Erika Kurumi

**Kurumi Erika** (来海 えりか *Kurumi Erika*?) is one of the Cures and the secondary main character of *Heartcatch Pretty Cure!*. Her catchphrase is "Even someone like me, with a heart wider than the ocean, is at her limit"! (海より広いあたしの心も、ここらが我慢の限界よ！ *Umi yori hiroi atashi no kokoro mo, kokora ga gaman no genkai yo!*?). She lives in a fashion shop called Fairy Drop, and she lives with both her parents, plus her older sister whom she is really jealous of. Her heart flower is the white cyclamen, though it can turn red if Erika experiences extreme jealousy of her older sister, Kurumi Momoka. Her Cure ego is **Cure Marine** (キュアマリン *Kyua Marin*?).

## Appearance

Erika has dark blue, chest-length wavy hair with bangs part down the center with two long, slightly curled strands framing her face. Her eyes are dark blue. Her casual wear consists of a dark cyan dress decorated with a yellow ribbon at the chest and long white sleeves to match the layers of white frills around the bottom. She also wears white socks and brown fashion boots. In school, she wears the standard issue uniform for girls.

Cure Marine has bright blue eyes and matching colored hair worn down in two thick wavy segments at the back and shorter, matching forelocks. Her outfit resembles Blossom', being a short white dress with puffed sleeves and a dark blue bow at the chest with two long ribbons, a heart-shaped gem on a silver base to match the choker and waist strap with two, pale blue flowers and the heart perfume attached to it. The skirt is in two petal layers, the top white, the bottom blue. On each wrist is a dark blue ribbon with a small pale blue flower attached to it, and white ruffled material. Included are short blue boots with pale blue toe, heel, buttons, and flower sewn to the dark blue ribbon wrapped around the large white cuff. She also gains above white thigh-high stockings and a pair of blue flower shaped earrings. On the top of her head is a blue gem heart on a white base, attached to smaller beads and a dark blue bow.

As Super Cure Marine, her entire outfit changes to a lighter shade of blue. Her hair is visibly longer, and the accessory in her hair has changed to a decorative metal piece of the Heartcatch! logo. The bow at her chest becomes larger with shorter ribbons, and the petals of her skirt are longer and sharper-looking, with two extra long coattail-like petals at the back. Her arm protectors extend up past her elbow and become full-fingered gloves. Her design of her boots also changes slightly, with larger flowers at the heels.

As Cure Rainbow Marine, her outfit retains most of the elements from her original outfit. Her hair becomes a lighter shade of blue, and the two strands framing her face are now in spiral curls. The sleeves of her top and her hair accessory both gain additional feathery layers, and the number of blue petals on her skirt increases as well, with 3 extra long petals at the back. The flared white section on her boots now extends up to near her knees. She also has a small pair of golden wings on her back.

## Personality

Erika loves fashion and dreams of being a fashion designer, and is able to tell one's feelings or mood out from the color combination on the clothes thanks to the color therapy she is going through.HPC04 She is extremely energetic and can sometimes be a bit impatient or even lazy. She is also very nosy and will not ignore shy people like Tsubomi, and always says exactly what is on her mind. Because of this, she might give out a selfish and mean attitude to calmer people, but other times, a very mature and understanding side of her is shown, especially when it involves Tsubomi.HPC09 Whenever Tsubomi is stressed or scared, Erika is usually the one to calm her down or comfort her, and Tsubomi often relies on her whenever needed. She is also shown to be quite sympathetic for others at times. Although jealous of Momoka and wishing of passing her, Erika's personality is completely different from her calm and mature sister. It is possible that Erika wishes to bypass her sister by not mimicking her, but rather do it on her own. As revealed, Erika is a very fast learner, capable of transforming without instruction from the fairies, fighting properly, and able to use Pretty Cure's power to its fullest in her first transformation just thanks to watching Cure Moonlight in her dream and remembering her rescue by Cure Blossom.HPC03 This makes her a contrast to Tsubomi, who is still learning how to use all of Cure Blossom's power.HPC04

## Cure Marine

**"The flower that flutters in the ocean winds, Cure Marine!"**
海風に揺れる一輪の花、キュアマリン！
*Umikaze ni yureru ichirin no hana, Kyua Marin!*

**Cure Marine** (キュアマリン *Kyua Marin*?) is the Cure Erika transforms into. Her powers have not been fully revealed, but translations from commercials indicate that she controls flowers, though her Cure name might mean she has control over water or the sea. Unlike the former Pretty Cure-duos in the franchise, Erika does not need to be together with her partner, Tsubomi, to transform, though does it most of the time.

Because Erika had dreams of Cure Moonlight's and Cure Blossom's fights, she already knew how to transform and fight, and had fantasized about her own Cure name before she is entrusted with a Heart Perfume. When using her Marine Tact alone, she can use the attack Blue Forte Wave, and together with Cure Blossom's and her Blossom Tact, can use Floral Power Fortissimo. During the final battle against Dune Cure Marine joins forces with Cure Sunshine and they use Floral Power Fortissimo together. When facing the advanced Desertrian, Cure Blossom, Cure Marine and Cure Sunshine can also perform a group finisher called Shining Fortissimo.HPC31Later on in the series, she becomes Heartcatch Pretty Cure Super Silhouette along with Cure Blossom, Cure Sunshine and Cure Moonlight in episode 38.

