Dawn (game)

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Dawn (Japanese: ヒカリ Hikari) is the female player character of and their Generation VIII remakes . As an NPC, Dawn serves as the assistant to Professor Rowan. Her male counterpart is .
==Terminology==
Dawn (Japanese: ヒカリ Hikari) is her name when she appears as a non-player character in the core series games, and is also the name of in Pokémon Masters EX.
Some screenshots of on the Japanese Nintendo website refer to Dawn as ティナ (Tina).Pokémon Platinum on Nintendo (Japanese) A trailer for refers to Dawn in English as "Hikari", her Japanese official name.
==Appearance==
Dawn is a young girl with fair skin, vivid blue eyes, navy blue hair, and a slightly thin build.
In Pokémon Diamond & Pearl, Dawn's default attire consists of a black V-neck tank top with a white undershirt and a pink skirt as if both parts were acting like a dress. Her head mans a white beanie hat with a partial Poké Ball marking in pink engraved on it. She wears gold hair clips that hold up her hair in the front. A red scarf surrounds her neck, and her footwear features pink tall boots with satin black knee-high socks. In Pokémon Masters EX an alternate palette of Dawn's default appearance shows her wearing a green V-neck tank top with a chartreuse undershirt and a yellow skirt as if both parts were acting like a dress. The hat on her head is chartreuse with a partial Poké Ball marking colored yellow. The hair clips are red, and the boots are yellow with forest green knee-high socks.
In Pokémon Platinum, Dawn wears a different outfit to combat colder climates. Her platinum form features a salmon pink trenchcoat with a white scarf surrounding her neck. She retains the same white beanie hat and yellow hair clips. The boots are slightly different than what she wore for her default attire, and the socks are white, extending a little past the knees.
In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, Dawn has many variations through trainer customization. Her summer style shows her wearing a white blouse with blue denim shorts. The shoes feature black and white high tops with black socks partially concealed within. The Pikachu hoodie style shows her wearing a satin black hoodie with yellow spark markings, which also include navy blue leggings and red and white high tops. The overalls style show Dawn wearing a white t-shirt with bright blue overalls and brown formal shoes. The Eevee jacket style shows her wearing a steel gray baseball cap, a black and white jacket with yellow stars, a blue tank top, a mint turquoise skirt, and deep space purple sneakers with black socks. The Gengar jacket style features almost the same color scheme as the Eevee jacket, although the jacket is magenta, and the tank top is black, while everything else in the build remains the same. The cyber style shows Dawn wearing a brown short dress with scarlet and red lines. The boots are the same color with white socks. The winter style shows Dawn wearing a red beanie hat, an orange fleece coat with faded cream white sleeves, a mustard yellow maxi skirt, and polished orange dress shoes. The spring style shows her wearing a turquoise beret hat, a pink sweater with a white blouse under it, a gray plaid skirt, and copper many jane shoes with gray socks. The casual style shows Dawn wearing an onyx black baseball cap with a red stripe, a yellow punk jacket with a white denim dress under it, and black combat boots. The leather jacket style shows Dawn wearing a black leather jacket with a white t-shirt under it, leggings with multiple purple color codes, and black high tops. Her contest dress, which is otherwise unplayable in the outside world and only shown in contests, features a white dress with red ribbons decorating it, the footwear features white mary janes.
==In the core series games==
===As the protagonist===
====Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl====
Dawn lives in Twinleaf Town with her mother. Dawn and both see a television program about a red Gyarados, so the two head to the nearby Lake Verity in search of a similar Pokémon. As the enter the lake area, Professor Rowan and his assistant are leaving, but have inadvertently left a briefcase behind. Dawn and Barry wander into the tall grass, but are suddenly attacked by wild ; as a last resort, they each use one of the Pokémon in the briefcase the Professor has forgotten. The two take their Pokémon to Sandgem Town to return them to Professor Rowan, but Rowan decides to let the two keep their Pokémon, and also gives them each a Pokédex.
Dawn goes on to gather the eight Gym Badges of Sinnoh, defeat Team Galactic, and conquer the . She has to stop Team Galactic from trying to use either or to destroy the entire universe in order to create a new one.
====Pokémon Platinum====
Dawn lives in Twinleaf Town with her mother. Dawn and both see a television program about Professor Rowan, so the two head to Sandgem Town to visit Professor Rowan at his lab to get some Pokémon of their own. They receive their Pokémon on when Professor Rowan realizes that they are so dedicated to Pokémon that they would attempt to travel from Twinleaf Town to Sandgem Town through the tall grass without any Pokémon of their own.
Dawn goes on to gather the eight Gym Badges of Sinnoh, defeat Team Galactic, and conquer the . She has to go to the Distortion World and face Giratina, in order to stop both worlds from destroying each other.
====Pokémon Black, White, Black 2, and White 2====
In Pokémon Black, White, Black 2, and White 2, the player character from Diamond, Pearl and Platinum and their exploits are referenced by Cynthia, who remembers a young Trainer who had defeated her.
===As a non-playable character===
If the player chooses Lucas, Dawn appears in the game as an NPC. She serves as Professor Rowan's assistant. She lives in Sandgem Town with her little sister, grandfather, and father—who also works as an assistant of Professor Rowan. She received her first partner Pokémon before the player, having either a , or —the Pokémon she has is always the one that has a type disadvantage against the player's first partner Pokémon.
She demonstrates how to catch Pokémon to the player by catching a wild .
