Ichigo Momomiya

Ichigo Momomiya (桃宮いちご, Zoey Hanson in the 4Kids dub) is one of the main protagonists from the manga and anime series Tokyo Mew Mew (Mew Mew Power in the 4Kids dub) She is the first of the Mew Mews to be introduced and have her DNA merged with an Iriomote WildCat.
She was voiced by Saki Nakajima in the original series and by Yuuki Temma in the reboot in the Japanese version, and by Amanda Brown in the English version of the anime.
==Appearance==
As a civilian, she has red short hair often tied up in pigtails with red ribbons. She wears a red ribbon with a bell around her neck (given by Masaya), and often wears her school uniform.
When she works at Cafe Mew Mew, she wears a red maid dress with a heart-shaped apron and a pink bow tie. She also wears pink socks and black shoes with hearts. Her hair is held with a lace headband and let down.
When Ichigo is transformed, her hair and eyes turn pink and grows black cat ears and tail. Her tail has a magenta ribbon tied with a bell. Her hair is let down and became wavy. She wears a short puffy dress with matching arm garters and a leg garter on her right thigh, along with a choker around her neck with her Mew Pendant dangling. And her gloves and boots are magenta.
==Biography==
Ichigo started off as a normal 13-year-old junior high student who was on a date with Aoyama Masaya until her DNA is mysteriously merged with the DNA of an Iriomote Wildcat. Now she is the "leader" of a group of girls, whose DNA were also merged with that of an endangered species, called Tokyo Mew Mew. The Mew Mews have to save the world from Chimera Animas, the aliens, and the alien leader, Deep Blue. Originally, Ichigo wants nothing to do with the "Mew Project", instead wishing to simply spend time with her crush, Masaya. Later, she grudgingly accepts her fate, realizing what she is (a Mew) and the importance of the task assigned to her.
==Personality==
Ichigo has some aspects of the typical magical girl heroine personality: sweet and caring, shy around her love interest, prone to overlooking things the more perceptive and more intelligent can see, and is overactive when she is mad or excited. Ichigo reacts very angrily whenever a loved one is hurt, and dislikes being treated like an object, hence her reaction to Kishu. Ichigo tends to go dreamy and blushes when in the presence of her crush, Masaya, typically head over heels, and she occasionally becomes confused with her feelings, and is prone to act rashly. Many times, she puts her own relationship before saving the world. Overall, she is a friendly person who's willing to give second chances to the people she likes.
==Trivia==
*In an episode of Tokyo Mew Mew, Ichigo said that she was not a good dancer. She provided evidence for this when she revealed that, when she attempted to do the famous Macarena dance, she sent five people to the emergency room, just by dancing.
*Iriomote Wildcats live in Taiwan. There are only 60-100 left there.
*Ichigo is the only Mew Mew who needed some help for her mutation to speed up. All the other Mew Mews' mutations are all complete and they are either unaware of the mutation (Mint Aizawa and Pudding Fong) or they found out how to unlock it (Lettuce Midorikawa and Zakuro Fujiwara).
*Ichigo is the only member of the group whose garter is placed on her right leg, whereas the other members' garters are placed on their left leg.
*Ichigo's transformation phrase and attack is the only one not including her name, hers being "Mew Mew Strawberry Metamorphose" and "Ribbon Strawberry Check," while the other mew mews have their names included in their transformation phrase and attack. (The reason for this is because her Japanese name "Ichigo" is the Japanese translation of strawberry).
*Despite her appearance she is NOT related to Ringo Akai.
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