Ritsuko Mizuwari

**Ritsuko Mizuwari** (水割りつこ) is one of the five main Cures in Samurai Flash Pretty Cure, and she is also the group member. A student council president who become admired by following students and dreaming to become kabuki actress instead of a vassal for the Shibasaki House like her ancestors before her.

Ritsuko transforms into **Cure Genbu** (キュアゲンブ), the Samurai Pretty Cure of Wisdom.

## Bio

### Appearance

Ritsuko has blue eyes with medium-long dark blue and medium bang framing her face. She wears long-seelves cyan shirt, a blue knee-length skirt and cyan-blue dress shoes.

As **Cure Genbu**, her eyes color changed to cyan and her long hair turned cobalt blue with cyan ombre pulled into ponytail, decorated with cyan clips. Four streaks separated in two on each face. A sky blue choker and sapphire earrings are decorated. She wears a blue/cyan kimono dress with frills on the shoulders and big blue ribbon around waist, adorned with gold brooch. She has loose sleeves on the cyan sleeves and ninja gloves adorned with blue wrists on her hands. She has long tail skirt over the mini skirt and blue shorts, a pair of cyan socks and blue/white geta sandals. Her lip has also gained blue lipstick.

### Personality

Ritsuko is a humble and honorable junior middle school student and a student council president who dreaming to become kabuki actress, but dropped after she hired to serving the Shibasaki House. Due to her parents' upbringing, she is extremely enthusiastic and takes her role as Shiina's vassal seriously after witnessing her transforming in front of her. Ritsuko is also the genius girl behind many of the Samurai Gojinken, having figured out how to use Origami Icons to creating new skills.

### Relationships

* **Ryousuke Mizuwari** - Her father
* **Rumi Mizuwari** - Her mother
* **Sousuke Mizuwari** - Her older brother

### Etymology

**Mizuwari** (水割) - **Mizu** (水) means water, while **Wari** (割) means discount or ratio.

**Ritsuko** (りつこ) - From Japanese 律 (ritsu) meaning "law" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child".

**Cure Genbu** is named after Black Tortoise (Genbu), one of the Four Chinese Zodiac.

## Cure Genbu

**Flowing in blue sea; Samurai Pretty Cure of Wisdom! Cure Genbu, Mizuwari Ritsuko!**
青い海に流れる。知恵のサムライプリキュア！キュアゲンブ、水割りつこ！
*Aoi umi ni nagareru. Chie no Samurai Purikyua! Kyua Genbu, Mizuwari Ritsuko!*
**Cure Genbu** (キュアゲンブ) is Ritsuko's Pretty Cure alter ego, as well as the **Samurai Pretty Cure of Wisdom** (知恵のサムライプリキュア). In order to transform, she needs her Shodo Cure Brush.

### Attacks

* **Genbu Blue Current** (玄武水流): Cure Genbu's solo attack that she performs with her Shinken Katana.
* **Clear Mirror Serene** (明鏡静穏): Cure Genbu's second solo attack that she performs with her Genbu Fan.
* **Five Spiral Blades** (五螺旋刃): A group attack that Cure Genbu performs with Vermillion, Sakura, Kabuto and Sky. To perform it, she and her teammates need their Five Spiral Weapons.

## Songs

Ritsuko's voice actor, **Arisa Komiya** has participated in several image songs for the character she voices.

* **Blue Ocean Mirror**
* **Today, I'll Be a Humble Lady**

### Group Songs

* **World-Authorized Banzai!** (Along with Arisa Komiya, Nene Hieda, Risae Matsuda and Momo Asakura)
* **Through the Voice and Mind, Bushido** (Along with Arisa Komiya, Nene Hieda, Risae Matsuda, Momo Asakura and Aya Hirano)

## Trivia

* Ritsuko birthday is on January 5th, making her Zodiac sign Capricorn.
* She is one of the few non-red cures to deal the final blow to the main villain of a series, without using a team attack.
* Her favorite foods are Oden and Matcha green tea.
* Her appearance, personalities and backstories were modeled and based on Ryunosuke Ikenami from Samurai Sentai Shinkenger and Kevin from Power Rangers Samurai/Super Samurai.
* Ritsuko's voice actress, Arisa Komiya, was previously an actress played as Yoko Usami/Yellow Buster from Tokumei Sentai GoBuster.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.romajidesu.com/dictionary/meaning-of-%E5%89%B2.html
2. ↑ https://www.behindthename.com/name/ritsuko/submitted
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black\_Tortoise