Dawn (game)
Dawn ヒカリ Hikari | |
Art from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl | |
Gender | Female |
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Eye color | Blue-gray*, Slate gray* |
Hair color | Blue-gray*, Slate gray* |
Hometown | Twinleaf Town (as player) Sandgem Town (as NPC) |
Region | Sinnoh |
Relatives | Johanna, unnamed father (as player) Unnamed father, younger sister, grandfather (as NPC) |
Trainer class | Pokémon Trainer, player character |
Generation | IV, VII, VIII |
Games | Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, Masters EX |
Game animation debut | GOTCHA! |
English voice actor | Kimberley Anne Campbell[1] (Masters EX) |
Japanese voice actor | Rie Takahashi[2] (Masters EX) |
Anime counterpart | Dawn |
Counterpart debut | Following a Maiden's Voyage! |
Manga counterpart(s) | Platinum, Mitsumi |
Dawn (Japanese: ヒカリ Hikari) is the female player character of Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum and their Generation VIII remakes Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. Her male counterpart is Lucas.
In the core series
As the protagonist
Dawn lives in Twinleaf Town with her mother and dreams big, so she and her best friend (and soon-to-be rival) have high hopes of catching the legendary Pokémon of their nearby lake. After meeting Professor Rowan and his assistant Lucas, they are attacked by wild Starly and as a last resort, use the Pokémon in the briefcase the Professor has forgotten. After bringing the Pokémon back Dawn receives the Pokémon she used as well as a Pokédex and goes on to gather the eight Badges of Sinnoh, defeat Team Galactic and conquer the Pokémon League all before taking on the Battle Tower.
She has to stop Team Galactic from trying to use either DialgaD or PalkiaP to destroy the entire universe in order to create a new one.
In Platinum, Dawn and Barry instead go to visit Professor Rowan at his lab rather than go to the lake in search of a Pokémon of the same rarity as a red Gyarados. They receive their Pokémon on Route 201 when Professor Rowan realizes that they are so dedicated to Pokémon as to attempt to travel from Twinleaf Town to Sandgem Town through the tall grass without any Pokémon of their own.
In addition, Team Galactic attempts to use both Dialga and Palkia, but they are stopped by Giratina. Finally, Dawn has to go to the Distortion World and face Giratina, in order to stop both worlds from destroying each other.
Years later, her exploits are referenced by Cynthia, who remembers a young Trainer who defeated her.
As a non-playable character
If the player chooses Lucas, she will become Rowan's assistant 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 had already received her starter Pokémon before the player (a Turtwig, Chimchar or Piplup, whichever is weak to the player's starter). She also demonstrates to the player how to capture Pokémon by capturing a wild Bidoof.
Pokémon
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
Capture tutorial
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First Multi Battle partner
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Second Multi Battle partner
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In spin-off games
Pokémon Masters EX
- Main article: Dawn (Masters)
Dawn forms a sync pair with Turtwig and its evolutions Grotle and Torterra in Pokémon Masters EX.
Artwork
Official artwork from Diamond and Pearl |
Signed artwork by Ken Sugimori |
Official artwork from Platinum |
In the Underground with Lucas in Platinum |
Wi-Fi Plaza artwork in Platinum |
Battle Frontier artwork in Platinum |
Discovering Shaymin with Lucas and Professor Oak in Platinum |
Key art from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl |
Grand Underground artwork in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl |
Amity Square artwork in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl |
Super Contest Show artwork in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl |
Sprites
Sprite from Diamond and Pearl |
Sprite from Platinum |
Overworld sprite from Diamond and Pearl |
Overworld sprite from Platinum |
Overworld Super Contest sprite from Generation IV |
VS sprite from Platinum |
Back sprite from Diamond and Pearl |
Back sprite from Platinum |
Intro sprite from Diamond and Pearl |
Intro sprite from Platinum |
VS Model from Masters EX |
Model from Masters EX |
File:BDSP Prerelease player selection.png | |||||
Choosing the player's appearance at the beginning of Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl |
