Asuka Eri

Asukamura Masayoshi Erika (明日香村正義エリカ) or simply "Asuka Eri" is a half American half Japanese fourteen-year-old girl. Eri is funny and friendly, Eri loves action and a lot of fighting, but she does not like when the stronger ones are beating the weaker, and that makes her have a strong sense of justice. She has always trained karate with her grandfather, and she uses her fighting skills only to do good and to defend herself, never with the intention of hurting an innocent. Eri's catchphrase is ____is like arm, some peoples not have (____は腕のようであり、一部の人々は持っていない).

Eri's Pretty Cure Alter-ego is Cure Fight. As Cure Fight, Eri gets very stronger and her fighting skills are improved, getting almost perfect. Cure Fight is represented by diamonds and fighting games, especially those of the Street Fighter franchise. Her theme colour is white and she prefers to use body techniques.

Personality
Eri is a 14 years old girl who is very good in sports and play videogames but not is good in studies. She train karate with her grandfathers. Eri is very funny and loves fighting games. Eri is very loyal to her family and friends, she also protect the weak and help who needs. She believes that fight is a way to protect yourself and hate peoples who use the fight to hurt the others. Eri is funny and friendly, she can sometimes be a bit insensitive and talk things without thinking about how others will feel about it. Her best and childhood friend is Yoshida Momoko and they know each others since they are children. Eri loves action and a lot of fighting, but she does not like when the stronger ones are beating the weaker, and that makes her have a strong sense of justice. She has always trained karate with her grandfather, and she uses her fighting skills only to do good and to defend herself, never with the intention of hurting an innocent.

Appearance
Eri has a brown hair that is shoulder-length and also is a braid that is seen lying over her left shoulder. Her bangs are brushed to the right side. She also has dark green eyes. Eri wears a gray, short sleeve shirt, over a long-sleeved blouse with red and black stripes. In her shirt says "Gamer". She also wears a black short skirt with a dark red leggings and black tennis shoes. She also use white diamond-shaped earrings and a black collar with a diamond-shaped pendant. Her Video Game Club uniform is mainly white and cream-colour.

For the summer, she wears a sleeveless shirt, the colors are red on top with black polka dots on top that don't pass the line. The bottom, have a line that is of dark green colour and is shaped like a lying, crescent moon, below the line is green with light green stripes on the vertical that do not touch the red. She wears a light gray shorts that are a little torn and also has pockets on the back and also in front, she also wears sandals that have high heels, cream-colour on bottom and brown on top.

As Cure Fight she hair grow longer and turns into blonde. On her forehead, she wears a long red headband. A sleeveless, white gi top with a dark blue shirt under the gi and a black martial arts belt. Also comes with dark blue leggings, white kogal-style leg warmers and dark red tennis shoes. Her accessories consisting into dark blue fingerless gloves, with "Justice" write in kanji, her GamePact keep into a white bag on her waist and diamond-shaped earrings and a black nacklace with a diamond-shaped pendant.

Relationship
Yoshida Momoko - Eri and Momoko are childhood friends and do almost everything together. Even if they do not agree on a few things, their relationship is stable and can easily be fixed, even if sometimes they get into serious fight and it's a little harder for them to get it right, for Eri does not like to think about the situation and always want that she is right, not wanting to apologize.

Hayato Ayame - Ayame and Eri have a good relationship between them. Since episode 07, Eri has come to call Ayame "Miki-rida", and unlike Mari-da and Ki-rida / Pirra-rida, she continues to call Ayame of Miki-rida. Eri likes to be performing in front of Ayame, especially in the short "Sing a Song" and in the song "When everything is over"

Cure Fight
Cure Fight is the Eri's pretty cure alter ego. She is super strong and transforms with the phrase, "Press Start, Pretty Cure!". Her basic attack is White Punch. Different from her teammates, she is stronger and is good into punch and kicks.

Cure Fight can perform an attack called White Punch, though with the GameStick. with the Rainbow Card, she can perform a group attack called Rainbow Renovation and in her Rainbow Form she can perform other group attack called "Hope Rainbow"

Rainbow Form
Rainbow Form (レインボーフォーム) is Cure Fight's upgraded form. In this form, her usual Cure outfit is replaced by a white dress with a ribbon on the front with the gold Go! Gamers insignia on the front with a white collar and sleeves and a skirt with a silver ribbons on the back. Her hair becomes longer and turns into platinum-colour with pink on the tips, she wears a golden crown worn in the center of her head. The centerpiece of her tiara is a white diamond, and golden angel wing at the side the crown. She also use white angel wing earrings. She also wears very long white gloves and white knee-length boots.

