Rin Natsuki appears as a tomboy and plays enough sports to have every team clamoring for her to join them but has always time for her family and friends. Her parents run a flower shop which she often helps in. Her alter ego is the Cure of Passion, Cure Rouge.
She is voiced by Junko Takeuchi in Japanese.
Personality[]
Rin has a very straightforward and sensible personality that sharply contrasts with the cheerful and optimistic Nozomi Yumehara, which is shown that she has a big-sisterly attitude toward her best friend. Also, she appears as a tomboy and plays enough sports to have every team clamoring for her to join them, but indulges in a few feminine pursuits, such as a love of boys.
Appearance[]
Rin wears red-orange, and she transforms into Cure Rouge; her counterpart is her best friend, Cure Dream
Attacks[]
Rin can produce a mass of fire. She then thrusts her hand at the mass, sending it to the enemy and defeating it.
Trivia[]
- Rin is afraid of ghosts, just like Naruto Uzumaki, an anime character voiced by the same voice actress (Takeuchi Junko).
- Rin is the first sporty Cure who is not the leader of the group.
- At the end of the two seasons, Rin is the only one who does not have a strong bond with any mascot.
- Rin is a little bit similar to Nagisa from Futari wa Pretty Cure, in terms of personality. However her relationship with Karen, who resembles Honoka, is slightly awkward. This may be due to their opposite Cure forms; Cure Rouge and Cure Aqua control fire and water respectively, which are frequently depicted as opposites. Also, as Urara points out in the same episode, the two also represent passion and intelligence, another well-established opposite.
- Coincidentally, Cure Passion from Fresh Pretty Cure! has the same theme color as Cure Rouge, who is the Cure of Passion. However, Cure Passion's name comes from the passionfruit.
- Rin is the first Cure who plays soccer, followed by Hibiki from Suite Pretty Cure♪ and Nao from Smile Pretty Cure!.
- Cure Rouge is the first Cure to have red as her theme color, and is followed by Cure Passion.
- Rin is one of the few Cures to have short hair in her Cure form, along with Cure Black, Cure Pine, Cure Sunny, and possibly Cure Bright (Michiru).
- In the Pretty Cure All Stars Suite Flower Card Collection, Rin is represented by the hibiscus, which symbolizes style and strength in the Language of Flowers.
- Rin is the first Cure to have more than one sibling, along with Nao Midorikawa.
- Rin is the first Cure whose parents own a flower shop, second being Tsubomi Hanasaki from Heartcatch Pretty Cure.
- Rin is the first Cure to be from royal/famous descent, as shown in episode 27 of Yes! Pretty Cure 5.
- When Rin transforms into Cure Rouge, her hair is the most noticeble color change (Brown to Red).
- Rin shares her name with a singing program from Vocaloid, Rin Kagamine, Which also ties her in with the Suite Cure`s Melody and Rhythm because there hair bow`s are thought to resemble Rin Kagamine`s.
- Her voice actress Junko Takeuchi played another character with fire element, Takuya Kanbara from Digimon Frontier.
- She is the second sporty Cure to be in love.
- She is the first Cure to have fire powers.
- Rin will appear as Cure Rouge to give the 10th Anniversary Congratulatory Message at the beginning of episode 17 of Happiness Charge Pretty Cure!
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