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Mishou Mai (美翔舞?) is one of the two main Cures in Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star. She is a second-year transfer student at Yuunagi Middle School and is in the same class as Saki and later Michiru and Kaoru.

Mai's alter egos are Cure Egret (キュアイーグレット?) and Cure Windy (キュアウィンディ?), and she is granted the power of the birds and the wind.

Her Pretty Cure partner is Cure Bloom or Cure Bright.

Bio[]

Appearance[]

Mai has gentle purple eyes and darker colored, straightened hair worn loose with a small amount pulled into a messy bun. For casual attire, Mai often wears a cream and pink top with a pale blue jacket that has elbow-length sleeves, jeans, and white heels. During summer, she would wear a light blue dress with a pink collar and white sandals.

In the movie, Mai wears a short pink jacket with small lapels, a light purple skirt, flesh-colored stockings, and white knee-length boots.

As an adult, Mai's hair is shorter, and tied back into a ponytail by a light pink scrunchie. Her earrings are white and wing-shaped. She wears a peach pink cardigan with yellow accents, a white blouse, a long turquoise skirt, light grey shocks, and light brown flats. Around her left wrist are two bracelets, each with turquoise gemstones. She also wears a lanyard around her neck.

Her alternate outfit as an adult includes a necklace with a white wing accessory, a white scrunchie that ties up her hair, a bright green T-shirt, a brown buckle belt, light grey jeans, and brown and dull yellow accented sneakers. She retains her earrings from her usual adult appearance.

She also has another alternative outfit of light lavender blue headband and blouse, a light pink dress, and white flat heels. In this outfit, she lets her hair loose, while also retaining her white wing necklace.

As Cure Egret, her hair brightens and grows out, with her bun turning into a ponytail held by a white band decorated with a bow and teal heart. She gains blue heart earrings. Her white and pink mini-dress has layered wing-like sleeves of white and pearl blue, with a white ribbon on the chest adorned by a teal stylized heart. Around the waist is a pointed milk blue ribbon with a heart on the corner, and layered over the skirt is a wing-like peplum with pale yellow inside coloring. She gains white frilly sleeves with a pink bad and teal butterfly gem, and matching colored ruffled leg warmers with a heart on the bottom and pale blue bow on the winged cuff. Her boots are white and pearl blue.

As Cure Windy, her dress turns lilac with white accenting and lace sleeves, while the top is now ruffled and longer, a pale blue color. Her waist ribbon turns white and pale pink and loses it's tails, with pale pink straps circling the shoulders. Her sleeves and leggings turn pale blue and white and alter in shape, the butterfly, hearts, and bows turning pale pink. Her boots are lilac and white.

As Cure Rainbow Windy Egret, her hair grows even longer and brighter. Her outfit contains various elements of both her Cure Egret and Cure Windy forms, and she gains small gold wings.

Personality[]

Mai is a calm, innocent, and serene young girl who is good at academics. Not only does she have an enthusiasm on drawing, but she also loves science, which is highly influenced by both her parents being scientists. She likes to sketch things that have deep meanings to her, and always draws inspiration from the happy events around her.

Relationships[]

  • Hyuuga Saki: Saki is Mai's best friend. In episode 1, there is a flashback of Saki and Mai as kids, standing below the Sky Tree and looking at the mysterious lights who turned out to be Flappy and Choppy. After the flashback, they talked about their past experiences and became Pretty Cure. They may disagree sometimes, but they always resolves their problems.
  • Choppy: Mai's fairy partner. Like the other Pretty Cures and their fairies, Choppy and Mai are very close. Choppy often worries for Mai when she is down, and tries to cheer her up.

Etymology[]

Mishou (美翔?): Mi (?) translates to beauty, and shō (?) translates to soar; fly, referring to her alter ego Cure Egret and her avian-based powers.

Mai (?): Translates to dance.

Cure Egret is based on the egret bird.

Cure Windy is an adjective noun used when the wind is being particularly strong, referring to Cure Windy's wind powers.

History[]

Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star[]

Five years after she met a strange girl at the Sky Tree, Mai moves back into town on a random day. Seeing the Sky Tree in the forest by her new house, she goes to see it when she sees a girl there sitting with ice cream. The two girls feel as if they have met before, but before they say anything, two small lights, being Flappy and Choppy, fall from the sky.

After Saki leaves, Mai keeps trying to remember who that girl is, when she later shows up after being told that Choppy is in danger. It's then due to impatience the two fairies reveal that the girls had met five years ago at a festival when suddenly Karehan appears. Flappy and Choppy try to protect the girls but to no use, so with their desires Mai and Saki become Cure Bloom and Cure Egret.

As the series progresses, she becomes close friends with Saki, and also forms a close bond with Choppy. She also makes many friends at Yuunagi Middle School, and gets good grades. She eventually joins the Art Club, and is admired by many of the members, even being asked to design the monument for the school festival. Later in the series, she befriends Michiru and Kaoru, but finds out they are part of Dark Fall. She, along with Saki, tries to save them from the Dark Fall's pursuit as they are hunted as traitors, despite being unable to reverse Michiru and Kaoru's fate. Mai also helps Saki's bakery every once in a while.

