Hyuuga Saki (日向咲)? is one of the two main Cures in Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star. She is a second-year student at Yuunagi Middle School and is in the same class as Mai and later Michiru and Kaoru.
Saki's alter egos are Cure Bloom (キュアブルーム)? and Cure Bright (キュアブライト)?, and she is known as the Pretty Cure of Flowers or Moon. Her catchphrase is "I'm in top form!" (絶好調なり!)?.
Her Pretty Cure partner is Cure Egret or Cure Windy.
Bio[]
Appearance[]
Saki has tanned skin and shoulder-length auburn hair with her bangs worn back in the center with a pink elastic band tying it. The rest of her bangs curve downwards at either side of her head, as the right bang has a small pink clip while the left bang is slightly swept upwards with a yellow star-shaped hair clip that has a cerise dot in the middle and a pink hair clip. Her round eyes are orange, and she has noticeably thick eyebrows. Saki normally wears a white shirt with pink horizontal stripes and collar and a single orange line on the cuffs and trimming, a light yellow hooded jacket that is zipped up a little with an orange cat design on the top left corner that has a blue heart design on top, a crimson skirt with pockets at the back, and pink sneakers hot pink hearts on the sides along with white socks either ankle length or knee length. At the right is a pale pink rectangular bag
During the summer, she wears a yellow T-shirt with a the same cat and heart print from her jacket on the front of said shirt, a short matching yellow collar with blue lining in the center, blue shorts with the same cat and heart design on the left pocket, and white flip-flops with flowers on top of orange straps.
During the winter, she wears her same jacket but has a fluffy trim on the hood and a yellow star on her left sleeve worn over by a black shirt with hot pink trimmings and collar with two light pink stripes on the chest, a khaki pleated mini skirt, black socks with yellow cuffs and pale-yellow cuffed lace up boots.
For softball practice, Saki normally wears a white slugger shirt worn over a red long-sleeved shirt with Y.J.H. printed on it, vermillion shorts, white socks with vermillion stripes, and vermillion and white sneakers.
In the movie, Saki wears a short bright yellow coat, black narrow trousers, and short cream-colored boots with lapels.
As a child, Saki wore a white T-shirt with pale blue trimming, pale-yellow ribbons on the sleeves, red trimming, and a heart on the chest. She also had hot pink knee length pants, and white slip-ons.
As an adult, Saki's hair is wavier and rests just below her chin, and is tied up by a pink shell-shaped clip with a yellow cross-shaped barrette and her retained pink hair clip. Her bangs are out of her face at the left and her hair has a lighter tinted ombre at the top. She wears a light yellow long-sleeved blouse with three pale green buttons on the right, a pale orange ribbon around her waist, a long dark blue skirt, and cream yellow sandalled flats. She also wears a necklace with a light orange sphere and a pair of pink earrings. She has a silver engagement ring adorned with a six-pointed star on her left hand's ring finger. Her skin is now whiter instead of tanned.
When being a baker, Saki wears an orange cap with the initials of PANPAKA Pan Bakery shaped like a red shell, a pair of dark blue gloves, an orange scarf, a white buttoned uniform and apron, fuchsia pants, and hot pink flats. She also ties her hair up into a mini ponytail.
Her alternative casual outfit as an adult includes hot pink earrings, a long-sleeved light orange blouse with a yellow collar, long beige pants, a brown satchel, and brown shoes.
As Cure Bloom, Saki's hair becomes more vibrant, being orange and growing in length, flaring out on the top and bottom with a messy bun at the top, worn with a yellow headband that has a hot pink heart-shaped gem lined with white and a small white pearl on top of it. Her bangs become more pointed at the tips with a few more strands, as said bangs split to the left. She gains gold heart-shaped earrings with a strand in front of them. She wears a fuchsia dress with purple navel and shorts. The top resembles a blouse with white curved lining and a swan-necked turtleneck, and pale yellow frills lining the short sleeves. At the center is a gold curved heart on a red ribbon with a yellow scalloped collar below, and pale green lace covers the collarbone. The skirt resembles a flower with its center split, lined with white as pointed pale yellow pleats jut below, a yellow belt with a crimson circular gem on each side, and a fuchsia heart with white framing in the middle. She gains mauve finger-less gloves and boots with pale pink soles and a pair of fuchsia leg warmers split at the bottom, accented with white ruffles at the bottom, spiky yellow frills on top, a red heart-shaped gem on the knee with yellow lining, and a white triangular accent below and pale yellow details to match her fuchsia arm warmers, which have white ruffled bands on top, spiky scalloped white trimming at the bottom, and a red scalloped heart-like accent with yellow lining below.
