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He is nicknamed '''Kiki''' (Japanese: '''スグ''' ''Sugu'') by his sister.
He is nicknamed '''Kiki''' (Japanese: '''スグ''' ''Sugu'') by his sister.


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==In the core series games==
==In the core series games==
===Pokémon Scarlet and Violet===
===Pokémon Scarlet and Violet===

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Kieran
スグリ Suguri
Scarlet Violet Kieran.png
Artwork from Scarlet and Violet DLC
Age Unknown[a][b]
Gender Male
Eye color Yellow
Hair color Black with mauve underlayer
Hometown Mossui Town
Region Kitakami
Relatives Carmine (older sister)
Yukito (grandfather)
Hideko (grandmother)
Unnamed great grandfather
Unnamed ancestor
Trainer class Pokémon Trainer, BB League Champion
Generation IX
Games Scarlet and Violet
Member of BB League
Rank Champion

Kieran (Japanese: スグリ Suguri) is a rival character introduced in The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero. He is originally from Kitakami and attends Blueberry Academy with his older sister, Carmine. He has a quiet, gentle nature, and often hides behind his big sister. He seems to be curious about the player, though, when they arrive from the Paldea region.[3] He is the only character in the games to have the Trainer class BB League Champion (Japanese: ブルベリーグチャンピオン Blueberry League Champion).

He is nicknamed Kiki (Japanese: スグ Sugu) by his sister.

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In the core series games

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

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The Teal Mask

Kieran is a student of Blueberry Academy native to Kitakami. He and Carmine are chosen to accompany the incoming students from Naranja AcademyS/Uva AcademyV on a cultural tour of the area under the watch of Carmine's teacher Briar. Kieran is paired up with the player character, and accompanies them around Kitakami as they search for three signposts that tell the story of how the Loyal Three laid down their lives to protect the land from the evil Ogerpon. During this time, Kieran admits that he actually admires Ogerpon for her strength and independence.

At the end of the first day in Kitakami, the player, Carmine, and Kieran attend the Festival of Masks. The player and Carmine have a chance encounter with Ogerpon, who flees and drops her Teal Mask. Carmine decides to keep this incident from Kieran, fearing that the knowledge he missed a chance to meet his idol would break his heart. The next day, the player and Carmine learn from the siblings' grandfather that the "Loyal" Three were actually a group of bandits who attacked Ogerpon's Trainer and stole three masks made for her by the siblings' distant ancestor; Ogerpon slew the Lousy Three, but the villagers believed she was attacking them and came to fear her. Unbeknownst to them, Kieran overhears their conversation and concludes that they are excluding him out of contempt. While the player and Carmine search for materials to repair the Teal Mask, Kieran steals the mask, accuses them of treating him like an outcast, and demands the player defeat him in a battle to reclaim the mask.

After the player defeats Kieran, he surrenders the mask as agreed. However, the Lousy Three unexpectedly come back to life and are given food and Ogerpon's stolen masks by the ignorant villagers. While the player, Carmine, and Ogerpon pursue and defeat the Lousy Three, Kieran convinces the villagers that the old legend was mistaken and that Ogerpon was innocent all along. With Ogerpon's reputation rehabilitated, the group returns to Ogerpon's mountain home, where Ogerpon chooses the player to be her Trainer. However, a jealous Kieran demands a final battle with the player for the right to take Ogerpon, irrespective of Ogerpon's wishes. The player defeats Kieran, who watches them catch Ogerpon before fleeing home, locking himself in his room, and refusing to come out or see the player off.

After the end of the tour, Kieran and Carmine are to return early to Blueberry Academy due to an unexpected development in the Great Crater of Paldea. Kieran, now consumed by his resentment towards the player and obsession with strength, vows to become even stronger and ominously declares, "Just you wait" to the player.

The Indigo Disk

Upon returning to Blueberry Academy, Kieran becomes fixated on Pokémon battling, going so far as to rise in the ranks of the school's unofficial League to become Champion. However, Carmine and the BB League's Elite Four, Drayton, Lacey, Crispin, and Amarys become concerned when he begins using his new authority to bully other students out of the club. Despite Lacey's insistence to keep this as a 'League matter' and have Drayton deal with Kieran himself, Carmine secretly lobbies to have the player brought over to the school under the auspices of wanting to show off her home turf to get them to snap some sense into her brother. Upon discovering the player's arrival at the school, Kieran, against Lacey and Amarys' objections, has the player entered into the BB League at a high stage so he can prove that he is superior to them. However, despite the amount of training he's done, the player's skill as an official League Champion proves too much for Kieran to overcome and he is defeated, causing most of the club to abandon him.

