Hikaru Shidou

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Hiraku Shidou is one of those who wield magic but is not Precure. For this reason, she is simply a sorceress, but she is also called a knight for obvious reasons, wielding a sword and piloting a Super Robot.

## Appearance

Hikaru usually wears his school uniform, which consists of a red long sleeve blouse with a collar and white ribbon, a black skirt with a red stripe at the bottom, and a white underskirt. After being summoned to Cephiro, she dons a white armor adorned with rubies. After her armor reaches the final stage, she dons a very short red-white-gold armor-like dress with a red cape and a matching tiara-like headdress. Hikaru is very short in stature, with light red hair in pigtails and fiery red eyes.

## Personality

Pure, honest and simple girl. Although she has trouble standing upright, she is a very good jumper. She is good with swords due to her kendo training in her youth. Hikaru is very short, which is why she is often mistaken for an elementary school student instead of the high school student she really is. Despite her simplicity and innocence, she is the bravest, strongest and most mature among the other knights of magic. Her first weapon was a sword, and she soon upgraded to a sword made from an escudo that turns into flames when touched by anyone other than herself.

Hikaru Shidou is also the youngest daughter in her family, who runs a kendo dojo. She has three older adoring brothers; Satoru, Masaru, and Kakeru, which explains her boyish nature. Neither the manga nor the anime version makes any mention of her parents other than that they exist. However, it is mentioned in one of the manga omake that her father went on a training trip when she was five years old because she beat him in a kendo match.

Hikaru possesses the strongest heart of the Magical Knights summoned by Princess Emeraude to save Cephiro. She often encourages other sorceress knights to look on the bright side. Her best friends and fellow knights are Umi Ryuuzaki and Fuu Houoji. She is stubborn, determined, and somewhat childish, and is regularly hounded by other characters in both the manga and anime versions. Hikaru is full of enthusiasm, which is why she is the first to accept her duties as a Magic Knight. In the anime, she is more emotional, she blames herself for the death of Princess Emeraude, and guilt begins to gnaw at her conscience. Hikaru is very innocent and loves everyone equally. This is proven when Lantis asked her about declarations of love on Earth in the manga and she said she wanted to marry both him and Eagle; Vision Avtozam.

Hikaru has a somewhat uncanny ability to understand the language of animals and Cephiro's fauna. She has a strong friendship with Mokona and Clef's beloved Fyula.

## Story

Hikaru is first seen during her school field trip in Tokyo Tower. While her friends were rather annoyed when the school chose Tokyo Tower as the site of the school field trip, Hikaru ignored the fact and enjoyed watching through the telescope. When she ran out of time and was looking for another token, a girl from another school, Fuu, offered her some tokens as she found Hikaru's enthusiasm admirable. As Hikaru was about to thank her, she got lost in a crowd of girls from another school, among them Umi Ryuzaki. Suddenly, Princess Emeraude's voice calls her to save Cephiro's world, calling her the "Magic Knight". Soon, a giant flying fish transported her to Cephiro along with Fuu and another girl, Umi.

By the will of the Pure Light, due to the influence of the Dark King, their fate was sealed - they were to become allies with the future Precures. And for this they needed to awaken the Rune Gods. After being introduced and warned that Hikaru is not in elementary school as Fuu initially thought, the girls met with Guru Clef, who explains Cephiro's plight: Sol Zagato "captured" Princess Emeraude, Cephiro's Pillar, who maintains world peace by the power of her will. What they didn't know was that Zagato was also a puppet in the hands of the new incarnation of Darkness.

## Trivia

Although their forces were also chosen by the Pure Light, they are not Precures, but a special squad, with their own set of magic.