Aguri Madoka

* Pretty Cure
* Civilian

**Aguri Madoka** (円 亜久里 *Madoka Aguri*) is one of the five main Cures in *Doki Doki! Pretty Cure* and also one of the three protagonists of *Pretty Cure: Joyful Girls Squad* Series, along with her best friend, Hime Shirayuki.

Aguri's alter ego is **Cure Ace** (キュアエース *Kyua Ēsu*)

## Bio

Within her group, Aguri is the youngest member. She has burgundy eyes and long brown hair with her bangs pulled back.

Her casual outfits consists of skirts and dresses, reflecting her girly and ladylike personality, often with the color red. She is rarely seen with shorts or pants.

As **Cure Ace**, she wears pink makeup. Her eyes turn magenta and her thicker, longer hair bright red, worn in one thick curl with two thinner curled segments, forelocks, and bangs brushed aside. She wears a gold pointed hair piece with a winged bow adorned by a heart and white fabric, accenting her gold earrings and necklace. She wears a red and black scalloped dress with white pointed petticoat. Over the dress is a white jacket with red detail lining and pale pink sleeve cuff. On the chest is a gold heart with two, pale pink heart-shaped fabric, while sewn to the back is a large pale pink bow with a cape-like tail. She also gets white feathered wrist pieces with red straps and matching colored knee-length boots.

### Relationships

**Hime Shirayuki**: At first, Aguri and Hime don't get along very well, mostly due to their clashing personalities. Eventually, when Aguri's heart was softened and changes for the better, she treated others better, especially Hime. Later, they no longer fight and become best friends. They even treat each other as sisters. Hime and Aguri often call each other "Bestie" (ベスティー *Besutī*). She doesn't mind being dragged into things by Hime as long as she is going to spend time with her.

**Himari Arisugawa**: One of her Joyful Girls Squad teammates and friends. She and Himari get along very well because they love cooking.

**Kotoha Hanami**: One of her Joyful Girls Squad teammates. Although they don't have much in common, Kotoha and Aguri are close friends. In some occasions, Kotoha teases Aguri, mainly due to Hibiki's influence.

**Ruru Amour**: Although they don't interact much, she and Ruru enjoy each other's company.

**Hibiki Hojo**: Aguri and Hibiki get along very well because they both have a sweet tooth, although in some occasions, Aguri got annoyed by Hibiki's constant teasing.

**Miki Aono**: One of her Joyful Girls Squad teammates. She and Miki are in good terms even though they don't interact more often. She is also the reason why Miki outgrew her perfectionism.

### Etymology

**Madoka (円):** 円 can mean *circle* or *yen*, the latter being the Japanese currency.

**Aguri (亜久里):** *Aguri* is a name from the ancient times of Japan when male children were considered more important than female. It was normally used by parents who had many daughters but no sons, therefore was an incantation towards gods or Buddha, with the intent of having the named daughter be the last female child in the family.

## Cure Ace

**"The trump card of love! Cure Ace!"**愛の切り札！キュアエース！
*Ai no kirifuda! Kyua Ēsu!*

**Cure Ace** (キュアエース *Kyua Ēsu*) is Aguri's alter ego. Cure Ace represents love. Unlike in her series (Doki Doki Pretty Cure), she can stay in this form at any time.

### Attacks

* **Ace Shot** - Her main attack. She needs the Love Kiss Rouge to perform this attack. Depending on the color of lipstick she puts on, the effects of the attack are different.
	+ **Red** - used to purify the monsters
	+ **Purple** - used to freeze enemies in place
	+ **Yellow** - used to trap enemies with vines
	+ **Blue** - used to encase enemies in a bubble
	+ **Pink** - it is unknown what the effect is, but Ace used it once in Joyful Girls Squad Episode 28
* **Royal Dream** - Another finisher attack. This attack function similarly to the Pretty Cure group attack. She needs the Miracle Tambourine given by Alto.
* **Bestie Shot** - It is the purification attack that she performed with Princess.

She has an unnamed combined finisher attack with Princess, as seen in Joyful Girls Squad Episode 18 and Episode 46.

## Trivia

*Aguri Madoka/Trivia*

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