Hanasaki Kaoruko

Hanasaki Kaoruko is Hanasaki Tsubomi's grandmother in Heartcatch Pretty Cure!. She is a famous botanist and owner of the Flower Shop. When she was young, she was Cure Flower (キュアフラワー), and is chronolically the first Cure in Heartcatch Pretty Cure! ' s universe.

Personality
Kaoruko is considered wise and kind, and cares deeply for her granddaughter. She is very loving and loves flowers more than anything. It is said that her old speak-pattern was inherited by Tsubomi.

Former Cure
Kaoruko became Pretty Cure after she met Coupe before the Tree of Hearts when she came there to study it. It has never been stated when or how long Kaoruko was Pretty Cure, if she had any Cure partner or if she quit because of special reasons. At some point, most likely after she quit being a Cure, she met Cure Moonlight and the fairies Shypre and Coffret.

Inheritage
Kaoruko is first seen when she waits for Tsubomi and her parents to move into Kibougahana so that they can be closer. She says hello to her grandaughter, not aware that the Tree of Hearts has lost its flowers.

Next time Kaoruko sees Tsubomi is when she finds her passed out in her botanic garden, and takes care of her until she wakes up. She then meets Shypre and Coffret again after a long time, and explains to Tsubomi that she used to be Cure Flower in the past. She is then shocked when the fairies reveal that Tsubomi has been chosen to be with the next Pretty Cure, Cure Blossom. After the surprise, they are attacked by Sasorina and the Desertrian she made out of Kurumi Erika's Heart Flower. Kaoruko supports Cure Blossom throughout the fight, and after Erika is back to normal, she helps Tsubomi to make Erika believe that she passed out by accident and that everything was a dream. After a while, she follows Tsubomi home while explaining to her the duties and qualitites Pretty Cure has, encouraging Tsubomi into trying harder being a Pretty Cure.

Kaoruko, as a former Cure, is always avable whenever Tsubomi or Erika needs help, and is there to cheer Tsubomi up when Tsubomi wonders why she became a part of Pretty Cure when she is only slowing Erika down.

Trivia

 * Kaoruko is the first person in the whole Pretty Cure franchise to be a former Pretty Cure. This also marks her as the oldest Cure in the franchise, being 64 years old.