Ichigo Momomiya

''"Chiyuu no Mirai ni, Gohoshi Suru Nyan!" - Ichigo's Catchphrase''

Ichigo Momomiya (桃宮 いちご, Momomiya Ichigo) is the main character and protagonist from the manga series Tokyo Mew Mew and its anime adaptation. She is the first of the Mew Mews to be introduced and her D.N.A is merged with an Iriomote cat.

She is a 13-year-old girl who attends Daikan Junior High School, with her crush and later boyfriend, Masaya Aoyama. She also works at Café Mew Mew as a waitress, a cover-up of her real duty as a Mew Mew.

Civilian
Ichigo is an average, pale-skinned, young woman who has short cherry-red hair that is commonly tied up into pigtails with two red ribbons. Around her neck, she wears a bell that was given to her by Masaya, her boyfriend. Her eyes are brown (dark red in new anime).

Personality
Ichigo is a cheerful, friendly, hardworking, and hyper young girl who enjoys spending time with her friends and her boyfriend. She is quite bold and very brave, never letting her fear of the aliens stop her from protecting those close to her. She is very excitable and tends to overreact when angry. She has great leadership skills and constantly encourages her team to try their best without trying.

Name Changes (Manga)
For the English translations of the manga, Ichigo's name is the same as the original Japanese version.


 * Tokyo Mew Mew (Kodansha): Ichigo Momomiya/Mew Ichigo
 * Tokyo Mew Mew (TokyoPop/Kodansha): Ichigo Momomiya/Mew Ichigo
 * Tokyo Mew Mew (Chuang Yi): Ichigo Momomiya/Mew Ichigo

Name Changes (Anime)
Tokyo Mew Mew was dubbed and localized in many different languages. The names of the characters were also subject to change. Many of the dubs that didn't use Ichigo or Zoey often translated their words for "Strawberry" as her first name; for example: Chau-Mui and Morango all mean 'Strawberry' in their respective language.

Listed below: (Name, Language, Character Name, Voice Actor/Actress.)


 * Tokyo Mew Mew (Japanese): Ichigo Momomiya/Mew Strawberry - Saki Nakajima (Original Anime) Yuuki Tenma (Tokyo Mew Mew New)
 * Mew Mew Power (English): Zoey Hanson/Mew Zoey - Amanda Lipitz
 * Dong Jing Mao Mao (Tokyo Cats/Tokyo Mew Mew) (Mandarin) : Méi 'Xiǎo Méi' Táogōng/Mew Mew Xiǎo Méi - Qiū Méi-Jūn
 * Dung Ging Miu Miu (Tokyo Mew Mew) (Cantonese VCD Dub): Chau-Mui TouGung/Mew Chau-Mui - Chin Wai-Ling
 * Maau Maau Jin Deui (Cantonese ATV Dub): Chau-Mui TouGung/Mew Chau-Mui - Dang Git-Lai
 * Mew Mew Amiche Vincenti (Mew Mew Winning Friends) (Italian): Strawberry Momomiya/Mew Berry - Debora Magnaghi
 * Berry Berry Mew Mew (Korean): Berry Hong/Mew Berry - Misuk Jeong
 * Tokyo Mew Mew (Indonesian): Ichigo Momomiya/Mew Ichigo - N/A
 * Tokyo Mew Mew (Hebrew): Ichigo Momomiya/Mew Ichigo - Liat Har-Lev
 * As Super Gatinhas (The Super Kittens) (Brazilian Portugese): Zoey Hanson/None - Samira Fernandes
 * Mew Mew Power (1st Portuguese Dub): Zoey Hanson/Mew Zoey - Sandra de Castro
 * Tokyo Mew Mew (2nd Portuguese Dub): Morango Momomiya/Mew Morango - Bárbara Lourenço
 * Mew Mew Power (Danish): Ichigo Momomiya/Mew Ichigo - Amalie Dollerup
 * โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว (Tokyo Mew Mew) (Thai): Ichigo Momomiya/Mew Ichigo - Sansanee Wattanukul
 * Vajzat Mjau - Mbrojtëset e Planetit (Mew Girls - Defenders of the Planet) (Albanian Albania Production): Zoi Hanson/Mjau Zoi - Esmeralda Metka
 * Luftëtaret Mace (Cat Warriors) (Albanian "Jess" Discographic): Luleshtrydhe Momomiya/Mjau Shtrydhe (Mew Berry) - Laura Nezha
 * Vadmacska Kommandó (Wildcat Commando) (Hungarian): Zoey Hanson/None - Titanilla Bogdányi
 * Miau Miau Power (Mew Mew Power) (Latino Spanish): Zoey Hanson/Miau Zoey - Alejandra Ramirez
 * Mew Mew Power (French): Zoey Hanson/None - Sophie Landresse
 * Mew Mew Power (Dutch): Zoey Hanson/Mew Zoey - N/A
 * Družina Mjau - Mjau / Mjau - Mjau Tokio (Mew Mew Team/Tokyo Mew Mew Team) (Serbian): Zoey Hanson/Mjau Zoi - Mariji Dakić
 * Mijau Mijau Družina (Mew Mew Team) (Croatian): Zoey Hanson/Mijau Zoi - N/A
 * Силата Миу Миу / Silata Mew Mew (Mew Mew Power) (Bulgarian): Zoey Hanson/Mew Zoey - Asya Bratanova
 * Mew Mew Power (Greek): Zoey Hanson/None - Sofia Kapsampeli
 * Mew Mew Power / Sihirli Kızlar (Magical Girls) (Turkish): Zoey Hanson/Mew Zoey - Milay Ezengin

