Hikawa Iona

Hikawa Iona (氷川いおな)^? is one of the four main Cures in the series Happiness Charge Pretty Cure!. She's a second-year student at Pikarigaoka Middle School.

Her alter ego is Cure Fortune (キュアフォーチュン, Cure Fortune)^? and her form changes are Pine Arabian (パインアラビア, Pine Arabian)^? and Anmitsu Komachi (あんみつこまち, Anmitsu Komachi)^?.

Bio[]

Appearance[]

Iona has dark purple eyes and long hair worn loose with tented bangs. Some of the time she pulls her hair back. She normally wears a light purple and pink top with light blue pockets, a white layered skirt, and purple boots. During winter she wears a purple jacket with lighter purple shirt, grey shorts, and white boots. During the film she wore a purple jacket with a white and lavender top, lilac skirt, and white boots.

As Cure Fortune, her eyes and hair become bright lavender, and her longer hair thickens, worn up in a ponytail with thin forelocks. She gains a pale lilac bow with a violet heart clip, and gold star earrings. She wears a white top with ruffled sleeves beneath a dark navy vest with gold detail. The lapel is pale lilac and the vest is trim with white ruffles, on the back is a pale lilac ribbon-shaped pair of wings. On the chest is a pastel indigo and white ribbon with a gold heart and ribbon brooch. Her ruffled, pale lilac skirt has a longer back. She also gains white sleeves with a gold strap, and white thigh boots with a gold heart on a lavender bow. She gains a ring on her finger allowing her to summon the Fortune Tambourine.

In Pine Arabian form, her ponytail is held up by a portion of hair twisted into a cone shape, decorated with an emerald and gold piece with white ribbon on each side. She gains gold crescent earrings to match her bracelets, anklets, and choker. Her outfit consists of a mint top with ruffled, pale mint sleeves and an emerald cropped blouse over it, with white frill trim and gold lining, a gold heart at the middle with a green gemstone. Her puffy emerald pants have a ruffled, pale mint peplum and gold dangles hanging from the waistband. Her heels are gold and emerald.

In Anmistu Komachi form, her curled ponytail hangs from a large bow made of hair, held by a mauve ribbon. She gains mauve petal earrings. Her outfit consists of a pearl blue kimono trim with pearl pink ruffles and mauve lining to match the large ribbon obi. This is accent by pastel purple, and a purple strap holding a gold and pink heart with a sakura flower. Her long sleeves match her kimono, with a large sakura drawn on each, and she also gains pearl blue stockings with mauve and dark blue platform geta.

In Innocent Form, her hair turns lilac and now surpasses her knees, worn with a white ribbon adorned by a gold heart. Her forelocks thicken and she gains a full face of makeup. Her outfit consists of a ruffled white top with a scalloped bow and modified brooch, accenting the dangle on the ruffles around her waist. Her skirt is split into four pastel sections coming in pink, yellow, purple, and blue, each trim with wing-like frills. Her sleeves are now gloves with wing-like frills to match her knee boots, which have a ribbon on top. On her back is a large, translucent lilac ribbon.

Personality[]

Iona is a compassionate and just person who helps the weak with gentleness. As a Cure, she possesses a strong sense of duty and exceptional combat abilities, enabling her to single-handedly defeat the Saiarks one by one. She is a serious, cool, capable girl who holds herself and others to high standards. Although she excels academically, she can be a bit of a perfectionist and reluctant to seek help from others, leading to occasional carelessness. Iona also has a stubborn nature and a dislike for losing, rarely displaying laughter.

However, she has an aura that makes it difficult to approach her, thus she has few friends. She doesn't laugh because she is tense, and wants to change her cool and stiff character. In fact, she loves to laugh, to the point of spitting out her drink after hearing a random gag. It's also worth noting that she strongly believes in the power of love, even if she isn't able to really express that.

Initially, Iona appeared as an extremely cold-hearted, stubborn, and harsh girl who relied on herself and hated others helping her. But after being admonished by Glasan, reconciling with Hime, and finally realizing her errors, Iona begins to warm up strongly to others around her and can overcome her hatred and pain. She was also able to get herself under control.

