Kaede Roumaru

Kaede Roumaru (楓 呂丸) is a main character in Friendly Pretty Cure. Her Pretty Cure persona is Cure Courage.

Appearance
In her civilian form, Kaede has short aquamarine hair cut in a boyish style, and light blue eyes. She has a strange fashion sense when seen outside of school. She is the tallest of the Pretty Cure in the season.

In her Pretty Cure form, her hair grows longer, with it now going down to her shoulders. Her Pretty Cure outfit consists of a sky blue blouse with a white ribbon in the center, which is connected to a aquamarine five point star, and smaller aquamarine star shaped buttons going down the torso. The skirt is made up of four blue-themed layers, going from lightest to darkest. Her shoes are short, blue themed boots.

Personality
Kaede is very friendly and loyal, but she can be forgetful, even when she is reminded of important tasks. She is also very sport, playing on the basketball team and hoping to make the high school's track team.

Relationships
Alana Fuki: She and Alana are very good friends, and talk together a lot despite not being the same class.

Chika Amagawa: Kaede is the closest to Chika, as the two have been best friends ever since they were very young.

Etymology
Kaede 楓 means maple.

Roumaru 呂丸 means tune circle. The first word, Rou is related to the fact that she is in the school's choir, while Maru relates to her love of sports.

History
Kaede was the second to transform, after Alana, where she fought a Kiraino soccer ball in her cafeteria. Kaede was the quickest to take to being a Pretty Cure, possibly because she is also the most athletic of the team.

Episode 9 revealed that Kaede also enjoys acting, as she's a member of her school's Drama club, and had been cast as the prince in their school play. Jealousy from a member of the drama club who wasn't cast turned a dragon prop into a Kiraino, which, when defeated by Cure Courage and the rest of the Pretty Cure, dropped Kaede's first Memory Charm, the Theatre Charm

Cure Courage
Cure Courage (キュア カリッジ) is Kaede's Pretty Cure alter ego, who represents the powers of courage and storms.

Transformation
Courage swipes her arms outwards as her Cure form comes into viewing, which is seen rising from the bottom upwards. When her hair begins to transform, she strikes a pose, making a box with her arms on the top and bottom of her face.

Attacks
Courage Thunder: Cure Courage's first attack, used in Episode 2.

Friendship Crescendo: A group attack which she performs with Cure Sweet, Cure Wisdom and Cure Laugh, as well as Cure Desire (Radiant Friendship Crescendo only)

Solo

 * ~Shocking Thunder Courage~
 * Future♫Blue

Group

 * Friendship Never Dies
 * We♥Are♥One

Trivia

 * Her birthday, August 22 makes her a Cancer.