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Dawn ヒカリ Hikari
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)
Class	Trainer
Generation	IV
Games	Diamond, Pearl
Anime counterpart	Dawn

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 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 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.

Ms. Berlitz from the Pokémon Special and Mitsumi from Pokémon DP are based off Dawn's design.

Contents 1 Pokémon 1.1 Pokémon Diamond and Pearl 1.1.1 First battle (capture tutorial) 1.1.2 Second battle (as partner) 1.1.3 Third battle (as partner) 2 Optional names for Dawn (as player character) 3 Trivia 4 Related Articles

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
N/A Pokémon Trainer Dawn Diamond and Pearl - Route 202 Pokémon Turtwig ♂/♀ Level 5 Ability Overgrow Held item Unknown Moves Tackle Withdraw -- --	N/A Pokémon Trainer Dawn Diamond and Pearl - Route 202 Pokémon Chimchar ♂/♀ Level 5 Ability Blaze Held item Unknown Moves Scratch Leer -- --	N/A Pokémon Trainer Dawn Diamond and Pearl - Route 202 Pokémon Piplup ♂/♀ Level 5 Ability Torrent Held item Unknown Moves Pound Growl -- --

Second battle (as partner)

If player's starter was
Chimchar	Piplup	Turtwig
N/A Pokémon Trainer Dawn Diamond and Pearl - Jubilife City Pokémon Turtwig ♂/♀ Level 13 Ability Overgrow Held item Unknown Moves Absorb Tackle -- --	N/A Pokémon Trainer Dawn Diamond and Pearl - Jubilife City Pokémon Chimchar ♂/♀ Level 13 Ability Blaze Held item Unknown Moves Ember Scratch -- --	N/A Pokémon Trainer Dawn Diamond and Pearl - Jubilife City Pokémon Piplup ♂/♀ Level 13 Ability Torrent Held item Unknown Moves Bubble Pound -- --

Third battle (as partner)

If player's starter was
Turtwig	Chimchar	Piplup
N/A Pokémon Trainer Dawn Diamond and Pearl - Veilstone City Pokémon Clefairy ♂/♀ Kadabra ♂/♀ Prinplup ♂/♀ Level 25 25 28 Ability Cute Charm Unknown Torrent Held item Unknown Unknown Unknown Moves Gravity Psycho Cut BubbleBeam Metronome Psybeam Peck Wake-Up Slap Reflect -- Sing Light Screen --	N/A Pokémon Trainer Dawn Diamond and Pearl - Veilstone City Pokémon Clefairy ♂/♀ Kadabra ♂/♀ Grotle ♂/♀ Level 25 25 28 Ability Cute Charm Unknown Overgrow Held item Unknown Unknown Unknown Moves Gravity Psycho Cut -- Metronome Psybeam -- Wake-Up Slap Reflect -- Sing Light Screen --	N/A Pokémon Trainer Dawn Diamond and Pearl - Veilstone City Pokémon Clefairy ♂/♀ Kadabra ♂/♀ Monferno ♂/♀ Level 25 25 28 Ability Cute Charm Unknown Blaze Held item Unknown Unknown Unknown Moves Gravity Psycho Cut -- Metronome Psybeam -- Wake-Up Slap Reflect -- Sing Light Screen --

Optional names for Dawn (as player character)

Language	English	Japanese	German	French	Italian	Spanish	Korean
Diamond/Pearl	Diamond Pearl Karla Britney Kelli Nina Heidi Miriam Teresa Aubrey Kelly Naomi Abby Denise Tamara Linda Faith Mari Maggie	ダイヤ Dia パール Pearl キョウコ Kyōko キヨミ Kiyomi サトコ Satoko ジュンコ Junko セツコ Setsuko チナミ Chinami チホ Chiho ノリコ Noriko ヒサエ Hisae マキコ Makiko マミナ Mamina ミキコ Mikiko ミスズ Misuzu ミチコ Michiko モモコ Momoko ユキコ Yukiko リエ Rie	Diamant Perl Sina Pia Mandy Sigrun Daniela Silke Ute Linda Susi Diana Andrea Elena Birgit Antje Eva Sara Jamie	Diamant Perle Flo Linda Audrey Marion Hélène Sayaka Claire Coralie Noémie Lucie Nadia Yuki Joanna Edith Carmen Sophie Caro	Diaman Perl Lorenza Wilma Claudia Letizia Amanda Viviana Elisa Isotta Monia Paola Sara Ivana Linda Gaia Luisa Ilaria Cinzia	Diamant Perla Susa Aria Salia Cira Nuria Nayra María Mirta Rita Matilde Aiora Teresa Claudia Mariau Izarbe Mena Miriam	다이아몬드 Diamond 펄 Pearl 꽃님 Kkotnim 나영 Nayeong 나정 Najeong 링링 Ringring 미영 Miyeong 사희 Sahyi 서연 Seoyeon 설아 Seola 아라 Ara 유경 Yugyeong 윤혜 Yunhye 은영 Eun'yeong 인희 Inhyi 주애 Juae 지나 Jina 태희 Taehyi 해나 Haena

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 asked if they are a couple by Mars during the Lake Verity battle: "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, means "small light".

Related Articles

• Dawn (anime)

Player characters
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