Shirayuki Hime

Shirayuki Hime (白雪ひめ)^?, born Himelda Window Cure Queen of the Blue Sky (ヒメルダ・ウインドウ・キュアクイーン・オブ・ザ・ブルースカイ)^?, is one of the four main Cures in Happiness Charge Pretty Cure!. She's a second-year student at Pikarigaoka Middle School and is in the same class as Megumi and Yuko.

Her alter ego is Cure Princess (キュアプリンセス, Cure Princess)^?. Her two alternate forms are Sherbet Ballet (シャーベットバレエ, Sherbet Ballet)^? and Macadamia Hula Dance (マカダミアフラダンス, Macadamia Hula Dance)^?. Her symbols are circles, the Moon, the Sun and feathers.

Bio[]

Appearance[]

Hime has big, nautical blue eyes and long, marine blue hair flared out with fluffy bangs and forelocks, vaguely giving it a resemblance to a hime-cut, and noticeably thick eyebrows. She wears a short white dress with long sleeves and accents of pastel yellow. Her second skirt layer has bows spread inches apart, along with a light blue bow around the waist. She wears a necklace with flower and bow ornaments. Her white shoes have a ribbon around the ankle. For summer, she wears a light blue and white dress with puffy sleeves and a magenta ribbon on the waist. She also wears white sandals with flowers on top, a necklace with two flowers, and a ribbon around her left wrist.

As Cure Princess, her eyes lighten and her hair becomes pastel blue, growing in length and worn in a pair of twin-tails with curled tips. She gains a gold crown and blue bow hair ornament, and circular earrings. She wears a white top with winged sleeves beneath a dark navy vest with gold detail. The lapel is light blue and the vest is trimmed with white ruffles, on the back is a small pair of pale blue wings. On the chest is a short blue and white tie with a gold heart and ribbon brooch. Her light blue pleat skirt has a frilly white petticoat. She also gains pearl blue wrist pieces lined by white frills, white heeled boots with a gold lined cuff and blue bow, and dark blue stockings.

In Sherbet Ballet form, her hair thins and is worn in two curled segments with the remainder pulled into a big, heart-shaped bun held by a pearl blue scrunchie with a blue heart. She gains makeup, wing earrings, and a pearl blue choker with a wing ornament. Her indigo ballerina dress has a dark blue heart on the chest with wings, accenting the scalloping and wing-like frills lining the gold band around the navel, a sapphire droplet hanging from the center. The skirt is in two alternatively scalloped layers, the bottom lighter than the top. She also gains white tights, indigo ballet slippers with a pale indigo bow, and puffed, pale indigo sleeves with gold cuff and a single matching bracelet.

In Macadamia Hula Dance form, her twin tails are braided with a small portion left loose and flared out, the forelocks are very skinny. She wears a white flower on each side of the head and gets butterfly earrings. Her dress is white with a ruffled neckline and bottom, with pale yellow and light green detail, and a green heart on the chest. Her skirt resembles two layers of light green flower petals, decorated with several white and green flowers and a single green bow with another flower on it. Her heels are green and she gains flower anklets and a single flower bracelet.

In her Innocent Form, her thicker hair turns pearl blue and the tips resemble a wing, her forelocks no longer loose. Her hair ornament is replaced by a white ribbon with a gold heart, and she wears a full face of makeup. Her outfit consists of a ruffled white top with a scalloped bow on the chest and a 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 opera gloves are trimmed with wing-like frills to match her knee boots, which have a ribbon on top. On her back is a large, translucent pastel blue ribbon.

Personality[]

Hime is a spoiled fashionista who became a Cure to save the Blue Sky Kingdom. Despite her brave decision, she is easily scared and tries to escape from danger in the middle of fights. Because of her shyness, she never had friends until meeting Aino Megumi. Hime is also stubborn and headstrong, and can be impatient and determined, as shown in episode 23, when she tries to persuade Iona to instantly accept their offer to join their team. She can also be forceful and at times selfish, once hurrying the girls back to the embassy due to being hungry.

