Kodai Kota

Kodai Kota (古代幸太 Kodai Kōta) is one of the five main characters of Dino Spirits Precure. She is the daughter of famed paleontologist Kota Itsuhiro, and is a recent transfer at Shooting Star Elementary.

Kota's alter ego is Cure Claw (キュアクロー Kyua Kurō) and is know as the The Dazzling Sword. Her catchphrases are "It's about to get wild!" (あれるぜ~! Areru ze~!) and "That's intense!" (それははげīです！Sore wa hageshīdesu!)

Appearance
As a civilian, Kota has short spiky ginger hair and wears a raptor claw necklace around her neck at all times. Her civilian wear mostly constitutes to a brown sleeveless vest over a grey tee-shirt, blue jeans, and sneakers.

As Cure Claw, TBA

Personality
A lively young girl, she has lived and breathed dinosaurs all of her life. This has initially caused her to be bullied back when she was a child, but afterwards her cheery de-minor would end up winning over many of the people who bullied her.

Relationships

 * Kota Itsuhiro - Her father was the person who taught her all that she knew about dinosaurs and, after she and Yumi became Precure, he often helped as much as he could in between excavations.
 * Tsubasa Yumi - As her best friend, Yumi and Kota often shared notes on birds and often bonded during study sessions. Kota also helps her when it comes to her herpetophobia
 * Katsuki Rentaro - At first she thought that, as Gnaw, he was quite brash and annoying to work with. However over the course of the season, the two began to warm upto each other after he revealed that he had a human form. They eventually begin to have feelings for each other before they end up married after the timeskip
 * Torago Mitsuki - TBA
 * Kyoryusei Kanna - TBA

Etymology
Kodai (古代 Kodai) - meaning ancient

Kota (幸太 Kōta) - meaning either happiness or good fortune

A claw is a curved, pointed appendage, found at the end of a toe or finger in most amniotes like mammals, reptiles, and birds. In particular the Velociraptor is known to have a large sickle-like claw on each of it's feet, which it used to tackle prey animals and disembowel them.

History
TBA

Cure Claw
"The Dazzling Sword! Cure Claw!"

眩しい剣！ キュアクロー！

''Mabushii Ken! Kyua Kurō!''

Cure Claw (キュアクロー Kyua Kurō) is Kota's alter-ego. She is the leader of the Dino Spirits Precure and harnesses the power of the velociraptor. She has super speed and can utilize the spikes on her shoes to latch onto surfaces or grab/pin down an opponent. She also has an increased jump that allows her to pounce and kick at airborne opponents.

Transformation Sequence
As she loads the Raptor Kyoryupon into the back her Gao Pact, Kota removes it from her belt holster an cause spiritual projection of a velociraptor to appear before her. From there, the Dino Spirit runs around the field as her clothes turn to stone before pressing the button, shouting "Fossil Break!", and causing the Dino Spirit to enter her body and breaking the stone away piece by piece, revealing her Precure outfit in the process. Once she placed the Gao Pact into her belt, she leaped into the air and slashed away at the opponent before introducing herself.

Nychus Soul
Nychus Soul (ニコス魂 Nikosu Tamashī) is one of four different Spirit Bursts that Cure Claw can use. With the Nychus Kyoryupon, her attacks are given a fire enhancement along with the spikes on her shoes being much larger and can be detached to become a pair of swords. This form's finisher is the Blazing Dash

Microraptor Soul
Microraptor Soul (マイクロラプター魂 Maikuroraputā Tamashī) is one of four different Spirit Bursts that Cure Claw can use. With the Microraptor Kyoryupon, she gains four wing, two on her arms that resemble that of a flight suit, and two that are attached to her shoes. These can allow her to glide great distances and control the winds. This form's finisher is the Hurricane Tempo.

Dilopho Soul
Dilopho Soul (ディロフォ魂 Dirofo tamashī) is one of four different Spirit Bursts that Cure Claw can use. With the Dilopho Kyoryupon, she gains a pair of tessans that she can use to strike back against opponents while also being able to lower their defenses with her water power. This form's finisher is the Geyser Stream

Pachy Soul
Pachy Soul (パチー魂 Pachī Tamashī) is one of four different Spirit Bursts that Cure Claw can use. With the Pachy Kyoryupon, she gains a pair of boxing gloves along with a powerful helmet that allows her to increase her punches and use a headbutt attack. This form's finisher is the Terra Smash

Draco Soul
Draco Soul (竜魂 Ryū Tamashī) is Cure Claw's Upgraded form, which is based off of the kirin.

This form grants her the powers of all of her previous four Spirit Bursts, with her speed being increased ten-fold along with her flames being blule rather than being the standard red. She can also produce several blades from her body that she can use as both projectiles and weapons. This form's finisher is the Dragon Drill

Attacks

 * Dancing Blade (ダンシングブレード Danshingu Burēdo) - Her solo attack with the Raptor Kyoryupon, she unleashes a flurry of slashes that come together into a heart shaped blast that slams into the enemy
 * Blazing Dash (ブレッシングダッシュ Buresshingu Dasshu) - Her solo attack with the Raptor Kyoryupon, in which she clicks her heels before breaking into a supersonic dash in order to land a fiery sliding kick attack
 * Hurricane Tempo (ハリケーンテンポ Harikēn Tenpo) - Her solo attack with the Microraptor Kyoryupon, where she creates a large scale tornado in order to suck in opponents
 * Geyser Stream (間欠泉ストリーム Kanketsusen Sutorīmu) - Her solo attack with the Dilopho Kyoryupon, in which she combines her tessans into a circular formation before focusing her power into the weapons, causing a jet stream of water to fire from the center of her paoms.
 * Terra Smash (テラスマッシュ Tera Sumasshu) - Her solo attack with the Pachy Kyoryupon that sees her land a right cross, an uppercut with her left, before performing a jumping headbutt that sends the opponent into the air. She then leaps above them and performs a double axe handle that rockets the opponent down like a meteor.
 * Dragon Drill (ドラゴンドリル Doragon Doriru) - Her solo attack while in Draco Soul, she leaps in the air and starts spinning at full speed, turning her body into a whirling blade that pierces her target
 * Fossil Dream (化石の夢 Kaseki no Yume) - Her first team attack where she and Cure Wing bombard the enemy with a wave of slashes and feathers.
 * Ancient Rhythm (古代のリズム Kodai no Rizumu) - Her second team attack where she, Cure Wing, Cure Jaw, and Cure Horn all combine their attacks into a massive wave that shoots towards the enemy
 * Mesozoic Strike (中生代ストライク Chūseidai Sutoraiku) - Her third team attack where all 5 Cures charge forward with elementally charged auras before landing a series of attacks on the opponent.
 * Colorful Inferno (カラフルなインフェルノ Karafuruna Inferuno) - Her fourth group attack where, in Draco Form, all 5 Cures combine their powers into a massive 5 color fireball attack.
 * Dinosaur Carnival (恐竜のカーニバル Kyōryū no Kānibaru) - A special attack only used in episode 46. Combines the powers of the 5 Cures plus all of the Dino Spirits into a huge wall of light that slams into their opponent at high speed.

Trivia

 * One of her catchphrases is borrowed from Daigo Kiryu/Tyler Navaro from Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger/Power Rangers Dino Charge
 * Outside of her Draco Form, nearly all of her Spirits Bursts all have similar body types to one another (all are agile two-legged dinosaurs), with the only exception being her Microraptor Kyoryupon.