Ichijou Ranze (一条蘭世 )? is a minor character from HUGtto! Pretty Cure. Ranze is a junior actress, who considers Saaya as her rival.
In the last episode, she as a grownup finally achieves her dream career of becoming a successful actress.
Bio[]
Appearance[]
Ranze has sharp orange eyes and shoulder-length, thick wavy hair framing her face. Her bangs are entirely pulled back and held by a green headband.
Normally, she wears attire similar to a school uniform; a white top with a pale chiffon blazer over it that has pink buttons and collar, a light pink pleat skirt, dark grey tights, and black loafers.
Personality[]
Ranze is well known for her snobbery and self-pride. She usually disregards Saaya and desires to one up her, believing herself to be a better replacement. However, she is also known to be very diligent to accomplish her dream even without other's support, and has strong professionalism on whatever role she is given.
Relationships[]
- Yakushiji Saaya: Ranze has known Saaya since her childhood. She considers herself as Saaya's rival. However, she is saddened when she realizes Saaya later decides to become a doctor, although she does respect Saaya's decision.
History[]
During their childhood, Ranze and Saaya starred in a vegetable commercial. While Saaya played the vegetable girl, Ranze was given the role of the leek girl. Since then, Ranze had considered Saaya as her rival and had started to dislike leeks.
Ranze first debuts in episode 7, where she declares Saaya as her rival. During an audition, Ranze attempts to make her nervous by telling everyone else in the room that Saaya is the daughter of Yakushiji Reira, a famous actress, but Hana and Homare, disguised as flight attendants, crash the audition to wish her good luck, causing Ranze's plan to backfire. Continuing to be jealous of Saaya during the audition, she is turned into an Oshimaida by the then-Criasu Corporation member Ruru, though she is saved by the Cures. She is later chosen to be the demon instead of the angel, much to her dismay.
Ranze reappears in episode 26, where she is angry at Hana not remembering her but forcibly signs Hana's autographs anyway. She also has a guest appearance in the program Reira is in. Due to knowing she will be forced to eat leeks in the program, Ranze gets really frustrated, which causes her to become Gelos's victim, with her Prickly Powerer being used to summon a Mou Oshimaida. She reluctantly eats the dishes after she is restored to normal by the Cures.
Ranze again reappears in episode 44, where she and most of the film's cast members have been teleported to Listol's VR setting. In that world, Ranze is relegated to the role of a peasant, which she resents but still acts as her role. When Ranze realizes Saaya is going to quit acting, she is actually saddened and originally begs Saaya to work as both a doctor and an actress, but in the end she respects Saaya's decision. She promises Saaya that, as rivals, she will become a well-known actress by the time Saaya becomes a doctor, to which Saaya accepts.
In episode 49, Ranze has become a famous actress 12 years later, receiving an award from Reira.
Trivia[]
- She shares the same surname with Ichijo Kazuki, a minor character from Fresh Pretty Cure!, Ichijo Ranko from Go! Princess Pretty Cure, and Ichijo Rika from Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure.
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