Akagi Towa

**Akagi Towa** (紅城 トワ *Akagi Towa*?), also known as **Princess Hope Delight Towa** in her kingdom, is a young girl who appears to be a true princess. Originally, she used to be one of the antagonists in *Go! Princess Pretty Cure* known as **Twilight** (トワイライト *Towairaito*?). She was said to be the daughter of Dyspear and had the title **"The Princess of Despair"**, but it was revealed that she was actually brainwashed and was not related to her at all. She later becomes **Cure Scarlet** (キュアスカーレット*Kyua Sukāretto*?).

## Appearance

As Twilight, she has silvery-white hair tied up like a bow with four long strands hanging from it with a black ribbon in the back and red eyes with red markings on the top of them. She also wears a black dress lined in red with ruffled sleeves and a short black, red and white skirt underneath with a gold butterfly-shaped buckle with pink and green gems on it in the front. She also wears red tights and black platform shoes with wings on them. She also wears a black choker with a small white collar, blue and black earrings and short black arm warmers. She sometimes wears a gold and red domino mask.

When she was younger, she looked drastically different. She wore a pink dress and had short apricot pink hair (similar to Cure Mirage's hair style from *Happiness Charge Pretty Cure!*) reaching her shoulders. She wore a white ribbon at the top and had lighter and softer red pinkish eyes.

After being purified, she returned to her original appearance as Towa, the only difference being her hair being longer than when she was younger, passing her shoulders, and she is wearing the same outfit as she did when she was Twilight, with a black headband. In the summer, she wears a white and red dress with red heels and a white lacy headband. She also has a necklace with a red butterfly. In the winter, she wears a long-sleeve dark red dress with puffy sleeves and white and gold designs along it and red high-heeled shoes with ribbons on them.

As Cure Scarlet, her hair becomes very long and is pink on top with a light pink gradient. Her top is light pink and gold with a black belt with the Go! Princess Pretty Cure insignia in the front and feathery red sleeves. Her tiara is gold with three red jewels and light pink feathers jutting from the sides. Her arm bands are red and gold and are flowing and she also wears gold bracelets. Her skirt is asymmetrical and is part red and part light pink, with the light pink part slightly longer on the left and the red part reaching her feet. Her shoes are red and gold heels with red straps wrapped around her thighs. Her eyes have light pink markings around the sides, similar to the ones that she had as Twilight.

As an adult in episode 50, she became the queen of Hope Kingdom. She is shown wearing a red and white regal dress with a golden tiara with three red jewels, Similar to what she wore as Cure Scarlet in Mode Elegant. Her hair is much longer, reaching her back.

In all of her designs, she has the pointy ears the other denizens of Hope Kingdom possess as well. They remain well hidden under her hair in her civilian form.

## Personality

As Twilight, she seemed to take after her mother in terms of characteristics. She believed that dreams are pitiful illusions that people believe in. Twilight also saw the Pretty Cures as fake princesses. She was ruthless and vain, calling herself "Noble, Precious, and Beauteous." She would go to extreme lengths to dishearten Haruka.

When she was a young girl, she looked up to her older brother, Kanata. She dreams of becoming a Grand Princess and tries her best despite the fact that only the Princess Pretty Cure could become ones.

After being purified, she is shown to be somewhat naive and awkward around others and lacks social grace. She is not used to customs on Earth as she thought she could buy a castle and three housemaids. However, overall she's a kind person.

## Cure Scarlet

**"Princess of crimson flames! Cure Scarlet!"**
真紅の炎のプリンセス！キュアスカーレット！
*Shinku no honō no purinsesu! Kyua Sukāretto!*

**Cure Scarlet** (キュアスカーレット *Kyua Sukāretto*?) is the Pretty Cure alter ego of Towa. She controls the power of fire and transforms with the phrase, "Pretty Cure, Princess Engage!". Her main attack is Phoenix Blaze, which she can only perform while in her Mode Elegant and has her Scarlet Violin.