As Cure Bright, her dress turns pale yellow and gains a green bodice, the collarbone fabric now dark pink. Her ribbon turns yellow and the heart is red. Her sleeves become round and puffy and have a trim of white points, while her skirt grows out in length with an individual ruffled chiffon layer beneath it and green lining on said skirt. Her shorts are dark pink and she gains dark pink finger-less gloves beneath her pale yellow arm warmers, with the ruffled bands now white spiky lining at the top and bottom, and the gem on them now fuchsia with white lining. Her belt is dark pink with a yellow sphere-shaped buckle that has a small pink heart on the top left corner. Her leg warmers resemble her top with green lining at the bottom that points up at the center, and a yellow sphere with a pink heart in the center attached to a dark pink band inches from the top which is split and lined with thin white. Her boots turn gold with cream soles.
As Cure Rainbow Brighty Bloom, her hair brightens and grows out. Her outfit contains various elements from both her Cure Bloom and Cure Bright forms: her dress resembles her Cure Bloom form, as it is paler and the torso is cream, with the turtleneck pale pink and petal-shaped and the collar more spikened and pale cream with larger sleeves, and the skirt has light green lining and a grown out pale cream chiffon petticoat resembling her Cure Bright form. Her bow resembles her Cure Bright form and is more larger. Her arm and leg warmers also resemble said form with the arm warmers spikened with white lining and cuffs with pale pink frills jutting above, and the leg warmers' frills are spikier with the tops pale pink and the soles matching the color of her Cure Bloom form. The gem accents are cerise with an extra smaller heart below, and she gains small gold wings. Her headband now has a pale yellow bow behind her heart ornament.
Personality[]
Saki is a cheerful athletic girl and a member of Yuunagi Middle School's girls' softball team. Her family runs the PANPAKA Pan Bakery. She is very energetic and optimistic girl whose hopeful nature often inspires or encourages others. She is bored easily on subjects she isn't interested in. She is selfless and kind but has a short temper at times. While she is good at baking delicious bread, she seems to struggle with making other things.
As an adult, Saki briefly has doubts about herself, as she does not want to let her loved ones down. However, she is encouraged by Mai to be honest with herself and others again.
Relationships[]
- Mishou Mai: Saki's closest friend. They met five years prior to the series but didn't really get the chance to talk. They become best friends rather quickly, and grow closer by helping Flappy and Choppy.
- Flappy: Saki's fairy partner. Although they sometimes argue, they still care for each other, and Saki is always there to protect and aid Flappy.
- Hyuuga Minori: Saki's younger sister, who she shares a bedroom with. They usually get along, but sometimes Minori can be mischievous with or around Saki. Saki can be stern with her if she feels it's necessary, which can hurt Minori's feelings at their worst. However, Saki still loves her sister very much.
- Mishou Kazuya: Mai's older brother, who Saki becomes immediately infatuated with upon their first meeting, when she was late for school. She often blushes in front of him. He seems to like her, but as nothing more then his younger sister's friend. After becoming an adult, Saki no longer has a crush on Kazuya.
- Hoshino Kenta: Saki's oldest close friend, they grew up together and have a good relationship. They usually joke and taunt each other. Though Kenta seems to have a short fuse with Saki, he also has a crush on her that she doesn't notice.
Etymology[]
Hyuuga (日向)?: Hyuu (日)? translates to sun, and ga (向)? translates to facing; toward. The two kanji can also mean sunny place or in the sun when used in normal speech rather than as a surname, in which case they are pronounced hinata. This could be a reference to Saki being compared to a sunflower many times throughout the season, and also in relation to brightness, which is represented by her Cure Bright persona.
Saki (咲)?: Comes from the verb saku (咲く)?, meaning for a flower to smile, or to bloom, referring to her alter ego Cure Bloom and her flower-based powers.[1]
Cure Bloom means "a flower of a plant" but can also mean "to flourish" as a verb.[2]
Cure Bright means "shining."[3]
History[]
Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star[]
One day, when Saki is eating her ice cream wafer, Mai shows up suddenly at the Sky Tree. The girls feel as though they had met before, when Flappy and Choppy suddenly fall from the sky and confirm their thoughts, revealing that Saki and Mai actually met each other at a festival five years ago. But before the fairies can further explain to both girls, Saki's younger sister Minori shows up, so Saki is forced to leave. She returns later to see Mai still at the tree, before being attacked by Karehan. Vowing to protect Flappy and Choppy, Saki and Mai become Cure Bloom and Cure Egret, respectively.
As the series progresses, she becomes close friends with Mai, and also forms a close bond with Flappy.
Later in the series, she befriends Michiru and Kaoru, but finds out they are part of Dark Fall. She, along with Saki, tries to save them from the Dark Fall's pursuit as they are hunted as traitors, despite being unable to reverse Michiru and Kaoru's fate.
