Akane Hino

**Hino Akane** (日野 あかね *Hino Akane*?) (or **Kelsey** in the English Dub *Glitter Force*) is one of the main Cures in *Smile Pretty Cure!*. An unusually passionate girl, she is able to get into any mood easily, and loves to make others laugh. Her family runs an okonomiyaki restaurant, and she often helps out there. In school, she is part of the volleyball team. She was born in Osaka and thus speaks in the Kansai dialect.

Her alter ego is **Cure Sunny** (キュアサニー *Kyua Sanī*?), or **Glitter Sunny** in the *Glitter Force* dub. She controls the power of Fire.

## Appearance

Akane has short red hair worn in a small ponytail with long bangs framing her face, with two yellow hairpins on the right. Her eyes are a matching shade of red as well. Her casual outfit consists of a loose long-sleeved orange dress-top with crisscrossing yellow stripes, red pockets and a red ribbon at the back, blue skinny jeans and red flats. Her summer outfit consists of a short-sleeved, wide-necked shirt under a light orange tank top, khaki shorts, white stockings, and a pair of beige open-toe boots. She wears her school uniform with a red tie, and a orange sweater tied around her waist.

Cure Sunny has bright orange hair, the upper part of which is worn in a single bun on top of her head with a few loose strands, while the rest is around chin-length and is let down loose. Her eyes also become a bright orange. Her tiara has one angel wing attached, and she wears it on the right side of her head. Like March, she wears her earrings on the helix of her ears. Her outfit is mainly light orange, with bright orange lining and white highlights. Her sleeves are single-layered, and the bow at her chest is small with a large frilly piece behind it. The back of her top extends out in a single pastel orange frilly piece. Her arm protectors reach past her elbows, and are decorated with red ribbons at the top and light orange folds at the wrist. Her boots are long as well, reaching past her knees with red ribbons at the top.

In Tiara mode, her white tiara is replaced by a golden crown worn in the center of her head. The centerpiece of her tiara is a red circle, and the angel wing at the side of her tiara turns golden as well. Her white angel wing earrings are replaced by gold ribbon-shaped earrings with orange hearts in the center, and she now wears them on her earlobes.

In her Princess form, she wears a pale orange dress over her Cure uniform and it it fastened with an orange and light orange-striped bow on her chest with a golden brooch with the Smile Pretty Cure insignia etched in the center.  Her hair lengthens past her shoulders and her bun turns into a bow.  The orange wristbands on her arm warmers become slightly larger as well.  Her white tiara is replaced with the same one as Tiara mode with the feather on the left side glowing yellow.  A golden halo-like ring surrounds her head.  The toe tips and heels of her boots are also slightly lighter.

## Personality

Being born and raised in Osaka, Akane speaks in the Kansai dialect, and refers to herself as "uchi" instead of the usual "watashi". Her catchphrase is "aka~n", the Kansai equivalent of "dame da" or "This won't do". She is also fond of saying "uchi no deban ya!" or "It's my turn now!". She possesses a tomboyish personality, often reflected in the way she stands or sits. However, she seems to love cute things, and has an especially soft spot for gorillas.SmPC07

Akane is a passionate girl who loves making others laugh. The first impression she gives is that of the class jokester, always full of puns and jokes to make her classmates laugh. As such, she appears to be generally popular and well-liked. Her friends see her as an interesting girl who always manages to make them laugh. She has a habit of speaking her mind, which can get a little out of hand sometimes, such as when she introduced Nao, Reika and Yayoi to Miyuki as being a "female gang leader", "Miss Popular" and "crybaby" respectively, causing visible discomfort to the three. SmPC01 Yayoi, with her crybaby personality and fascination with superheroes, is often the target of Akane's jokes. However, there does not seem to be any ill meaning behind the teasing, and the other girls seldom take offence.
Despite all the teasing, Akane is extremely loyal to her friends. She also has a tendency to act before she thinks. For example, when she witnessed Cure Happy being defeated by an Akanbe, she remembered how Miyuki had helped her out, and immediately went to help Happy even though she had no chance of winning against the Akanbe. Her strong wish to help her friend earned her the Smile Pact and allowed her to transform into Cure Sunny. SmPC02With regards to being Pretty Cure, Akane was initially against the idea, turning down Miyuki's bold invitation. When she did become a Cure, she seems quite cool about the whole idea, ready to do her best in battle, though not overwhelmingly enthusiastic like Miyuki or Yayoi. Similar to Nao, she does not understand why Miyuki and Yayoi are so hyped up about being "superheroes", and gave Miyuki a cool reception when she insisted on the group coming up with a signature phrase. SmPC06 Ironically, though she loves to make puns, she was initially embarrassed by the ones made in her own Cure introductory speech.

In terms of sports, Akane is excellent at volleyball, easily beating her classmates in a friendly match. She aims to become the ace attacker of the school volleyball team, and comes down hard on herself when she is unable to perform well. She is also an independent girl, as she told Miyuki that she does not normally allow others to help her out, but gave Miyuki a chance to help her with volleyball training due to her enthusiasm and willingness. She can also be extremely focused, as she turned down Miyuki's offer to become Pretty Cure (or "kiripura" as she mistakenly calls it) as she wanted to focus on her volleyball training. SmPC02

Akane's family runs an okonomiyaki restaurant, and it is probable that Akane enjoys cooking.

