Arisugawa Himari

Himari is one of the Cures in Kira Kira☆Pretty Cure A La Mode.

Personality
Himari is very timid, though if she isn't met with criticism, she'll gladly ramble on and on about sweets and the science behind them, which she knows a great deal about. While she takes many steps towards facing her fears more, she still struggles with it, though she does learn to deal with it better as time goes by.

History
As a young girl, Himari became fascinated by sweets, wondering what made them the way they are. She began to research a lot about them, becoming an especially big fan of a man named Tachibana Yū, reading his book, The Chemistry of Sweets, and picking up the phrase "sweets are chemistry" from him.

At school, she wanted to share her love for the subject with her classmates, enthusiastically telling them about it in detail, though her classmates found it boring and quickly moved on to other subjects after one classmate interrupted her. Seeing this, she became afraid of talking to people and began to keep to herself, never really making any friends.

Etymology
Her surname, Arisugawa (有栖川), was likely in part chosen due to the "risu" part sounding like the Japanese word for squirrel, 栗鼠 (risu). Part of the kanji, 栖, can also used in the words 幽栖 (yuusei), which means living a quiet life away from the masses, and 隠栖 (insei), meaning a secluded life. Interestingly, the first kanji in the name, 有, is also used in the Japanese word for famous, 有名 (yuumei).

Her given name, Himari (ひまり), may be in part based on the Japanese word for sunflower, 向日葵 (himawari). It may also be because of the word 締まり (shimari), which can mean closing or shutting, or firmness, tightness, discipline, or control. It could also possibly be in part because of the word 日増し (himashi), which means increasing day by day, or 広まり (hiromari), which means spread.