Dawn (game)

Dawn ヒカリ Hikari
Art from Platinum
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, Platinum
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.

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

Pokémon

Diamond/Pearl Versions Artwork

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 ♂/♀ Bidoof ♀ Level 5 2 Ability Overgrow Unknown Held item Unknown Unknown Moves Tackle Tackle Withdraw -- -- -- -- --	N/A Pokémon Trainer Dawn Diamond and Pearl - Route 202 Pokémon Chimchar ♂/♀ Bidoof ♀ Level 5 2 Ability Blaze Unknown Held item Unknown Unknown Moves Scratch Tackle Leer -- -- -- -- --	N/A Pokémon Trainer Dawn Diamond and Pearl - Route 202 Pokémon Piplup ♂/♀ Bidoof ♀ Level 5 2 Ability Torrent Unknown Held item Unknown Unknown Moves Pound Tackle 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 Synchronize Torrent Held item Unknown Unknown Unknown Moves Gravity Psycho Cut BubbleBeam Metronome Psybeam Peck Wake-Up Slap Reflect Metal Claw Sing Light Screen Growl	N/A Pokémon Trainer Dawn Diamond and Pearl - Veilstone City Pokémon Clefairy ♂/♀ Kadabra ♂/♀ Grotle ♂/♀ Level 25 25 28 Ability Cute Charm Synchronize Overgrow Held item Unknown Unknown Unknown Moves Gravity Psycho Cut Bite Metronome Psybeam Mega Drain Wake-Up Slap Reflect Razor Leaf Sing Light Screen Curse	N/A Pokémon Trainer Dawn Diamond and Pearl - Veilstone City Pokémon Clefairy ♂/♀ Kadabra ♂/♀ Monferno ♂/♀ Level 25 25 28 Ability Cute Charm Synchronize Blaze Held item Unknown Unknown Unknown Moves Gravity Psycho Cut Flame Wheel Metronome Psybeam Mach Punch Wake-Up Slap Reflect Fury Swipes Sing Light Screen --

Optional names for Dawn (as player character)

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?"

Related Articles

• Dawn (anime)

This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.