  • Sorta like another monkey noise making mooks from another series by Toei

1. ↑ Both are right - "bag of tolerance" is the true translation and matches Tsubomi's use of old phrases, but "I can't stand it anymore!" rolls off the tongue a lot better.