Quotes
- Main article: Dawn (game)/Quotes
Optional names
Japanese | English | French | German | Italian | Spanish | Korean |
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ダイヤ DiaD パール PearlP プラチナ PlatinumPt キヨミ KiyomiDP / ハル HaruPt サトコ Satoko チホ Chiho キョウコ Kyōko マキコ Makiko ミキコ Mikiko ミチコ Michiko ジュンコ Junko チナミ Chinami リエ Rie セツコ Setsuko ユキコ Yukiko マミナ Mamina ノリコ Noriko ヒサエ Hisae モモコ Momoko ミスズ Misuzu |
DiamondD PearlP PlatoPt KarlaDP / JoellePt Britney Kelli Nina Heidi Miriam Teresa Aubrey Kelly Naomi Abby Denise Tamara Linda Faith Mari Maggie |
DiamantD PerloP PlatinePt JoannaDP / LouanePt Lucie Edith Sophie Claire Audrey Marion Sayaka Noémie Linda FloDP / SuziePt Yuki Carmen Coralie Nadia Hélène Caro |
DiamantD PerlP PlatiPt MandyDP / EdwinaPt Andrea Sina Sara Sigrun Elena Birgit Diana Antje Susi Ute Daniela Silke Linda Jamie Pia Eva |
DiamanD PerlP PlatinPt CinziaDP / GiorgiaPt Luisa Amanda Sara Elisa Lorenza Paola Gaia Claudia Wilma Ivana Monia Letizia Linda Ilaria Isotta Viviana |
DiamantD PerlaP PlatinoPt MenaDP / AntoniaPt Cira María Nayra Mariau Miriam Teresa Claudia Aiora Rita Aria Matilde Nuria Izarbe Salia Mirta Susa |
다이아몬드 DiamondD 펄 PearlP 플래티넘 PlatinumPt 링링 RingringDP / 봄 BomPt 서연 Seoyeon 해나 Haena 아라 Ara 유경 Yugyeong 윤혜 Yunhye 태희 Taehyi 나정 Najeong 인희 Inhyi 나영 Nayeong 꽃님 Kkotnim 설아 Seola 지나 Jina 주애 Juae 사희 Sahyi 미영 Miyeong 은영 Eun'yeong |
Counterparts
In the anime
Main series
- Main article: Dawn (anime)
Like most of the other player characters, Dawn has an anime counterpart who shares her name. Appearing throughout Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl, she is a Pokémon Coordinator and a former traveling companion of Ash and Brock.
GOTCHA!
Dawn briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
In the manga
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
Dawn appeared in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. None of her Pokémon are known.
In other manga
Pokémon Adventures
- Main article: Platinum (Adventures)
In Pokémon Adventures, Dawn has a counterpart named Platinum.
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!
- Main article: Mitsumi
In Pokémon Diamond & Pearl Adventure!, Mitsumi is based on Dawn.
Pocket Monsters Diamond and Pearl: Regigigas Major Capture Operation!!
- Main article: Yuki (RMCO)
In Pocket Monsters Diamond and Pearl: Regigigas Major Capture Operation!!, Yuki is based on Dawn.
In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Dawn or her Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Dawn's Pokémon Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats. | |||||||
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Card | Type | English Expansion |
Rarity | # | Japanese Expansion |
Rarity | # |
Piplup | Cosmic Eclipse | 54/236 | Dream League | 009/049 | |||
Cosmic Eclipse | 239/236 | Dream League | 052/049 | ||||
Card | Type | English Expansion |
Rarity | # | Japanese Expansion |
Rarity | # |
Mom's Kindness | Su | Majestic Dawn | 83/100 | Torterra/Infernape/Empoleon Half Deck | |||
Giratina/Dialga Half Deck | 013/014 | ||||||
Piplup/Pikachu Half Deck | 015/015 | ||||||
Arceus LV.X Deck: Grass & Fire | 017/017 | ||||||
Arceus LV.X Deck: Lightning & Psychic | 017/017 | ||||||
Trivia
- In both English and Japanese, Dawn shares her name with an Evolution 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" (1.40 m) tall and weighs 75 lbs (34 kg). This was confirmed by checking the heights and weights of certain Pokémon in the Pokédex. She is the same weight as Weavile and Porygon-Z.
- The majority of her Japanese default names are shared with Leaf and Lyra. She also shares all of Kris's alternate Japanese names.
- Screenshots of Pokémon Platinum on the Japanese Nintendo website refer to Dawn as "Tina" (Japanese: ティナ).[3]
- She shares her Chinese name with Wally.
- A trailer for Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl refers to Dawn as "Hikari", her Japanese official name.
Names
Language | Name | Origin |
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Japanese | ヒカリ Hikari | From 光 hikari (light) |
English | Dawn | From dawn (first appearance of light in the morning) |
German | Lucia | From lux (Latin for light) |
Spanish | Maya | |
French | Aurore | From aurore (dawn) |
Italian | Lucinda | From luce (light) |
Korean | 빛나 Bitna | From 빛 bit (light) or 빛나다 binnada (to shine) |
Chinese (Mandarin) | 小光 Xiǎo Guāng | From 光 guāng / gwōng (light) |
Chinese (Cantonese) | 小光 Síu Gwōng |
Related articles
References
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