Hirogaru Sky! Pretty Cure, a Toei show, has a male Cure now: Cure Wing. First-ever male on the main team.
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Couldn't have just given him pants, huh?
I'm not really opposed to the concept of magical boys, but I think they should look more "princely" or something. If they had given him pants and combined the mini jacket and skirt into a fancy coat thing, the design would be far more masculine, but still fitting the cure theme. The Ponytail and earrings are a bit much, but forgivable.
The real test will be how he's used in the show. Often this type of character will be used in a slightly comedic fashion by having a female character design act like a hormonal teenage boy or otherwise try to become more masculine, or be totally confused by the fact that everyone thinks they are a girl when they are so obviously a boy.
Or we could get the whole true girl's heart nonsense.
Or we could get none of that and just have a dude who helps his friends and doesn't care that the magical transformation is feminine looking because it helps him punch bad guys.
Really hard to tell with japan these days.
Outside chance, we might get a based line like "It doesn't matter if my clothes and appearance changes, I'm still a boy!"
As I mentioned earlier, Cure Chocolat is more butch than Cure Wing.
As in quite literally the character is modeled on a Takarazuka Revue style otokoyaku (lit: "male role", although played by a woman), and the VA did that for 15 stage productions IRL before moving into voice work.