Kishida Mimori

**Kishida Mimori** (岸田未森), also known as **Shinoda Mariko the 8th** (8代目 篠田麻里子) or **Mariko-sama** (麻里子様), is one of the main characters in AKB0048 Pretty Cure. She is a member of the intergalactic idol group AKB0048, part of the unit NO NAME and originates from AKB0048.

Her alter ego is **Cure Void** (キュアボイド).

## Bio

### Appearance

Mimori had long, wavy dark magenta hair, which fades into pink and blond at the ends of her hair. Upon succession, she cut her long hair, as told to do so by Tsubasa. She also has dark magenta eyes. Like all the AKB0048 members, she has a heart-shaped sparkle in her hair and eyes. Mimori is also known for being extremely well endowed among the trainees as she often occasionally have her breasts bounce when she moves around.

As Mariko, her hair is much shorter and is pinned up. She wears the traditional red and black checkered outfit of the other members of the group, and also has a tiny top hat in the same pattern, just like all the other members that succeeded the name of Shinoda Mariko.

### Personality

While being very sexy, Mariko also possesses a great and kind heart, and has an upbeat attitude about life. She values her fans greatly, which is shown as she hand writes replies to fan mail. She is hard working and persistant, never giving up and always trying her absolute 100% best. As Mariko, she possesses some masochism.

### Etymology

**Kishida** means "shore, bank, coast" (岸) (**kishi**) and "field, rice paddy" (田) (**ta**/**da**).

**Mimori** means "beautiful" (美) (**mi**) and "forest" (森) (**mori**).

**Shinoda** (篠田) means "bamboo grass" (篠)(**shi**) and "rice paddy" (田)(**ta/da**)

**Mariko** (麻里子) means "hemp" (麻)(**ma**), "in" (里)(**li**) and "child" (子)(**ko**).

**Void** means a completely empty space.

### Canon Member

Shinoda Mariko was born on March 11, 1986 in Maebaru, Fukuoka, Japan. She is a singer, actress, fashion model, and one of members of the Japanese idol group AKB48 , in which she is the captain of Team A . In October 2005 she failed an audition to be one of founding members of AKB48. She started working at a café in then-Akihabara 48 Theater (renamed and currently known as the "AKB48 Theater") as a staff member. Although she was not a member of AKB48, she won a popularity contest voted on by fans visiting the theater. Hearing that, Yasushi Akimoto, General Producer of AKB48, came to her and gave her conditional permission to join AKB48 if she could remember and perform all 12 songs and choreographies performed at the theatre in 4 days. She did nothing but practice for next 4 days and made her debut on January 22, 2006. She has been part of the "Senbatsu" group in most of the singles released as AKB48 since the group's first single on a major label, "Aitakatta ". She announced her Graduation last 5th Senbatsu Election. She is the first member to announce her graduation in a Senbatsu event. She graduated last July 23, 2013 in Fukuoka Yahoo Dome in her hometown. She later married a non-celebrity business man in 2019 and gave birth to a daughter. In 2023, she and her husband have divorced.

## Cure Void

**“A song that will become stuck in space! Cure Void!”**
宇宙にハマる曲！キュアボイド!
 *Uchū ni hamaru kyoku! Kyua Boido!*

**Cure Void** (キュアボイド) is the Pretty Cure alter-ego of Mariko-sama. In order to transform, she needs her Star Colour Pendant and her Star Colour Pen.

## Trivia

* Relating to AKB0048 Precure's space motif, her birthday falls on the day that the robotic space probe, Stardust, successfully flies to Comet Wild 2
* She admits that she is a masochist.
* She is the only 75th Generation member to become a successor.
* She likes to express her pheromones.