Attacks
White Punch (ホワイトパンチ！) - Cure Fight's main attack. Cure Fight pick up her GamePact enter the Konami Code. Her reflect is show on the GamePact screen. While she says Pretty Cure, she was about to punch something, and a huge fist is raised behind her and she ends said the attack's name and her punch nothing which makes the fist being shot on target.

White Punch! Final Smash (ホワイトパンチ！ファイナルスマッシュ) - The upgrade of the attack White Punch. Eri put her Rod/Stick Card at her GamePact then her rod appears she press the button and white lights are lit going upward until reach the diamond. She spins the baton between her fingers while announces the weapon name, doing the diamond shines. She spins the baton in the form of a diamond, until a white energy diamond is formed, she announces the attack name and shoot the diamond on target.


 * Rainbow Renovation (レインボーリノベーション) - The first group attack that Cure Fight use along with Cure Mushroom, Cure Sonica and Cure Thunder in Episode 9. They insert the Rainbow Card on their GamePact and they announces the attack name and an atmosphere of light covers the area, purifying all Muchitsujos present and doing all negative energy be purified.


 * Hope Rainbow (ホープレインボー) - The second group attack that Cure Fight use along with Cure Mushroom, Cure Sonica and Cure Thunder in Episode 14. To perform this attack they needs be in their Rainbow Form. They take their respective GameSticks, and they shouts out the attack name while Ki perform her sub attack, Thunder Arrow, Eri perform White Punch! Final Smash and Sonica perform Blue Sonica Waves and Mushroom shot a Fire Ball and their powers are combined and recorded directly on target.

Abilities

 * Transformation - An ability that all of her teammates have. Eri can active her transformation once she says Press Start, Pretty Cure!.


 * Super strength - An ability that she use a lot. Cure Fight is the stronger of her team, as well as the with the most fighting skills, which may be the reason for this ability. Even though all Pretty Cures are very strong, Eri has a superhuman strength making her the Stronger Pretty Cure.

Short Name
Asuka - From Japanese 明日 (asu) meaning "tomorrow" and 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance", or from 飛 (asu) meaning "to fly" and 鳥 (ka) meaning "bird". Other kanji combinations can be possible as well.

Eri - This name combines 恵 (e, kei, megu.mi, megu.mu) meaning "blessing, favour, grace, kindness", 絵 (e, kai) meaning "drawing, picture, painting, sketch", 江 (kou, e) meaning "bay, creek, inlet" or 栄 (ei, you, e, saka.eru, ha.e, ha.eru, -ba.e) meaning "flourish, glory, honour, prosperity, splendour" with 理 (ri, kotowari) meaning "arrangement, justice, logic, reason, truth", 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (unit of distance - equal to 3.927 km), village" or 利 (ri, ki.ku) meaning "advantage, benefit, profit."

Full Name
Asukamura - Asuka (明日香村 Asuka-mura) is a village located in Takaichi District, Nara Prefecture, Japan.

Masayoshi - Masayoshi (正義 Masayoshi) is the Japanese for "Justice"

Erika - Feminine form of Erik. It also coincides with the word for "heather" in some languages. Erika also is the name of the Eri's mother.

Trivia

 * Eri's was born on July 21, so her star sign is Cancer.
 * Eri share similarities with Minamino Kanade from Suite Pretty Cure♪
 * Both are the childhood friends of the Cure Lead (Hibiki and Kanade,Momoko and Eri).
 * Both has white as the theme colour.
 * Both has platinum blonde hair and light green eyes in their Cure forms.
 * Eri is the first cure to came from a different country.
 * She share the same name with Kurumi Erika.
 * Eri is the only of her team without a sibling.
 * However, she is the member of her team which have most part of the family is show. (Father, Mother, Cousin, Grandfather)
 * Eri is the third cure to use braid.
 * Eri is the first white Cure to has brown hair.
 * Cure Fight is the second after Cure Felice to has braid as main hairstyle.
 * Cure Fight is the sixth cure to use gloves preceded by Cure Moonlight, Cure Flora, Cure Twinkle, Cure Miracle and Cure Magical and follow by Cure Fairy
 * Eri is the twelfth to be good at sports.
 * Eri is the first to like of fight games.
 * Cure Fight is the first white cure to not be good at students, different from Yukishiro Honoka, Mishou Mai and Minamino Kanade.
 * Different from the white cures from past Pretty Cure seasons, Eri is a tomboy Cure.
 * Cure Fight is the first white cure to be good at sports.