Amamiya Elena

**Amamiya Elena** (天宮えれな) is one of the main characters in AKB0048 Pretty Cure. She is a member of the intergalactic idol group AKB0048, part of the unit NO NAME and originates from Star Twinkle Precure.

Her alter ego is **Cure Soleil** (キュアソレイユ) and her catchphrases are **"Chao!"** (チャオ！) and **"Sounds nice!"** (いいねぇ！).

## Bio

### Appearance

Elena has brown skin and curved purple eyes and thick chest-length golden hair. Her bangs are entirely pulled back and worn with an orange headband with a knotted bow on the side, behind each ear is a small braid. She has a beauty mark by her lower left eye and slightly thick eyebrows.

Casually, Elena wears a loose, off-white top with elbow-length sleeves with orange designs. The shirt ties in the middle. She also wears a thin purple choker and bracelet, along with denim shorts, and white and burnt orange shoes.

In the winter, she wears a white sweater with purple designs near the collar with an orange shirt underneath it and blue jeans. She would sometimes also wear a brown jacket with a dark orange scarf.

As **Cure Soleil**, her eyes brighten and hair turns bright blonde and lengthens to her thighs, entirely pulled back in a ponytail. She wears two purple headbands decorated with a yellow and orange star on the right and a gold beaded tiara with a star in the middle. Her dress is mostly orange with yellow designs and pale cream ruffles at the bottom that is slightly shorter on the left. Around her waist is a belt made of stars with a purple translucent ruffle and an additional orange and yellow layer. On the left is her carrying pouch for her Star Colour Pens. The dress also has white straps with golden yellow and white ruffles along the neck with her Star Colour Pendant in the middle. Her boots are light yellow and orange with stars that resemble her hairpiece on the top of each. Her accessories include yellow and white wristbands, a purple choker, and matching earrings.

In her **Twinkle Style**, her hair grows more and is decorated with stars. While one of her headbands turns into a purple and white tiara, the other is replaced with a golden one with multicoloured stars. Her star hairpiece is now smaller and appears on both sides of her head while her choker is lined with white ruffles. Her dress now matches the length of her hair, with the light yellow and purple ruffles larger, with a deep orange layer added under it The pouch has a lilac ribbon flowing from it. The ruffle on top of the dress now covers just her left shoulder with an additional translucent purple ruffle and a red rose accenting the pendant. On her upper arms are three gold bracelets, with two additional ones on her wrists with purple ruffles. Her boots remain the same, but gain a purple ruffle.

As **Libra Cure Soleil**, her dress is longer and wider and turns mainly bright yellow with the purple ruffle growing longer. Her blonde hair now has an orange ombre with part of it styled in hight twin-tails held by several bands of pearls with gold crescent moons hanging from it. Her wristbands are completely white and she also wears round light green earrings.

As **Scorpio Cure Soleil**, her dress is orange again with dark orange designs and is more closed than her previous ones, with the lining ruffle now light orange. The sleeves on top are yellow and pale orange with the purple ruffle around the waist growing longer in the back. The boots are now orange. Her hair is styled in a ponytail resembling a scorpion's tail with a dark orange ombre and purple stars decorating it. Her star hair accessory and earrings are also dark orange and her wristbands are dark orange and yellow.

### Personality

Elena is a third-year student with a radiant smile. She's very popular and sporty to the point that she is known as "The Sun of Mihoshi Town". She often looks after her 6 younger siblings when her parents are off working at the florist store Sonrisa, which her family runs. On the report of AI's evaluations, Elena can be defined as the challenger type due to her excellent sportiness and is suitable for helping to carry heavy objects as the muscle of the team. She could be emotionally fragile because of her past when she felt she couldn't fit in because of her skin colour, but learned that bringing peace to the universe can bring smiles in return. She used to be too occupied by looking after her family than figuring out her own career, but learned to find a balance and be honest to herself.

