Asuna Kazama

**Asuna Kazama** (風間あすな) is one of the five main Cures in Samurai Flash Pretty Cure, and she is also the group member. She is a sweet and kind 1st year middle student who worked in a rice field and speaking with a Kansai accent. Her sister, Musubi Kazama, was originally intended to become Cure Sky, but when she became ill, Asuna had to replace her.

Asuna transforms into **Cure Sky** (キュアスカイ), the Samurai Pretty Cure of Kindness.

## Bio

### Appearance

Asuna has brownish red eyes with medium short brownish orange hair that half pulled in ponytail, held by sand yellow bow. She wears light orange dress with bow, the pale peach frill and bow belt. She also wears light orange socks and white Mary Jane shoes.

As **Cure Sky**, her eyes color changed to light orange and her hair turned yellowish orange with colonial white ombre, formed into two ponytails with pointy ondango, decorated with flower clips and yellow tiara. A sunglow choker and yellow pearl earrings were also decorated. She wears sunglow/scotch mist white kimono dress with white frills and loosy sleeves over yellowish tan long-sleeves ninja glove and wrists. She wears orange/white long tail skirt over orange puff skirt and long-tail bow. She wears light orange/yellow sash around her waist yellow bow on her chest, both were decorated with two gold brooches. She wears sunglow yellow short socks and orange/yellow geta sandals. Her lip has also gained sunglow yellow lipstick.

### Personality

Asuna is a clumsy and sweet 13-year-old girl at same age as Hatsumi from Osaka who her family worked in a rice field and speaks with a Kansai accent. Very much a crybaby as a child, she is close to her older sister, Musubi, who had been training to be Cure Sky. When Musubi became ill and unable to serve as Shiina's vassal, Asuna stepped up to take her place. Asuna is deeply respectful of Shiina and wants to help her in any way she can.

### Relationships

* **Musubi Kazama** - Her older sister
* **Unnamed parents** - Her parents
* **Hatsumi Moriya** - Her best friend and classmate
* **Tadanori Hoshina** - Keisuke's classmate and Asuna's temporary love interest

### Etymology

**Kazama** (風間) - **Kaza** (風) means "wind, style", while **Ma** (間) means "among, between".

**Asuna** (あすな) - From kanji 明日 (asu) meaning "tomorrow" combined with 菜 (na) meaning "greens" or 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree"..

**Cure Sky** is a the space above the earth that you can see when you look up, where clouds and the sun, moon and stars appear.

## Cure Sky

**Dancing through the yellowish sky; Samurai Pretty Cure of Kindness! Cure Sky, Kazama Asuna!**
黄色がかった空を踊る。親切のサムライプリキュア！キュアスカイ、風間あすな！
*Kiiro Gakatta Sora wo Odoru. Shinsetsu no Samurai Purikyua! Kyua Sukai, Kazama Asuna!*
**Cure Sky** (キュアスカイ) is Asuna's Pretty Cure alter ego, as well as the **Samurai Pretty Cure of Kindness** (勇気のサムライプリキュア). In order to transform, she needs her Shodo Cure Brush.

### Attacks

* **Sky Flourish Wave** (天空繁栄波): Cure Sky's solo attack that she performs with her Shinken Katana.
* **Fierce Cloud Tempest** (激雲嵐): Cure Sky's second solo attack that she performs with her Sky Slicer.
* **Five Spiral Blades** (五螺旋刃): A group attack that Cure Sky performs with Vermillion, Genbu, Sakura and Kabuto. To perform it, she and her teammates need their Five Spiral Weapons.

## Songs

Asuna's voice actor and singer, **Momo Asakura** has participated in several image songs for the character she voices.

* **Clear Sky**
* **A Warming Kind I Earn For....**

### Asuna Kazama's Mini Albums (Momo Asakura)

* **Majestic Lady -Looking for the Dream-**
* **Breeze -Tomorrow's Greens-**

### Group Songs

* **World-Authorized Banzai!** (Along with Azusa Tadokoro, Arisa Komiya, Nene Hieda and Risae Matsuda)
* **Through the Voice and Mind, Bushido** (Along with Azusa Tadokoro, Arisa Komiya, Nene Hieda, Risae Matsuda and Aya Hirano)

## Trivia

* Asuna's birthday is on September 12nd, making her Zodiac sign Virgo.
* Her favorite foods are curry rice, tamagoyaki and strawberry Mont Blanc.
* She is the only one of the five main Cures whose parents never appeared in the series.
* Her appearance, personalities and backstories were modeled and based on Kotoha Hanaori from Samurai Sentai Shinkenger and Emily from Power Rangers Samurai/Super Samurai.

## References

1. ↑ https://surnames.behindthename.com/name/kazama
2. ↑ https://www.behindthename.com/name/asuna/submitted
3. ↑ https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/sky\_1?q=Sky