Liko Izayoi

Liko Izayoi, also known as Cure Magical and Riko, is one of the main protagonists from the Mahoutsukai Pretty Cure! series.
== Charactah Account ==
Liko is a second-year student at Magic School in the Magic World and also attends Tsunagi First Middle School in the No Magic World again as a second-year student. Her alter ego is Cure Magical and her catchphrase is "All according to my calculations".
Liko is a serious thirteen year old girl who attends a school in the magic world. She is great at studying but her magic is weak. She is insecure but hopes to become a respectable witch in the future like her sister.
Liko is unsure of what she wants to do when she grows up and often worries about it, but after she lives with Mirai, her life becomes a little less worrisome and more bright.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Hug tto! Pretty Cure
* Hug tto! Pretty Cure♡We Are Pretty Cure Movie: All Stars Memories
* Kirakira☆Precure A La Mode Movie: Crispy! The Mille-feuille of Memories!
* Mahoutsukai Pretty Cure!
* Mahoutsukai Pretty Cure! Movie: The Miraculous Transformation! Cure Mofurun!
* Pretty Cure All Stars Movie: Everybody Sing!♪ Miraculous Magic!
* Pretty Cure Dream Stars! Movie
* Pretty Cure Super Stars! Movie
=== Manga ===
* Mahoutsukai Pretty Cure!
== Trivia ==
* Liko's birthday is on November 12, making her zodiac a Scorpio.
* In the storyboard for episode 49, it was revealed that Liko and Mirai are 19 years old in said episode.
* Interestingly, Cure Magical's theme color is purple while her eyes are pink, which is Cure Miracle's theme color and vise versa.
* Liko shares her voice actress with Orihara Tsumugi from Happiness Charge Pretty Cure!: Ningyou no Kuni no Ballerina.
* Liko shares her name with Furuya Riko, a minor character from Go! Princess Pretty Cure.
* Liko, along with Mirai, are part of a group of characters who comprised Japan's "ambassadors of Japanese culture" for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, alongside many other popular anime characters.
* Liko's famous running gag is when she accidentally falls onto the ground from above and denying it from ever happening.
* Liko is the only one who doesn't wear her casual outfit in Pretty Cure All Stars: Minna de Utau♪ Kiseki no Mahou!.
* In the manga, Liko and her team come across a fairy Pea-chan, who fools them by pretending to be a baby and tears them apart with some bewitching fruits, which makes Riko cold and uncaring to the point of abandoning Mirai. Mirai's desperate efforts to cure her team with the rainbow clover in her mouth, which includes Riko, have created the well-known kiss scene between her and Mirai, especially with how the manga has been hinting the romantic note in their relationship.
* As predicted by Magic Crystal, Liko will possibly become Kouchou's potential successor as the new headmaster of the Magic School in the future.
* During the production of Mahou Tsukai, Liko was originally going to have a rival named Shiina Ryuuichi, who was scrapped and ended up being a background character instead.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Izayoi Riko at Pretty Cure Wiki
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