Amamiya Elena

Amamiya Erena (天宮えれな) is one of the four main characters of Star☆Twinkle Pretty Cure. Erena's alter ego is Cure Soleil (キュアソレイユ) and she is known as the Pretty Cure of the Sun. Her catchphrases are "Ciao!" (「チャオ！」) and "Sounds nice!" (「いいねぇ！」)

Appearance
As Cure Soleil, her hair becomes longer and wavier. She has a orange and yellow star attached to a purple headband. There is also a small gold star that hangs above her forehead. She also wears round purple earrings and a beady purple choker necklace. Her top has off the shoulder sleeves that are white and orange while her Star Color Pendant sits in the middle of the frills. She wears a long orange dress with yellow stripes throughout and her skirt part has several layers each with white frills. She also has a Golden Star belt that also has a translucent purple layer. On her wrists, she wears white cuffs with short yellow arm warmers. She wears yellow knee high boots with orange stripes at the tips and yellow and orange stars at the top along with yellow-orange trim.

Personality
Erena is a third year student with a radiant smile. She's very popular to the point that she is known as "The Sun of Mihoshi Town". Her family owns a flower shop in the shopping district known as "Sonrassa", where she sometimes works. She often looks after her 6 little brothers when her parents are off working at the store.

Etymology
Amamiya (天宮) - Ama (天) means "heaven" or "sky" while Miya (宮) means "shrine" or "palace". Together, Amamiya means "sky shrine".

Erena (えれな) - There are many different kanji variations for this name, but when written as "Elena", it can mean "shining bright" or "bright one" which eludes to Erena's theme as Cure Soleil.

Cure Soleil is an adjective and is French for "sun".

Cure Soleil
"Light up the sky! A sparkle full of emotion! Cure Soleil!" 宇宙を照らす！灼熱のきらめき！キュアソレイユ！ ''Uchū wo Terasu! Shakunetsu no Kirameki! Kyua Soreiyu!''

Cure Soleil (キュアソレイユ) is the Pretty Cure alter ego of Erena. In order to transform, she needs the Star Color Pendent and her Star Color Pen.

Songs
Erena's voice actor, Yasuno Kiyono has participated in several image songs for the character she voices.

Trivia

 * Erena's birthday is on September 8th, making her star sign Virgo.
 * Erena shares her voice actress with Lumière, a character from KiraKira☆Pretty Cure A La Mode.

Gallery

 * Main Page: Amamiya Erena/Image Gallery