Kurumi Ryuunosuke

Kurumi Ryuunosuke is the mother of Kurumi Erika and Momoka in Heartcatch Pretty Cure!. Because of her resemblance and similar past as a former charismatic model, fans often think of her as a copy of Aono Remi from Fresh Pretty Cure!.

History
Ryuunosuke, because of his job as a famous cameraman, is often working and finds himself overseas many times because of his job, leaving Sakura to watch the children. However, when he is home, he loves to take pictures of his family, and has his own collection of pictures on the wall.

One day, Erika's classmate Tada Kanae comes to visit to have him see her pictures, as she is a huge fan of him. While seeing through the digital camera, Hanasaki Tsubomi comes to visit, and he starts taking pictures of her, as he had heard a lot about her from Erika, embarassing her. Comng back to the topic of Kanae's pictures, Ryuunosuke comments that the pictures lack love, and that most of them are only taken for fun. Although he says this with passion, he unknowingly is the main reason as to why Kanae's Heart Flower starts to wilt.

Days later, Ryuunosuke watches as Sakura and Erika talk to a regular customer, Shibata Risa, who is afraid her boyfriend has found another woman. He comes with some advices, and agrees to let them come with them and the Hanasaki family on the planned barbeque. There, Tsubomi explains to Ryuunosuke and Erika how they can get Risa and Toshioka Yuuto together again by using fear of heights, though both father and daughter, who are not really afraid of heights, are not sure if it will work. In the end, Ryuunosuke takes the girls, Risa and Yuuto with him when he takes pictures, and walks ahead when Tsubomi and Erika try to spy on the couple. It is likely that this is the reason he did not hear the Desertrian that Kobraj created.

Relationships
Family: Ryuunosuke cares a lot about her family, and although he seems ever so closer to Erik than Momoka, has taken an equal amount of pictures of them all.

Etymology
Kurumi (来海): Kuru (来) translates to come; coming; due; next. Mi (海) translates to sea; ocean. Roughly, the two together may be translated to the coming sea.