Sophie Zhang

Sophie Zhang is one of the four main Cures in Ray of Hope: Nature's Guardians. She is a junior at Pristine View High School and is in the same class as Azalea Young and Ellie Brighton.
Sophie's alter ego is and she is known as the Pretty Cure of Water.
==Bio==
===Appearance===
===Personality===
Sophie is a hig school junior who lives a hygienic and cheerful lifestyle. As an older sister type, she will do anything to help those in need. She's also very serious with a strong sense of responsibility and will try to do everything herself. She is sporty, being the ace of the school's track and field team, and smart as well, especially when it comes to science. Despite usually being focused, Sophie finds puns quite humorous and will laugh whenever someone makes one.
When Sophie was young, she was amazed by the sky and ocean, as they look like a single scenery while she was swimming. This experience inspired her to become a high-jumping athlete, where she constantly tries to improve herself.
===Relationships===
*Riptide: Sophie adores Riptide and even volunteered to become his partner to fight the Megabyogen.
*Azalea Young: Sophie becomes fast friends with Azalea, and cares for her well-being.
*Ellie Brighton: Sophie and Ellie initially struggle to become friends with each other due to being polar opposites in terms of personality. They eventually overcome their differences and become close friends. She often worries about Ellie's actions, but mostly enjoys laughing at Ellie’s puns.
*??? Zhang: Touji is her younger brother, who she shares a close bond with and deeply cares for.
*Shindoine: Her main Byogen general rival. They clash due to their opposing values.
===Etymology===
Sophie is the French form of the name Sophia, which means "wisdom" in Greek. This was the name of an early, probably mythical, saint who died of grief after her three daughters were martyred during the reign of the emperor Hadrian. Legends about her probably arose as a result of a medieval misunderstanding of the phrase Hagia Sophia "Holy Wisdom", which is the name of a large basilica in Constantinople.
Zhang is the pinyin romanization of the very common Chinese surname written 张 in simplified characters and 張 in traditional characters. It is spoken in the first tone: Zhāng. It is a surname that exists in many languages and cultures, corresponding to the surname 'Archer' in English for example.
Fontaine is a French word meaning "fountain or natural spring or an area of natural springs" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontaine.
==History==
===Meeting Azalea===
In episode 1, Sophie is jogging and comes across Azalea. She doesn't notice her scrunchie falling out until Azalea tells her. When Azalea struggles to breathe, Sophie is concerned. In the following episode, Sophie gives Azalea advice on how to exercise and improve her stamina. After school, Sophie overhears Azalea talking to Shalia and Rosebud.
===Meeting Riptide and Becoming Cure Fontaine===
In episode 3, Sophie gives Azalea a tour at her family's hot spring inn. Later, Shindoine summons a Megabyogen, infecting the water element. Sophie witnesses Azalea transforming into Cure Grace and is saved by her from being hit by a falling tree. Grace gets injured and Sophie talks to Riptide about lending her power to transform. He is unsure and afraid of endangering her but is touched by her kind words and helps her become Cure Fontaine for the first time.
With her athletic strength, she is able to deliver powerful kicks and purifies the Megabyogen with Healing Stream. After saving the Water Element, she starts looking after Riptide.
===Accepting Her Own Limits===
In episode 8, Sophie is practicing high jump for the school's upcoming tournament. But unlike usual, she fails again and again. Her friends are concerned, thus Azalea and Ellie decide to go jogging with her. She opens up by telling them of her motivation to train for a high jump - she was impressed with the vastness of the sky and the ocean as a child. Later, when participating in the tournament, the event is disturbed by a Megabyogen. The battle motivates her to accept her own limitations and master her high jump, and afterward, she succeeds in performing the jump.
===Learning to Become a Hostess===
In episode 17, Sophie and Touji volunteer to help their family out after learning that some staff had taken the weekend off. Sophie's grandmother teaches her that being a hostess means caring for the guests' needs. During her service, she meets Mr. and Mrs. Smith and their daughter Emily Smith, who she notices is rather upset. After telling her friends about her inability to make Emily smile, Sophie receives encouragement from them and learns that she has to have a caring heart as wide as the ocean. Sophie later reaches out to Emily and learns that she feels lonely because she is not ready to move to Japan with her parents. After an intense fight with Shindoine, Sophie, along with her brother and friends, play games with Emily, and finally has a stronger sense of belonging to her family inn after the Smiths leave.
===Sophie's Dream===
In episode 34, Sophie manages to secure a win in a high jump competition. However, after meeting Takami Tsubasa, she starts to wonder if she wants to become an athlete, particularly when she begins to get interviewed about her newest success. When she tells Tsubasa that she may quit high jump after high school, Tsubasa calls her a failure for not dreaming bigger. After her friends give her some advice regarding her chat with Tsubasa, Sophie begins to recall her childhood and decides she does want to beat her record. After rescuing Tsubasa from the hands of Shindoine, she accepts Tsubasa's apology and promises Tsubasa that she will aim higher in the future.
In episode 38, Sophie is conflicted since her family supports her dream of doing high jump, despite the fact that she wants to be an innkeeper and athlete at the same time. Although Azalea and Ellie support her, Sophie's doubts affect her performance during high jump practice. During the battle against Shindoine, Fontaine's doubts overcome her, however after Riptide tells her she can pursue both dreams, Fontaine finally makes up her mind to pursue both. She tells her family her decision, and they happily support her.
===Epilogue===
After the final battle against King Byogen, it is time for Sophie and Riptide to leave each other. After Sophie gives Riptide a heartfelt hug, she watches him return to the Healing Garden with the other Healing Animals and Celeste.
Sometime later, Sophie, along with Azalea and Ellie, visits the Healing Garden, bringing lots of sweet buns as gifts for the inhabitants. However, they unknowingly bring a Nanobyogen inside and this results in sweet bun Megabyogens appearing. After meeting Cure Summer and the Megabyogens get purified, the three girls sincerely apologize and Queen Felicity forgives them before they depart. They vow to continue protecting and healing the Earth after returning to Pristine View.
==Cure Fontaine==
 is the Pretty Cure alter ego of Sophie. In order to transform, she needs her transformation Element Bottle, her Healing Animal partner Riptide and her Healing Stick.
===Transformation===
===Attacks===
*: Her first attack that she can perform with her Healing Stick and Riptide.
*: It is a group attack she performs with Grace and Sparkle. To perform it, she and her teammates need their Healing Sticks and the Miracle Healing Bottle.
*: It is a group attack that she performs with Grace, Sparkle and Earth. To perform it, she and her teammates need their Healin' Good Arrow and the Special Healin' Good Bottle.
*: A group attack from the movie that she performs with Grace, Sparkle and Earth. To perform it, she and her teammates must be in their Partner Forms, and be wielding the Healing Sticks and Earth Windy Harp.
==Songs==
==Trivia==
*Sophie's birthday is on August 21st, making her a Leo. August 21st is also Fountain Day in Japan.
==Gallery==
==References==
Category:Main characters
Category:Ray of Hope: The PreCure Saga
Category:Ray of Hope: Nature's Guardians