Yurie Kawahara

Yurie Kawahara (百合絵 川原) is the main character of *Healing in Hoenn* and *Kickin' It In Kanto*.

As of the beginning of *Kickin' It In Kanto*, she is age 11.

### Background

Yurie was born and raised in Littleroot Town in the Hoenn region. Her mother is a former Pokemon trainer, currently a florist, and her father was a member of the Sinnoh Elite Four for an unknown period of time. Her parents are divorced, and she holds a certain resentment towards her father for never giving up Pokemon training. Prior to *Healing in Hoenn*, Yurie was disinterested in Pokemon training and wanted to stay home to help her mother with at the flower shop. She has two older siblings: Yui (one year older) and Haruto (two years older).

### Healing in Hoenn

Yurie reluctantly received her Torchic from Professor Birch at the start of *Healing in Hoenn*. She had very little interest in traveling with the Pokemon, and after only a couple of hours of walking in circles around Route 101, she decided to return to Littleroot Town. At the Professor Birch's lab is where she met Logan Stephenson, who had just arrived in Hoenn. Professor Birch asked if Logan would help him research mega evolution, and he offered to give a Mudkip to Logan for his assistance. After awhile of thought, Logan agreed to take the Mudkip and help Professor Birch. This inspired Yurie to give her adventure a try, if only for a little bit.

Yurie had taken a small interest in learning how to battle after hearing about how good Logan was. They trained momentarily, and Yurie accidentally disrupted a group of Surskit and Masquerain. After she and Logan successfully warded them off, she decided to capture a Masquerain, feeling that that is what she was supposed to do as a trainer. She successfully caught the Pokemon, now feeling more comfortable with Pokemon.

### Personality

Yurie is a bubbly and positive character though she does enjoy her sleep. She's most motivated when she's competing directly with friends and rivals. When she enters into a contest alone, she finds it hard motivate herself and will often go into trances of self doubt.

Prior to *Healing in Hoenn*, she was not a fan of Pokemon battling, and she still sometimes sees it as unnecessarily violent. However, she's a natural when it comes to battling. Since she primarily trained with Logan, she specializes in battling a defensive style, but because of her frequent contests, she's had to develop a flashier style of battling. She enjoys making her Pokemon do combination attacks and giving them names. She's also talented in double battling, having adapted with no problem in the Hoenn Grand Festival.

Although she is thin, Yurie considers herself a foodie. When traveling, the first thing that she does is research the famous food of the area. She's often the one to choose the restaurants, buy ingredients, or cook for the group. She also appreciates food culture, and will gladly teach someone about the food that they're eating and the proper way to eat it.

Yurie loves flowers and studied flower language and arrangement before she received Torchic.

### Pokemon

#### **Current Team**

Torchic

Minun

Squirtle

Gloom

Eevee

#### **In Hoenn**

Masquerain

Aggron

Shuppet

### Trivia

Yurie is named after the Custom Robo (N64) character.

Yurie's Kanji means "picture of lily"