Professor Rowan

Professor Rowan is a character first appearing in , who is the leading Professor of the Sinnoh region.
==Appearance==
Professor Rowan has fair skin, blue eyes, and spiky white hair with sideburns and a mustache. He wears a gray jacket over a white shirt paired with a light blue vest, a gray tie, dark teal pants, and gray shoes. Sometimes, he wears a white lab coat with his outfit.
==Personality==
He appears to have a serious demeanor, compared to previous Professors' kind and cheery attitudes.
==Etymology==
The last name Rowan could possibly originate from the "rowan" tree.
His Japanese surname, Nanakamado, comes from 七竈 (nanakamado, also known as the Japanese rowan).
==Biography==
===Games===
====Diamond and Pearl====
Professor Rowan is responsible for giving beginner Trainers a First partner Pokémon, specifically Turtwig, Chimchar, or Piplup.
As the lead manager of his laboratory, like Professor Oak, Professor Rowan is given the task of introducing the player throughout the beginning of the game as well as helping his assistant, Dawn or Lucas, choose which Pokémon to start with. Professor Rowan can be found in Sandgem Town researching and collecting data on various Pokémon. He also upgrades the player's Pokédex to National Mode when they have seen 150 Sinnoh Pokémon.
====Platinum====
====X and Y====
Prior to Pokémon X and Y, Professor Rowan taught Professor Sycamore much about Pokémon Evolution when he was young.
===Other appearances===
==Sprites==
ProfessorRowan.png|Overworld Sprite from Generation IV
ProfRowanInJapanNanakamado2.png|Starting Sprite from Generation IV
ProfRowanSprite.png|Starting Sprite with Munchlax from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
ProfRowanInJapanNanakamado1.png|Starting Sprite with Buneary from Pokémon Platinum
==Pokémon==
===Diamond, Pearl and Platinum===
====First partner Pokémon====
0387Turtwig VI.gif|Turtwig
0390Chimchar VI.gif|Chimchar
0393Piplup VI.gif|Piplup
==Trivia==
*Professor Rowan is the only regional professor that does not wear a lab coat in his artwork.