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{{CharInfobox
|color={{shield color}}
|corecolor={{shield color light}}
|bordercolor={{shield color dark}}
|name=Gloria
|jname=ユウリ
|tmname=Yūri
|image=Sword Shield Female Trainer.png
|size=170px
|caption=Official artwork from {{g|Sword and Shield}}
|gender=Female
|colors=yes
|eyes=Brown{{tt|*|Top-left and bottom-right PC default}}, Light blue{{tt|*|Top-right PC default}}, Gray{{tt|*|Bottom-left PC default}}
|hair=Brown{{tt|*|Top-left and bottom-right PC default}}, Blond{{tt|*|Top-right PC default}}, Black{{tt|*|Bottom-left PC default}}
|hometown=[[Postwick]]
|region=[[Galar]]
|relatives={{gal|Mum|Unnamed mother}} and father
|trainer=yes
|trainerclass=[[Pokémon Trainer]], [[player character]]
|game=yes
|generation={{gen|VIII}}
|games={{pkmn|Sword and Shield}}
|anime=no
|manga=counterpart
|mangacounterpart=[[Shirudomiria Tate]]
}}

'''Gloria''' (Japanese: '''ユウリ''' ''Yūri'') is the female [[player character]] in {{g|Sword and Shield}}. Her male counterpart is {{ga|Victor}}.

==In the games==
Gloria is a young girl who lives with her mother in the town of [[Postwick]]. One day, her friend [[Hop]] invites him to meet his big brother [[Leon]], the {{pkmn|Champion}} of the [[Galar League]], so that they both can receive a [[starter Pokémon]] from him. After receiving an [[endorsement]] from him later on, as well as obtaining a [[Dynamax Band]] from [[Professor Magnolia]], each of them sets out on their Gym Challenge, collecting eight [[Badge]]s from [[Gym Leader]]s across the [[region]], while also dealing the troublesome actions of [[Team Yell]] along the way.

Gloria eventually collects the eight required Badges and travels to [[Wyndon]], the biggest city in [[Galar]] and the setting of the Champion Cup, where she competes for the right to challenge Leon. Gloria wins the tournament, but her battle with Leon is interrupted before it can even begin by the actions of the Galar League [[Chairman Rose]], who has awakened a Pokémon known as {{p|Eternatus}} brought about an event called the [[Darkest Day]], which Galar had previously experienced thousands of years ago. Gloria teams up with Hop and the [[Legendary Pokémon]] {{p|Zacian}} and {{p|Zamazenta}} to defeat Eternatus, before {{pkmn2|caught|catching}} it and ending the second Darkest Day. She then proceeds to battle Leon and defeat him, ending his career as the undefeated Champion and making Gloria the new Champion.

Later, Gloria and Hop are forced to deal with a group of rampaging [[Dynamax]] Pokémon let loose by a pair of rich brothers named [[Sordward]] and [[Shielbert]], who are trying to reinstate the monarchy of Galar and denigrate Zacian and Zamazenta. Eventually, the brothers' plans are stopped, and both Gloria and Hop end up catching one of the two Legendary Pokémon.

==Artwork==
{| style="margin:auto; text-align:center; {{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{shield color dark}}; background: #{{shield color}}"
|-
| style="{{roundy|15px}} border: 2px solid #{{shield color dark}}; background: #{{shield color light}}" | [[File:Sword Shield Female Trainer Gym Challenge Uniform.png|x250px]]
| style="{{roundy|15px}} border: 2px solid #{{shield color dark}}; background: #{{shield color light}}" | [[File:Sword Shield Female Trainer Isle of Armor.png|x250px]]
| style="{{roundy|15px}} border: 2px solid #{{shield color dark}}; background: #{{shield color light}}" | [[File:Sword Shield Female Trainer Crown Tundra.png|x250px]]
|- style="font-size: 80%"
| Artwork of Gloria in her<br>{{color2|000|Gym}} uniform
| Artwork of Gloria from<br>"{{color2|000|The Isle of Armor}}" expansion
| Artwork of Gloria from<br>"{{color2|000|The Crown Tundra}}" expansion
|}

===Sprites===
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|-
| style="{{roundy|15px}} border: 2px solid #{{shield color dark}}; background: #{{shield color light}}" | [[File:SwSh Prerelease player selection.png|230px]]
|-
| Choosing the player's appearance<br>at the beginning of Sword and Shield
|}
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==Counterparts==
===In the anime===
===In the manga===
====In the Pokémon Adventures manga====-->

==Trivia==
* Even though the player can choose the player character's uniform number, [[:File:Sword Shield Female Trainer Gym Challenge Uniform.png|official artwork]] depicts their uniform number as "227", which can be read in Japanese as {{wp|Japanese wordplay#Goroawase|goroawase}} for 無事な ''bujina'', meaning "safely". It also could be a reference to [[Pokémon Day|February 27]], the release date of {{game|Red and Green|s}}.
* Pre-release media referred to Gloria as both "Gloria" and "Shield" (Japanese: '''シールド''' ''Shield'').

==Names==
{| class="roundy" style="background: #{{shield color}}; border: 3px solid #{{shield color dark}}"
! Language
! Name
! Origin
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Japanese
| ユウリ ''Yūri''
| From 優 ''yū'' (excellent). Forms a pun of 優勝 ''yūshō'' (championship) and 勝利 ''shōri'' (victory) with 勝る ''{{ga|Victor|masaru}}'' 
|- style="background:#FFF"
| English, German, Spanish,<br>French, Italian
| Gloria
| From ''glory''
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Korean
| 우리 ''Uri''
| From 우 (優) ''u'' (excellent). Forms a pun of 우승 (優勝) ''useung'' (championship) and 승리 (勝利) ''seungni'' (victory) with 승재 ''Seungjae'' (Victor) 
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Chinese ({{tt|Mandarin|Taiwan and Mainland China}})
| 小優 / 小优 ''Xiǎo Yōu''
| rowspan="2" | From 優 / 优 ''yōu / yāu'' (excellent). Forms the phrase 優勝 / 优胜 ''yōushèng / yāusīng'' (championship) with 小勝 / 小胜 ''Xiǎo Shèng / Síu Sīng'' (Victor)
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Chinese ({{tt|Cantonese|Hong Kong}})
| 小優 ''Síu Yāu''
|}
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[[Category:Sword and Shield characters]]
[[Category:Trainers with Dynamax Bands]]
[[Category:Champions]]
[[Category:Trainers with Legendary or Mythical Pokémon]]

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