Relationships[]

Glasan: Glasan is Iona's fairy partner. Like most of the other mascots, she is very helpful and supportive, but can be a little rough. Before Iona became Cure Fortune, she was Cure Tender's partner.
Aino Megumi: She first reveals herself as Fortune to Lovely, her that she shouldn't trust Princess.^HCPC08 Lovely encourages Fortune to work together so they can fight Phantom, and she accepts. She later softens thanks to Lovely's kindness and becomes friends with Megumi.^HCPC13
Shirayuki Hime: Before episode 22, she held a huge grudge against Hime and blamed her for the Phantom Empire's invasion because Hime opened Axia. She predicts a terrible future for Hime and Megumi and even tells Cure Lovely not to trust Princess or there will be a great disaster.^HCPC08 It even got to the point where she refused to team up with her, though she does team up with Megumi and Yuko. Hime gives Iona all the PreCards so she can save her sister, but Iona uses them to regain her powers to help the others. She soon forgives Hime, which makes Hime happy.^HCPC22 They both make amends after a shopping trip and battling Saiarks. Iona learns that Hime was lured into opening Axia and regrets blaming Hime. They now have a sisterly relationship, with Iona acting as the older sister role, while Hime is like a younger sister to her.^HCPC23
Sagara Seiji: They both attend the same karate dojo, and are normally in good terms.
Omori Yuko: They are in different classes. They met their Cure forms.^HCPC18 She asked her and Megumi to team up with her.^HCPC19 Afterwards, Iona and Yuko have become close friends.
Hikawa Maria: Her older sister who went missing prior to the series, gravely concerning Iona due to their close bond. She became Cure Fortune to avenge her sister, and she was horrified after discovering that Tender had been revived, but was now fighting on Queen Mirage's side, freeing Oresky from Happiness Big Bang.^HCPC37 The Cures tried to free her from the control, but because she could not hear Fortune's voice, it proved to be difficult. However, Iona was able to get her to remember who she was and Tender was completely freed once they used Innocent Purification.^HCPC38 Maria tells Iona that she's going to America to be with her parents, which takes a while for Iona to accept. However, she soon understands why Maria had to leave and lets her go.^HCPC39
Blue: Iona first meets Blue in episode 13 when she comes to the Pikarigaoka Shrine to fight Phantom and he asks her about her power source. She remained on guard around him at first, and refuses to follow the rule that prohibits Pretty Cures from falling in love, due to her belief that love for someone else makes them stronger.
Kaidou Yuya: Yuya is a fellow classmate who is interested in Iona, who also has mutual feelings for him. He asks her on a date because he enjoys seeing her smile. The date itself, however, doesn't go as well as they hoped, as Iona is unsure how to admit her feelings, and Yuya was pushing things too fast. After he is captured by Namakelder, Fortune desperately wants to protect him despite not knowing much about what it's like to be in love, which gives her the power to unlock her Innocent Form. After this, they start to get along more as they learned from their mistakes, while agreeing to understand each other better first before fully entering in a romantic relationship. ^HCPC32

Etymology[]

Hikawa (氷川, Hikawa)^?: Hi (氷) means "Ice" and kawa (川) means "river". Together, Hikawa (氷川) means "glacier".

Iona (いおな, Iona)^?:The name originates from old Irish and means "blessed". The kanji writing used in current Chinese Wikipedia is 伊於奈, according to 江崎玲於奈 (Leona Esaki), a Japanese physicist. Iona can also mean "violet" in the old English language.

Cure Fortune refers to fate, a destiny, grasp own future.

History[]

Preseason[]

Years ago, a young Iona watched her older sister Maria battling Phantom. When Iona was almost attacked by Phantom, Maria took her hit and was captured as a result. Iona was later given the PreChanMirror from Maria, and partnered up with Glassan to become Cure Fortune.