Hime is often shown to have a wild imagination of sorts. In one instance, she imagines that Cure Lovely is splitting up the Happiness Charge Pretty Cure team in favor of a new partnership with Cure Fortune.^HCPC20She also imagines Yuko, who was taking care of Phantom, hugging Phantom romantically when she eavesdrops on the two.^HCPC31

Relationships[]

Aino Megumi: Due to her shyness, Hime never had a friend before Megumi. They share a love for fashion and have been close friends since they met. At one point, when it was revealed that Hime opened Axia, Hime thought Megumi was replacing her with Fortune, but Megumi tearfully announced that she was Hime's precious friend.
Omori Yuko: They met at the park when she was depressed. They eventually became friends in episode 4. Yuko loves to give Hime her homemade honey candy to make her happy.
Ribbon: Megumi and Hime's mascot partner. Ribbon acts like a strict mother/guardian figure towards Hime, so they tend to bicker over things like Hime's eating habits and health. She cares about Ribbon greatly.
Blue: Her master who always advises and instructs her. She appears to have a rather friendly or sibling-like relationship with him.
Hikawa Iona: They seem to have known each other prior to the beginning of the series. Before episode 22, Fortune held a grudge against her and refused to do anything with her. In episode 20, Iona reveals that Hime opened Axia, which had Maria get captured by Phantom. She even goes as far as saying Hime doesn't deserve to be a Cure. Despite all that, Princess gives Iona the PreCards she collected as an apology for what she did, putting Iona's wish to save her sister over her own wish to save her kingdom. After finally defeating Phantom, she apologizes for her cold actions towards Hime and agrees to join the team. In episode 23, the two of them formed a stronger bond after going on a shopping trip and defeating Saiarks. Hime told Iona she was lured into opening Axia because of a voice she overheard from it, which made Iona regret taking her rage out on 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 met when Megumi introduced her to him. She used to think she had a crush on him, but realized she only liked that he saved her, and that she misunderstood her feelings.
Prince Zeke: She met Prince Zeke in the movie. Hime fell in love with him, but those feelings were crushed when she found out he was a doll and forms a relationship with Tsumugi.

Etymology[]

Shirayuki (白雪, Shirayuki)^?: Shira (白) means "white" and Yuki (雪) means "snow". Together, Shirayuki (白雪) is "snow white", or "white snow", which, when used collectively with Hime (白雪姫 Shirayuki-hime) is the Japanese name given to Snow White from the European folk tale.

Hime (ひめ, Hime)^?: Hime (姫) means "princess", which refers to her title as the princess of the Blue Sky Kingdom, and her alter ego, Cure Princess. The name might also be related to the German word "Himmel" meaning "sky".

Cure Princess refers to a princess, a daughter of a king or queen, ready to take their position when it is her time, which befits Hime's status as a princess.

History[]

Meeting Megumi, and First Win[]

With Queen Mirage destroying her kingdom, Cure Princess deals with fighting a Saiark, which was summoned by Namakelder. Having this challenge, Princess finds it hard to defeat it, and yet fails to win, de-transforming as a result. However, before the Saiark wins, Cure Fortune appears, and easily defeats the Saiark with Stardust Shoot. Finding Hime useless, Fortune harshly scolds Hime and leaves. Hime cannot keep her sadness and bursts into tears, feeling like she cannot do anything. Later on, on the Earth embassy of Blue Sky Kingdom, Blue appears, while Hime has it hard to win and becomes selfish. As Blue arrives, he gives her a crystal to determine her new partner and friend.

HCPC01 Hime about to transform in front of Megumi — Hime about to transform in front of Megumi.

