Aoi Tategami

Aoi Tategami is one of the six main cures in the series KiraKira☆Pretty Cure A La Mode who is a second year middle school student who loves to sing. She is as brave and free like a "lion". Aoi's alter ego is Cure Gelato and she is based off ice cream and lions.
Her catchphrases are "I'm getting fired up!" and "Woooah!".
She is voiced by Tomo Muranaka.
==Bio==
===Appearance===
Aoi has azure eyes and dark blue hair worn in a volumized ponytail with tented bangs. She wears a yellow ribbon accessory. Her normal outfit consists of a white raglan top with light blue sleeves and a light blue mini-skirt under a dark blue leather jacket with a tiny gold crown pinned on the lapel, along with a pair of black and white sneakers with blue stockings/thigh highs. In the summer, she wears a light blue T-shirt with holes cut out of the shoulders and a pale yellow stripe running down the left side with a gold crown design at the bottom. She also wears light blue denim shorts along with a white belt and a gold buckle and blue leather sandals. During winter, she wears a sky blue hooded sweatshirt with a dark gray pleat skirt along with dark gray lace-up boots and blue stockings. At times she may wear her leather jacket and a pair of blue gloves. At almost all times her teeth appear fanged.
As Cure Gelato, her hair turns brighter and grows in size, resembling a lions mane, along with small forelocks and thicker bangs. She gains pale blue and white lion ears and a light blue tail with a tuft of fur on the end. She gains gold crown earrings and a gold crown on her head with a scoop of pale blue and white ice cream on it. She wears a metallic navy top with a loose, white fluffy collar and navel lining with an ice cream cone patch. The sleeve cuffs are yellow to match the flap on fabric on the chest. She also wears a white and sky blue balloon skirt reminiscent of ice cream with a light blue ribbon on her left hip where her Sweets Pact residing on it. She also gains sky blue stockings, one of which ends mid-lower leg, navy gloves with a paw design on the hand to match her ankle-length boots. On her neck is a blue choker.
In the movie, she wears a sloth costume. Super Cure Gelato has unchanged hairstyle, crown with ice cream scoop, lion ears, tail, earrings and gloves while her Cure outfit is in a super variant. She wears a ice blue vest with an ice cream cone design by her stomach area and light azure buttons by the waist. Her choker becomes a bright cerulean color and she has short, puffy sleeves by her shoulders. Her ribbon on the left side of her hip becomes light blue with the same Sweets Pact and her skirt also becomes a very light yellow and cream and the fur by her waist remains the same. She also has white fabric by her hips and white-blue socks with short length on the left leg and long on the right leg. Her boots become a very light blue with toe pattern and white wings at the back.
In her A La Mode Style, her vibrant blue hair grows thicker and wavy, with her forelocks messier. A fluffy light blue hat lines her head, with her ears getting bigger and her crown gaining more details. The collar of her jacket becomes wider and lined with more fur, with the shoulders protruding slightly. Her skirt is slightly altered, with the swirled, and white fabrics combined on the right to reveal a fluffy, pale blue section. A thick, white piece of fabric hangs from the back, reminiscent of a cape adorned with large blue spheres. On her waist are dollops of white cream. Her gloves are now completely blue with pale blue fur trim while her choker turns dark blue. She loses her socks, with one boot thigh-length while the other gains a furry yellow cuff.
Her Patisserie outfit includes blue boots with a slightly darker ribbon, a blue ribbon on her hat to match the stripes on her sleeves, and a blue, loose ribbon on the chest.
===Personality===
Aoi is an enthusiastic second year middle school student who loves freedom and singing. She is brave and free like a "lion". Due to her love for music and singing, she sings and plays guitar in the rock band Wild Azur. When it comes to making sweets, Aoi is in charge of parts that make use of her muscular strength and support one's shape. She dislikes the strict rules and lack of freedom of her household.
===Relationships===
Ichika Usami - Ichika is a big fan of Aoi, and is delighted when she finds that Aoi goes to her school. After becoming Cure Gelato, Aoi and Ichika become good friends with eachother.
Himari Arisugawa - Despite being almost the exact opposite, Aoi and Himari are good friends, and become quite close throughout the events of episode 35.
Ayane Misaki - Aoi was inspired by Ayane to start singing, and idolizes her. In episdoe 27, Aoi tells Ayane that her dream is to someday surpass her.
Kei Sonobe, Sara Asaka and Ryuuta Yokogawa - The other members of Wild Azur. In episode 42, it is revealed that Sonobe found Aoi busking on the street one day and invited her to join his band.
===Etymology===
Tategami - Tate means "stand" while Gami means "god". However, when combined together, it means "spirit". With the use of a different kanji, Tategami can also mean 'Mane', which references her theme animal.
Aoi - means "blue" which probably has something to do with her signature color.
Gelato is Italian for ice cream.
