Akira Kenjou

Akira Kenjou, also known as Cure Chocolat, is one of the main characters from the Kirakira☆Pretty Cure A La Mode series.
== Charactah Account ==
Akira is a second year high school student. She is gentle and has a strong sense of justice like a "dog". Akira's alter ego is Cure Chocolat and she is based off chocolates and dogs.
Akira is a gentle yet boyish second year high school student, Akira is fiercely loyal and will always be by your side, having a strong sense of justice like a dog. Knowing her way around places with a rational mind makes her a reliable person.
Akira is very caring towards her loved ones, particular her sick younger sister Miku whom she tends to give chocolate to as a way of cheering the latter up, even willingly attempted to sacrifice her own Kirakiraru in order to rescue Miku. She doesn't mind when people around her call her a boy, KKPCALM06 and can also be a show-off too.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Hug tto! Pretty Cure
* Hug tto! Pretty Cure♡We Are Pretty Cure Movie: All Stars Memories
* Kirakira☆Pretty Cure A La Mode
* KiraKira☆Pretty Cure A La Mode Movie: Crispy! The Mille-feuille of Memories!
* Pretty Cure Dream Stars! Movie
* Pretty Cure Miracle Universe Movie
* Pretty Cure Super Stars! Movie
=== Manga ===
* Kirakira☆Pretty Cure A La Mode
== Trivia ==
* Akira's birthday is in September 24th, making her Zodiac sign Libra.
* Many aspects about Kenjou Akira - including her design, her voice, her personality and her transformation sequence - reference the extravagant Broadway-style musicals performed by the Takarazuka Revue, in which women play all possible roles of the musical.
** Akira's masculine design and personality fit the otokoyaku ("male role"), the male part played by actresses in Takarazuka productions. This is especially apparent with her Cure design, with its ornate uniform/suit-like style, the top hat and the princely puffed sleeves and cape.
** In her transformation sequence, Akira stands on an ookaidan, the "grand staircase" being a trademark of the musicals since 1927 and usually rolled out in the finale for the actresses to dance on. Her hand motions in the sequence are also typical.
** Akira's voice actress, Mori Nanako, used to play the otokoyaku role under the stage name Saeki Chihaya in fifteen Takarazuka Revue musical productions from 2005 to 2009.
* Cure Chocolat is the first Cure to be based on Takarazuka musicals, and the first character in Pretty Cure overall to be based on them, even with the musicals being a common motif in shojo productions such as The Rose of Versailles, Princess Knight and Revolutionary Girl Utena.
** Incidentally, juxtaposed with Cure Chocolat, the feminine Kotozume Yukari seems to reference the musumeyaku (literally "daughter's role") - the actresses playing the women in the musicals.
* In Animage's monthly character poll for its 2017-06 issue, Akira placed 9th in "Best Character Overall".
* Early character exploration art by Ino Marie, the character designer, shows Akira to be scared of bugs and ghosts. This was eventually scrapped.
* Akira shares her given name with Miura Akira, a minor character from Heartcatch Pretty Cure! and Nijigaoka Akira, a minor character from Hirogaru Sky! Pretty Cure.
* According to the Ino Marie Toei Animation PreCure Works artbook, Akira, along with Yukari, is twenty-three in the epilogue.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Kenjou Akira at Pretty Cure Wiki
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Category:Females
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