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==In the side series games==
===Pokémon Battle Revolution===
Dawn may appear in DS Battle multiplayer if a Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, or SoulSilver cartridge containing a game where the player character is female is connected to the Wii console. She can compete in both free fights and tournaments in a Colosseum.
==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Dawn, who is based on the player character, in her design, forms a sync pair with and its evolved forms and , along with , , , and in Pokémon Masters EX. Dawn became a playable sync pair on May 28, 2020.
Dawn has also made notable appearances in one of the game's Main Stories, the Villain Arc. 
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===Pokémon GO===
For the release of , Dawn's outfit was released as free style options in Pokémon GO.
==Quotes==
==Optional names==
Japanese	English	French	German	Italian	Spanish	Korean
<ab>ダイヤ Dia
パール Pearl
プラチナ Platinum
キヨミ Kiyomi / ハル Haru
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</ab>	<ab>Diamond
Pearl
Plato
Karla / Joelle
Britney
Kelli
Nina
Heidi
Miriam
Teresa
Aubrey
Kelly
Naomi
Abby
Denise
Tamara
Linda
Faith
Mari
Maggie</ab>	<ab>Diamant
Perlo
Platine
Joanna / Louane
Lucie
Edith
Sophie
Claire
Audrey
Marion
Sayaka
Noémie
Linda
Flo / Suzie
Yuki
Carmen
Coralie
Nadia
Hélène
Caro</ab>	<ab>Diamant
Perl
Plati
Mandy / Edwina
Andrea
Sina
Sara
Sigrun
Elena
Birgit
Diana
Antje
Susi
Ute
Daniela
Silke
Linda
Jamie
Pia
Eva</ab>	<ab>Diaman
Perl
Platin
Cinzia / Giorgia
Luisa
Amanda
Sara
Elisa
Lorenza
Paola
Gaia
Claudia
Wilma
Ivana
Monia
Letizia
Linda
Ilaria
Isotta
Viviana</ab>	<ab>Diamant
Perla
Platino
Mena / Antonia
Cira
María
Nayra
Mariau
Miriam
Teresa
Claudia
Aiora
Rita
Aria
Matilde
Nuria
Izarbe
Salia
Mirta
Susa</ab>	<ab>다이아몬드 Diamond
펄 Pearl
플래티넘 Platinum
링링 Ringring / 봄 Bom
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</ab>
==Counterparts==
===In animation===
====Pokémon the Series====
Dawn is one of the many player characters appearing in the games to also be present in . Appearing throughout , she is a Pokémon Coordinator and a former of and . She reappeared in and .
In The Gates of Warp!, an version of Dawn was introduced. Unlike the main universe Dawn, this version is a talented Trainer who has participated in the Sinnoh League.
====GOTCHA!====
Dawn briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
===In the manga===
====Pokémon Adventures====
In Pokémon Adventures, Dawn has a counterpart named Platinum. She is the daughter of the House of Berlitz, the richest and most influential family in Sinnoh. After leaving home, she develops an interest in and goes on to challenge all of Sinnoh's Gym Leaders and the .
====Pokémon Diamond and Pearl====
Dawn appeared in . None of her Pokémon are known.
====Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!====
In Pokémon Diamond & Pearl Adventure!, Mitsumi is based on Dawn. She is a skilled Trainer who used to be a member of Team Galactic, but now works as an assistant to Professor Rowan.
====Pocket Monsters Diamond and Pearl: Regigigas Major Capture Operation!!====
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.
==Gallery==
:For images on , see: Dawn (anime)
:For images on Dawn in Pokémon Masters EX, see: Dawn (Masters)
===Artwork===
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==Trivia==
* In the early development of , Dawn was originally going to have a father, which is further evidenced by script files leftover in their remakes, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.https://web.archive.org/web/20231001124935/https://twitter.com/Lewchube/status/1708462187696595066
* 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 weighs 75 lbs (34 kg). This was confirmed by checking the heights and weights of certain in the Pokédex. She is the same weight as and .
* The majority of her Japanese default names are shared with and . She also shares all of 's alternate Japanese names.
* She shared her Chinese name with Wally before his name was changed in .
* In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, if the player's first partner Pokémon choice was , Dawn's team after the player has entered the Hall of Fame ten times consists of fully evolved versions of 's team members, only replacing with .
** Similarly if the player’s first partner Pokémon choice was and entered the Hall of Fame ten times, Dawn’s team consists of Pokémon that and Paul used throughout except for her . Specifically, Paul also owns a and while Ash owns a , (which was originally Paul’s as a ) and owned Dawn's Ambipom when it was an Aipom.
** If the player enters the Hall of Fame ten times with as their first partner Pokémon, Dawn's entire team will consist of Pokémon used by a prominent Trainer in Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl. Namely, is owned by both Ash and Paul, with Ash also owning a , has a , and are both owned by Gary Oak, and Conway has a .
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ヒカリ Hikari 	From 光 hikari (light)
English 	Dawn 	From (first appearance of light in the morning)
German 	Lucia 	From lux (Latin for light)
Spanish 	Maya 	From the , an ancient civilization that believed in the Sun God
French 	Aurore 	From aurore (dawn)
Italian 	Lucinda 	From luce (light)
Korean 	빛나 Bitna 	From 빛 bit (light) or 빛나다 binnada (to shine)
Chinese ()	小光 Xiǎo Guāng 	From 光 guāng / gwōng (light)
Chinese ()	小光 Síu Gwōng 	From 光 guāng / gwōng (light)
==References==
==Related articles==
* Dawn (anime)
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