Gloria (game)

Gloria ユウリ Yūri
Official artwork from Pokémon Sword and Shield
Gender	Female
Eye color	Brown*, Light blue*, Gray*
Hair color	Brown*, Blond*, Black*
Hometown	Postwick
Region	Galar
Relatives	Unnamed mother and father
Trainer class	Pokémon Trainer, player character
Generation	VIII
Games	Sword and Shield
Manga counterpart(s)	Shirudomiria Tate

Gloria (Japanese: ユウリ Yūri) is the female player character in Pokémon Sword and Shield. Her male counterpart is Victor.

Artwork

Artwork of Gloria in her Gym uniform	Artwork of Gloria in her "The Isle of Armor" outfit	Artwork of Gloria in her "The Crown Tundra" outfit

Sprites

Choosing the player's appearance at the beginning of Sword and Shield

Trivia

• Even though the player can choose the player character's uniform number, official artwork depicts their uniform number as "227", which can be read in Japanese as goroawase for 無事な bujina, meaning "safely". It also could be a reference to February 27, the release date of Pokémon Red and Green.
• Pre-release media referred to Gloria as both "Gloria" and "Shield" (Japanese: シールド Shield).

Names

Language	Name	Origin
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 masaru
English, German, Spanish, French, Italian	Gloria	From glory
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)
Chinese (Mandarin)	小優 / 小优 Xiǎo Yōu	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)
Chinese (Cantonese)	小優 Síu Yāu

Player characters
Core series Red • Leaf • Ethan • Kris • Lyra • Brendan • May • Lucas • Dawn Hilbert • Hilda • Nate • Rosa • Calem • Serena • Elio • Selene Chase • Elaine • Victor • Gloria • Rei • Akari • Florian • Juliana Side series Wes • Michael • Nate • Cyndy Spin-off games Mark • Mint • Todd Snap • Lucy Fleetfoot Lunick • Solana • Kellyn • Kate • Ben • Summer Hero • Heroine • Tim Goodman • Scottie • Bettie

This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.