Aira Ichinose

**Aira Ichinose** (一ノ瀬 姶良 *Ichinose Aira*) is one of the main protagonists of *Sailor Moon: Blooming Miracle*. She transforms into **Sailor Buttercup** (セーラーバターカップ *Sērā Batākappu*), the Sailor Guardian of Kindness.

## ❀Personality❀

A responsible and hardworking girl who is pretty popular on social media, but struggles to talk to people in real life. She also can be pretty anxious and sensitive sometimes. Once you get to know her, Aira is happy go lucky, imaginative, and is considered a big sister figure to others.

## ❀Appearance❀

### Civilian

Aira has fair skin, and licorice black hair that reaches her chest, to which she often wears in a ponytail with a yellow scrunchie. She has hazel eyes, which shows as green in sunlight, but is brown in shaded areas. Her casual clothes include a yellow blouse with a pair of white shorts, white socks and a pair of white sneakers.

In Starlight Dreams, the second season of the story, she keeps her ponytail, but now has two beads on it just like Makoto Kino.

### Sailor

As a Sailor Guardian, she has a white armored leotard with a yellow skirt, choker, and collar with two stripes on it. She also has white shoulder pads, a pair of gloves reaching her elbows with three green armored rings, and a pair of yellow boots. She has a long green ribbon around her waist, another one on her chest with a gold circle in the middle, and a gold tiara with a citrine gemstone. Her hair accessory changes into a small green crown.

## ❀Relationships❀

### Family

* **Deku Ichinose** – Aira's twin brother.

### Friends

* **Flora:** TBA
* **Heather Pletcher:** TBA
* **Toni Struck:** Aira's classmate. The two have been acquainted before they became Sailor Guardians, which starts to make them closer friends. Aira has an instinct to protect Toni from any upcoming dangers.
* **Tsukiko Hattori:** TBA
* **Pink Momohara:** Aira and Pink are shown to be friends from the start of the show. The two love spending time together, and are known to show a older-younger sister dynamic.
* **Hatsuki Kobayashi:** TBA
* **Motoki Ito:** TBA
* **Hanako Shiratori:** TBA
* **Miyuki Ito:** TBA

### Love Interest

* **Silvo Nights:** Aira and Silvo have been friends since high school and it is hinted that they consider each other soulmates to a degree, though left ambiguous. The two also become a dynamic duo during the battles.

### Rivals

* **Dahalia:** TBA
* **Silverstein:** TBA
* **Myuria:** TBA

## ❀Sailor Buttercup❀

*"Buttercup Power, Makeup!"* (バターカップパワー、メイクアップ！ *Batākappu Pawā, Meikuappu!*)

**Sailor Buttercup** is Aira's sailor form, to which she earns in episode 7 of the series, granted by Flora the rabbit from the Starlight Palace. Her flower is a buttercup, and her gemstone is a citrine. She uses her Citrine Flower Ring to transform into Buttercup. One of her main attacks includes the Buttercup Decoration (バターカップデコレーション *Batākappu Dekorēshon*).

## ❀Songs❀

Aira's dream voice actress (Yuka Iguchi), and Lunar Dreamlight singer (Dina) have participated in multiple songs.

### Cover Songs (Dina)

* Moonlight Densetsu (with Heather, Mandy, Amelia, and Tiffany)
* New Moon ni Koishite

### Original Songs (Yuka Iguchi)

* Awakened Stars (with Haruka Tomatsu, Asami Shimoda, Shino Shimoji, and Yumiri Hanamori)
* Radiant Path

## ❀Trivia❀

* Aira is the oldest member of the team, being a few months ahead of Toni.
* She struggles with ADHD and autism. She also has mild anxiety and can be paranoid sometimes.
* Due to her having black hair and green eyes, her character is similar to Buttercup from *Powerpuff Girls.*
	+ The main difference is that Aira is more patient and feminine than Buttercup (PPG) is.
* She is the only Sailor Guardian to have a longer ribbon length than the others.
* She is 162cm tall, making her the tallest member of the main quintet.
* Buttercup's design was based on Makoto Kino / Sailor Jupiter.
* Her hex code is #FAE593.