Eri

Eri ビワ Biwa
Artwork from Scarlet and Violet
Gender	Female
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Paldea
Generation	IX
Games	Scarlet and Violet
Specializes in	Fighting types
Member of	Team Star
Rank	Boss, Caph Squad

Eri (Japanese: ビワ Biwa) is the boss of Team Star's Fighting crew, the Caph Squad. She specializes in Fighting-type Pokémon.

In the core series

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Before arriving at the Caph Squad's Base the player meets with Clive (Clavell) as usual. Continuing the path to the base, Clive is told to have had a battle with Eri, along with the player getting introduced to her. She is the only boss guarding outside her base's gate. A team star member named Carmen is later introduced. In a worried tone tells Eri to go back to the base taking charge of guarding the base instead, her being reluctant, goes inside while Carmen starts a battle with the player, after defeating Carmen, Cassiopeia communicates with the player. Once the player defeats Eri. A flashback is shown, a year and a half prior to the beginning of the player's journey. Similar to the other flashbacks, all of the Team Star bosses are present. Her role seems to be a mentor to the other bosses, helping them train along with their Pokémon. She apologized to her friends for going a little too far on training. The others reassured her, saying that they asked to go through the tough training and thanked her for it. Eri prioritizes her friends' health over her own, thinking of taking a run while her friends rest. To Eri, she feels like she can take on anything, even if she’s crying or tired, then reminisces about how they all got together to design their own badges. Looking at her own badge makes her feel strong, giving her all. Despite her resilient exterior, she shows concern and care towards her team grunts and her fellow Team Star bosses.

She is forced to give her badge to the player due to the code. She told the player even though they’re part of Operation Starfalls, she can tell that the player isn’t a bad person through battling. Also mentioning that she can tell with the way the player’s Pokémon trust them by the look they had. She asked the player to give her a moment as this is a bit too much for her to take. Running away and yelling off screen.

Afterwards Clive along with Carmen met with the player. Clive noticed and wanted to talk to Carmen on why she was on friendlier terms with Eri compared to the other grunts. She begins telling her part of her story. At first she used to hate Riri (Eri’s given nickname from Carmen). Carmen mentioned how amazing of a trainer she is, an athlete, and how pretty she was. Eri instantly became popular at Naranja Academy^S/Uva Academy^V. Carmen explains that she was the queen of the class before Eri did, but everyone liked her. That’s when Carmen and other classmates started picking on Eri, she admits that was a foolish thing to do. She mentioned that in the end, kids are kids, and once they’re tired of one thing, they go look for something new. The other classmates then started picking on Carmen, bullying her instead.

After all that happened, Eri still chose to help Carmen even though she was horrible to Eri. Eri told Carmen that she understood how hard it is to have no one on your side. Eri then invited Carmen to join Team Star. Clive empathizes with her. Carme tells Clive and the player on how much joining Team Star benefited her that she had fun.

Clive questioned why joining Team Star from Carmen was fun, adding that there were rumors of Team Star themselves also engaging in bullying. Carmen told Clive, after hearing her story, that he was wrong. To Carmen, Team Star changed her life. Pleading Clive and the player to not take their treasure away.

In addition to the Star Badge, Eri gives out TM167 (Close Combat) after defeating her.

Pokémon

Eri keeps her Pokémon in Heal Balls.

First battle

Eri of Team Star Caph Squad's Base Scarlet and Violet

Types: Poison Fighting Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Anticipation Held item: None Toxicroak♂ Lv.55 Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Receiver Held item: None Passimian♂ Lv.55 Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Rock Tomb Rock Physical   --       Seed Bomb Grass Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Fighting Steel Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Steadfast Held item: None Lucario♂ Lv.55 Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --       Aura Sphere Fighting Special   --       Dark Pulse Dark Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       File:1010Annihilape.png Types: Fighting Ghost Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Vital Spirit Held item: None Annihilape♂ Lv.56 Rage Fist Ghost Physical   --       Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Ice Punch Ice Physical   --       Fire Punch Fire Physical   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Stamina Held item: None Caph Starmobile Lv.56 Combat Torque Fighting Physical   --       Spin Out Steel Physical   --       Shift Gear Steel Status   --       High Horsepower Ground Physical   --

Rematch

Eri of Team Star Caph Squad's Base Scarlet and Violet Reward: $11,880

Type: Fighting Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Vital Spirit Held item: None Primeape♀ Lv.65 Gunk Shot Poison Physical   --       Stomping Tantrum Ground Physical   --       Cross Chop Fighting Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Types: Poison Fighting Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Anticipation Held item: None Toxicroak♂ Lv.65 Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Ice Punch Ice Physical   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Receiver Held item: None Passimian♂ Lv.65 Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Gunk Shot Poison Physical   --       Seed Bomb Grass Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Types: Fighting Steel Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Steadfast Held item: None Lucario♂ Lv.65 Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --       Aura Sphere Fighting Special   --       Dark Pulse Dark Special   --       Extreme Speed Normal Physical   --       File:1010Annihilape.png Types: Fighting Ghost Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Vital Spirit Held item: None Annihilape♂ Lv.66 Rage Fist Ghost Physical   --       Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Ice Punch Ice Physical   --       Gunk Shot Poison Physical   --

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ビワ Biwa	From 枇杷 biwa (loquat)
English	Eri	From Eriobotrya japonica (scientific name of loquat)
German	Rioba	From Eriobotrya japonica (scientific name of loquat)
Spanish	Erin	From Eriobotrya japonica (scientific name of loquat)
French	Nèflie	From néflier du Japon (loquat)
Italian	Nespera	From nespolo del Giappone (loquat)
Korean	비파 Bipa	From 비파 (枇杷) bipa (loquat)
Chinese (Mandarin)	枇琶 Pípá	From 枇杷 pípá / pèihpàh (loquat)
Chinese (Cantonese)	枇琶 Pèihpàh

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