### Attacks

* **Phoenix Blaze** (フェニックスプレイズ *Fenikkusu Bureizu*?) is Cure Scarlet's main attack. To perform it, she needs the Scarlet Violin and the Phoenix Dress Up Key. It made its debut in episode 22.
* **Scarlet Illusion** (スカーレットイリュージョン *Sukāretto Iryūjon*?) is an attack that Cure Scarlet can use as long as she has her Scarlet Violin and Hanabi Dress Up Key.
* **Scarlet Spark** (スカーレットスパーク *Sukāretto Supāku*?) is an attack that Cure Scarlet can use as long as she has her Scarlet Violin and Hanabi Dress Up Key.
* **Scarlet Flame** (スカーレットフレイム *Sukāretto Fureimu*?) is an attack that Cure Scarlet can use as long as she has her Scarlet Violin and Scarlet Dress Up Key.
* **Éclat Espoir** (エクラエスポワール *Ekura Esupowāru*?) is Cure Scarlet's first group attack that she performs with Cure Flora, Cure Mermaid and Cure Twinkle, where she needs the Music Princess Palace and her Premium Sun Dress Up Key.
* **Grand Printemps** (グランプランタン *Guran Purantan*?) is Cure Scarlet's second group attack that she performs with Cure Flora, Cure Mermaid and Cure Twinkle, where she needs the Music Princess Palace and the Royal Key.
* **Scarlet Prominence** (スカーレットプロミネンス *Sukāretto Purominensu*?) is Cure Scarlet's main attack that she performs with the Music Princess Palace and her Premium Sun Dress Up Key. It is first used in episode 40.
* **Grand Libération** (グランリベラシオン *Guran Riberashion*?) is Cure Scarlet's third group attack that she performs with Cure Flora, Cure Mermaid and Cure Twinkle, where she needs to be in her Grand Princess form.
* **Halloween Eclair** (ハロウィンエクレール *Harou~in Ekurēru*?) is Cure Scarlet's fourth group attack that she performs with Cure Flora, Cure Mermaid and Cure Twinkle, where she needs to be in her Mode Elegant Halloween form.

## Twilight

**Twilight** (トワイライト *Towairaito*?) was the evil alter ego of Towa. She became Twilight when Dyspear said she could make her dream of being a Grand Princess come true. As Twilight she is Dys Dark's Princess. She has her own catch phrase ***"Noble, Precious, and Beauteous."***

### Abilities

She appears to have fire powers and possesses a black Dress-Up Key, which she inserts into one of the Three Musketeers' locks to increase the power of the Zetsuborgs they summon.

In episode 18, Dyspear gives her a new Dress Up Key, which Twilight inserts into a staff and makes her more powerful. She could trap people in tablets with it and draws out their despair to give her even more power. However, the staff was destroyed thanks to Cure Flora's own new Dress Up Key. She can also conjure a temporary dimension using this key and her staff.

In episode 20, Dyspear gives her another Dress Up Key in which she can insert inside a Princess Perfume and transform into the Black Princess. In this form, her powers were equivalent to those of a Pretty Cure, even having a Mode Elegant.

## Songs

Towa's voice actor, **Sawashiro Miyuki**, has participated in several image songs for the character she voices. Many of them include duets with **Shimamura Yu**, who voices Haruno Haruka, **Asano Masumi**, who voices Kaido Minami, **Yamamura Hibiku**, who voices Amanogawa Kirara, and **Tachibana Shinnosuke**, who voices Prince Kanata.

* **Red Concerto**
* **ENDLESS TORCH**

### Duets

* **Strongly, Gently, Beautifully.** (*Along with Shimamura Yu, Asano Masumi and Yamamura Hibiku*)
* **Conditions of Being a Princess** (*Along with Shimamura Yu, Asano Masumi and Yamamura Hibiku*)
* **Strings** (*Along with Tachibana Shinnosuke*)
* **Joyful! Pretty Cure Christmas** (*Along with Shimamura Yu, Asano Masumi and Yamamura Hibiku*)

## TMNT X Pokemon

Akagi is socially awkward as she struggles to socialize with others. She is close with Toko because of their awkwardness and Akagi seems to understand where Toko is coming from much to her shock and disbelief.

## Trivia

* Towa's birthday is December 15, making her zodiac a Sagittarius.
* As Twilight, Towa is as of now the only antagonist to have used an item a Pretty Cure also uses for fighting. Upon being freed and becoming a Pretty Cure herself, it transformed into her Dress Up Keys.
* Episode 28 reveals that Towa can't swim. This is ironically fitting, as she has power over fire as Cure Scarlet.