Moeka Chibana

**Moeka Chibana** (千花もえか) is one of the five main Cures in Samurai Flash Pretty Cure, and she is also the group member. A student council secretary who's serves in the next generation after her mother.

Moeka transforms into **Cure Sakura** (キュアサクラ), the Samurai Pretty Cure of Strength.

## Bio

### Appearance

Moeka has burnt red eyes with medium burgundy hair pulled in short twintails held by pink clips. She wears long-seelves pink dress shirt with light pink ruffle, held with brown belt and silver buckler. She wears hot pink miniskirt, knee-length socks and light pink short boots. Her ears were also adorned with heart earrings.

As **Cure Sakura**, her eyes color changed to hot pink and her hair turned long, watermelon pink with rosy pink streaks on her bangs, pulled into odango twintails, decorated with magenta tiara. A cerise pink flower choker was also decorated. She wears a rose pink/pale pink kimono dress with bowtie on her chest decorated with flower pin, a frill on both of the short sleeves and big cerise pink bow, adorned with light pink brooch. She has pale pink elbow-length ninja gloves adorned with rose pink wrists on her hands. She has a rose pink skirt, a pair of rose pink knee-length socks and cerise/pale pink geta sandals. Her lip has also gained rose pink lipstick.

### Personality

Moeka is a strong-willed 3rd-year junior middle school student and a student council secretary who fights for her ideals. She loves children and dreaming to become the kindergarten teacher prior to becoming a Pretty Cure. When she was a little girl, her childhood was pushed aside when her parents moved to United States without a word and left her in the care of her grandmother, who schooled her in the ways of bushidō. Hatsumi and Asuna both regard her as an older sister figure; Shiina even addresses her as such. Though she is a horrible cook (none of the girls can stomach her cooking), Moeka tries her best in order to achieve her dream of becoming a good wife and mother

### Relationships

* **Haruhiko Chibana** - Her father
* **Momoko Chibana** - Her mother
* **Unnamed grandmother** - Her deceased grandma
* **Shizuma Tani** - Her boyfriend she dream to marry him

### Etymology

**Chibana** (千花) - **Chi** (千) means "a thousand, one thousand, while" **Bana** (花) is a variation of Hana, meaning blossom, flower.

**Moeka** (もえか) - From the Japanese 萌 (to bud, to sprout) and 夏 (summer).

**Cure Sakura** is a Japanese name, 桜 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom".

## Cure Sakura

**Flourishing flowers over the earth; Samurai Pretty Cure of Strength! Cure Sakura, Chibana Moeka!**
大地に咲き誇る。力のサムライプリキュア！キュアサクラ、千花もえか！
*Daichi ni Sakihokoru. Chikara no Samurai Purikyua! Kyua Sakura, Chibana Moeka!*
**Cure Sakura** (キュアサクラ) is Moeka's Pretty Cure alter ego, as well as the **Samurai Pretty Cure of Strength** (力のサムライプリキュア). In order to transform, she needs her Shodo Cure Brush.

### Attacks

* **Cherry Blossom Blizzard** (桜吹雪): Cure Sakura's solo attack that she performs with her Shinken Katana.
* **Cherry Petals Impact** (桜花弁衝撃): Cure Sakura's second solo attack that she performs with her Sakura Temari.
* **Five Spiral Blades** (五螺旋刃): A group attack that Cure Sakura performs with Vermillion, Genbu, Kabuto and Sky. To perform it, she and her teammates need their Five Spiral Weapons.

## Songs

Moeka's voice actor, **Nene Hieda** has participated in several image songs for the character she voices.

* **Late-Blooming Cherry Blizzard**
* **I'm Strongest Flower Girl in History!**

### Group Songs

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

## Trivia

* Moeka's birthday is on July 21st, making her Zodiac sign Cancer.
* Her favorite foods are Sukiyaki, strawberry daifuku and sakuramochi.
* Her appearance, personalities and backstories were modeled and based on Mako Shiraishi from Samurai Sentai Shinkenger and Mia Watanabe from Power Rangers Samurai/Super Samurai.

## References

1. ↑ https://surnames.behindthename.com/name/chibana/submitted
2. ↑ https://www.behindthename.com/name/moeka/submitted
3. ↑ https://www.behindthename.com/name/sakura