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As seen in [[DP086]], she is quite a designer, designing many different dresses for the [[Hearthome Collection]], though she rejected all of them.
As seen in [[DP086]], she is quite a designer, designing many different dresses for the [[Hearthome Collection]], though she rejected all of them.


Like [[May]], she has her own [[List of Japanese ending themes|ending theme song]], titled 君のそばで 〜ヒカリのテーマ〜 ''[[By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~]]''. It is the first ending of the Diamond & Pearl anime. The song is performed by グリン ''Grin''.
Like May, she has her own [[List of Japanese ending themes|ending theme song]], titled 君のそばで 〜ヒカリのテーマ〜 ''[[By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~]]''. It is the first ending of the Diamond & Pearl anime. The song is performed by グリン ''Grin''.


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Revision as of 22:51, 26 July 2008

Dawn
ヒカリ Hikari
[[File:File:HikariDP.png|{{{size}}}]]
Art from Diamond/Pearl anime
Age 10 (as of debut)
Gender Female
Eye color Blue
Hair color Blue
Hometown Twinleaf Town
Region Sinnoh
Relatives Johanna (mother)
Trainer class Coordinator
Anime debut Following a Maiden's Voyage!
English voice actor Emily Jenness
Japanese voice actor Megumi Toyoguchi

Dawn (Japanese: ヒカリ Hikari) is a ten-year-old girl traveling through Sinnoh with Ash and Brock. Her goal is to become a great Coordinator like her mother, Johanna. Her first Pokémon is a Piplup that she received from Professor Rowan in the first Diamond & Pearl episode. She is voiced by 豊口めぐみ Megumi Toyoguchi in the Japanese version, Emily Jenness in the English dub, by Fernanda Bulara in the Brazilian dub, and by Gaby Ugarte in the Latin American Spanish dub.

Character

Dawn is notable for her confidence, since she is always looking towards the future rather than dwelling on her mistakes. In the Japanese version, she often says, "Daijōbu!" Although not consistently translated in the English dub at first, she began to regularly use "No need to worry!". She is a stark contrast to May's inexperience and self-doubt at the start of the Advanced Generation series. Dawn is perhaps overly confident and assured in her own strength. Dawn is the one of Ash's friends to get the most development, character-wise.

She has a Contest Pass for the Sinnoh region. In Dawn's Early Night, when she competed in the Hearthome City Contest, she lost in the Appeal Round, making her the first of the main characters to drop out of a contest by losing the appeal round. In Team Shocker!, she lost the Appeal Round for second time in a row. This was a big turn around in Dawn's character. Previously, she had only occasionally been seen training for contests. After this second blow to her self-esteem, she didn't know what to do and was still very upset throughout Tanks for the Memories!. After this, she began to become more focused and regained her confidence after battling Maylene in Crossing the Battle Line!. Dawn began to practice in earnest and eventually was able to break her losing streak in DP079 and was able to win the Wallace Cup after narrowly defeating May in the final round. Dawn has since maintained her newfound focus and humility.

Dawn has more concern about her appearance than Ash's other female friends. She will not show herself to Ash or Brock until she feels that her appearance is perfect. That may be a reason why she decides to sleep inside a tent while the others sleep outside. Every time she's going to be on camera, she needs to take a moment to brush her hair before going on.

Like Ash, she is lucky enough to have seen a legendary Pokémon at the start of her journey, the projected soul of Mesprit in Following a Maiden's Voyage!.

She has two childhood friends that appeared in the anime, Kenny and Leona, both of which call her sometimes Dee Dee (Japanese: ピカリ Pikari). Dawn has prevented them from telling Ash and Brock about the reason why she has this nickname. She seems to be closer to Leona than to Kenny.

She had a bicycle, but like Misty's and May's bikes, Ash's Pikachu destroyed it with its Thunderbolt. However, she did not mention this to Ash until over 30 episodes after it happened. Johanna gave Dawn one of her old ribbons from her days as a coordinator as a gift for luck. She also had a large suitcase full of dresses, but her mother made her leave it at home due to its impracticality.

As seen in DP086, she is quite a designer, designing many different dresses for the Hearthome Collection, though she rejected all of them.

Like May, she has her own ending theme song, titled 君のそばで 〜ヒカリのテーマ〜 By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~. It is the first ending of the Diamond & Pearl anime. The song is performed by グリン Grin.

Pokémon

This listing is of Dawn's Pokémon as of the most recent Japanese episode:

On hand

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Piplup
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Buneary
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Pachirisu
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Aipom → Ambipom
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Swinub

Traded

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Buizel
(Traded for Aipom)

Ribbons

Sinnoh ribbons

File:DawnwinstheaquaRibbon.jpg
Dawn wins the Aqua Ribbon!

Achievements

Trivia

  • Out of all of Ash's friends, Dawn is the only one so far to have her debut episode dedicated completely to herself. Unlike other debut episodes, Ash didn't even appear until the last 30 seconds.
  • May and Misty were girls who traveled with Ash Ketchum. Both of them have Japanese names including the katakana ka and dub names starting with M, so some fans believed Dawn would as well have a dub name starting with M, because she had カ in her name. However, this was revealed to be false when her English name was revealed to be Dawn, which appears to reference Pokémon Diamond as Paul references Pokémon Pearl. "Dawn" may also be a reference to "Hikari," which means "light"--dawn is essentially the day's first light.
  • Just like Ash's Pikachu, her Piplup wasn't ready to obey her when they first met. Eventually, they became fast friends.
  • She is the only female main character that doesn't have a sibling.

Names

Language Name Origin
Japanese ヒカリ Hikari From 光, light.
English Dawn May be a reference to Hikari, as dawn is essentially the day's first light.
French Aurore Literally means dawn.
German Lucia A reference to lux lucid, latin for light.
Italian Lucinda From luce, Italian for light.
Spanish Maya This may be from a gag that the Spanish dubbers did in switching Dawn's and May's names around. Notice Dawn's Spanish name, Maya, is closer to May, while May's Spanish name is Aura, which translates into "dawn."
Korean 나빛나 Na Bit-Na When read as a sentence, it means I shine.
Chinese (Taiwan) 小光 Xiǎo Guāng From 光 hikari, light. Literally "small light".

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