Arisawa Shiori

**Arisawa Shiori** (有沢栞), also known as **Takahashi Minami the 5th** (5代目 高橋みなみ) or **Takamina** (たかみな), is one of the main characters in AKB0048 Pretty Cure. She is the captain of the intergalactic idol group AKB0048 and originates from AKB0048. She is also Hagoromo Lala's mentor, helping her get used to the routine of AKB0048.

Her alter ego is **Cure Andromeda** (キュアアンドロメダ).

## Bio

### Appearance

Takamina has long, green hair that is split into 2 sections. The front part is short and the back part is long that reaches to her mid-back, which is in a ponytail. She wears a bow in her hair, which she changes the colour of depending on what she's wearing. She has green-yellow eyes. Like all members of AKB0048, She has a heart-shaped lining on her hair and eyes.

### Personality

Takamina is a high-spirited leader who cares deeply about the people she loves and wants to see them succeed more than herself. Being the captain of AKB0048, she is tasked with supporting and guiding the younger generation. She is very aware of her position and uses her wisdom to giving advice to them. Although seen as a friendly yet strong girl who is firm and calm in all situations, Takamina has a weak side that she rarely shows to others, because of that she always hides her anxiety and fear behind her smile and always acts like everything is fine even though she herself is insecure.

### Etymology

**Arisawa** means "exist" (有) (**ari**) and "marsh" (沢) (**sawa**)

**Shiori** means "bookmark" (栞)

**Takahashi** (高橋) means "high" (高)(**taka**) and "bridge" (橋)(**hashi**). Together, her name means "high bridge".

**Minami** (みなみ) is a common Japanese name.

**Andromeda** is a barred spiral galaxy and is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way, where the Solar System resides.

### Canon Member

Takahashi Minami (Takamina) was born on April 8, 1991 in Tokyo, Japan. She was the first captain of Team A and is the first general manager of AKB48. She is also a member of No Sleeves and has a solo career. She is one of the group's founding members and appears as one of the lead vocalists in almost all of AKB48's singles. This could be the reason why her AKB0048 counterpart is featured so prominetly in her performaces, even though she does not hold the title of Center Position. Some interesting facts about Minami: Her motto is "Living life as yourself without question of being bound by anything". One of her aspirations is one day to be a voice actor in anime, and her childhood heroes were the Kakurangers. She rates herself a 3 out of 10, as she does not see herself as extemely feminine or having many excellent qualities guys look for in a girl. Her most famous quote is "Hard work will definitely be rewarded".

On December 8th 2014, she announced that she will be graduating from AKB48 on the groups' 10th anniversary, December 8th 2015. She married a non-celebrity businessman on the first day of the Reiwa Era. Since her graduation, she occasionally appears in TV shows and other AKB48 members' YouTube videos.

## Cure Andromeda

**“The bright light shining near you! Cure Andromeda!”**
あなたの近くに輝く明るい光！キュアアンドロメダ!
 *Anata no chikaku ni kagayaku akarui hikari! Kyua Andoromeda!*

**Cure Andromeda** (キュアアンドロメダ) is the Pretty Cure alter-ego of Takamina. In order to transform, she needs her Star Colour Pendant and her Star Colour Pen.

## Trivia

* Relating to AKB0048 Precure's space motif, her birthday falls on the day the Soviet space mission, Luna 21, is launched.
* The canon Takamina considers her trademark to be her hairbow, which is the reason for her AKB0048 counterpart wielding an electric hairbow as her primary weapon.
* She is currently the shortest member of AKB0048.
* She does not like peppers.
* Her attack, "Andromeda Psyche", is inspired by the Pokémon Z-Move "Shattered Psyche".