Aiko Shinomiya

"Do, or die"

- Main characters

Aiko Shinomiya (篠宮愛子) is the main cure of Uchu Sentai Pretty Cure. Her Pretty Cure alter ego is Cure Lion (キュアシシ).

Aiko
Aiko is a tall girl that has dark red eyes paired with dark red medium length hair. Her usual outfit is a red dress with matching boots and white socks. Her school uniform is a red dress with matching shoes and white socks. She also wears a red belt. She wears her pendant on her necklace.

Cure Lion / Shishi
As Cure Shishi, both her hair and eyes brighten to red. Her hair grows longer and becomes tied in a ponytail. She wears a red dress that reaches to her knees, a gold belt around her waist and red gloves to match her dress. Her boots have two toes and are red. Like Cure Gelato, her red lion ears and tail appear. Her pendant is on her chest

Personality
The little-understood Aiko Shinomiya is one of the few Pretty Cures born without a predisposition to music. Instead, it is something that Aiko works on all her life, constantly researching new and exciting genres to learn from and experiment with. The elaborate exo-suit she dons aids in the creation of her own special style, a dulcet mix of machine and spirit. If pressed, Aiko will confess her favourite musical genre as “Rhythm and Ooze”.

Etymology

 * Aiko (愛子) might come from “love, child”.
 * Shinomiya (篠宮) means “adequacy, tower”.
 * Her zodiac is Leo.

Cure Shishi
'''The Power of important things! Cure Shishi!'''

Cure Shishi (キュアしし) is the Pretty Cure alter ego of Aiko. She needs her transformation items in order to activate her transformation.

Transformation sequence
Aiko’s pendant’s top pops off, allowing Aiko to insert her Cure Seiza Pen. She shouts the phrase and draws a Leo zodiac sign in front of her to start her transformation. Pressing her pen against the pendant, Aiko begins to sing and dance, drawing a circle around her as she goes to create her gloves. She once again presses her pen to her pendant to draw a wave pattern which she skips in between to create her boots. She then starts hopping from star to star, twirling the extra red wave to create her dress. She then proceeds to create her ears, tail and have her hair change colour and style. One last time, she presses her pen to her pendant to have it fuse with her dress before twirling her pen and having it fly into its pounch. She stops singing and continues to introduce herself before striking a pose.