Suguri Akamura

"You really think I'll give up without a fight?!" - Mythical Mew Mew

Suguri Akamura (すぐり) is one of the main heroines of Mythical Mew Mew. Her Mew form is Mew Currant.

Suguri is a short, stocky, pear-shaped girl with naturally tan skin. She has messy, dark red hair that reaches just past her shoulders and flares slightly at the ends. Thick, slightly bushy eyebrows sit above a pair of large, round, brown eyes with medium-length eyelashes. Her broad nose has a crooked bridge due to a break that healed wrong and her mouth is frequently set in a similarly crooked grin. A band-aid sits on her jaw, covering up a cut that keeps reopening as a result of Suguri's constant fighting, she also has an old scar that cuts through her eyebrow.
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She doesn't have much sense when it comes to fashion, often wearing mismatched colors and improperly sized clothes, such as tank-tops, shorts, and over sized jackets. Her favorite pair of non-school shoes are a pair of red and white sneakers that Suguri refuses to throw out no matter how dirty and worn out they become. When at school she wears the Akebono Daizan Junior High School girls' uniform with black compression shorts just barely peeking out from under her skirt, white ankle high socks, and a pair of red and white sneakers.

Suguri has changed very little in the past two years. She's gained an inch, has a scar on her jawline and has let her hair grow slightly longer. She now wears the Narumi Hōseki High School girls' uniform with ankle-high white socks.
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Suguri's café uniform is a dark red dress that reaches her lower thighs with a white, frilly apron tied into a thin bow at the back. A red ribbon is attached to the collar, and the shirt has dark red and red cuffs attached to the short sleeves.

The skirt has white frills at the bottom and a thin red stripe above the hem, while her legs are covered by white shin-high socks with frilled cuffs and her shoes are dark red sneakers with white toes, white soles, and white laces. Lastly, a frilly white headband sits on her head.

As Mew Currant, her hair and eyes become red, and she grows black bat wings, ears, and a lizard tail. Her outfit is a shin-length open coat that reveals her stomach paired with red shorts. Her knee-high boots are red, as are her fingerless gloves.
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She also has red garters on both arms, her left thigh, and a choker around her neck. The tops and bottoms of her garters and choker are lined with dark red lace. Her Mew Mark, which resembles dragon wings attached to a circle, is just above her navel.

After receiving her upgrade, Mew Currant's hair grows a few inches longer and the leg holes of her shorts become spiky, she also gains a small dark red ribbon on the front of her shorts. The finger holes of her gloves become slightly spiky, her wrist cuffs also become spikier and flare out, she also has a small, dark red band around each wrist.
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The dark red lace lining the tops and bottoms of her garters and choker become visibly spikier, she also now has a red ribbon attached to her leg garter. Her usual gold pendant is replaced by a heart-shaped red amulet with a golden rim attached to a dark red ribbon tied around her choker

Suguri is an abrasive person, often insulting people and giving them mean nicknames, no-one’s entirely sure if she’s intentionally being mean or if she’s just insensitive. Suguri has admitted to meaning some of the things she says, but there have also been times where she genuinely doesn’t seem to understand why people are upset at her, so both theories could hold some truth.

She’s never liked people beating around the bush or simply alluding to things, instead preferring to be upfront and direct with what she says. Unfortunately, Suguri either doesn’t realize or just doesn’t care that being so forward could upset people, especially in a culture that’s used to indirectness.

Suguri lives for chaos; if someone tells her not to do something, she’ll do it, if there are rules, she’ll break them. Her contrarian behaviour ties into her hatred of authority and people telling her what to do. Suguri values her freedom and will openly defy authority figures unless it benefits her or they’ve managed to gain her respect in some way.

One of Suguri’s most prominent traits is her extreme aggression, she frequently gets into physical fights, and is often the one to throw the first punch when her short fuse gets the best of her. It’s not uncommon for her to snap at people for small things, like chewing too loudly or hiccuping too often. Suguri has poor impulse control and seems to have been born without self-preservation skills, leading her to perform risky stunts like scaling her school building and climbing through her classroom’s window instead of taking the stairs because she thought it’d be fun.

Suguri’s morals are a little too grey for most people, she’s the type of person who looks out for herself and her people before considering anyone else. This, combined with a tendency to get bored easily and her aforementioned impulsivity, has led to Suguri participating in less-than-legal activities, such as shop-lifting, breaking into abandoned houses, trespassing, and vandalism. She’s a well-known nuisance to the local officers, who, due to Suguri’s age, can’t do anything more than chastise her and drive her home.

