Aihara Utau

Aihara Utau (藍原歌う Aihara Utau) is the leader of the Cures in Idol Star Pretty Cure♪. She is a bright and friendly girl who loves to sing. She can be a bit of a scatterbrain, but she is very honest and is very kind. She is quite fond of saying '''This is fun! '(これは楽しいです！Kore wa tanoshīdesu!''). At the start of the series, she is a newly-transferred student at Yumesaki Academy.

Utau's Pretty Cure alter ego is Cure Harmony (キュアハーモニー Kyua Hāmonī), the Melody of Love whose theme colour is pink.

Appearance
As a civilian, Utau has magenta hair with straight bangs, and has some of her hair tied up into a ponytail, while the rest is left hanging past her shoulders. She also has purple eyes. She wears a white shirt with black tights, and a pink cardigan. She also wears black slip-on shoes.

As Cure Harmony, her hair grows longer, and turns bright pink. She wears a thin pink headband with a piece of pink and white material that has four pearls in the centre, and has silver earrings with light pink centers. She wears a pale pink blouse worn underneath a pink vest that has dark pink lining and pockets and is worn shut, and has a red bow with the Idol Star insignia in it. She wears a pink, plaid-like ruffled skirt which almost resembles a tutu, and the under layer is very frilly and pale pink. Her shoes are small pink heels, and they are worn with socks that have frilled garter-like segments around the ankles. Her arm protectors are short with hot pink ribbons on the wrists.

Personality
Utau is a 13-year-old girl in her first year at Yumesaki Academy. She is kind and loves to help out a friend in need, and is honest and loves music. She has dreamed of becoming an idol ever since she was a child. Her favourite type of Star Cards are "Sparkle Angel". She also loves to have fun and can be quite clumsy.

On stage and as a Cure, she is a completely different person. She is more serious, and is bent on getting the job done. She is also more graceful, and never lets anything distract her. She will keep fighting or singing until her task is completed.

History
TBA

Relationships
TBA

Cure Harmony
Cure Harmony (キュアハーモニー Kyua Hāmonī) is the alter Pretty Cure ego of Aihara Utau. Like her teammates, Cure Harmony has the power of music, but she also has the power over crystals. Her voice is very beautiful and powerful, which can give her enemies headaches. Unlike her teammates, she can run very fast and can also jump very high. Her basic attack is Harmony Hurricane.

Cure Harmony
Utau holds up her transformation Star Cards, and she inserts them into the Idol Bracelet. She then shouts out "Pretty Cure, Live Start!", and turns the rainbow dial on the Idol Bracelet, which begins the transformation. Utau's hair grows longer and changes colour, and she runs into three large card, and her shirt, skirt and shoes appear. She holds her arms out, and ribbons appear on her arm protectors. She taps her feet together, which causes frill garter-like segments to appear on her socks. She taps her chest, which causes a red bow with the emblem on it to appear. She then strikes a pose before flying down from the sky and introducing herself.

Attacks
Harmony Hurricane - Cure Harmony turns the rainbow dial, which causes the scene to be turned into a concert. Cure Harmony stands on the stage, with her Idol Microphone already summoned. She then starts to sings her character song, and she shouts the attack name after the song. She releases the attack to purify the target.

Etymology
Aihara (藍原): Ai (愛) translates to "love" and Hara (原) translates to "field", coming together to becomes "love field", alluding to Cure Harmony being the "Melody of Love".

Utau (歌う): The root word Uta (歌) translates to "song", therefore Utau means "to sing", referring to Utau's love to sing.

Her name means "love field to sing".

Songs
Utau's voice actress, Fujita Saki, has participated in several image songs for the character she voices. Many of them include duets with Yoshimura Haruka, who voices Umino Hitomi, Tamura Yukari, who voices Amaterasu Kiyomi, and Hirano Aya, who voices Murasaki Aika.
 * Ai to wa nani ka? (What is love?)
 * Message of Love

Duets

 * Voices of Light (along with Yoshimura Haruka)
 * Wonderful Colourful (along with Yoshimura Haruka, Tamura Yukari and Hirano Aya)

Trivia

 * Utau shares her surname with Aihara Yuuki, a supporting character from Go! Princess Pretty Cure.
 * It is currently unknown if the two are related or not.
 * Utau is the first lead Cure to achieve fame.
 * She is the fifth Cure overall, preceded by Kasugano Urara/Cure Lemonade, Aono Miki/Cure Berry, Kenzaki Makoto/Cure Sword and Amanogawa Kirara/Cure Twinkle. Hyuuga Saki/Cure Bloom almost achieved this, only to turn it down.
 * Cure Harmony's design is extremely similar to the Pink Stage Coord from Aikatsu!.
 * Cure Harmony is the third lead Cure with purple eyes, preceded by Yumehara Nozomi/Cure Dream and Asahina Mirai/Cure Miracle.
 * Utau is very similar to Nozomi is quite a few way:
 * Both are the lead Cures of their respective teams.
 * Both theme colours are pink.
 * Both control the power of crystals.
 * Both can be quite clumsy.
 * Both have purple eyes and pink hair (magenta in civilian forms).
 * Utau's birthday falls on June 5, which makes her a Gemini.
 * Cure Harmony is the first Cure to sing during her main attack, followed by her teammates Umino Hitomi/Cure Serenade, Amaterasu Kiyomi/Cure Operetta and Murasaki Aika/Cure Concert.
 * Utau shares her voice actress with Chieri/Past Cure Flora.