Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-36356394-20180727181116/@comment-24388371-20190804043655

Anzan wrote:

The first wasn’t a core member but there has also been at least one case of two Cures sharing the same name (Cure Ange was an ancient Precure that cameoed in the HeartCatch movie but also the name of the Blue Cure in Hugtto). The two Ange don't actually clash names, as the spelling in Japanese differ albeit slightly.

Also there is a distinction between sixth rangers and 11th-hour rangers, with sixth rangers always counted as part of the core team but 11th-hour rangers not. Shiny Luminous and Milky Rose are both sixth rangers (joining half way through their respective stories, as for story arc purposes Futari wa and Max Heart should be concatenated and Yes 5 and GoGo should be concatenated, both into long stories spanning close to 100 episodes.) Kiryuu sisters and Regina on the other hand are 11th-hour rangers, ditto Cure Pekorin.