#### Attacks

* **Blue Forte Wave** - The finishing attack that Marine uses to purify a Desertrian.
* **Floral Power Fortissimo** - Her finishing attack with Blossom or Sunshine.
* **Shining Fortissimo** - Her finishing attack with Blossom and Sunshine.

Aside from her purifying attacks, Cure Marine likes to name many of her physical attacks, even though they only are for front attacks mainly. They are as following:

* **Marine Shoot**- Cure Marine draws a circle of water drops before she shoots them at the enemy.HPC03 This is the first sub-attack that has been done twice. HPC11
* **Marine Impact** - Cure Marine concentrates all her powers into her palm and strikes at the enemy; light blue light will then shine, and the enemy is knocked away. HPC04
* **Marine Dive** - Cure Marine jumps high up in the air and then falls down with her heels toward the enemy. HPC07
* **Pretty Cure Double Shoot** - Cure Marine and Cure Blossom's first non-purification duo attack. The girls create energy balls of their respective theme colors and shoot them at the enemy.HPC09
* **Pretty Cure Big Explosion** - Cure Marine and Cure Blossom hold hands tightly and, with comical faces, create a giant explosion.HPC10
* **Marine Dynamite** - Cure Marine throws her arms in the air, creating an outburst of blue energy to explode. Considered a solo version of Pretty Cure Daibakuhatsu.HPC11
* **Pretty Cure Forehead Punch** - Cure Marine brushes the hair out of her forehead and launches her body at the enemy headfirst. She can do this with the magenta Heart Seed.HPC28
* **Pretty Cure Impact** - Cure Blossom, Cure Marine, and Cure Sunshine gather up power and create a giant implosion on the enemy.
* **Pretty Cure X'mas Impact** - With Cure Blossom, they makes a big heart and becomes a impact.

### Cure Rainbow Marine

**Cure Rainbow Marine** (キュアレインボーマリン *Kyua Reinbō Marin*?) is an upgrade Cure Marine gains along with everyone else's in *Pretty Cure All Stars DX 2: Kibou no Hikari - Rainbow Jewel o Mamore!*. Together, the group of seventeen girls form the group Cure Rainbow (キュアレインボー *Kyua Reinbō*?). This up-graded outfit has small wing-accessories some places on her clothes, and new fabric covering her shoulders. She also gets a pair of small, golden wings.

### Super Cure Marine

**"The flowers shining around the world, Heartcatch Pretty Cure, Super Silhouette!"**

世界に輝く一面の花、ハートキャッチプリキュア・スーパーシルエット！

*Sekai ni kagayaku ichimen no hana, Hātokyachi Purikyua, Sūpā Shiruetto!*

**Super Cure Marine** (スーパーキュアマリン *Sūpā Kyua Marin*?) is the Super Silhouette upgrade Cure Marine receives after passing the trial in the Pretty Cure Palace. This form is obtained when the items called Heartcatch Mirage and Super Pretty Cure Seed is used.

Super Cure Marine has slightly longer skirt with sharper edges, and the ribbons on her chest and hair are enlarged and slightly differed. Her light-blue color has also become shades lighter, and her gloves have expanded to near her shoulders. Hair hair also appears to have grown all the way down to her feet. In this form, she can use the group finisher, Heartcatch Orchestra.

## Songs

Erika's voice actor, **Mizusawa Fumie**, has provided her voice in an image song about Erika. Many of them include group songs with **Mizuki Nana**, who voices Hanasaki Tsubomi, **Kuwashima Houko**, who voices Myoudouin Itsuki, and **Hisakawa Aya**, who voices Tsukikage Yuri.

### Singles

* **Special\*Colorful** (*original version and Ultra Happy remix*)
* **More Smiles, More Happiness**
* **LET'S GO!**

### Duets

* **Heart Flowers** (*along with Mizuki Nana and Kuwashima Houko*)
* **Heart Seeds** (*along with Mizuki Nana, Kuwashima Houko and Hisakawa Aya*)

## TMNT X Pokemon

As Cure Marine, she purifies the Desertrians during some of the missions. When she is not doing missions, she works at Rarity's boutique as one of the fashion designers.

## Trivia

* Erika's Birthday is on May 26, making her zodiac a Gemini.
* Erika's Heart Flower simply changes color instead of withering, making her Desertrian the weakest. As stated by Hanasaki Kaoruko, its color changing is the stage before a Heart Flower starts wilting.
* Upon transforming into Cure Marine, Erika knew what name she was going to have. This is because Tsubomi told her about Pretty Cure earlier, prompting Erika to start coming up with a name. This makes her the only Cure to have thought up a name prior to becoming a Pretty Cure.
* For the *Pretty Cure All Stars DX3 Movie* Character Polls held by Toei Animation, Cure Marine appeared in the following rankings:
	+ 2nd in "Favorite Pretty Cure"
	+ 1st in "The Pretty Cure you want to team up with most"
	+ 7th in "The Pretty Cure you want to be most"
	+ 5th in "The Pretty Cure you want to bake with most"
* In the Pretty Cure All Stars Suite Flower Card Collection, Erika is represented by the daisy, which symbolizes innocence and a bright energetic personality in the Language of Flowers.
* Cure Marine often breaks the fourth wall. In many All Stars posters and in the end of the *All Stars New Stage 2* credits, Cure Marine is seen looking towards the viewer smiling and winking, while the other Pretty Cures were facing straight forward.
* Cure Marine gives the 10th Anniversary Congratulatory Message at the beginning of episode 28 in *Happiness Charge Pretty Cure!*
* Erika shared her voice actress with Kagayama Miu, a supporting character from *Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart*.