After saving Michiru and Kaoru, Mai and Saki head to the Dark Fall one last time to defeat Goyan. During the final battle, Goyan keeps getting stronger, and both Egret and Bloom's attacks are to no avail. During this fight, Cure Windy partially lends her power to Kaoru, and reverts to Cure Egret. Egret, along with Bloom, then uses their final attack Spiral Heart Splash Star to defeat Goyan once and for all. After this battle, Mai and Saki promise to venture into their futures together.

Kibou no Chikara ~Otona Pretty Cure '23~[]

Years later, Mai meets Saki in-person again for the first time, having meals at Cafe and Bar Time. Both Mai and Saki then reunite with the Yes! 5 girls.KnCOPC03

Mai has become a graphic designer at a major advertisement agency. However, her boyfriend sends a text message suggesting that they should break up. Seeing how everyone around her is having a better romantic life than her own, Mai starts to doubt herself, especially when her friend Sasaki complains about being stuck in a dead-end with their own careers. She later tells Saki about her doubts, and also asks for advice about whether she should break up with her boyfriend. She adds that at one point she thought of marrying her boyfriend, but now is aware that she isn't ready for marriage. Suddenly, Mai is attacked by Shadows, but luckily Bunbee arrives with Syrup to rescue her and Saki. After Mai learns about the Shadows from the Yes! 5 girls, she agrees to help them with Saki. Mai later musters up the courage to break up with her boyfriend.KnCOPC04

Mai later decides to spend some time with Saki and the Yes! 5 girls, but notices that Saki is stressed. The next day, Mai takes Saki to the Sky Tree, where she advises Saki to start considering her own feelings and making less assumptions. After being protected by Michiru and Kaoru from Bell, Mai is able to encourage Saki to become Pretty Cure with her again. Mai also discovers that Michiru and Kaoru are actually Dark Night Light with her friends.KnCOPC09

Although understanding that the Time Flowers have detrimental effects, Mai still decides to transform again, due to her desire to protect the town. KnCOPC10 After the final battle against the Shadows, she begins helping Komachi with community services to change the future for the better.KnCOPC12

Cure Egret[]

"The sparkling silver wing, Cure Egret!"
煌めく銀の翼、キュアイーグレット!
Kirameku gin no tsubasa, Kyua Īguretto!
FwPCSS DSP - Egret introduction

Cure Egret's introduction stance

Cure Egret (キュアイーグレット?) is Mai's alter ego, and is blessed with avian powers from the sky. When Karehan attacks Flappy and Choppy and creates an Uzaina, Choppy becomes the Mix Commune, allowing Mai to become Cure Egret.

Cure Egret stays in air more often for pertaining to the Sky, and has better speed and agility. Cure Egret exhibits a bluish silvery aura. She bears the avian symbol from Choppy on the back of her arm warmers. These symbols are always used for launching a group attack and retained when they attain their second form.

Cure Windy[]

"The scented wind across the Earth, Cure Windy!"
大地に薫る風、キュアウィンディ!
Daichi ni kaoru kaze, Kyua Uindi!
FwPCSS Cure Windy final pose

Cure Windy's introduction stance.

Cure Windy (キュアウィンディ?) is Cure Egret's alternative form that she obtains halfway through the series, and is blessed by the power of the wind, which is collected by Foop and used by Choppy.

Cure Rainbow Windy Egret[]

Windy Egret DX3

Cure Rainbow Windy Egret

Cure Rainbow Windy Egret (キュアレインボーウインディエッグレ?) is an upgrade Mai gains in Pretty Cure All Stars DX 2: Kibou no Hikari - Rainbow Jewel o Mamore!, which is a combined form of Cure Egret and Cure Windy. Together with the others' upgrades, the group of seventeen girls form the group Cure Rainbow.

Attacks[]

Songs[]

Mai's voice actor, Enomoto Atsuko, has participated in several image songs for the character she voices. Many of them include duets with Kimoto Orie, who voices Hyuuga Saki.

Group Songs[]

Trivia[]

  • Mai has an interesting picture of a wing shaped paint pallet with a paint brush on her jacket and pajamas. This refers to Mai's love for drawing and her bearing the power of the avian.
  • Mai's birthday is on November 20th, making her Zodiac sign Scorpio.
  • Mai's blood type is AB.
  • Mai, along with Saki, is the first Cure to:
    • Spell their first name in kanji.
    • Experience a romantic relationship as an adult.
      • Mai is also the first Cure to have broken up with her romantic partner.
  • Out of the two Splash Star Cures, Mai is the first one to figure out Michiru and Kaoru being related to Dark Fall.FwPCSS21
  • Mai is the only member of her family whose name doesn't start with the letter K (Kazuya, Kanako, and Kouichirou).
  • In the Pretty Cure All Stars Suite Flower Card Collection, Mai is represented by the lily of the valley, which symbolizes happiness and a delicate personality in the Language of Flowers.
  • Cure Egret's hairstyle is similar to the breeding plumage of the snowy egret, a bird species.
  • Mai appears as Cure Egret to give the 10th Anniversary Congratulatory Message at the beginning of episode 6 in Happiness Charge Pretty Cure!.

Gallery[]

Main Page: Mishou Mai/Image Gallery

References[]


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