After saving Michiru and Kaoru, Saki and Mai head to the Dark Fall one last time to defeat Goyan. During the final battle, Goyan keeps getting stronger, and both Bloom and Egret's attacks are to no avail. During this fight, Cure Bright partially lends her power to Michiru, and reverts to Cure Bloom. Bloom, along with Egret, then uses their final attack Spiral Heart Splash Star to defeat Goyan once and for all. After this battle, Saki and Mai promise to venture into their futures together.
Kibou no Chikara ~Otona Pretty Cure '23~[]
Years later, Saki has become a baker at her family's bakery. She also meets up with Mai in-person for the first time in years at Cafe and Bar Time. Both she and Mai then reunite with the Yes! 5 girls.KnCOPC03 She has also gotten engaged to a man she met at culinary school. KnCOPC04
When running her family business near Mai's company, Saki notices that Mai is feeling down. She then picks Mai up with her food truck, and takes her to a rundown housing estate where she used to offer her service to. Saki learns that Mai wants to break up with her boyfriend. She then tells Mai that marriage is a tough matter that needs thorough consideration, and thinks that Mai doesn't need to rush herself. She then comes to the conclusion that Mai doesn't have the same worries as others, which helps Mai to make up her mind. Saki is then attacked by Shadows, but fortunately she is saved by Bunbee and later Syrup. Saki then agrees to assist the Yes! 5 girls after they tell her and Mai about the Shadows.KnCOPC04
Saki is later stressed about telling her parents and fiancé about her desire to study aboard in France, fearing that she would disappoint them. The following day, Mai takes her to the Sky Tree, where Saki finally tells Mai about her concerns. She is then advised by Mai to be honest with herself and her family. After being protected by Michiru and Kaoru from Bell, Saki breaks down, telling Mai can't be the way she was as a teenager anymore due to her adult responsibilities. However, with Mai's encouragement, both Saki and Mai are able to transform into Pretty Cure again. Saki is finally able to reveal to her parents and fiancé about her decision, and they all support her. Saki then discovers that Michiru and Kaoru are actually Dark Night Light with her friends.KnCOPC09
At first, Saki is hesitant to transform after learning the detrimental effects of the Time Flowers. However, she transforms again after sensing Mai's determination.KnCOPC10After the final battle against the Shadows, Saki heads to France to study aboard, and has made some new friends, while still keeping in contact with Mai.KnCOPC12
Cure Bloom[]
輝く金の花、キュアブルーム！
Kagayaku kin no hana, Kyua Burūmu!
Cure Bloom
Cure Bloom (キュアブルーム)? is Saki's alter ego, blessed with the power of the earth. In order to transform, she and Mai need their fairy partners Flappy and Choppy who turns into Mix Communes. Like the previous seasons, they need to hold hands to transform and launch a group attack.
Cure Bloom can engage in physical combat, set up energy shields, fly freely using spiritual power, and is protected by a passive force field. Cure Bloom runs on the ground more often due to her abilities pertaining to the earth. Her spiritual powers take the form of solar light, and Cure Bloom exhibits a golden aura. Cure Bloom bears the Flower symbol from Flappy on the back of her gloves. These symbols are always used for launching a group attack and retained when they attain their second form.
As shown from one of the movies, Cure Bloom's image attack is the Bloom Shield.
Cure Bright[]
天空に満ちる月、キュアブライト！
Tenkū ni michiru tsuki, Kyua Buraito!
Cure Bright
Cure Bright (キュアブライト)? is Cure Bloom's alternative form that she obtains halfway through the series. She gets her spiritual power from the moon, which is collected by Moop and used by Flappy. Cure Bright has a yellow and green outfit. Cure Bright's outfit coloring scheme is significantly different from Cure Bloom's, but the design is quite similar. Saki and Mai arrive at the Dark Fall to rescue Flappy and Choppy, only to find them seriously injured. The spirits Moop and Foop heal them, upgrading them from the Mix Commune Set to the Crystal Commune Set and allowing Saki to become Cure Bright.
Flappy and Choppy still retain their ability to collect spiritual power from the earth and the sky after this upgrade, so the girls can freely choose and switch between the two forms. Their two forms look different and bear different Cure titles, but they are actually two different representations of the same transformation, and the girls can only access two of the four powers available to them in either form. Saki fights more frequently as Cure Bright in the later half of the show, and fights as Cure Bright for three of the four episodes for the final battle.
Cure Rainbow Brighty Bloom[]
Cure Rainbow Brighty Bloom
Cure Rainbow Brighty Bloom (キュアレインボーブライティブルーム)? is an upgrade Saki gains in Pretty Cure All Stars DX 2: Kibou no Hikari - Rainbow Jewel o Mamore!, which is a combined form of Cure Bloom and Cure Bright. Together with the others' upgrades, the group of seventeen girls form the group Cure Rainbow. [4]
Attacks[]
- Twin Stream Splash (ツインストリーム・スプラッシュ)?: is the first attack that she can performs with Egret.