Saving Cure Princess[]

Cure Fortune arrives just as Cure Princess is being attacked by a Saiark and de-transforming. She effortlessly uses Stardust Shoot to purify the Saiark and save the person who was trapped inside the mirror. Before leaving, she criticizes Hime for being a coward and not fulfilling her duty as a Pretty Cure. She also blames her for the invasion of the Phantom Empire, and will never forgive her.^HCPC01

Saving The Cures[]

When Oresky is about to finish Lovely and Princess off, she arrives and saves them, and easily takes down the Saiarks. Before she leaves, she advises Megumi not to team up with Princess or else she will face a disaster.^HCPC08

Fighting Phantom[]

Iona decides defeat Phantom to avenge the defeat of her sister, Cure Tender, who gave Iona her Cure powers. When she is able to fight him in-person, she does her mission alone, and is therefore overwhelmed by Phantom's power. However, Cure Lovely convinces her that they may have a chance if they combined their powers.^HCPC13

Fighting As A team And Revealing Her Identity As Cure Fortune[]

Hosshiwa comes at the wedding ceremony of Iona's sister's friends, and calls out a Saiark from the bride and groom. The other Cures are having trouble, when Fortune arrives and says that she'll protect everyone's smiles. Lovely and Honey cone fighting together with her, and then Princess joins, uses Hawaiian Alohaloe attack, making a chance for Honey to purify the Saiark. Lovely thanks Fortune for helping, and she advises them to protect the ones they love but is still strict towards Cure Princess, saying that she doesn't expect anything from her.^HCPC18

When the Cures are trapped in a net, Fortune arrives, hits the Saiark's balls back to it and saves the Cures. Lovely thanks her and together the four Cures fight the Saiarks and the Choiarks. Fortune then attacks the Saiark and defeats it with Stardust Shoot, which helps the match to continue. Finally, Megumi's team wins. Gon gives Iona 60 dangos because she scored 2 goals, but she says the team did it together, so he should share dango for everyone. When Seiji, Megumi, Hime and Yuko are walking home, Iona runs to them and reveals herself as Cure Fortune, while also suggesting Megumi and Yuko to team up with her, which makes Hime upset.^HCPC19

Revealing Hime's mistake[]

Iona finally reveals to the rest of the team that Hime is responsible for the Phantom Empire's invasion because she opened Axia. Upon learning that, Hime runs away. When the others try to look for Hime, Iona advises Megumi not to and states that Hime doesn't deserve to be a Pretty Cure. During the battle with the Saiarks, Fortune teams up with Lovely to defeat them. Lovely tries to reason with Fortune about Hime, but Fortune is still unsure. When they rub Ribbon's nose together, Hime watches and fears the worst that Lovely has kicked her out of the team in favor of Fortune and runs away again.^HCPC20

Confronting And Dueling With Phantom[]

Phantom summons a bunch of Saiarks in order to lure the Happiness Charge Pretty Cures, and Cure Fortune also helps in defeating them. She follows Phantom, but he is actually luring her into his trap by bringing her to his Pretty Cure Graveyard, where he kept all the Cures he defeated and as of the end of episode 21, they are about to duel. However, the duel is horribly one-sided and Phantom defeats Cure Fortune, shunting her back to her transitional state. Taking her PreCards, Phantom destroys them and mocks Iona over her vengeance, revealing that her sister's defeat was not Hime's fault, but her own for following Maria in the first place. At that point, the Happiness Charge team arrives, with Cure Princess confronting Iona and giving her all PreCards that they had collected. Iona ends up using the cards to restore her powers, creating her own device, the Fortune Piano, in the process. With a stronger resolve, Cure Fortune battles and vanquishes Phantom, recovering her sister's PreChanMirror. Through this, she apologizes to the Happiness Charge team and asks to join them, which makes everyone happy, especially Hime.^HCPC22

First Shopping With Hime[]

