Sapphire (Adventures)

Sapphire Birch オダマキ　サファイア Sapphire Odamaki
[[File:File:Sapphire Special.png|{{{size}}}]] Sapphire
Age	12 (as of the sixth chapter)
Gender	Female
Hometown	Littleroot Town
Region	Hoenn
Relatives	Professor Birch
Trainer class	Trainer

Sapphire Birch (Japanese: オダマキ　サファイア Sapphire Odamaki) is the ninth main character of the manga series Pokémon Special. Her first two Pokémon are a Torchic and an Aron; she probably got them from her father, Professor Birch.

Sapphire loves to battle and is a tomboy; she has been seen swinging on vines through trees in an outfit made of leaves. However, she does have a feminine side, as she explains to Ruby in volume 19. She is Template:S with Ruby, yet, even after they both confess their feelings, she becomes annoyed at Ruby constantly avoiding the matter.

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Sapphire in the Emerald arc of the manga (Volume 27)

Sapphire made a challenge with Ruby when they met - they would both travel through the Hoenn region and meet again in 80 days to see if she could defeat all the Gyms, and if he could win every Pokémon Contest within that time. However, their challenge was delayed when they teamed up to stop the rampaging Kyogre and Groudon, who had been awakened by Team Magma and Team Aqua's actions, and ended up with only a day to beat the final Gym and Contest. Both of them succeeded in winning their final frontiers.

Pokémon

These are all of Sapphire's Pokémon as of Volume 21.

On hand

→ → Torchic → Combusken → Blaziken "Toro" ♀			Donphan "Dono" ♂
→ → Template:P2 → Lairon → Aggron "Rono" ♂			Tropius "Pilo" ♂

At Sea

Wailord "Walo" ♂

Relicanth "Relo" ♂

Status unknown

Minun ♀

• This Minun was partnered with Sapphire during the Mirage Island training and the final battle. However it hasn't been seen since.

Trivia

• Like her game counterpart, she is the only female rival in the Pokémon Special manga.
• She is the only female Pokémon Special character named after a generation's second version (Green, Silver, and Pearl are all male).
• Sapphire is the only rival whose starter's type is disadvantaged against that of her own rival (her Torchic vs Ruby's Mudkip). However, unlike other rivals in Special, which were all based off of in-game rivals, Sapphire's game basis is also a player character.
• Sapphire is the only character to successfully earn every gym badge in her native region. Red and Platina challenge or challenged Gyms as well, however, although Red defeated every Gym Leader in Kanto he didn't earn every badge, and Platina has yet to finish her journey. Silver simply stole every Gym Badge from Johto at one point, but he didn't earn them through challenges.
• Sapphire's birthday is September 20.
• Sapphire's bloodtype is O.
• All of Sapphire's's Pokémon mirror her gender, with the exception of Toro & Minun. The same goes for Ruby (with the exception of having also owned a genderless Pokémon), with only his starter and electric rodent the same gender as him.

In other languages

Language	Name	Reference to
Japanese	サファイア Sapphire	From Pokémon Sapphire game.
English (Singapore)	Sapphire	From Pokémon Sapphire game.
Korean	사파이어 Sapphire	From Pokémon Sapphire game.
Chinese	沙菲雅 Shá Fèi Yâ	Phonetical translation of Sapphire.

External links

• Netkun on Sapphire (Japanese)

Related pages

• Timeline of Ruby and Sapphire's 80-day challenge

Pokémon Adventures main characters
RGBY/FRLG: Red • Blue • Green • Yellow GSC/HGSS: Gold • Silver • Crystal RSE/ORAS: Ruby • Sapphire • Emerald DPPt: Diamond • Pearl • Platinum BWB2W2: Black • White • Blake • Whitley XY: X • Y SMUSUM: Sun • Moon SWSH: Henry • Casey SV: Violet • Scarlet

Sapphire's Pokémon
On hand:	Rono	Chic	Troppy	Phado	Kirly
At sea:	Lorry	Relly
Released:	Minun
Borrowed:	Electrike	Rara	Mumu
Befriended:	Rayquaza

This article is part of Project Manga, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each series of Pokémon manga.