Asuka Takizawa

Asuka

Cure Flamingo

**Asuka Takizawa** is one of the characters in *Tropical-Rouge! PreCure*.

Asuka's alter ego is **Cure Flamingo**, and her charm point is her hair.

## Appearance

Asuka has sharp purple eyes and long, rust red hair with her spiked bangs layered towards the side. Casually, she wears a cropped pale blue tank-top beneath a cropped, loose red shirt, along with a choker, short blue pants with black stripes on each side, and blue sandals. She also wears the red Heart Kuru Ring on her left middle finger.

As **Cure Flamingo**, her hair grows out and becomes bright crimson with turquoise streaks and she gains light pink heart-shaped flecks on her eyes. She wears a feathery pink and blue barrette attached to a gold beak-like triangle. She wears a single gold earring with a feather dangling on her left ear. She wears a white cropped shirt with off-shoulder feathered sleeves and a peach collar lined in white and red. At the center is a gold shell with red ribbon strands. She wears a short white skirt with a shorter ruffled red skirt over it and her Tropical Pact rests on a white bow. On her right are thick light green ruffles. She also gains fishnet stockings with red and white boots, and white finger-less gloves with a red cuff.

## Personality

Asuka is an athletic 3rd year middle school student with a strong sense of justice. At first glance, she appears to be cool and unapproachable, especially towards Yuriko. However, she is actually a very reliable big sister type. In fact, she really loves to cook and play cute animal games.

Despite normally being a sisterly figure to her younger friends, Asuka can be extremely reckless and sometimes has a short temper, which make conflicts arise that she usually doesn't intend to cause.

## Relationships

*Feel free to add any other relationships here!*

* **Laura**: Asuka started out not particularly fond of Laura, even stating she didn't become Cure Flamingo for her, but to protect the others. However, as she spent more time with Laura, she grew to appreciate her more.
* **Yuriko Shiratori**: Asuka used to be friends with Yuriko since elementary school, and were double partners in the tennis club. However, their friendship ended when they had differing opinions regarding how Asuka dealt with their opponents after she saw them tampering with Yuriko's racket. Nevertheless, Asuka still cares for Yuriko's well-being and does hope to reconcile with her someday. They eventually reconcile with each other after they both honestly express their feelings to each other.
* **Manatsu Natsuumi**, **Sango** **Suzumura**, and **Minori Ichinose**: Her juniors and friends. Asuka met Manatsu when the latter is threatened by some thugs, and through Manatsu she meets Sango and Minori. At first, Asuka acted distant towards them, but soon accepts them as her friends.

## Cure Flamingo

**Fluttering Wings! Cure Flamingo!**
 はためく翼！キュアフラミンゴ！
 *Hatameku Tsubasa! Kyua Furamingo!*

**Cure Flamingo** is Asuka's Pretty Cure alias. In order to transform, she needs her Tropical Pact and Heart Kuru Ring.

## Trivia

* Asuka's birthday is on October 15th, making her Zodiac sign Libra.
* Asuka's favorite things to do are exercising and cooking.
* Asuka shares her name with Kitakaze Asuka from *Go! Princess PreCure*.
* Asuka is the first Cure to wear only one earring in her Cure form.
* Asuka's favorite food is an omelette.
* An interview from *Animage* revealed that Asuka's Cure name was going to be either Cure Phoenix or Cure Volcano.
* She has a habit of using the same pillow for sleeping and is not used to finding a replacement for it whenever she travels.
* Despite never appearing in the show, Asuka mentions that she has an older brother.

## Gallery

Asuka in her school uniformAsuka as Cure FlamingoCure Flamingo’s transformation pose