- Spiral Heart Splash (スプイラル ハート スプラッシュ)?: is the upgraded version of Twin Stream Splash. To perform it she and Egret need the Spiral Rings.
- Spiral Star Splash (スパイラルスタースプラッシュ)?: is the attack that resemble Spiral Heart Splash. To perform it, she and Mai have to transform into Cure Bright and Cure Windy and need the Spiral Rings.
- Spiral Heart Splash Star (スパイラル ハート スプラッシュ スター)?: is the final attack that she used along with Egret, Michiru and Kaoru against Goyan.
Songs[]
Saki's voice actor, Kimoto Orie, has participated in several image songs for the character she voices. Many of them include duets with Enomoto Atsuko, who voices Mishou Mai.
Group Songs[]
- Bicycle (Along with Enomoto Atsuko)
- Leave It To Us★Splash☆Star★ (Along with Enomoto Atsuko)
- Ganbalance de Dance (Saki & Mai version) (Along with Enomoto Atsuko)
- Girl's Work (Along with Enomoto Atsuko)
- Forever, Forever...Right (Along with Enomoto Atsuko, Yamaguchi Kappei and Matsuki Miyu)
- Yes! Pretty Cure Smile♪ ~Towards the Dream~ (Along with Enomoto Atsuko and Uchiyae Yuka)
- Pa!tto Sunny Sunny Jump♪ (Along with Enomoto Atsuko, Gojo Mayumi, and Uchiyae Yuka)
- Pretty Cure・Memory (NewStage3 Version) (Along with Honna Yoko, Sanpei Yuko, Oki Kanae, Nana Mizuki, Koshimizu Ami, Fukuen Misato, Nabatame Hitomi, and Nakajima Megumi)
Trivia[]
- Saki's birthday is on August 7th. Therefore, Saki's zodiac is Leo.
- Saki also shares her birthday with Inukai Iroha from Wonderful Pretty Cure!, therefore making Saki and Iroha the first two Pretty Cures to share a birthday.
- Saki shares her given name with Sakuragawa Saki, a minor character in Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure.
- As a Pretty Cure, she is the first lead Cure whose theme color is:
- Pink as Cure Bloom.
- Thus starting the traditional trademark color for most of the lead Cures (with the exceptions to this being Cure Summer, and Cure Sky).
- Yellow as Cure Bright.
- Pink as Cure Bloom.
- Several times in the season, Saki's love for food makes her mistake the villain's words for food. For example, she called Karehan "Curry Bun" (カレーパン karē pan,? "curry-filled bread") because her mother was going to make curry for dinner.
- Saki's blood type is O.
- Saki, along with Mai, is the first Cure to:
- Spell their first name in kanji.
- Have two Pretty Cure aliases instead of one (Bloom and Bright).
- Experience a romantic relationship as an adult.
- Saki is also the first Cure to have gotten engaged to a romantic partner.
- Saki's favorite food is chocolate cornets.
- In the Pretty Cure All Stars Suite Flower Card Collection, Saki is represented by the poppy, which symbolizes a soothing and girlish personality in the Language of Flowers.
- Saki appeared as Cure Bloom as cameo for anniversaries of the Pretty Cure franchise:
- First, to give the 10th anniversary congratulatory message at the beginning of episode 23 of Happiness Charge Pretty Cure!.
- Later, Bloom appears before the second ending from the episode 25 of Hirogaru Sky! Pretty Cure.
Gallery[]
- Main Page: Hyuuga Saki/Image Gallery
References[]
- ↑ Jim Breen's WWWJDIC
- ↑ https://www.dictionary.com/browse/bloom
- ↑ https://www.dictionary.com/browse/bright
- ↑ Precure: WHAT A SURPRISE, plus a reminder by stupendous LiveJournal (2010-03-20) Retrieved 2010-03-20.
| V • EFutari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star characters | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cures | Hyuuga Saki/Cure Bloom/Cure Bright • Mishou Mai/Cure Egret/Cure Windy | |
| Mascots | Flappy • Choppy • Moop • Foop | |
| Dark Fall | Karehan • Moerumba • Dorodoron • Ms. Shitataare • Kintoleski • Goyan • Uzaina • Akudaikan • Kiryuu Kaoru • Kiryuu Michiru | |
| Others | Hyuuga Daisuke • Hyuuga Saori • Hyuuga Minori• Mishou Kanako • Mishou Kouichirou • Mishou Kazuya • Hoshino Shizue • Hoshino Kengo • Hoshino Kenta • Miyasako Manabu • Andou Kayo • Korone • Princess Filia • Itou Hitomi • Outa Yuuko • Takeuchi Ayano • Izumida • Shinohara-sensei • Other minor characters | |
| Movie only | Sirloin • Hours • Minutes | |