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INTEREST: 1st Ever Male Precure Debuts in Kirakira ☆ Precure a la Mode

I hope this character is popular, I'd really like to see the "magical boys" genre(popularized by Masami Kuramada's Saint Seiya) get a revival.

He's not a Precure.
He's listed on the fairy page on the website and they don't call him a Precure anywhere.
It's just fans that are calling him a Precure (in the very Otakomu link you used as a source for this article).

While I am... conflicted over the prospect of male Precure, that actually isn't my main concern. We are faced with two main possibilities.

The first is that, as has been stated, NOWHERE does it say that this character has become a Precure; all we know is that he is back from his half-season power nap, is allied with the heroines and has powers. He could potentially become akin to the mysterious guy with the hearts from HeartCatch who saved Cure Blossom a few times while she was getting the hang of it, or a more active and powerful version of Kanata from Go! Princess. I would have absolutely no problem with this approach - an ally, but not a Cure nor a member of the main team.

The other is that he is a Cure and is a part of the team just as much as Whip, Custard, Gelato, Macaron, Chocolat and Parfait. That is a HUGE problem, because A. this brings the total number of team members up to an unprecedented 7 and B. this season has anywhere from 8-11 episodes left in its run: it's far too late in the game to be making a move this major (notice how both of these things have nothing to do with him being a dude).

I've always had a problem with the Five-Man Band seasons of Precure (Yes! 5, Smile, and now KiraKira). They aren't doomed to be bad, but they are immediately compromised and have to work extra hard to make up for it. I just think 5 main heroines right out the gate is too much, especially when you introduce another halfway through. By having so many that each need to show up in every episode in some way, it crowds out side characters (Kaoru-chan and Ban-kun were amazing additions to Fresh and HeartCatch) and stretches character focus thin; it took a month and a half for all of them to get their crystal just so that they could get to the new finisher, just as an example. And now they're going to introduce ANOTHER with less than three months left? No, he's not a brand-new character and his backstory has already been covered, but this is a major change for his character and the group dynamic, and that requires time for the audience and the characters to adjust, time the show doesn't have.

If they go with option 1, I'm A-OK. It reminds me of Cure Tender from HappinessCharge, and that was handled fine - heck, it's very reminiscent of the end of Fresh. If they go with option 2, it'd be the most short-sighted move I've seen this series make, and that includes not foreshadowing Cure Ace in any way.

And shame on ANN for reporting this as if him being a Cure is confirmed fact.