Hibana Nishiyama ( Cure Dusk )

Nishiyama Hibana (西山 火花 Nishiyama Hibana) is one of the three main Cures in Miracle Time Pretty Cure!.

Her alter ego is Cure Dusk (キュアダスク). Her catchphrase is "Be brave, me!" (勇気を出して、私！Yūkiwodashite, watashi!)

Her Pretty Cure partner is Cure Dawn.

Personality
Hibana is a 14-year-old girl who's loud, happy-go-lucky, energetic and bright. She loves being helpful, and her kindness helps her earn the hearts of many people, including adults. She is also very athletic, being an excellent runner and able of carrying heavy things with ease, a trait she inherited from her deceased mother. But as cheerful as she is, all of those traits do a 180 turn when she meets strangers or gets into unfamiliar situations, turning her into a cripplingly shy and cowardly person who'll run away at any given opportunity. She is also deathly afraid of ghosts, monsters and anything creepy.

Although often coming across as naïve and clueless, Hibana is very mature and has her perceptive moments on occasions. She is also one of the more responsible people out of the group, a thing that Hakumei and Toki often recognize and comment on. She also struggles to keep a darker side of hers at bay, putting on a happy facade at times so her family & friends won't worry about her.

While not being the most creative-inclined person ever, Hibana has a very vivid imagination. Her outlandish fantasies often serves as a running gag in the series.

Hibana also loves nature & animals a lot, another thing her mother passed to her. She is the prime caretaker of her family’s big (and very beautiful) flower garden, and posseses ample knowledge on gardening. Despite that, she never accepts the Gardening Club's request to join in, saying that she doesn't want her peaceful time intruded and "interviews are my bane of existence". She still helps them out from time to time. She owns a cat named Nana-chan and is shown to be really close to him.

Relationships
Azumada Akari: Her childhood friend who she was estranged with at the start of the series, due to some misunderstandings. After a proper reconcilation, they became Pretty Cures together and began to repair their broken relationship. Despite clashing and being unable to see eye-to-eye sometimes, the girls share a very deep bond.

Kotai Shinji: Hibana's other close friend. They love joking around and taking about animals and plants together.

Gogon: Hibana sees Gogon as a younger sibling, and Gogon looks up to Hibana a lot.

Azumada Toki:

Mayonaka Mitsuki:

Etymology
Nishiyama (西山): Nishi (西) means "west" and Yama (山) means "mountain".

Hibana (火花): Hi (火) means "fire" and Bana (花) means "flower". Together, Hibana (火花) means "spark" or "glimmer".