With the crystal, Hime transforms and throws it from the top of a building, as a result, the crystal lands in Aino Megumi's hands, a girl who is cheerful, and yet a fan of the Pretty Cures. Hime then decides to follow Megumi, to see what type of person she is. Doing this, she explores her friends, as well as her characteristics. Still following, Ribbon finds this annoying, and succeeds at making both girls meet face to face. As a result, both girls admire fashion, and get along fast. Still talking together, Namakelder appears at another place, and summons another Saiark, and both girls go on the scene, however both find it hard, with Princess losing, as about to get killed, Megumi gets in her way, and tells that she will not let the Saiark kill her friend, feeling the power, the crystal she regained, shines, and transforms onto the PreCards, and PreChanMirror. Using both items, Megumi transforms into Cure Lovely, and starts to fight the Saiark along with Princess.^HCPC01

Still fighting, both girls find it hard to fight, and they escape because of Princess' fear of losing and getting injured. Hime shows Megumi the embassy of Blue Sky Kingdom, and both girls enter, as Hime tells her things that she cannot win, and that Pretty Cures cannot do everything. Both girls then have a hard time accepting the same thing, resulting into a fight. However, Blue appears and stops them, telling the story of how the Saiarks were born, as well as Namakelder and the other members of Phantom Empire, as someone opened the a box called Axia, resulting in the enemies being freed. While he told the story to Megumi, Hime stood alone, and felt guilty.

HCPC02.04 — Hime and Megumi promise to each other.

Yet, she then left by running away, and Megumi tried to follow her, but could not. Ribbon found the situation in danger, explained the weak points of Hime, and with the power of the cards, Megumi transforms onto a detective, and finds clues about Hime, finding her standing alone. There, both girls reunite by both promising that they will fight together every time. Following that, both girls find Namakelder and his Saiark and transform to fight them, however, Saiark appear, but with both powers, both girls defeat all the Saiark, and easily purify the Saiarks with Princess' Blue Happy Shoot, while Lovely kept wounding the Saiark. With the Saiark defeated, Princess celebrates her first win, and both girls get more PreCards.^HCPC02

Spoiled Identity[]

With the first win, both girls benefit as Megumi enjoys her new outfit, while Hime is happy to finally have found a friend. Later, Blue gives both girls the Cure Line, serving as a purpose for both of them to keep in contact, and also tells them not to spoil their identity or else it could become a danger to the people they know. As both girls leave Blue, Hime tells Megumi the way she is enjoying being a part of the special secret; however, she does not notice that Seiji, Megumi's friend, is standing behind them and suddenly asks them what the secret is about. Both girls become frozen in shock as Hime hides behind Megumi, and also hides Ribbon squeezing her too much resulting on her to break free. Seiji then notices Ribbon, and asks Megumi what it is; however, Seiji becomes annoyed from the way both girls are looking at him while he asks questions, and leaves off. Megumi becomes relieved, but Hime and Ribbon become concerned as he may become more suspicious.

The same day, in the evening, Megumi's mother asks Megumi to invite Seiji and Mao. But they arrive sooner, and Seiji comes over at the kitchen to open something their mother gave them as she is away for a while, resulting in Megumi's mother inviting them over also the next day. Seiji, Mao, Megumi, and her mother start eating together, and after dinner, Seiji does the dishes, but makes Megumi still shocked as he mentions "Pretty Cure" and "secret". Next, Megumi decides to take a shower, and as she wears her pajamas, the Cure Line goes off and Megumi goes outside in the balcony. Hime suddenly shouts at Megumi as she should be aware she did not spoil it. Later, Seiji comes to the balcony right next to Megumi's and she asks him if he heard her, but Seiji replies to Megumi that she is terrible with secrets, and he does not care.

The next day in the morning, Seiji goes out for a jog, and spots some Choiarks bullying an old woman, and while trying to prevent that, he gets targeted instead and brutally beaten up. While Megumi and Hime get called by Ribbon that there is something in the Park turning things into sweets, both girls use their PreCards and become with roller skaters to hurry down at the scene. With their arrival, they spot Hosshiwa scolding Seiji for interrupting her tea time, and Choiarks, and a Saiark. Megumi suddenly decides to transform, even though Hime says not to do so, but Megumi goes on as she says that it does not matter anymore. Cure Lovely becomes angry and uses Lovely Explosion Bomb to hurt the Choiarks and finishes them by changing into Cherry Flamenco and performing Passion Dynamite. In order to defeat the Saiark, both girls work together, as Cure Princess does Princess Tornado as weak point, and Cure Lovely performs Pinky Love Shoot to purify the Saiark. As an end comes to Hosshiwa's creations, she leaves off and everything becomes good again.