==History==
===Becoming Cure Gelato===
While Ichika and Himari are on their way to buy ingredients to make sweets, they overhear someone singing. They decide to check it out and see Aoi singing with her band Wild Azur, and Ichika enjoys the music. Aoi meets the two while they wait in line for some ice cream, stopping a couple of taunting high schoolers from cutting the line. Later, the band finds out that there will be a Battle of the Bands competition with Ayane Misaki, Aoi's idol, being one of the judges, so she volunteers to write the lyrics for the song. She has a difficult time coming up with anything decent, and even though Ichika tries to help her out, she still can't figure it out.
By the day of the contest, Aoi still hasn't come up with anything and starts to lose confidence when Ichika and Himari arrive backstage to give her some blue sky-inspired ice cream with a lion's face on it. Aoi takes a bite from it when she starts to have flashbacks of hearing Ayane perform live for the first time, which inspired her to become a rock singer. After eating it, she suddenly came up with the perfect lyrics for it and soon it is Wild Azur's turn to perform for the competition when Hotto, one of the Kirakiraru Thieves, attacks the stage, causing the crowd to evacuate. Ichika and Himari transform into Cure Whip and Cure Custard respectively, but Hotto's heat made it difficult for the two to hold him off. He then targets the ice cream that was kept safe in a cooler, but Aoi steps in to defend it, and her determination to protect it causes the ice cream to turn into an Animal Sweets and a Sweets Pact. Aoi then immediately transforms into Cure Gelato.
Using her newfound ice powers and lion's roar, she was able to hold Hotto off before she and the other two Cures sent him flying, freeing the Kirakiraru he consumed. Soon after, even with there being no crowd in sight, Aoi and her band perform the song she wrote and little by little, the audience returns to listen, including Ayane.
==Cure Gelato==
With Freedom and Passion! Let's・La・Mix It All Up! Cure Gelato! Is Ready To Serve!自由と情熱を！レッツ・ラ・まぜまぜ！キュアジェラート！できあがり！Jiyū to Jōnetsu wo! Rettsu・Ra・Mazemaze! Kyua Jerāto! Dekiagari!
Cure Gelato is the Pretty Cure alter ego of Aoi. She transforms using the phrase "Cure La Mode・Decoration!". In this form, she gains great physical strength and ice attacks and can also roar loud like a lion.
===Transformations===
===Attacks===
*Kirakira♪Kiraru - The main method of attack used by the Cures, which manifests in the form of magical batter within the Sweets Pact. As Cure Gelato, Aoi has shown she has the ability to:
**Encase her fists in ice.
**Completely freeze her opponents with her punches.
**Create large ice structures to launch at the foe.
**Combine her batter with Custard's and Whip's to perform a group attack.
**Whirl her Candy Rod around and roar to create a powerful sonic kirakiraru wave.
*Three・2・Wonderful A La Mode! - is the group attack Cure Gelato performs with the other four Cures. To perform it, she must use the Candy Rod.
*Gelato Shake - is the first sub attack Cure Gelato uses in episode 14. To perform it, she needs the Candy Rod.
*Animal Go Round! - is the group attack Cure Gelato performs with the other five Cures. To perform it, she must use the Kirakiraru Creamer and her Crystal Animal.
*Fantastic Animale - is the group attack Cure Gelato performs with the other five Cures. To perform it, she must she must use the Kirakiraru Creamer and her Crystal Animal and be in her A La Mode Style.
==Songs==
Aoi's voice actress, Tomo Muranaka, has participated in several image songs for the character she voices. Many of them include duets with Karen Miyama, who voices Ichika Usami, Haruka Fukuhara, who voices Himari Arisugawa, Saki Fujita, who voices Yukari Kotozume, Nanako Mori, who voices Akira Kenjou, Inori Minase, who voices Ciel Kirahoshi, and Machico, who voices Ayane Misaki.
*Blue Sky Alright
*Let's・La・Cookin'☆Showtime
*Soul Believer ~Wild・Azur・Version~
*Aile
===Duets===
*Let's・La・Cookin'☆Showtime ~KIRAKIRA☆Patisserie・Version~ (Along with Karen Miyama, Fukuhara Haruka, Saki Fujita, Nanako Mori and Inori Minase
*Mémoire・Mille-feuille (Along with Karen Miyama, Haruka Fukuhara, Saki Fukuhara, Nanako Mori and Inori Minase)
*Happiness☆Flavor (Along with Haruka Fukuhara)
*Soul Believer ~Misaki VS Aoi Version~ (Along with Machico)
==Trivia==
*Aoi's birthday is on August 27, making her Zodiac sign Virgo.
*Aoi is the first and so far only Cure to have fanged teeth.
*The band name Wild Azur was inspired by Aoi's theme color and spirited nature.
*Cure Gelato is the only member of her team who wears colored gloves. All other members wear white gloves.
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