Akari (game)

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Akari ショウ Shō
Art from Legends: Arceus
Gender	Female
Eye color	Black*, Light blue*
Hair color	Slate gray*, Blonde*, Black*
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Hisui Unknown*
Trainer class	The Survey Corps'
Generation	VIII
Games	Legends: Arceus
Member of	Galaxy Team
Rank	Member
English voice actor	Tamaki Fujii
Japanese voice actor	Tamaki Fujii

Akari (Japanese: ショウ Shō) is the female player character of Pokémon Legends: Arceus, and acts as a non-playable character in the same game if the player chooses to play as the male character. Her male counterpart is Rei. She is a member of the Galaxy Team's Survey Corps.

She bears a striking resemblance to Dawn of the modern day, but the relationship between the two, if any, is unknown.

In the core series

As the protagonist

Akari falls from the sky into the land of Hisui after meeting Arceus, who tells her to seek out all Pokémon. A stranger to the land and wearing odd clothes, she meets Professor Laventon who invites her to join the Survey Corps of Jubilife Village as a way of obtaining food and shelter. The Survey Corps also wish to fill out the Pokédex, and so after proving herself worthy Akari is admitted into their ranks.

As part of her duties, she is commanded by Kamado to seek out the recently frenzied Noble Pokémon and quell their frenzy. After all of them are quelled, the rift in the sky that caused the frenzies has not yet closed, and so she is expelled from Jubilife Village on suspicion. She meets with Cogita and the merchant Volo, and with their guidance seeks out the Lake guardians to obtain the Red Chain. With the Chain, she is able to catch Dialga/Palkia (depending on if the player chose the Diamond or Pearl clan, respectively), and face the other legendary Pokémon in battle. Once defeated, the rift is closed and Jubilife Village celebrates.

Afterwards, Akari collects the Plates with Volo and Cogita's help. Once seventeen have been collected (all types save for the Spooky Plate), she meets with Volo atop Mt. Coronet, where it is revealed that his consorting with Giratina was the cause of the rift. He attacks Akari in an attempt to take the Plates for himself. After being defeated, he gives Akari the Spooky Plate, allowing her to obtain the Azure Flute.

Artwork

Key artwork from Legends: Arceus	Artwork at a base camp from Legends: Arceus	Artwork conducting research from Legends: Arceus

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ショウ Shō	From 照 shō (shine)
English	Akari	From 明かり akari (Japanese for light)
German	Lumia	From lūmen (Latin for light)
Spanish	Kira	From キラキラ kirakira (Japanese for sparkling)
French	Lucia	From lux (Latin for light), similar to Louka
Italian	Luce	From luce (light)
Korean	윤슬 Yunseul	From 윤 (潤) yun (shine) or 윤슬 yunseul (sparkling ripples)
Chinese (Mandarin)	小照 Xiǎo Zhào	From 照 zhào / jiu (shine)
Chinese (Cantonese)	小照 Síu Jiu

Galaxy Team Commander: Kamado Captains: Cyllene • Zisu • Pesselle • Tao Hua • Sanqua • Colza Members: Professor Laventon • Rei (Masters) • Akari (Masters) Beni • Ress • Rye Former members: Charm • Clover • Coin Locations: Jubilife Village • Galaxy Hall • Base camps See also: Pearl Clan • Diamond Clan

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.