The girls are planning a party to welcome Iona to their team. Megumi and Yuko want to make a cake, but they realize they don't have enough ingredients. So, Hime and Iona decide to go to the supermarket together. Iona suggests a cheaper supermarket, which she usually goes to. There, they buy some vegetables and eggs. While shopping, Hime sees some Pretty Cure snacks and wants to buy them. Iona initially disagrees but eventually gives in after Hime persistently asks, despite Ribbon's objection. During a break, Iona asks Hime why she opened the Axia. Hime reveals that she heard a sad voice from inside the box. When Iona asks Hime why she never told her before, she claims that she did try to, but Iona never let her. Overwhelmed with shock, Iona quickly runs away, feeling terrible as she realizes she blamed Hime without considering her feelings. Glasan suggests that they make a truce and be friends as they have already apologized to each other. Later, Hosshiwa appears with two Saiarks, making it difficult for Fortune to fight them. Princess arrives just in time, and together they manage to fight the Saiarks. Fortune purifies them with Starlight Ascension. After the battle, Fortune thanks Princess for saving her, and the girls share a moment of congratulations before Cure Lovely and Cure Honey join in to help. However, Princess bluntly informs them that they arrived too late. Afterward, the girls have a party at the embassy, celebrating with a cake adorned with figurines of the Cures, Ribbon, and Glasan. This experience strengthens Iona's friendship with Hime.^HCPC23

Her First Date And Receiving The Innocent Form[]

Megumi, Hime, and Yuko are trying to awaken the power of the Shining Make Dresser, so they try asking Iona to help them. She then shows a more feminine side of herself by making some cute faces, which makes her friends surprised. At school, Seiji and his friend Kaidou Yuya are watching and talking about Iona. Yuya then approaches and confesses to Iona that he likes her, and after thinking carefully, Iona decides to go on a date with him. The other girls, with Yuya and Seiji, go to the zoo, and they leave Iona and Yuya behind so they can bond with each other.

During Iona and Yuya's time together, they watch the animals, play Frisbee, and talk. As Yuya tells more about how he feels about her, Iona is embarrassed by her own crush on Yuya. She, in hopes of avoiding further awkwardness, runs away to buy some ice cream, but when she returns, Namakelder is there with Yuya, who has been turned into a Saiark. The girls arrive and they transform to help Fortune, but are overpowered easily. However, Fortune doesn't give up, as she is determined to save Yuya. With this, her innocent feelings were awakened. She received new PreCards and transforms into her Innocent Form. She received new PreCards and transformed into her Innocent Form. She performed Emerald Illusion to trap the Saiark before purifying it with Happiness Big Bang. After that, Iona and Yuya apologized to each other and decided that they will continue their romantic relationship when both of them feel ready. In the end, they were playing Frisbee again with their friends watching.

Saving Her Sister[]

Cure Tender, who is now under Queen Mirage's control, arrives to free Oresky, who is about to be purified by Happiness Big Bang. Cure Fortune is shocked when she sees her brainwashed sister, almost immediately recognizing her.^HCPC37 She tries to reach out to Tender, but Tender fails to hear her and keeps referring to herself as Queen Mirage's servant. Fortune, along with the others, changes into their Innocent Forms to fight Tender, and she continues to try to free her sister and help her remember who she really is. However, Queen Mirage always brings Tender back under control every time, despite Fortune's attempts. Tender is about to land a fatal blow on Fortune, when Lovely steps in to take the hit, reminding Fortune of how she stood in the way of Phantom's attack to protect her. When Fortune cries out as Mirage once again brings Tender back under her power, her feelings are able to awaken another power in the Shining Make Dresser, allowing the Cures to use Innocent Purification to free Tender. Soon after, they all de-transform, and Maria thanks everyone for helping her, and Iona is happy to be reunited with her.^HCPC38

Epilogue[]

After Cure Lovely defeated Red, and Blue parted ways with them, Iona and her friends returned to their normal lives. She questioned Hime if she ever wanted to return home, only for Hime to say that she wanted to stay to make more friends. Iona was relieved by this. Then Hime questioned her if she liked her, which made Iona annoyed yet happy. The last scene shows Iona chasing Hime, who runs happily to throw a crystal before walking to school with her.^HCPC49

Cure Fortune[]

"The star of hope that glitters in the night sky! Cure Fortune!"
夜空にきらめく希望の星! キュアフォーチュン!
Yozora ni kirameku kibō no hoshi! Kyua Fōchun!

Cure Fortune (キュアフォーチュン, Cure Fortune)^? is Iona's alter ego. She is represented by stars. At first she uses Cure Tender's PreChanMirror to transform. But later, Phantom destroys her PreCards and takes her PreChanMirror, so she can't transform. However later, Hime gives her all the PreCards to fulfill her wish. She wishes to become a Pretty Cure again to rescue her friends, and she receives her new transformation device, the Fortune Piano. She uses the Fortune Tambourine to attack instead of the LovePreBrace.

