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{{CharInfobox|
|color={{paldea color}}
|corecolor={{paldea color light}}
|bordercolor={{paldea color}}
|name=Rio
|jname=リオ
|tmname=Rio
|image=Rio.png
|caption=Rio
|size=250px
|region=[[Paldea]]
|relatives=Unnamed mother and father
|trainer=no
|game=no
|gender=Male
|age=no
|years=
|colors=yes
|hair=Dark brown
|eyes=Brown
|anime=yes
|epnum=Dragonite and the Special Delivery
|epname=Dragonite and the Special Delivery
|enva=Kendell Byrd
|java=Natsumi Fujiwara
|}}

'''Rio''' (Japanese: '''リオ''' ''Rio'') is a major character in ''[[Dragonite and the Special Delivery]]''. He is a young boy living in the [[Paldea]] region who wrote a letter to his father for his birthday, who is working away from home in the [[Kanto]] region.

==History==
===''[[Dragonite and the Special Delivery]]''===
In the short, Rio was revealed to have submitted a letter stuffed with {{p|Yamper}} fur to the post office, although he forgot to put in the recipient's address. When Hana found Rio and brought him his letter, Rio confessed that the letter is meant to be a gift for his father's birthday, which happened to be today. Hana, Rio, and {{p|Dragonite}} then flew from [[Paldea]] all the way to [[Kanto]] so that Rio can deliver the letter to his father on time. Upon landing in Kanto, Rio walked up to his father, read aloud his letter, and presented the Yamper fur  to him. Rio's father hugged him tearfully while his colleagues clap and cheer.

In the epilogue, an older Rio is sent off by his parents as he prepares to attend [[Uva Academy]] as a student.
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==Character==
Rio is a kind, if clumsy, young boy. He deeply loves his parents, as shown when he wishes to send a birthday letter to his father who is working abroad.

==Pokémon==
===Befriended===
{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Rio
|pkmn=Boltund
|stage1=Yamper
|type1=Electric
|img=Rio Family Yamper.png
|img2=Rio Family Boltund.png
|epnum=Dragonite and the Special Delivery
|epname=Dragonite and the Special Delivery
|desc={{p|Yamper}} is Rio's family Pokémon, usually seen with his mother. It's shown at the end of the short to have evolved into a {{p|Boltund}}.

None of Boltund's moves are known.
|vajp=wp:Minami Kurisaka{{!}}Minami Kurisaka
}}

==Voice actors==
{{vatable|color={{Paldea color}}|bordercolor={{Paldea color dark}}
|ja=藤原夏海 ''{{wp|Natsumi Fujiwara}}''
|en=Kendell Byrd
|zh_yue=張彩虹 ''Rainbow Cheung''
|zh_cmn=姜英俊 ''Jiang Yingjun'' (mainland China)<br>鄧瑋德 ''Teng Wei-Te'' (Taiwan)
|id=Devon Bimaswara Abimanyu
|ko=손정민 ''Son Jeongmin''
|pt_br=Biel Cano
|th=Pornprapa Swangsak
}}

==Gallery==
===Artwork===
{| class="whitelinks" style="margin:auto; text-align:center; {{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{Paldea color dark}}; background: #{{Paldea color}}; font-size:80%;"
|-
| style="{{roundy|20px}} border:2px solid #{{Paldea color dark}}; background:#{{Paldea color light}}; padding:0; overflow:hidden" | [[File:Dragonite and the Special Delivery key visual.jpg|x180px]]
|- 
| style="color:#fff" | Official artwork from ''[[Dragonite and the Special Delivery]]''
|}

==Names==
{| class="roundtable" style="background:#{{paldea color}}; border:3px solid #{{paldea color dark}}"
|-
! style="background:#{{paldea color light}}" | Language
! style="background:#{{paldea color light}}" | Name
! style="background:#{{paldea color light}}" | Origin
|-
| Japanese
| リオ ''Rio''
| From ''río'' (Spanish for "river") or ''rio'' (Portuguese for "river")
|-
| English, German, French,<br>Italian, Brazilian Portuguese,<br>Indonesian, Dutch
| Rio
| Transcription of his Japanese name
|-
| Castilian Spanish,<br>Latin American Spanish
| Río
| Transcription of his Japanese name
|-
| Korean
| 리오 ''Rio''
| Transcription of his Japanese name
|-
| Chinese (Taiwan)
| 利奧 ''Lì'ào''
| rowspan="3" | Transcription of his Japanese name
|-
| Chinese (Hong Kong)
| 利奧 '' Leih'ou''
|-
| Chinese (mainland China)
| 里欧 ''Lǐ'ōu''
|-
| Thai
| ริโอะ ''Rio''
| Transcription of his Japanese name
|}
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