Back at Blue, with Seiji knowing the secret of Megumi and Hime, Blue gives him a Cure Line in order to be as a help to the girls.^HCPC03

Opening Axia[]

Iona revealed that Hime is the one who open the box that allowed Queen Mirage and her group to conquer Blue Sky Kingdom and set their sight to Earth and also blame her for the defeat of Tender. After horrified of learning the truth, Hime runs away because she fears that Megumi and Yuko will despise her. When she sees Lovely and Fortune rubbing Ribbon's nose, she fears that Lovely has turned on her and runs away again before Lovely could say anything.^HCPC20 When Megumi caught up with her, she still believes that she prefers Iona over her, but Megumi tells her that it wasn't true and adds that she's still Hime's friend, despite what happened in the past. ^HCPC21 Hime soon admits to Iona that she opened Axia because she overheard a sad voice begging to be released. Iona asks her why she didn't say that in the first place, to which Hime replies that she did try to explain, but Iona never gave her a chance to speak. Later, Hosshiwa appears with two Saiarks, making it difficult for Fortune to fight them alone. Fortunately, Princess arrives just in time, and together, they manage to battle the Saiarks. Fortune purifies them using Starlight Ascension. After the fight, Fortune expresses her gratitude to Princess for saving her, and the two girls share a congratulatory moment. Following this, they celebrate at the embassy with a party, enjoying a cake adorned with figurines of the Cures, Ribbon, and Glasan. This experience strengthens Hime's friendship with Iona. ^HCPC23

Her First Cultural Festival And Receiving Her Innocent Form[]

All the students are busy decorating the school for the culture festival. Hime helps chop green onions and shares her excitement about the festival. She offers to help Megumi with the welcome gate but accidentally smashes her finger while hammering. After treating her wound, she feels unhelpful and is encouraged by Iona and Ribbon to consider others’ feelings. Iona reads Hime’s fortune, predicting good luck ahead.

Hime encounters the student council president while assisting him with posters, and they bond over the festival preparations. Later, while serving food in their tea house, Namakelder disrupts the festivities by capturing the president and unleashing a Festival Saiark. Hime transforms into Cure Princess to fight.

With the help of her friends, they defeat the Saiark, and Princess gains her Innocent Form during the battle. Afterward, she returns to the tea house to help, excited about how well the festival is going. ^HCPC34

Restoration Of Blue Sky Kingdom[]

Princess with her parents — Princess emotionally hugging her parents.

From episode 41 to episode 42, Hime joins her friends on freeing Blue Sky Kingdom from the reign of Queen Mirage. With the three generals vanishing and Queen Mirage turning over a new leaf, her kingdom is restored. She is then reunited with her parents and cries in their embrace. ^HCPC44

Epilogue[]

After Cure Lovely defeated Red and Blue parted ways with them, Hime and her friends return to their normal lives. Iona asks Hime if she ever wanted to return to Blue Sky Kingdom, but Hime replies that she wanted to stay in Pikarigaoka to make more friends. Then, Hime asks Iona if she liked her, which makes Iona feel both annoyed and happy at the same time. The final scene shows Iona chasing after Hime, who happily runs ahead to throw a crystal before they walk to school together. ^HCPC49

Cure Princess[]

"The blue wind dancing in the sky! Cure Princess!"
天空に舞う青き風！キュアプリンセス！！
Tenkū ni mau aoki kaze! Kyua Purinsesu!

Cure Princess (キュアプリンセス, Cure Princess)^? is Hime's alter ago. She is represented by circles, and crowns when transforming. Although she appears to do duo transformations with Cure Lovely, Hime could individually transform by saying, "Kawarunrun! Pretty Cure Kururin Mirror Change!". When a direct hit wounds Cure Princess, she de-transforms in between both forms, giving her Hime's appearance but wrapped in a shining blue fabric.