Suguri’s transformation begins with her kissing her Mew Pendant and declaring her metamorphosis. The next scene shows Suguri with her DNA morphing in the background. She then runs and jumps forward into a handspring, as her hands momentarily touch the ground a small flash of fire causes her gloves to appear.

She then flips and twirls through the air as the fire covering her body forms her coat and shorts. Suguri lands on her feet as her boots appear, and a blaze of fire reveals her choker, garters and pendant. Finally, she poses.

Despite her small size, Suguri is much stronger than she looks and can pack quite a punch. She also has cat-like reflexes, giving her an upper hand whenever she gets into a fight.

Through her many criminal activities Suguri has picked up a variety of skills and abilities, including lock-picking, pick-pocketing, and a keen eye.

Due to her infusion, Suguri's body and physical capabilities have been affected; some of these abilities are only available in Mew form, while others can be used at any time. Like the other Mews, she can withstand injuries much better than a regular person, this is most noticeable as Mew Currant, but even outside of Mew form she's still notably resilient.

Much like one of her DNA animals, Suguri can use her bat wings to fly through the air at great speeds. Many of her senses are also increased; she can see far better than a human (even being able to perceive ultraviolet wavelengths), her hearing is so sensitive that she can tell how big something is just by the way sound bounces off of it, and her nose is able to pick up on even the weakest scents. She can only fly as Mew Currant, but she retains her enhanced senses whether she's in Mew or civilian form.

Suguri's iguana DNA causes her to seek out warmth.

Suguri's fighting strategy doesn't go any further than 'strike hard and kick 'em while they're down'. Her knowledge of the human body's weak points is worryingly vast, which she claims is from experience. She fights with an axe known as the Currant Axe, this weapon allows her to perform an attack named 'Ribbon Currant Burst'.

Suguri inherited her anger and violent tendencies from her mother, a short but still incredibly intimidating woman who tends to start fights.

Her father is a levelheaded man who tries to keep Suguri's anger in check. Suguri adores her father and spends a lot of time with him.

The first time they met resulted in Suguri attacking Ame before running off. Though they got off on the wrong foot, they now get along reasonably well.

Suguri's short temper sparks a lot of fights between her and Kyoho. Despite their volatile relationship, Suguri openly admits that she thinks Kyoho is attractive.

She finds Nashi a little boring due to her shyness and inability to stand up for herself. other than that Suguri has no real opinion of her.

Mikan and Suguri get along pretty well. Suguri is more than happy to fight alongside Mikan and sometimes hangs out with her outside of work and Mew duties.

Suguri admires Ichijiku's drawing skills and constantly asks for Ichijiku to do a drawing of her fighting Chimera Anima or just fighting in general.

Unlike some of her teammates, Suguri is thankful that Professor Ginza infused her because it gives her the chance to let out some anger on the Chimera Animas.

Suguri finds Yuzu's controlling tendencies angering and is quick to snap at her.

Suguri enjoys Keke's more carefree and relaxed attitude and will even help her set up a prank every now and then.

Back before I'd even developed anything about the characters, I'd planned for the then unnamed 'Dragon Mew' to be the second member of the team. I'd also considered giving her and the 'Unicorn Mew' a 'Knight and Princess' dynamic.

The decision to make her an aromantic asexual came about due to the common association between dragons and asexuals.

Suguri is the Japanese word for 'currant'.

Akamura is made up of two kanji. Aka, which means 'red' and Mura, which translates to 'village'.

Currant refers to a small dried fruit derived from a variety of grape.

Dana is a unisex name of multiple origins, one potential meaning is 'from Denmark'.

Lawson is an English surname meaning 'son of Lawrence'.

Hóng-Cùlì is the Mandarin Chinese word for 'redcurrant'.

Chìcūn is made up of two characters. Chì, which means 'red' and Cūn, which translates to 'village'.

Lý-Chua-Đỏ is the Vietnamese word for 'redcurrant'.

Xíchthôn means 'chain village'.

Sabrina is an Italian girls' name meaning 'border' or 'boundary'.

Akamura is just her Japanese surname.

Suguli is simply an alternate spelling of her Japanese name.

Hong is a Korean surname that, when written with a specific hanja, translates to 'red'.


 * Honduran Spiny-tailed Iguanas live in Honduras. There are approximately 5,000 left.


 * Golden-Capped Fruit Bats live in the Philippines. There are approximately 10,000 left.


 * She has the same Japanese voice actress as Misaka Mikoto from A Certain Scientific Railgun.


 * She has the same English voice actress as Anna Kaboom from Yu-Gi-Oh ZEXAL.

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