Akira Kenjo

**Akira Kenjo** (剣城あきら *Kenjō Akira*?) is one of the main characters of *KiraKira☆Pretty Cure Ala Mode* who is a second year high school student. She is gentle and has a strong sense of justice like a "dog". Akira's alter ego is **Cure Chocolat** (キュアショコラ *Kyua Shokora*?) and she is based off chocolates and dogs.

Her catchphrases are **"Are you okay?"** (大丈夫？*"Daijōbu?"*?) and **"There there"** (よしよし *"Yoshi yoshi"*?).

## Info

* Season:KiraKira Pretty Cure! Ala Mode
* Age:17
* Gender:Female
* Eyes Color:Brown (Akira), Red (Cure Chocolat)
* Hair Color:Dark Red (Akira), Red (Cure Chocolat)
* Homeland:Ichigozaka
* Relatives:Miku Kenjo (Younger Sister), Tomi Kenjo (Grandmother)
* First Appearance:Episode 1
* Alias:Cure Chocolat
* Theme Color:Red (Main), Brown (Sub)
* Voice Actor:Nanako Mori

## Appearance

She appears taller than the others with a boyish appearance. She has short dark red hair and sharp, slanted brown eyes. She wears a light brown and red button-up shirt with the sleeves rolled up slightly and a dark red shirt underneath it. She also wears a necklace with a dog tag hanging from it, blue jeans with a brown belt, and tan-colored boots. In the summer, she wears a white T-shirt with a red vest and red and white sneakers. She maintains the jeans and the dog tag.

As Cure Chocolat, her hair becomes bright red and more spiky looking. The bangs flare greatly on the right side and there is a dark brown streak among them. She also has large, pointed dog-like ears and a thick fluffy dog tail. She wears a brown top hat with melting chocolate on top. Her dress is long-sleeved with the top portion of sleeve made from thick material and striped in red and brown. She also has white gloves and cuffs with red cuff links and wears a short brown cape. The torso of the outfit has brown accent and a layer of cream pleat ruffles beneath it, while the collar is cream and furry looking with a rectangular-shaped chocolate brooch and a brown and gold ribbon hanging from it. On the left side of her hip is her Sweets Pact with a red bow on it. The skirt is a cream pleat over a pair of dark red shorts. She wears a dark brown choker with a silver tag hanging from it and silver earrings. Her boots are dark red and brown with thigh-high white socks, a cream toe, and cream fur sticking out from the top.

Her Patisserie outfit includes pants, rather than a skirt, along with a red ribbon on the hat to match the stripes on the sleeve cuff. She wears light red boots with a red bow, and a red, short tie at her chest.

## Personality

She is a gentle boyish second year high school student. She'll always be by your side and has a strong sense of justice like a "dog". She knows her way around places which makes her a good person to rely on. Akira has a sickly younger sister who she tends to give chocolate to as a way of cheering her up.

## Relationships

### Miku Kenjo

Her younger sister, who often give her chocolate.

### Ichika Usami

Her neighbors. Ichika thought she is a boy and had a crush with her until her father told her, making her shock.

## Powers

She transforms into Cure Chocolat by using the phrase "Cure A La Mode・Decoration!". In this form, she has a heightened sense of smell like a dog.

**Kirakira★Kirarun:** The main method of attack used by the Cures, which manifests in the form of magical batter within the Sweets Pact. As Cure Chocolat, Akira has shown she has the ability to:

* Shield herself with a swipe of batter.
* Create force fields shaped like chocolate bar squares.
* Shoot a homing stream of energy that immobilizes the foe.
* ***Kirakira=Kirarun★Kira-Kiraru:*** A more powerful version of the original incantation, giving Cure Chocolat the ability to fire a large blast of red energy that encases the foe in what resembles a chocolate egg, which implodes and sends them flying.
* **Sweets Wonderful** (スイー・ツー・ワンダフル・アラ・モード *Suī-Tsu-Wan-Dafuru*?) is the group attack Cure Chocolat performs with the other four Cures. To perform it, she must use the Candy Rod.
* **Chocolat Aromaze** (ショコラアロマゼ *Shokora Aromaze*?) is the first solo sub attack that Cure Chocolat uses. She first performs it in episode 15. To use it, she must use the Candy Rod.
* **Animal Go Round** (アニマルゴーランド！ *Animaru Gō Rando*?) is her group attack with other Cures. Requires Kirakiraru Creamer and her Crystal Animal to perform it.
* **Fantastic Animale** (ファンタスティックアニマーレ *Fantasutikku Animare*?) is her group attack with other Cures. Requires Kirakiraru Creamer and her Crystal Animal in her Ala Mode Style to perform it.

## Etymology

**Kenjo** (剣城?): *Ken* (剣?) means 'sword' [1] while *Jou* (城?) means 'castle'. [2] Ken can also be used as a substitute for Inu (犬?) when referring to dog breeds.

**Akira** (あきら?) is a masculine name often used by men but can also be a female name. The name means 'bright', 'clear' or 'intelligent'. [3]

*Chocolat* is French for Chocolate.

## Trivia

* Her design, her voice, her personality and her transformation sequence - reference the extravagant Broadway-style musicals performed by the Takarazuka Revue, in which women play all possible roles of the musical.
* Her masculine design and personality fit the *otokoyaku* (男役?) (literally "male role"), the male part played by actresses in Takarazuka productions. This is especially apparent with her Cure design, with its ornate uniform/suit-like style, the top hat and the princely puffed sleaves and cape.
* In her transformation sequence, she stands on an *ookaidan* (大階段?), the "grand staircase" being a trademark of the musicals since 1927 and usually rolled out in the finale for the actresses to dance on. Her hand motions in the sequence are also typical.
* Her voice actress, Mori Nanako, used to play the *otokoyaku* role in fifteen Takarazuka Revue musical productions from 2005 to 2009.
* She is the first Cure to be based on Takarazuka musicals, and the first character in Pretty Cure overall to be based on them, even with the musicals being a common motif in shojo productions such as The Rose of Versailles, Princess Knight and Revolutionary Girl Utena.
	+ Incidentally, juxtaposed with Cure Chocolat, the feminine Yukari Kotozume seems to reference the *musumeyaku* (娘役?) (literally "daughter's role") - the actresses playing the women in the musicals.
* She is the fifth Cure to have more than one color in her hair, preceded by the four *Go! Princess Pretty Cures.*
* She is the second Cure to wear a cape in her Cure form, preceded by Cure Magical (Dia Style) from *Maho Girls Pretty Cure!*
* She is the second Cure to have long sleeves, preceded by Cure Muse from *Suite Pretty Cure♪*.
* She shares her name with Akira Miura from *Heartcatch Pretty Cure!*.
* She is the seventh Cure in the franchise to not have an English name as Chocolat is French for "Chocolate". The first six were Cure Rouge (French), Cure Aqua (Latin), Cure Rosetta (Italian), Cure Felice (Italian), and her teammates Cure Gelato (Italian) and Cure Macaron (French).
	+ She is also the third Cure with a French name, after *Cure Rouge* and *Cure Macaron*.
* She is the third Cure with short hair, preceded by Cure Black from *Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart* and Cure Rouge from *Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo!*.
* She is the first Cure to have brown as part of her costume's color.
* Her birthday is in September 24th, making her Zodiac sign Libra.
* Before she transforms, she wears a different outfit unlike the other Cures, consisting of a short sleeveless dress and shorts underneath.