Takeuchi Ayano

Ayano Takeuchi is a girl and fellow student attending the same school as Saki and Mai. She is a second year student who is in class A and in the Art Club.

She appears in episode FwPCSS04 of Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star. Meeting Saki and Mai one day when Mai is busy drawing and she happens to overhear them. She approaches and studies Mai's picture, stating that it looks as if its ready to come alive. She believes that Mai should take up Art as her career.

Its revealed near the end of the episode that the old woman is her grandmother. Who she was to help with Harvesting the Spring Cabbage.

Appearence
Ayano has shoulder length brown hair and multiple bangs with sing strands framing her face. Her eyes are hazel-brown and due to being a minor character, she is usually seen in her school uniform.

She is later seen in her casual outfit, a pink shirt with a loose white jacket/button long sleeved shirt with dark gray skirt and a light yellow purse.

Personality
Ayano is somewhat friendly, but with a small amount of pushy-ness. She kept insisting that Mai should join the Art Club and even scolded Saki by saying, "I wasn't talking to you anyway". However, Ayano is also straight-forward and she cares deeply for her grandmother. Showing concern for her when she arrived and mentioned that she had planned to help her with the harvesting.

At the art contest, she announces that she believes Saki should have won and that she is the best judge when it comes to painting of her grandmother. Even stating that she did not see the meaning of Spring in the winning entry.

Name Synopsis
Ayano can translate as of color or from love.