## Cure Sunny

**"The brilliant sun, hot-blooded power! Cure Sunny!"**

太陽サンサン熱血パワー！キュアサニー！

*Taiyō sansan nekketsu pawā! Kyua Sanī!***Cure Sunny** (キュアサニー *Kyua Sanī*?) is Akane's Pretty Cure alter ego. Cure Sunny has the power of Fire. Out of the 5 *Smile!* Cures, Sunny has the most physical strength, she can even make earthquake with her punch, hike the giant boulders, and she has power to lift up Akanbe monsters single-handedly and fling them a fair distance away. For Glitter Force, her introduction is **"When you mess with me, you're playing with fire! I'm Glitter Sunny!"**

### Attacks

**Sunny Fire** - is Cure Sunny's signature attack. To make it work, Cure Sunny has to gain enough energy to perform it, once the energy is awaken, Cure Sunny causes her Smile Pact to create a fireball, and soon Cure Sunny does it like on volleyball, and sends, the ball towards the enemy. For Glitter Force, the attack is renamed **Sparkle Fire**.

**Sunny Fire Burning** - is the upgraded version of Sunny Fire appearing on episode 40, when she does the same moves, however this time with bigger energy, and is mainly more powerful towards the enemy. For Glitter Force, the attack is renamed **Sparkle Fire Inferno**

**Fire Shoot** - is the combined attack with Cure March, used on episode 47. The attack can be done, as Cure March creates a wind ball, which is later thrown to Cure Sunny who sends her fireball, and both balls combine, and later are thrown to the enemy.

**Rainbow Healing** - is the group attack, which appears on episode 12, and once the Cures gain the Miracle Jewel Decor, and all are on **Tiara Mode**, they are capable on defeating the Blue Nosed Akanbe. In *Glitter Force*, the attack is renamed **Tiara Mode Torrent**.

**Rainbow Burst** - is the second group attack, which appears on episode 23, the attack could be done with the Princess Candle, and also when they are on **Princess Mode**, and they are capable on defeating the enemy.

**Royal Rainbow Burst** - is the third group attack, which appears on episode 32, you need the Princess Candle, and the Royal Clock, and when they are on Princess mode, they are capable on doing the attack.

* Although the name is unknown, another attack is done with her friends, as Cure Sunny can summon a huge rainbow shield or barrier in the movie "*Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage: Friends of the Future!*". This is further enhanced by Fu-chan's last bit of power.

### Princess Sunny

After receiving the Red Giant Rose Princess Decor and Princess Candle, Akane can transform into her princess form named "Princess Sunny!" She transforms by putting the Red Giant Rose Princess Decor in the Princess Candle and yelling out "Pegasus, Grant Us The Power!" With the other Smile Cures in their Princess Form, they can perform the group attack called Rainbow Burst.

## Songs

Akane's voice actor, **Tano Asami**, has participated in several image songs for the character she voices. Many of them include duets with **Fukuen Misato**, who voices Hoshizora Miyuki, **Kanemoto Hisako**, who voices Kise Yayoi, **Inoue Marina**, who voices Midorikawa Nao, **Nishimura Chinami**, who voices Aoki Reika.

* **Only One-derful!**
* **One For All**

### Duets

* **The Best Smile** (*Along with Fukuen Misato, Kanemoto Hisaki, Inoue Marina, and Nishimura Chinami*)
* **Friends☆Jet Coaster** (*Along with Fukuen Misato*)
* **Let's Laugh, Just Laugh And Laugh♪** (*Along with Fukuen Misato, Kanemoto Hisaki, Inoue Marina, Nishimura Chinami and Ootani Ikue*)

## TMNT X Pokemon

Akane loves to cook for her friends and usually help Sanji in the kitchen cooking meals.

## Trivia

* Akane comes from Osaka and speaks in the Kansai dialect. She is the second major character to speak in Kansai dialect, after Tarte from *Fresh Pretty Cure!*.
* The air date of episode 2, in which Akane becomes Cure Sunny for the first time, also happened to be the birthday of her seiyu Tano Asami.
	+ Like Akane, Tano Asami is also a Kansai native, born in Hyogo Prefecture.
* Most of the episodes that revolve around her have the word "Nekketsu" (lit: Hot Blooded) in its title.
* Akane appeared as Cure Sunny to give the 10th anniversary congratulatory message at the beginning of episode 31 of *Happiness Charge Pretty Cure!*
* Akane shares her name with Fujita Akane of *Futari wa Pretty Cure* and *Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart*.
* Akane is the second Pretty Cure to be voiced by a Japanese pop idol, following Hanasaki Tsubomi (VA: Mizuki Nana) from *Heartcatch Pretty Cure!*, and was followed by Kenzaki Makoto (VA: Miyamoto Kanoko) and Aino Megumi (VA: Nakajima Megumi) from *Happiness Charge Pretty Cure!*
* For the English dub *Glitter Force*, Akane (Cure Sunny) and Yayoi (Cure Peace) are the only two who keep their original Cure names, as Glitter Sunny and Glitter Peace.