Dawn (game)

Dawn ヒカリ Hikari
[[File:File:ArtHikari.jpg|{{{size}}}]] Art from D/P
Gender	Female
Hometown	Twinleaf Town (as player) Sandgem Town (as partner)
Region	Sinnoh
Relatives	Johanna, unnamed father (as player) Unnamed sister, grandfather, father (as partner)
Trainer class	Trainer
Generation	IV
Games	Diamond, Pearl
Anime counterpart	Dawn
Counterpart debut	EP001

Dawn (Japanese: ヒカリ Hikari) is the female player character of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. The male counterpart is Lucas. If the player chooses Lucas, she will become one of the the rivals for the game. Dawn lives in Sandgem Town with her little sister, grandfather, and father - who works as an assistant of Professor Rowan. She is already the Professor's assistant at the beginning of the game. She also demonstrates to the player how to capture Pokémon by capturing a wild Bidoof.

Dawn is also a character from the anime who travels with Ash and Brock in Sinnoh. She is modeled after the game character.

The character Ms. Berlitz from the Pokémon Special manga is also based off the design on Dawn.

Pokémon

This listing is for Dawn's Pokémon in the video games in which she has appeared.

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

First battle (capture tutorial)

If player's starter was
Chimchar	Piplup	Turtwig
Prof. Oak Glitch City Red and Green Professor and Professor Oak Oak Glitch City Red and Green Reward: N/A INSERT PARTY HERE	Prof. Oak Glitch City Red and Green Professor and Professor Oak Oak Glitch City Red and Green Reward: N/A INSERT PARTY HERE	Prof. Oak Glitch City Red and Green Professor and Professor Oak Oak Glitch City Red and Green Reward: N/A INSERT PARTY HERE

Second battle (as partner)

If player's starter was
Chimchar	Piplup	Turtwig
Prof. Oak Glitch City Red and Green Professor and Professor Oak Oak Glitch City Red and Green Reward: N/A INSERT PARTY HERE	Prof. Oak Glitch City Red and Green Professor and Professor Oak Oak Glitch City Red and Green Reward: N/A INSERT PARTY HERE	Prof. Oak Glitch City Red and Green Professor and Professor Oak Oak Glitch City Red and Green Reward: N/A INSERT PARTY HERE

Third battle (as partner)

If player's starter was
Turtwig	Chimchar	Piplup
Prof. Oak Glitch City Red and Green Professor and Professor Oak Oak Glitch City Red and Green Reward: N/A INSERT PARTY HERE	Prof. Oak Glitch City Red and Green Professor and Professor Oak Oak Glitch City Red and Green Reward: N/A INSERT PARTY HERE	Prof. Oak Glitch City Red and Green Professor and Professor Oak Oak Glitch City Red and Green Reward: N/A INSERT PARTY HERE

Optional names for Dawn

Language	Diamond/Pearl
English	Diamond Pearl Karla Britney Kelli Nina Heidi Miriam Teresa Aubrey Kelly Naomi Abby Denise Tamara Linda Faith Mari Maggie
Japanese
German	Diamant Perl Sina Pia Mandy Sigrun Daniela Silke Ute Linda Susi Diana Andrea Elena Birgit Antje Eva
French	Perle Flo Linda Audrey Marion Hélène Sayaka Claire Coralie Noémie Lucie Nadia Yuki Joanna Edith
Italian

Trivia

• In both English and Japanese, Dawn shares her name with an evolutionary stone. However, it is not the same stone: her Japanese name is the same as the name of the Shiny Stone, not the Dawn Stone.
• Dawn is 4'6" (140 cm) tall and weighs 75 lbs (34 kg).
• Dawn and Lucas are implied as a couple by Mars during the Lake Acuity battle: Quote: So what is it? Are you some lovey-dovey couple to the rescue?

Language	Name	Reference to
Japanese	ヒカリ Hikari	Means "light."
English	Dawn	Probably a reference to Hikari; dawn is the day's first light.
German	Lucia	From Latin lux, light.
French	Aurore	Means "dawn" in French.
Italian	Lucinda	From luce, Italian for light.
Spanish	Maya
Korean	빛나 Bitna	Means "lighting", "shining".
Chinese (Taiwan)	小光 Xiǎo Guāng	From 光 hikari, light.

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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

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