Transformation[]

The transformation begins with Hime's PreChanMirror opening up, with her reflection in the mirror. Her hair then brightens and is styled into twin-tails before she leaps onto the first PreCard, with the other two overlapping. Hime pushes the cards into the mirror and shouts the transformation phrase as the mirror lights up. She is then seen in a light blue cape as light blue hearts surround her, forming various parts of her outfit. After a few parts appear, she jumps onto a giant light blue heart, which forms the rest of her outfit. She removes the cape and then her wings appear on the back and she places the PreChanMirror on her hip, which becomes encased in a bag. She then grabs one last heart, forming her LovePreBrace before completing the transformation.

Sherbet Ballet[]

Sherbet Ballet (シャーベットバレエ, Sherbet Ballet)^? is a form which Cure Princess could transform into, with the power of the PreCards. Most of Sherbet Ballet's powers involve ice, as well as having its own attack, Arabesque Shower.

Macadamia Hula Dance[]

Hcpc.aloha.ending — Macadamia Hula Dance

Macadamia Hula Dance (マカダミアフラダンス, Macadamia Hula Dance)^? is a form which Cure Princess could transform into, with the power of the PreCards. Most of Macadamia Hula Dance's powers involve flowers, as well as having its own attack, Hawaiian Alohaloe.

Innocent Form[]

InnocentPrincess — Cure Princess in her Innocent Form

Innocent Form (イノセントフォーム, Innocent Form)^? is Cure Princess' upgraded form. In this form, she can use the attack Princess Windy Wink. She first gained this form in episode 34.

Attacks[]

Blue Happy Shoot (ブルーハッピーシュート, Blue Happy Shoot)^?: Her solo finisher, where she uses her LovePreBrace, and with the power of a circle, she purifies the enemy.
Arabesque Shower (アラベスクシャワー, Arabesque Shower)^?: Her attack in her Sherbet Ballet form.
Hawaiian Alohaloe (ハワイアンアロハロエ, Hawaiian Alohaloe)^?: Her attack in her Macadamia Hula Dance form.
Twin Miracle Power Shoot (ツインミラクルパワーシュート, Twin Miracle Power Shoot)^?: Her finisher with Cure Lovely.
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
Princess Windy Wink (プリンセスウィンディウィンク, Princess Windy Wink)^?: 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, Honey and Fortune. They all must be in their Innocent Form, and it requires the Shining Make Dresser and Innocent Harmony Mic.
Cure Princess also uses a number of her own sub-attacks: Cure Princess Sub Attacks

Songs[]

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

New arrival
Princess・Story

Duets[]

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

Trivia[]

Hime's birthday is on April 1^st, making her Zodiac sign Aries. Her birthday falls on April Fools' Day.
- Her birthday was revealed during the 10th anniversary fan meeting of Happiness Charge. ^[1]
- According to Han Megumi, her voice actress, her date was set due to the date being a word play. The first syllables of her last name and first name Shirayuki Hime ("し" (4)らゆき"ひ" (1)め, Shirayuki Hime)^?, making the number 41 in Japanese.
Cure Princess is the only Happiness Charge Cure who wears pigtails in her Cure form. Lovely, Honey, and Fortune all wear ponytails in their Cure forms.
Hime, along with the other Happiness Charge Cures, appeared as Cure Princess to give a special 10th anniversary congratulatory message commemorating the 500th episode of the Pretty Cure franchise.
When Cure Princess performs Hawaiian Alohaloe in All Stars Memories, she is in her normal Cure costume instead of her Macadamia Hula Dance form.
A running gag consists of Hime getting too close to the screen when she is screaming or singing, showing off a figure of herself inside her mouth.^HCPC01^HCPC05 ^HCPC07 ^HCPC09 ^HCPC13 ^HCPC20 ^HCPC21 ^HCPC23 ^HCPC34 This gag is sometimes used with Megumi, ^HCPC01 ^HCPC14 ^HCPC49 Iona, and Hiro Takuma.^HCPC14
Her parents are the king and queen of Blue Sky Kingdom. She is also notably very similar to her mother in terms of her physical appearance, especially their hair color. ^HCPC15
As Hime's birth name is not actually Hime, instead being Himelda Window Cure Queen of the Blue Sky, she has the longest civilian name in all of Pretty Cure, despite the name not being used in the show.