Etymology

 * The name Ichigo is written in hiragana (いちご), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (一吾, 一悟, 一護, 一期, 一五 or 苺), it could possibly mean:


 * 一吾 - "one" (一) (ichi) and "I, me" (吾) (go).
 * 一悟 - "one" (一) (ichi) and "enlightenment" (悟) (go).
 * 一護 - "one" (一) (ichi) and "safeguard, protect" (護) (go).
 * 一期 - "term/first term, half-year, quarter".
 * 一五 - "15".
 * 苺 - "strawberry".
 * Ichigo's surname Momomiya means "peach" (桃) (momo) and "temple, shrine, palace" (宮) (miya).

Trivia

 * Her main weapon is a mystical pink-and-gold bell, just like the Crystal Carrion wielded by Super Sailor Chibi Moon in the fourth season of the 1990s Sailor Moon anime.
 * In an episode of Mew Mew Power, Zoey Hanson said that she was not a good dancer. She provided evidence for this when she revealed that, when she attempted to do the famous Macarena dance, she sent five people to the emergency room, just by dancing.
 * The Iriomote cat (Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensis) is a subspecies of leopard cat endemic to Iriomote Island. It is classified as "critically endangered" on the IUCN Red List, with an average population of under 250.


 * It was initially classified as a separate species, but mt-DNA analysis in the 1990s led to its reclassification as a subspecies.
 * Ichigo is the only Mew Mew who needed some help for her mutation to speed up. All the other Mew Mews' mutations are all complete and they are either unaware of the mutation (Minto and Bu-Ling) or they found out how to unlock it (Retasu and Zakuro).
 * Ichigo is the only member of the group whose garter is placed on her right leg, whereas the other members' garters are placed on their left leg. In à la Mode, Mew Berry also has her garter on her right leg, which may mean it signifies that they are the leaders of Tokyo Mew Mew.
 * Ichigo's transformation phrase and attack is the only one not including her name, hers being "Mew Mew Strawberry, Metamorphose" and "Ribbon Strawberry Check", while the other Mew Mews have their names included in their transformation phrase and attack. (The reason for this is because her name "Ichigo" is the Japanese translation of strawberry).
 * This was changed in New as her name was now included in her transformation phrase: "Mew Mew Ichigo, Metamorphose". The attack phrase, however, remains the same.


 * Despite popular belief, she and Ringo Akai are not related in any way, despite having a few similarities.
 * We found out in Episode 3 that Ichigo knows how to swim but is afraid of ghosts.

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