Lucas (game)

Lucas コウキ Kōki
Art from Platinum
Gender	Male
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, Rival
Generation	IV
Games	Diamond, Pearl, Platinum

Lucas (Japanese: コウキ Kōki) is the male player character of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. The female counterpart is Dawn. If the player chooses Dawn, he will become Rowan's assistant for the game. Lucas lives in Sandgem Town with his little sister, grandfather, and father - who works as an assistant of Professor Rowan. He is already the Professor's assistant at the beginning of the game. He also demonstrates to the player how to capture Pokémon by capturing a wild Bidoof.

The character Diamond from the Pokémon Special manga is based off of the design of Lucas.

His English name is derived from "lux", the Latin root word for light, while his Japanese name is a reference to the Japanese word for "brightness" (光輝 kōki), much like Hikari means light (光). It is also similar to 金剛石 kongōseki, a Japanese word for diamond.

In the anime

Lucas in the 11th Pokémon movie

Lucas has a cameo appearance at the beginning of Giratina and the Sky's Bouquet: Shaymin, in a battle against Brendan. His outfit is colored differently from the game most likely because Ash wears an outfit similar to his.

Pokémon

This is a listing of Lucas' known Pokémon in the anime:

Magmortar

Pokémon

In-game apperance in Platinum

This listing is for Lucas's Pokémon in the video games in which he has appeared.

First battle (capture tutorial)

If player's starter was
Chimchar	Piplup	Turtwig
N/A Pokémon Trainer Lucas Diamond and Pearl - Route 202 Pokémon Turtwig ♂/♀ Level 5 Ability Overgrow Held item Unknown Moves Tackle Withdraw -- --	N/A Pokémon Trainer Lucas Diamond and Pearl - Route 202 Pokémon Chimchar ♂/♀ Level 5 Ability Blaze Held item Unknown Moves Scratch Leer -- --	N/A Pokémon Trainer Lucas 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 Lucas Diamond and Pearl - Jubilife City Pokémon Turtwig ♂/♀ Level 13 Ability Overgrow Held item Unknown Moves Absorb Tackle -- --	N/A Pokémon Trainer Lucas Diamond and Pearl - Jubilife City Pokémon Chimchar ♂/♀ Level 13 Ability Blaze Held item Unknown Moves Ember Scratch -- --	N/A Pokémon Trainer Lucas 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 Lucas Diamond and Pearl - Veilstone City Pokémon Clefairy ♂/♀ Kadabra ♂/♀ Prinplup ♂/♀ Level 25 25 28 Ability Cute Charm Synchronize Torrent Held item Unknown Unknown Unknown Moves Metronome Psybeam BubbleBeam Sing Psycho Cut Peck Gravity Reflect Fury Attack Wake-Up Slap Light Screen Metal Claw	N/A Pokémon Trainer Lucas Diamond and Pearl - Veilstone City Pokémon Clefairy ♂/♀ Kadabra ♂/♀ Grotle ♂/♀ Level 25 25 28 Ability Cute Charm Synchronize Overgrow Held item Unknown Unknown Unknown Moves Metronome Psybeam Razor Leaf Sing Psycho Cut Mega Drain Gravity Reflect Bite Wake-Up Slap Light Screen Curse	N/A Pokémon Trainer Lucas Diamond and Pearl - Veilstone City Pokémon Clefairy ♂/♀ Kadabra ♂/♀ Monferno ♂/♀ Level 25 25 28 Ability Cute Charm Synchronize Blaze Held item Unknown Unknown Unknown Moves Metronome Psybeam Flame Wheel Sing Psycho Cut Ember Gravity Reflect Mach Punch Wake-Up Slap Light Screen Fury Swipes

Optional names for Lucas (as player character)

Diamond/Pearl Versions Artwork

Trivia

• Like Pearl having one of his default Japanese names being Shigeru, one of Lucas's default names is Satoshi. In English translations "Ash" is one of default names for Lucas, but there is no "Gary" among Pearl's names. However, this was apparently recognized in German and Korean translations, which also have Ash's and Gary's name as one of Lucas's and Pearl's names.
• One of Lucas's optional names include Todd in English translation and トオル Tōru (Todd's Japanese name) in Japanese translations. Other language versions do not catch this. Another name from show is Jimmy. This one, however is probably coincidental.
• Lucas is 4'7" (145 cm) tall and weighs 83.8 lbs (38 kg).
• Lucas and Dawn are asked if they are a couple by Mars during the Lake Acuity battle: "So what is it? Are you some lovey-dovey couple to the rescue?"
• Lucas's appearance in the beginning of Giratina and the Sky's Bouquet: Shaymin battling Brendan may be a reference to their female counterparts Dawn and May battling in the final round of the Wallace Cup. As with Dawn in the anime so far, Lucas was wearing his Diamond and Pearl outfit, although his attire in Pokémon Platinum had already been revealed.