Kim Hye-won

**Kim Hye-won** (Japanese: **キム・ヘウォン** *Kimu heu~on*; Korean: **김혜원** *Gim Hye-won*) is a major character in *Pastel Stars ☆ Cyber Chase*, and a guardian of Azure Kingdom at Microgaoka.

Kim's alter ego is **Ruby** (Japanese: **ルビー** *Rubī*; Korean: **루비** *Lubi*), and her main position is patrolling.

## Personality

The second guardian of Azure Kingdom. Another cheerful and sunny girl full of life and laughter, and she has a beautiful smile that makes it impossible for anyone to hate her. Despite this, she keeps a good eye on any trespassers.

## Appearance

Kim is a short girl with shoulder-length pink hair, red eyes, and light tan skin. She likes to wear a red hairpin, and her casual clothes include a magenta sweater along with a red skirt and a pair of red shoes.

As Ruby, she keeps the same physical appearance, however, she wears a rose pink musical note headset with a plastic cherry blossom pink bow right on the middle. Her outfit consists of rose and cherry blossom pinks, black, and white. She doesn’t wear armor like Sapphire and Turquoise, but she does have cherry blossom pink buckles on her gloves (they look exactly like ribbons though).

## Relationships

### Friends

* **Rinku Hishikawa:** Kim is considered another very close friend of Rinku, and a trusted guardian. Because of her, Rinku senses so much positivity and happiness.
* **Adrien Matthews** and **Naoto Amamiya:** Her comrades, who she loves deeply and refuses to give up for anything else. Ruby promises to stand by Sapphire when he is ready to fight, and she makes sure Turquoise does not get triggered by accident or anything.
* **Sakura Hanadera:** Kim and Sakura are fairly close to each other. They sometimes consider each other besties and spend a lot of tine together whenever the gang hangs out.

### Rivals

* **Melody** and **Ash:** Ruby dislikes the couple's goals of infecting Microgaoka, and swears on her life to help the mastermind protect the virtual city. Because of this, she does not let them take advantage of her kindness.

## Ruby

*"I am Ruby, the princess of patrolling!"*

**Ruby** is Kim's Gemstone Guardian alter ego, which she uses in Microgaoka. In order to transform, she needs her ruby gemstone, which transforms into a Rosy Headset. Her theme color is rose pink, and her signature symbol is a musical note.

## Songs

Kim's dream voice actor, Rie Kugimiya, has participated in many image songs for her character.

### Duet

* **Be My Star! Circuit World!** (with Shunsuke Takeuchi, Kenji Nojima, and Inori Minase)
* **Sparkle With ☆ Happiness** (duet with Hana Hishikawa and Sally Amaki)
* **Hop! Step! Jump!** (duet with Hana Hishikawa)
* **Be My Star! Rainbow Runners~** (with Ami Koshimizu, Maria Naganawa, Hana Hishikawa, Saori Hayami, Yui Ogura, Ayane Sakura, Shunsuke Takeuchi, Kenji Nojima, Inori Minase, and Sally Amaki)

## Introductory Quote

*“So far, so good! Huh? Oh! It’s you! Kim Hye-won is the name, patrolling is her game! Kim lives in Microgaoka with her comrades, Adrien and Naoto, always making sure that Azure Kingdom is in peace. Ugh… those meanie Dark Rouge generals always get on Kim's nerves! But, no need to fret, because Kim loves spending time with her besties, especially Sakura. I wonder what she’s doing right now? … Another mission to handle? Yippee! Time to show the world what Kim can do!"*

## Localized Names

* **Paula** – American English dub (and other various versions)
* **Tamara (تمارة)** – Standard Arabic dub (Venus Centre)
* **Míng Xiá (明霞)** – Cantonese, Mandarin, and Taiwanese dubs
* **Irene** – Dutch dub
* **Michal (מיכל)** – Hebrew dub
* **Valentina** – Italian dub
* **Olga (Ольга)** – Russian dub

## Trivia

* Her theme color is #FF7BA6.
* Kim is a fan of Touhou and Sailor Moon, indicating her love for anime just like Hibiki.
* She can sometimes address herself in third person, such as "Ruby" or "Kim" in the real world.
	+ On some occasion, her friends call her "Kimmy" or "Kim-Kim".
	+ But as of Virtual Sweethearts, she starts speaking in first person perspective, due to her becoming more mature.
* She is the youngest member of the Gemstone Guardians.
* Kim is Korean, and she loves to listen to K-Pop music. This is where the musical note motif comes from.
	+ Because of this, she would be the only character who keeps her full name in the Korean version of the anime.