Hanabatake Haruya

(花畑はるや) is one of the main characters of Sparkle Colour Pretty Cure!.

A sporty yet kind and relaxed girl, Haruya is the older sister of a younger brother whom she often has to take of due to her parents being extremely busy with work most of the time. Due to this, she is usually and easily stressed but also highly responsible and patient at the same time. Haruya also tends to overwork herself despite being a motherly and inspirational role model.

Her Pretty Cure alter ego is Cure Aster who controls the power of flowers and represents patience. Her theme colour is green.

Personality
A sporty yet kind and relaxed girl, Haruya is the older sister of a younger brother whom she often has to take of due to her parents being extremely busy with work most of the time. Due to this, she is usually and easily stressed but also highly responsible and patient at the same time. Haruya also tends to overwork herself despite being a motherly and inspirational role model.

Cure Aster
Cure Aster (キュアアスター) is the Pretty Cure alter ego of Haruya who controls the power of flowers and represents patience. Her theme colour is green.

In order to transform, Haruya requires her Prism Pendant and must shout "Pretty Cure, Colour Revelation!". Her main purification attack is Aster Wildflower.

Etymology
Hanabatake (花畑) means "flower garden", obviously referring to her alter ego's power over flowers.

Haruya (はるや), though given in hiragana, has many possible meanings. One meaning in particular could be "spring arrow" (the kanji being "春矢") which is another reference to Cure Aster's ability to control the power of flowers.

Therefore, her full name means "Spring Arrow of the Flower Garden".

Cure Aster refers to a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Astereceae. The genus is composed of aroudn 180 species and have star like heads. The flowers are usually a purple colour.

Trivia

 * Haruya's birthday is the 1st February, making her star sign Aquarius.
 * Her birthday takes place on the date where Hanami (Flower Viewing) usually begins to take place in Okinawa.
 * She shares her voice actress, Kayano Ai, with many anime characters such as Akatsuki Kirika from the Senki Zesshou Symphogear series.
 * Similar to the colour of the flowers Cure Aster is named after, Chinatsu Kiseki has stated that Haruya was possibly going to be a purple cure before becoming a green cure - reasons for this currently being unknown.