Mami Souseki

Mami Souseki (曽碩 まみ, Souseki, Mami) is one of the main cures and leader from the series Sweet Course Pretty Cure! She's loud and out-going, and has a passion for baking and drawing. Her alter ego is Cure Strawberry.

Past
At birth, Mami was abandoned, left on a bench in a blanket. When a couple was walking by, they saw Mami, and ended up adopting her. Her two Mothers, Manica and Konata, are very unique, funny people, always pulling pranks and gags around the house. Mami's life was full of fun and silliness, not knowing she was abandoned. Mami's interest in baking began when she was young, because he parents were terrible at cooking, which lead Mami to Cook and bake things for them. She'd always draw different cakes or desserts in a notebook, wanting to make all kinds of things for her parents. When Middle school came around, her parents recommended she go to St. Rose, a boarding school, in which Mami did.

Personality
Mami is a loud, out-going girl. She loves to boast and be the center of attention, and is very honest. She stands up for others with words, and is bold and rash. She can come off as really irritating sometimes, always pulling pranks on people and laughing a little too loud. She's hyper and energetic.

Though she's very naive and dense when in comes to knowledge and other areas, and has a late reaction when realizing things. She's protective over her friends, and likes making people smile, even if she likes to boast often.

When drawing or baking, she's a different person in all, being calm and focused.

Appearance
As a civilian, Mami has medium length blonde hair, tied up in two buns on her head, and Brown eyes. She's mostly seen in her St. Rose Uniform. Her summer outfit consists of a short sleeved white hoodie, with a cute design in the middle. The trims of the sleeves, the bottom of the hoodie, and the hood are pink. She also wears a denim skirt and red sneakers with shin length white socks. Her winter outfit consists of a brown coat with red buttons un-done, with a light pink shirt. She also wears a pink skirt with dark pink layers, black leggings, and pink boots.

As Cure Strawberry, her hair becomes longer and more of a strawberry color, being tied in two pigtails on the sides, and her eyes turning pale pink. On the sides of her hair are two big pink bows. She wears a puffy dark grey blouse with a cream colored vest with frills at the bottom, and pink trims going down it, with a pink bow in front of it. Her skirt is black with pink frills, and there's a pink bow on the lower part of her back. The outside part of her books are cream colored, and the insides are dark red with lighter red 'X's going down with red heels and a white buckle at the end. She also wears dark brownish gloves with a pink trim at the bottom.

Etymology
Mami (まみ) could mean truth, beauty, hemp, sea, dance, wait, satisfy, increase, truth, flax, numb, extensive, or complete. In Mami's case, her's would be '真実', which means truth.

Souseki (曽碩) has two parts. '曽' means already; sign of past, and '碩' means great, eminent, large, and big.

Trivia

 * Mami is one of the first cures to have two mothers.
 * Mami is similar to Sana Kurata from Kodacha:
 * There personalities are quite similar.
 * They were both abandoned.
 * There parents are strange.
 * They're both often late to school (classes in Mami's case).
 * She has a passion to draw, and often doodles on her notes in class.
 * She hates gym, but since she's hyper, she's a little strong, but not completely.
 * She has a 'genki' type of personality.