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Thursday 19 March 2009 photo 1/6
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Ichigo Momomiya <span style="font-weight: normal;">(桃宮 いちご <span style="display: none;">,Momomiya Ichigo<span style="padding-right: 0.1em; padding-left: 0.1em; padding-bottom: 0px; font: bold 80% sans-serif; color: #00e; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">?) is the series' main protagonist and the leader of the Mew Mews. Ichigo is merged with the DNA of the Iriomote Cat, giving her the ability to transform into Mew Ichigo, a powerful heroic cat girl. The transformation also causes her to exhibit various feline mannerisms in her human form.[8] As Ichigo's power increases, the cat DNA inside her grows stronger, causing her Mew Ichigo cat ears and tail to appear when she is excited. Eventually it grows strong enough to turn her into a small black cat; to change back, she must be kissed by someone—human or animal.[14][15][16]
At the start of the series, Ichigo has a crush on Masaya Aoyama, but she believes he is oblivious to her feelings, he later returns them and they begin dating.[8] A mysterious protected named the Blue Knight appears midway through the series as her protector, who is later revealed to be Masaya.[17] Throughout the series, the alien Kish makes repeated advances towards Ichigo, which Ichigo repeatedly rejects.[8][11][18] In the final battle with Deep Blue, revealed to also be Masaya, Kish dies trying to protect Ichigo. Though she can not accept his final declaration of love, she cries over his death and holds him as he dies.[19] After Masaya kills himself and Deep Blue, Ichigo saves him by transferring her own life force into him, killing herself. The mew aqua in Masaya's body is able to revive her.[19][20] At the end of the series, the other Mew Mews hold a mock wedding for Ichigo and Masaya before Masaya goes off to study abroad in England.[20] In Tokyo Mew Mew a La Mode, it is revealed that Ichigo decided to join Masaya in England having lost all of her Mew Power. When they begin to manifest again, she returns to Japan aid in the battle against the Saint Rose Crusaders