Akane Hino (日野 あかね Hino Akane?) or (Kelsey in the English Dub Glitter Force) is one of the five main Cures in the series Smile Pretty Cure!. She attends Nanairogaoka Middle School in Nanairogaoka Class 2-2 along with the other Cures. An unusually passionate girl, she is able to get into any mood easily and loves to make others laugh. Her family runs an okonomiyaki restaurant, and she often helps out there. In school, she is part of the volleyball team. She was born in Osaka and thus speaks in the Kansai dialect.
Her alter ego is Cure Sunny (キュアサニー Kyua Sanī?), or Glitter Sunny in the Glitter Force dub and also Warrior Sunny in Smile Warrior dub. She is the second member to join the team and she also controls the power of Fire and Flames