April Midorikawa/Glitter Spring

April Midorikawa is one of the five main Cures in Smile Pretty Cure!. She's a second-year student at Nanairogaoka Middle School and is in Class 2-2. Her alter ego is Cure March (キュアマーチ, Cure March?) or Glitter Spring in the Smile PreCure English dub. She is the childhood friend of Chloe Aoki. In the Japanese version, her name is Nao Midorikawa (緑川なお).

Background

April befriended Chloe when they were little, and Chloe had been there around the time when April became an older sister and remembers this memory fondly.

Personality

April is said to have a strong sense of justice and does not easily forgive one's wrong actions. She is also known for her powerful courage, but despite her bravery, she has a big fear of insects and ghosts. At times she can become competitive when playing sports, and sometimes she may act forcefully around others, but she has a good heart and she is very popular for her kindness and talent.

She values her family very highly, as evidenced in her interactions with her parents and siblings. Her worst fear would be to lose them. She often takes care of her siblings when her parents cannot and she enjoys playing with them.

Appearance

April has dark green eyes and short hair pulled up in a ponytail held by a yellow bow. She wears a casual olive and yellow top with various badges on the chest, dark olive shorts, orange socks, and a pair of red and black boots. In summer, she wears a mint top with a pale camisole, denim skirt, and brown flats with olive socks.

Glitter Spring

As Cure March, her eyes and hair brighten, and her hair becomes very thick, enough to be worn mostly in a ponytail and a short, curled pair of pigtails that frame her face like her forelocks. She wears a gold crown-like piece with a single wing, matching her earrings located on the helix of her ear, a dark green choker, and a white forehead piece with a green gem. Her short light green dress has dark green and white detail feathered wings decorated with two green spheres. On the chest is a green bow with a gold brooch, and hanging from the back of the skirt is a ruffled, pale olive coat-tail. She also gains emerald shorts, white and light green sleeves with dark green ribbon, and matching short boots with a green toe and heel.

In Tiara mode, her tiara is replaced by a gold crown adorned by a green gem. She gains gold angel wings and gold ribbon earrings worn on the earlobe with a green heart in the middle.

As Princess March, her thicker hair is worn the same way but has more pronounced curls. She gains the tiara and earrings from Tiara Mode, the wing in her hair turning gold and she gains a halo. Over her outfit is a ruffled pale mint dress with a ribbon on the back, and a mint and white striped ribbon on the chest, where her brooch resides. Her wrist pieces and boots are slightly altered.

As Ultra Cure March, her hair grows out to be several times longer and her gold crown changes in design, gaining two green diamond gems to accent her new white choker. Her dress colors lighten, and a feathery pale mint piece covers the chest and hangs down the back, reminiscent of a long tail, her brooch resting on a pair of mint wings. Her feathered wrist pieces gain a green gem and ring, while her boots gain a wing-like cuff, with one at knee-length, the other reaching mid-lower leg. She obtains white wings.

Trivia

• In her introductory speech, Cure March says "rinrin", which has multiple meanings. Rinrin can mean "severe" or "intense", which corresponds with Nao's personality. It can also mean "piercing and cold", which may be a reference to March's power over wind.
• Nao appeared as Cure March to give the 10th anniversary congratulatory message at the beginning of episode 11 in Happiness Charge Pretty Cure!.

Voice Actresses

• Japanese : Marina Inoue
• Emglish : Danielle Judovits