Aoi Tategami

**Aoi Tategami** (立神あおい *Tategami Aoi*) is one of the six main Cures in *KiraKira☆Pretty Cure A La Mode* who is a second year middle school student who loves to sing. She is as brave and free as a lion.

Aoi's alter ego is **Cure Gelato** (キュアジェラート *Kyua Jerāto*), the Pretty Cure of freedom and passion, and she is based on ice cream and lions.

Her catchphrases are **"I'm getting fired up!"** (「燃えてきたーーー！」 *"Moete Kita!"*) and **"Woooah!"** (「ウォーーー！」 *"Wō!"*)

## Bio

### Appearance

Aoi has bright blue eyes and dark blue hair worn in a thick ponytail held by a yellow ribbon. Normally she wears a white raglan top with light blue sleeves and mini-skirt, paired with a dark blue leather jacket that has a crown pin, blue stockings, and grey sneakers. For summer, she wears a light blue top with holes cut at the shoulder and crown design, light blue denim shorts and blue sandals. For winter, she wears a sky blue hoodie with a dark gray pleat skirt, dark gray lace-up boots, and blue stockings. At times she may wear her leather jacket and blue gloves.

In the movie, she wore a long-sleeved cerulean shirt with light blue denim shorts and dark blue boots. At the party, she wears a blue dress with a red brooch, white gloves, and blue shoes.

As **Cure Gelato**, her hair is brighter and grows out in volume to resemble a lion mane. She gains tuft forelocks and wears a gold crown with a light blue sphere, a blue choker, and crown earrings. She has blue lion ears and a tail. She wears a blue top with yellow sleeve cuff and fluffy collar. Her white balloon skirt has a light blue and white marbled layer over it, a blue bow rests on the corner. She also gets blue gloves and boots with a paw-like toe, and light blue mismatched socks, one knee-length, the other ends above the ankle.

As **Super Cure Gelato**, her top turns pale blue and her sleeves are fluffy. Her skirt gains a cape-like layer behind it, while her gloves, boots, and socks lighten in color. She gains wings.

In her **A La Mode Style**, her hair grows out more and she gains a fluffy pale blue hood. Her choker is dark blue. Her sleeve cuffs are fluffy to match her altered collar, and her skirt changes in shape to gain an additional, fluffy pale blue layer. A long, cape-like layer with large light blue spheres hangs from the back. Her gloves gain a fluffy wrist, while one boot extends to the thigh, the other above the ankle with a fluffy cuff.

### Personality

Enthusiastic and bold, Aoi is brave and passionate. Her strength has no bounds and she's always ready to try something new. Above all else she craves freedom, so she strongly dislikes the strict rules back at home, where she is forced to act and dress more properly. At first, Aoi's competitive streak is a flaw that prevents her from accepting her own failures, but she soon learns to mellow out and accepts herself for being a "hard and chewy" person that develops her own music style.

### 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 each other.

* Himari Arisugawa - Despite being almost the exact opposite, Aoi and Himari are good friends, and become quite close throughout the events of episode 35 of Kirakira Precure Ala Mode.

* Ayane Misaki - Aoi was inspired by Ayane to start singing, and idolizes her. In episode 27, Aoi tells Ayane that her dream is to someday surpass her, which Misaki appreciates.

* 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.

* Mitsuyoshi Mizushima - Her butler. They have a close-knit relationship as he had looked after her since she was a child. At first, Mitsuyoshi was unwilling to allow Aoi to be a rock star, but later changed his mind and respected her dream.

### Etymology

**Tategami** (立神) - *Tate* (立) means "stand" while *Gami* (神) means "god". However, when combined together, it means "spirit". With the use of  a different kanji (鬣), Tategami can also mean 'Mane', which references her theme animal.

**Aoi** (あおい) means "blue" (青い) which probably has something to do with her signature color.

*Gelato* is Italian for ice cream.