Aomizu Sapphire

Aomizu Sapphire (Sapphire Kersey in English dub or Koe her friend's nickname for Sapphire) is one of the main Cures from Sky Pretty Cure and Sky Pretty Cure ~Rainbow Star~. Sapphire is a very elegant, talented young girl, who is a student from Shiro Private Middle School. She likes to hang out with her best friends or playing instruments espacially guitar. Sapphire also likes singing. But she is not really great at studing. In this case, she needs the help of her friends. Her alter ego is Cure Azure (キュアアズール) and controls the power of water and snow.

Her catchphrase is "Everyone is special!" (誰もが特別です).

Perosnality
Sapphire is a very elegant, talented young girl, who is a student from Shiro Private Middle School. She also is very handy and is ably to play much instruments. Her favorite instrument is the guitar. She is the most musical girl in her age and in her school. At other schools, Sapphire is know as the "Princess of Music" or as "Music Star".

Appearance
Sapphire has dark blue hair, tied into a side ponytail, hold by a blue band. Her eye color is navy. She wears a dark blue jacket and a light blue long-shirt underneath. She also wears a dark brown belt over the shirt. She wears blue shorts and dark blue sneakers.

As Cure Azure, her hair becomes longer but the color stays. Her eyes turn into a lighter blue. Her hair is still tied into a side ponytail, hold by a blue band with a blue jewel. She wears a blue choker and a sleeveless, dark blue dress. Like the other Cures, Azure wears a belt. But her belt is hold by a ribbon. She wears blue arm warmers and carries her commune at the left side of her belt.

Family

 * Aomizu Yuki - Sapphire's older brother

Friends

 * Blue - Sapphire's Fairy Partner.
 * Midorikusa Emerald & Shirosora Diamond - Sapphire's best friends.

Etymology
Aomizu (青水) - Ao (青) means blue, a reference to her alter ego as Cure Azure, and her theme color, which is blue. Mizu (水) means water and she controls water (and snow) as Cure Azure.

Sapphire (サファイア) - From the name of the gemstone, the blue birthstone of September, which is derived from Greek sappheiros, ultimately from the Hebrew word sappir. Koe (コエ) - Koe is a Japanese word, which means Voice. Maybe her friends started to call Sapphire Koe, because of her great singing voice.

Cure Azure - Her Cure alias is based on the given name Azure, which comes from the English word that means "sky blue". It is ultimately from Persian lajvard meaning "azure, lapis lazuli".

Cure Azure
Cure Azure (キュアアズール) is Sapphire's alter ego. She holds the power of talents and controls both, water and snow. In team, Azure has most problems with fighting together. But she learns it very fast. Alone, Azure can perform Blue Wave. And later Crystal Blizzard after getting her Heaven Crystal.

Together with Cure Cyan and Cure Whitney, they can use Cold Explosion. All Cures together can perform Rainbow Heart Hurricane and with their Crystals Rainbow Crystal Fantasy.

In the sequel, Cure Azure is able to use the attack Navy Blue Arrow. Together with Cure Cyan and Cure Whitney, they can use Moon Color Rainbow. Togehter with the others, they can use Full Rainbow Circle. And after getting the Color Palette they can user Magical Rainbow Finale.

In Sky Pretty Cure Reloaded!, Cure Azure gets two new Attacks called Sapphire Sound Bubble and Ringing Snow Storm with her Rainbow Bell. Together with Cure Cyan and Cure Whitney, they can use Winterset Rhythm. And together with all Cures, they can use Rainbow Power Once Again. With their Rainbow Bells, they can use Rainbow Ringing Strike.

Super Cure Azure
In Sky Pretty Cure: Kyūjitsu ni soragawa, Pretty Cure are nearly defeated by Marcasite and Tanbaga, but thanks to the Royal Family, as well as the Miracle Lights, a special power is brought upon Pretty Cure, giving them a pair of small Angel wings and a tiara with their jewel. Thanks to this, they are able to use a powerful version of Rainbow Crystal Fantasy to defeat Marcasite and Tanbaga.

Pure Jewel Azure
Pure Jewel Azure (ピュアジュエルアズール Pyua Jueru Azūru) is Cure Azure's super form from Sky Pretty Cure ~Rainbow Star~: Niji no hōseki no densetsu.

Transformation
"Pretty Cure, Magical Paint Over" - Pretty Cure, Magical Paint Over is the official transformation speech used by Aomizu Sapphire to transform into Cure Azure in Sky Pretty Cure.

First, her Commune's screen changes from grey to dark blue. Then, Sapphire appears in front of a huge blue wave. Her body is covered by a light blue light. Then the wave comes towards her and she stand in water. She starts to spin as her whole body is covered in water. Her hair becomes longer. The water around her arms disappear and her arm warmers are shown. Then her boots appear the same way. Her dress appears also the same way. After this, her eye color changes, her belt with the ribbon appears and her hair get tied into a ponytail. At last, she puts her commune at her belt and does her Speech.

Songs
As a main character, Sapphire's voice actor, Otsubo Yuka has particated in several image songs for the character she voices.
 * Voice of beauty (美の声)
 * Lapis Lazuli Stone

Duets

 * Moonlight Sunshine (Along with Akemi Okamura, Murakawa Rie)
 * Don't Stop Me! (Along with Akemi Okamura)
 * Rainbow Rose (Along with Mari Yamada, Asumi Nakata, Akemi Okamura, Hitomi Terakado, Murakawa Rie)
 * Something Wicca This Way Comes (Along with Mari Yamada, Asumi Nakata, Akemi Okamura, Hitomi Terakado, Murakawa Rie, Sakura Ayane, Uchida Maaya)

Trivia

 * Sapphire's birthday falls on September 5th
 * Sapphire a bit similar to Minazuki Karen and Aoki Reika.
 * Her Cure name was planed to be Cure Blue or Cure Sapphire. But these ideas were removed and she became Cure Azure.
 * Sapphire is the second Cure, who has a standard attack which uses the word "Blizzard" and later a stronger attack whit the word "Arrow", after Cure Beauty.
 * Sapphire has a poster from Suite Pretty Cure in her room.

Links

 * Aomizu Sapphire / Namiao Sapphire