### Etymology

**Amamiya** (天宮) - *Ama* (天) means "heaven" or "sky"  while *Miya* (宮) means "shrine" or "palace" . Together, Amamiya means "sky shrine".

**Elena** (えれな) - There are many different kanji variations for this name, but when written as "Elena", it can mean "shining bright" or "bright one"  which eludes to Elena's theme as Cure Soleil.

**Soleil** is a noun and is French for "sun"

## History in AKB0048 Precure

### Getting into AKB0048

Elena and the other main Cures of Star Twinkle Precure were taking a vacation off of Akibastar when they see AKB0048 fighting off against DES. Following Hikaru's plan to help the idol group, she agreed to fight DES. Soon after DES was defeated, Katagiri Tsubasa noticed that she was one of the Pretty Cures and asked her to become one of the members of AKB0048. Elena reluctantly accepts.

## Cure Soleil

**"Light up the sky! With sparkling heat! Cure Soleil!"**
宇宙を照らす！灼熱のきらめき！キュアソレイユ！
*Uchū wo Terasu! Shakunetsu no Kirameki! Kyua Soreiyu!*

**Cure Soleil** (キュアソレイユ?) is the Pretty Cure alter ego of Elena. In order to transform, she needs the Star Colour Pendant and her Star Colour Pen. During the battles, Soleil takes on an offensive role, almost always getting offensive and attacking the enemy with her flaming kicks.

### Transformation

* **Colour Charge!:** Elena's pendant top pops up, allowing Elena to insert her Star Colour Pen. Her headband then disappears as she shouts the phrase and draws a circle that produces fireballs. Elena bursts out of the circle and begins to sing. She draws a swirl which turns into purple spheres. She sticks her hands inside one of the spheres, which creates her cuffs. She puts her feet in another sphere, forming her boots. She touches her pendant again and draws a squiggly line that forms the stars on her boots. She hops on a few of the spheres and draws another squiggly line, forming her dress. She then draws on her beady choker, earrings, and hair clip as her hair grows really long and becomes lighter. She presses her pen to her pendant one last time as the cord disappears and attaches to her dress. She then tosses the pen into the air before catching it and drawing on her belt and then her pen flies into its pouch. She stops singing and introduces herself before striking a pose.

### Attacks

* **Soleil Shoot** (ソレイユシュート?): Using the Star Colour Pendant, Soleil is able to perform this attack.
	+ **Libra Soleil Shoot** (てんびん座ソレイユシュート?): Using the Star Colour Pendant and the Libra Star Princess Colour Pen, Soleil is able to perform an upgraded version of this attack.
	+ **Scorpio Soleil Shoot** (さそり座ソレイユシュート?): Using the Star Colour Pendant and the Scorpio Star Princess Colour Pen, Soleil is able to perform another upgraded version of this attack.
	+ **Virgo Soleil Shoot** (おとめ座ソレイユシュート?): Using the Star Colour Pendant and the Virgo Star Princess Colour Pen, Soleil is able to perform yet another upgraded version of this attack.
* **Southern Cross Shot** (サザンクロスショット?): An attack Soleil performs alongside Cure Star, Cure Milky and Cure Selene. To perform it, she needs the Twinkle Stick.
* **Star Twinkle Imagination** (スタートゥインクルイマジネーション?): An attack Soleil performs alongside Cure Star, Cure Milky, Cure Selene and Cure Cosmo. To perform it, she needs Unicorn Fuwa and her Twinkle Style.

## Trivia

* Elena's birthday happens to fall on the anniversary of the American premiere of the science fiction franchise *Star Trek* and its first episode, *The Man Trap*, following the space motif of Star Twinkle Pretty Cure.
* She isn't a fan of horror films.
* Her family owns a flower shop called "Sonrisa" back in Mihoshi Town. However, due to the events of DES, her family moved to Akibastar thanks to Fuwa and the store was eventually moved to Akibastar.