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Coco (ココ Koko) is one of the main supporting characters in the anime Mermaid Melody. Her debut was marked in Episode 4 in Gaito's castle. The episode that centers around her is Episode 64.

History[]

Pichi Pichi Pitch[]

Coco is the princess of the South Pacific Ocean. Using her Yellow Pearl, she can transform into Yellow Pearl Voice and help fight against evil. Coco is the first princess to be trapped in Gaito's castle.

Coco is a loyal friend and thanks to Coco's feelings of love, Sara was put back on the path to her true self. She seems outspoken and brash at times, more so in the anime.

Pure[]

In the second season, after defeating Gaito, she returned to her kingdom to help rebuild it. On her first summer since her capture, she joined the human world for her vacations alongside Caren and Noel. She finds out that Hanon flirts with a guy named Nagisa Shirai. She acts like a cupid as shown in episode 69 when she tries to get Hanon and Nagisa together after she overheard Rina and Lucia talk about Hanon treating Nagisa badly. She get Noel and Caren to help with her plan. Her first plan was call "Have Nagisa Profess His Love by the Sea! Operation Attractive!" by having Nagisa breaking a watermelon while being blindfolded, and having him ride a banana boat at top speed. Her second plan was called "Confession of Love to Nagisa by the Sea! Operation Jealousy!" by having Noel attaching herself to Nagisa to make Hanon jealous. However the plans to Lucia and Rina make them believe that Coco and the others are doing this the wrong way.

Personality[]

Coco is a bright, loving, and caring girl. She is also a fun-loving mermaid and often goes around flirting with boys on the beach. The manga version is much more gentle than her anime counterpart, who is more brash and outspoken.

One of Coco's most defining traits is her loyalty to her friends, perhaps even loyal to a fault. Prior to the series, she allowed herself to be a prisoner under Gaito after Sara threatened to bring harm to her kingdom. Even after she was rescued late in the first season, she still displayed deep guilt for failing to comfort Sara's and her broken heart. She also felt indirectly responsible for allowing Sara's pearl power to spiral out of control. Even after all the time she spent trapped in Gaito's castle, Coco's loyalty to Sara never wavered. Her loyalty to Sara would be one key component towards Sara's reformation later on.

Based on Coco's unbreakable loyalty to her best friend, Coco seems to worry far more often than the other mermaids. Upon having repetitive dreams around her best friends' powerful Legendary Spiral Shell, she could not stop worrying about the shells' safety until the shell (and its power) was safely in her hands. Coco's worrisome personality has shown to be costly not just for herself, but also her friends. While she enlisted the help of the trio to search this shell, it later led to the four of them nearly being defeated at the hands of the Black Beauty Sisters (who had found the spiral shell first). In a twist of irony, it would be the shell's power that would get the four mermaids out of danger.

Coco is usually good at keeping secrets, as she initially lied to Lucia, Hanon, and Rina about the truth behind the Legendary Spiral Shell. Despite this, she was forced to give up the truth when she had no choice. Coco is a prime example of how lying to friends can sometimes lead to danger and trouble. In addition, Coco seems to be poor at acting. In episode 72, she did not fool Hanon in trying to convince her that everything is fine.

Appearance[]

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Coco being saved.

Coco has straight, yellow hair in her human form; however in her mermaid and idol form she has light blond hair. In her Human Form she has golden brown eyes, but in her Idol Form and Mermaid Form, she has yellow eyes. Like the other mermaids Coco wears a yellow pendant shaped like a seashell with wings that has her yellow pearl inside it, which she uses to transform into Yellow Pearl Voice.

Forms and Aspects[]

Coco has four forms. Her four forms, like all other mermaids are her Human Form, Mermaid Form, Idol Form, and Super Idol Form.

Human Form[]

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Coco's Human Form

In her human form, Coco's appearance develops into a natural human look. Her long hair became shorter and slightly darker in color. Her eyes also change into a golden brown color. She wears her shell pendant containing her pearl like all the other Mermaid Princesses. She usually wears yellow clothing, most which are showy or flattering to herself.

Mermaid Form[]

Coco-Mermaid

Mermaid Form

Her mermaid form follows the trend of all of the other Mermaid Princesses, with two pearl bracelets around her right wrist and her yellow tail. She has long, straight, blond hair with bangs and yellow eyes.

Idol Form[]

Lastly, there is her idol form, Yellow Pearl Voice. Her costume is a short golden yellow dress with a high-neck halter top. The dress has a large light yellow stripe in the middle, as well as a short knee-length yellow pleated skirt. It also includes a matching pair of pale yellow high heel boots and light yellow gloves with cuffs. Coco has been shown to sing in this form only once, in episode 67.

Super Idol Form[]

Super Idol - Coco

Super Idol Form

Coco's Super Idol Form follows the other mermaids' trends. Her dress now has yellow-orange ruffles on the sides, which is accessorized with an yellow-orange bow on the back. Her boots and gloves now have a second pale-yellow layer. The skirt of her dress also appears to be slightly more pleated.
Coco does not appear in a mermaid princess gown. Yellow Pearl Voice only has one outfit in the manga, and has received no power-ups.

Powers[]

In the anime, Coco shouts "Yellow Pearl Voice!" to transform. In the manga, Coco does not have a phrase to transform, she simply just transforms with her own will. Coco can sing to fend off enemies. Once joined with the other mermaid princesses, her voice's power increases. In the manga, she can even do so in her mermaid form and without her pearl.

List of songs sung by Coco[]

Transformations[]

Trivia[]

  • Coco's name is deprived from the tropical fruit, Coconut.
  • Along with Noel, she doesn't have her own image song. However, her seiyuu, Satomi Arai, performed a song named: "Younger You" with the voice she pitched Coco in the anime and released it in an album of songs performed by her in 2014.
  • After Sara's death, Coco became (and still currently is) the oldest princess of the group.
  • Coco, Sara and Seira are the only mermaid princesses not to appear in their princess outfits in the anime and manga. Rakuten has produced merchandise featuring Coco in her princess outfit.
  • She is one of the three princesses who do not have any love interests, the other two being Noel and Seira.
  • All South Pacific mermaids – including Coco – are born on Tuesday. Since Sara is older than Coco, who is herself older than Lucia, we must find the year between the two of them in which August 7 is on Tuesday. With 1973 and 1979 being too early, that means the correct year is 1984, and thus makes Coco around nineteen when she first appears.
  • Her and Noel's pearls were taken away from them by the Black Beauty Sisters in episode 49 for having their powers increased.
Anime Characters
Mermaid Princesses Lucia NanamiHanon HōshōRina TōinCarenNoelCocoSeiraSara
Supporting Characters Aqua ReginaKaito DōmotoHippoNikora NanamiMadame Taki
Tarō MitsukiRihito AmagiMichal AmagiNagisa ShiraiMasahiro Hamasaki
Season 1 Villains GaitoIzuruEriruYuriMariaShesheMimi
Season 2 Villains MichelShesheMimiLady BatLanhuaAlalaFukuThe Great One
Minor Villains Beyrich's Slit ShellBubble CrabGaleosGiant JellyfishIce Fairy
LionfishMehikariNapoleon FishSardines
Sea CucumberSea SnakeTachi BrothersTropical FishWater Dragons
Minor Characters AuriAyakaCoral SpiritJennifer Houston
KashiwagiKōsuke SakiyaMakotoMamiMeruMeru's MotherMaki
MinkeMomoPipiKura-chanRichardRyoSaoriSomegorōSubaru
YukieYuya Ishibashi
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