Erika Kurumi

* Pretty Cure
* Civilian

**Erika Kurumi** (来海 えりか *Kurumi Erika*) is one of the four main Cures in *Heartcatch Pretty Cure!* and also one of the Main Cures in *Pretty Cure: Cutie Girls Squad* Series

Erika's alter ego is **Cure Marine** (キュアマリン *Kyua Marin*) and she represents the flower daisy. Her catchphrase is **"Even if my heart is larger than the sea, I have reached my limit!"** (海より広いあたしの心も、ここらが我慢の限界よ！ *Umi yori hiroi atashi no kokoro mo, kokora ga gaman no genkai yo!*).

## Bio

### Appearance

Erika, along with Yayoi, is the shortest of the group. She has dark blue eyes and wavy, shoulder length hair and forelocks, her bangs parted at the center.

Erika's casual clothes are highly fashionable and trendy, mostly with the color blue. Reflecting her energetic and cheerful personality, she wears shorts, skirts, and such.

As **Cure Marine**, Erika's eyes and hair become sky blue, and her hair grows longer, splitting in two sections so far down. On her head is a blue heart with a bow and pearls to match her earrings, and she gains a dark blue choker. Her white mini-dress has puffed sleeves and dark blue lining, a band of blue going down each side of the chest to accent the petals of her skirt and chest ribbon. At the center is a silver and cyan heart brooch. On each hip is a baby blue flower. Her wrist accessories accent her skirt, and she gains blue shoes with white buttons and a cuff held by a baby blue flower, along with white stockings.

### Relationships

**Yayoi Kise**: Erika and Yayoi are already friends perhaps before the series starts, but they are not super close at that time. After they both become Pretty Cures, Erika and Yayoi start spending time with each other, and later they become best friends. Erika is always the one who comforts Yayoi and they both enjoy each other's company even if Erika is hesitant to admit at first.

**Emiru Aisaki**: One of her Cutie Girls Squad teammates. Erika and Emiru are extremely close due to having similar personalities although they sometimes have a little disagreement with one another.

**Alice Yotsuba**: Her Cutie Girls Squad teammate and classmate. Despite being polar opposites, Erika and Alice enjoy each other's company. Alice is the one whom Erika relies on her assignments.

**Kanade Minamino**: Kanade and Erika get along very well due to having girly interests.

**Nodoka Hanadera**: Although they seldom interact, Erika and Nodoka are good friends. She was fascinated by Erika's enthusiasm.

**Lala Hagoromo**: One of her Cutie Girls Squad teammates. Erika and Lala are good friends but sometimes their personalities clash, thus creating an occasional argument. Nonetheless, they feel no resentment towards each other and make up for a while.

### Etymology

**Kurumi (来海):** *Kuru* (来) translates to *come; coming; due; next*. *Mi* (海) translates to *sea; ocean*, a reference to her title of Cure Marine and her water-based powers. Roughly, the two together may be translated to *the coming sea*.

**Erika (えりか):** Erika the given name is common in Japan, but actually it is an English name "Erica"/"Erika" that many Japanese parents loves to give, and often written in different kanjis without a formal one. She might be possibly named after the Erica genus (literally spring heathers), as several meanings refer to flowers and fragrance.

Her name means, "coming sea spring heathers."

**Cure Marine:** Despite the theme of *Heartcatch Pretty Cure!* being flowers, *marine* is a general term relating to the sea, ocean or to oceanography. Cure Marine's first single attack, Marine Shoot, involves water, and her third includes the word "dive", which is usually associated with jumping into water. However Marine has to do with water and it is important for plants or flowers to grow with or it would go dry to die.

## Cure Marine

**"The flower that flutters in the ocean winds, Cure Marine!"**
海風に揺れる一輪の花、キュアマリン！

*Umikaze ni yureru ichirin no hana, Kyua Marin!*

**Cure Marine** (キュアマリン *Kyua Marin*) is the Cure Erika transforms into. She controls flowers while possessing fluid traits shared with water. She already knew how to transform and fight even before she become a Cure again, and had fantasized about her own Cure name before she is entrusted with a Heart Perfume.

### Attacks

#### Finisher

* **Blue Forte Wave** - The finishing attack that Marine uses to purify a monster.
* **Clear Weather** - The finishing attack that Marine uses after she was given a Miracle Tact by Rocky. The attack is as powerful as the Pretty Cure group attack.

Marine has an unnamed combined finisher attack with Peace as shown in Cutie Girls Squad Episode 17.

#### Sub Attacks

* **Marine Shoot-** is one of Cure Marine's sub attacks. Cure Marine appears in front of a blue background and draws a circle of water drops with her hand. Then she shouts, "Marine Shoot!", and punches the bubbles towards the enemy with both of her hands. A bunch of bubbles then hit the monster.

* **Marine Impact-**is one of Cure Marine's sub attacks, which mirrors the other "Impact" titled attacks. Cure Marine charges the power inside her fist, then she shouts "Marine Impact" and unleashes the power at her target. The target, then gets knocked back by the attack.

* **Marine Dive-** is one of Cure Marine's sub attacks, which she performs after diving into the sky. She shouts "Marine Dive!", and shock wave pushes her back to earth, where she is ready to attack her enemy with a targeted kick. The attack usually causes bit explosion and Marine lands on the ground after doing some gymnastic moves.

* **Marine Dynamite-** is one of Cure Marine's sub attacks. The attack requires Cure Marine to charge up her energy and then release it in a big explosion after shouting "Marine Dynamite!"
* **Pretty Cure Forhead Punch-** is one of Cure Marine's sub attacks. Sometimes, she performs her attack with the other Cures, notably Cure Macherie. Cure Marine puts her hands on her forehead, which her fingers doing the 'victory' sign. She then shouts "Pretty Cure Forehead Punch!", and hits the monster with her forehead. The monster then gets knocked back.

## Trivia

*Erika Kurumi/Trivia*

Pretty Cures

Cutie Girls Squad