Ichigo Momomiya

* Civilian
* Mew Mew

**Ichigo Momomiya** (桃宮 いちご, *Momomiya Ichigo*) is the first Mew Mew to transform, the leader of Tokyo Mew Mew and the main protagonist of the Tokyo Mew Mew series and secondary main protagonist of A La Mode. Her DNA was merged with that of the Iriomote Cat, and her Mew form is *Mew Strawberry.*

## History

Ichigo was first seen when she was on a date with her at the time crush, Masaya Aoyama, with the pair attending a Red Data Animal exhibit together. Masaya and Ichigo were later seen heading to the park after the exhibit, during which point Project Mew Mew is put into effect and as a result, there is an earthquake and Ichigo is injected with the D.N.A of an Iriomote cat. As time passed, she began exhibiting catlike behavior, such as craving and eating fish, becoming more agile and gaining the ability to land on her feet, and sleeping more than average. The same day as her infusion, Masaya was attacked by by a Chimera Anima rat and Ryou Shirogane gave her a Mew Pendant and encouraged her to transform, which she did, becoming Mew Strawberry for the first time as well as being the first of the Mew Mews to transform. Afterwards, she begins looking for her teammates and soon finds them.

Some time into being a Mew Mew, Ichigo gains a mysterious protector – the Blue Knight, who's eventually revealed as being Masaya, while also being persued by one of her Alien enemies, Quiche, who began to grow more obsessed with her as time went on, even attempting to kidnap her at one point which also happend to be the same day that Ichigo learned Masaya was the Blue Knight.

Ichigo dies while transferring her own life force into Masaya after he sacrifices himself to kill Deep Blue, but is subsequently revived by the Mew Aqua in Masaya. Sometime after Deep Blue's defeat, Masaya goes off to study abroad in England, and that Ichigo, who'd lost all of her Mew Mew powers, joined him. She later returns however when Masaya senses trouble in Japan and Ichigo discovers her powers starting to come back, and from then on leads Tokyo Mew Mew alongside her brief replacement, Mew Berry.

Tokyo Mew Mew disbanded sometime after the defeat of the Saint Rose Crusaders and Cafe Mew Mew closed down afterwards. What happend to her and the others involved currently remains a mystery.

## Role in Creme De La Creme

Ichigo, as Mew Ichigo, is commonly mentioned by the time of Creme De La Creme, though only by those who knew of Tokyo Mew Mew through old news reports, footage on tv and the like.

## Appearance

As a civilian, Ichigo has short reddish-dark pink hair that's frequently tied into pigtails, although it's worn down with her Cafe Uniform. She was frequently seen in her School uniforms during the School term. although otherwise had a variety of other outfits. She always wore a red bell-collar given to her by her then-crush, Masaya Aoyama.

When working at Cafe Mew Mew, She wears a dark pink dress with a white, heart-shaped apron and a pink ribbon around the collar, as well as a large white bow at the back and white poofy bloomer-style shorts. She also wears pink socks and laces with black shoes.
As a Mew Mew, her hair, which is let down and considerably curlier than her civilian form's, turns a bright pink color while her eyes become a hot pink, and she grows black cat ears and a tail adorned with a dark pink bow with a large, yellow bell in the center. She wears a light pink two-piece costume consisting of a leotard-like top with petal-like flaps and a puffy skirt that's attached, with matching arm garters and a leg garter on her right leg, and a matching choker around her neck adorned with her pendant. She also wears similarly dark pink wrist-length gloves that have petal-like edges. Her boots are dark pink with black laces at the top and end part way up her lower legs. She has dark pink lace lining the top of her dress and the top and bottom of her arm garters, leg garter, and her choker.

As a Mew Mew, her hair, which is let down and considerably curlier than her civilian form's, turns a bright pink color while her eyes become a hot pink, and she grows black cat ears and a tail adorned with a dark pink bow with a large, yellow bell in the center. She wears a light pink two-piece costume consisting of a leotard-like top with petal-like flaps and a puffy skirt that's attached, with matching arm garters and a leg garter on her right leg, and a matching choker around her neck adorned with her pendant. She also wears similarly dark pink wrist-length gloves that have petal-like edges. Her boots are dark pink with black laces at the top and end part way up her lower legs. She has dark pink lace lining the top of her dress and the top and bottom of her arm garters, leg garter, and her choker.

Her Mew Mark resembles the markings seen on all the Mew Pendants and weapons, and is on her inner right leg. This mark is notably concealed by her leg garter when transformed.

Ichigo would occasionally turn into a cat, at first because of excitement and later due to losing most of her powers temporarily. In this feline form, she appeared as a small black kitten with pink paw pads and inner ears, as well as her Mew form's bright pink eyes and dark pink tail bow, and her civilian form's bell collar.

Her present day appearance is currently unknown.