Transformation[]

The Fortune Piano opens up and a purple star shoots from it. Iona's hair lengthens and becomes a lighter shade of purple and she flashes her ring. She then jumps onto the first PreCard, with the other two inserted in before the door closes. She shouts her transformation phrase before playing the piano and her ring glows, initiating the sequence. She is seen in a light purple cape as stars pour out of the piano and start forming various parts of her outfit. She taps her head with the piano to form her hairpiece before jumping onto a giant purple heart, which forms the rest of her outfit. Her bow in the back appears before she does a couple of turns and poses, finishing her transformation.

Pine Arabian[]

Pine Arabian (パインアラビア, Pine Arabian)^? is a form that Cure Fortune can transform into, with the power of the PreCards. It is unknown when she received the cards for this form. In this form, she can use the attack Oriental Dream.

Anmitsu Komachi[]

Anmitsu Komachi (あんみつこまち, Anmitsu Komachi)^? is a form that Cure Fortune can transform into, with the power of the PreCards. This form represents Japanese traditional dance. In this form, she can use the attack Sakura Blizzard Dance.

Innocent Form[]

CureFortuneInnocent — Cure Fortune in her Innocent Form

Innocent Form (イノセントフォーム, Innocent Form)^? is Cure Fortune's upgraded form. In this form, she can use the attack Emerald Illusion. She first gained this form in episode 32.

Attacks[]

Stardust Shoot (スターダストシュート, Stardust Shoot)^?: Her first finisher that she could perform with her LovePreBrace.
Star Stream (スターストリーム, Star Stream)^?: Her second finisher.
Starlight Ascension (スターライトアセンション, Starlight Ascension)^?: Her third finisher, performed with the Fortune Tambourine.
Oriental Dream (オリエンタルドリーム, Oriental Dream)^?: Her main attack in her Pine Arabian form, performed with the Fortune Tambourine.
Sakura Blizzard Dance (さくらふぶきのまい, Sakura Blizzard Dance)^?: Her main attack in her Anmitsu Komachi form, performed with the Fortune Tambourine.
Happiness Big Bang (ハピネスビッグバン, Happiness Big Bang)^?: Her first group attack, which requires the Shining Make Dresser.
Emerald Illusion (エメラルドイリュージョン, Emerald Illusion)^?: Her individual attack using the power of the Shining Make Dresser, in her Innocent Form.
Innocent Purification (イノセントプリフィケーション, Innocent Purification)^?: Her second group attack with Lovely, Princess and Honey. They all must be in their Innocent Form, and it requires the Shining Make Dresser and Innocent Harmony Mic.
Cure Fortune also uses a number of her own sub-attacks: Cure Fortune Sub Attacks

Songs[]

Iona's voice actor, Tomatsu Haruka, has participated in several image songs for the character she voices. Many of them include duets with Nakajima Megumi, who voices Aino Megumi, Han Megumi, who voices Shirayuki Hime, and Kitagawa Rina, who voices Omori Yuko.

Holy Lonely Justice
Starlight

Duets[]

Happiness is the Password ~Yes! Happiness Charge!~ (Along with Nakajima Megumi, Han Megumi and Kitagawa Rina)
Where Courage is Born (Along with Nakajima Megumi, Han Megumi and Kitagawa Rina)
I believe. We believe. (Along with Han Megumi)
Innocent Harmony (Along with Nakajima Megumi, Han Megumi and Kitagawa Rina)

Trivia[]

Iona usually says "Transformation complete!" every time she uses a PreCard.
Iona, along with the other Happiness Charge Cures, appeared as Cure Fortune to give a special 10th Anniversary Congratulatory Message commemorating the 500th episode of the Pretty Cure franchise.
While one of Fortune's form changes is based on Japanese dance, the other, Pine Arabian, mirrors the distorted take on the Middle Eastern folk dance "Belly dance" by modern non-Middle Eastern people.
The outfit Iona wears in the movie is the same she is seen wearing briefly in the opening.
Iona lives with her grandfather, the karate dojo's head, while her parents live in America.