Ai

''This article is about the Doki Doki! Pretty Cure character Ai also known as Ai-Chan. For the Yes! Pretty Cure 5 and GoGo! character, please go to Natsuki Ai''.

Ai-chan (あいちゃん) is a baby fairy mascot that appears in Doki Doki! Pretty Cure. She hatches from an egg.

Birth
Ai-chan hatches from an egg in front of the Cures. Joe was nearby and was the one who had the egg to start with. He explains that the girls need to use other Cure Loveads to take care of her.

Powers
Ai has powers similar to Chiffon from Fresh PreCure. Ai can summon Loveads as they could be a help for the Cures, or could be a help for her.

Relationships
Aida Mana and Kenzaki Makoto - Joe calls them Ai-chan's mother and father, respectively. Both of them find Ai-chan cute, and promised to protect her.

Okada Joe - Joe seems to know alot about Ai-chan. He tells the girls about other Cure Loveads to take care of Ai.

Etymology
Ai (アイ) - Ai means "love" in Japanese, as well as a common girls' name in Japan.

Trivia

 * She resembles Princess Marie Ange, both having pink hair and blue eyes. This may be a hint that the two have a relationship.
 * Ai-chan is the very first human-like fairy mascot. Even though she is based on a human, she seems to have a non-human nose and wings.
 * She is also the very first mascot to have wings (not counting Syrup's sky form).
 * She is also the third baby fairy mascot, the first two being Chiffon from Fresh Pretty Cure! and Potpourri from Heartcatch Pretty Cure!.
 * After Potpourri, she is the second fairy to be born during the series.
 * Ai also bears multiple similarities to Chiffon.
 * Both babies can only say two things when they are first introduced:
 * Chiffon says "Kyua" and "Puri-pu."
 * Ai says "Kyupi" and her own name.
 * Both have ESP abilities.
 * Chiffon activates her powers by tapping the pom-poms on her head together, while Ai activates her powers by flapping her wings.
 * Also, when Ai activates her powers, the heart symbol on her bib glows in a similar manner to the clover-like mark on Chiffon's forehead.
 * Both get most of their food and toys from the lead cure's transformation device.
 * Chiffon gets her Cure Vitan from Love's Linkrun.
 * Ai gets her food and toys from various Cure Loveads activated by Mana
 * Despite being only a newborn, Ai-chan is somewhat larger in size than Sharuru, Raquel, Lance, and Dabyi.
 * Ai-chan shares her name with Natsuki Ai. They are even written the same way in Hiragana (あい).



Gallery
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Merchandise

 * Ai-chan's short information from the Datacarddass Precure Allstars website.
 * Ai-Chan smiles.
 * Ai-Chan in the opening.
 * Ai is born.
 * Ai bites Lance's ear.
 * Ai shouts, to make the Cures wake up from the Jikochuu Sheep.
 * Ai-Chan's egg
 * The girls with Ai.
 * Ai-chan in the 8th episode with all the girls.
 * Ai-Chan being touched by Regina
 * The girls chasing Ai in Episode 19.
 * Ai playing with the other mascots. (Sharuru, Raquel, and Lance)
 * Ai tossing hand with Regina.
 * Ai-Chan as a plush toy.
 * Ai-Chan smiles.
 * Ai-Chan in the opening.
 * Ai is born.
 * Ai bites Lance's ear.
 * Ai shouts, to make the Cures wake up from the Jikochuu Sheep.
 * Ai-Chan's egg
 * The girls with Ai.
 * Ai-chan in the 8th episode with all the girls.
 * Ai-Chan being touched by Regina
 * The girls chasing Ai in Episode 19.
 * Ai-Chan as a plush toy.}}
 * Ai-Chan as a plush toy.}}