Now humiliated in front of the school, Kieran scrambles to come up with a way to get back at the player. When Briar informs them and Carmine that she's recently gotten permission from Paldea League chairwoman and Top Champion Geeta to search Area Zero for a mysterious Pokémon called Terapagos, Kieran sees this as the perfect opportunity and signs up, reasoning that catching and utilizing a Pokémon even the player doesn't know about will give him the edge needed to defeat them. However, upon reaching the furthest point in the Area Zero Underdepths, Terapagos shows more interest in the player than Kieran, forcing him to use a Master Ball he received during his time as BB League Champion to effectively steal it from them. However, when the player is still able to defeat him, Kieran, under a glory-blinded Briar's instructions, Terastallizes Terapagos and demands it battle the player again. This proves ruinous, however, as Terapagos turns on and attacks Kieran, destroying the Master Ball he caught it with and forcing the player to intervene, Terapagos is way too powerful though, so Carmine and the player convince the guiltripped Kieran to come and help out, ending with it being caught by the player.

The shock of Terapagos attacking him forces Kieran to finally realize the error of his ways, resigning from the BB League and requesting that he and the player start over as friends. The player presumably agrees, and they return to Blueberry Academy.

Mochi Mayhem

Kieran is set to return in the DLC's epilogue in Kitakami to meet the player's other friends, Nemona, Arven and Penny.

Pokémon

First battle

Before completing The Way Home



After completing The Way Home



Second battle

Before completing The Way Home



After completing The Way Home



Third battle

Before completing The Way Home



After completing The Way Home



Fourth battle

Before completing The Way Home



After completing The Way Home



Fifth battle

Before completing The Way Home



After completing The Way Home



Sixth battle

Kieran will Terastallize his Hydrapple at the first opportunity.



Seventh battle

When Kieran is controlling Terapagos, it is kept in a Master Ball, possesses twice the usual amount of HP, and has a large HP bar at the top of the screen that identifies it as Terapagos, the Indigo Disk.



Area Zero Multi Battle partner

Kieran joins the player as a Multi Battle partner against Terapagos at Area Zero.



League Club Room



Traded to the player

Upon the third unique interaction with Kieran in the League Club Room, he will trade an Applin to the player in exchange for almost any Pokémon excluding Shiny, Legendary, or Mythical Pokémon.

#0840  Applin Male icon HOME.png  Paldea icon.png
Poké Ball HOME.png Level 15 0840Applin.png
Type:
GrassIC SV.png DragonIC SV.png
Tera Type: DragonIC Tera.png
Ability: Bulletproof
Held item: None
ID: 184745
OT: Kieran
Met: a Link Trade
Nature: Modest
Ribbons
/ Marks:
Partner Ribbon Partner Ribbon
Withdraw
Water icon.pngWater StatusIC SV.png
Astonish
Ghost icon.pngGhost PhysicalIC SV.png
Recycle
Normal icon.pngNormal StatusIC SV.png
Sucker Punch
Dark icon.pngDark PhysicalIC SV.png
Games Method Duration
SV In-game trade
This Pokémon has a fixed Scale value of 128.
This Pokémon may only be redeemed once per save file.
Date received is the date on the system when the gift is redeemed.
This Pokémon is set to the same language as the game that received it.

Quotes

Main article: Kieran/Quotes

In the anime

Pokémon: Paldean Winds

Kieran appeared briefly in Breathe Together, along with Carmine in Blueberry Academy as they watch Ohara, Aliquis and Hohma's video from Naranja Academy.

Gallery

Artwork

The Teal Mask key art.png The Indigo Disk key art.png
The Teal Mask artwork The Indigo Disk artwork
The Indigo Disk Key Art 2.png
Final art for
The Indigo Disk

Sprites and models

VSKieran.png VSKieran 2.png VSKieran 3.png VSKieran 4.png
Initial VS model from
Scarlet and Violet
Dreaded Den VS model
Scarlet and Violet
Blueberry Academy VS model
Scarlet and Violet
Area Zero VS model
Scarlet and Violet

Music

Games Location Song name Composition Arrangement
 S  V  Talking to Kieran Kieran* Unknown Unknown
Battling Kieran Battle! (Kieran)* Unknown Unknown
When Kieran is frustrated
with being left out
Kieran's Frustration* Unknown Unknown
During the final battle
against Kieran in The Teal Mask
Decisive Battle! (Kieran)* Unknown Unknown
During the final scene of
The Teal Mask
To Be Continued...* Unknown Unknown
When Kieran is seen
kicking a member out of the
League Club
Tension* Unknown Unknown
Battling against Kieran at Blueberry Academy Decisive Battle! (Champion Kieran)* Unknown Unknown
After beating Kieran at Blueberry Academy A Crushing Defeat* Unknown Unknown
When Drayton chastises
Kieran for losing
Too Bad, ex-Champion...* Unknown Unknown
When Terapagos awakens from its gem Terapagos Awakens* Unknown Unknown
When battling Kieran's
Terapagos in the Underdepths
Battle! (The Indigo Disk)* Unknown Unknown
When Briar prompts Kieran
to Terastalize Terapagos
The Hidden Treasure Within* Unknown Unknown
When Kieran attempts to
recall Terapagos to its Poké Ball
Come back, Terapagos!* Unknown Unknown
When battling Stellar Form Terapagos
alongside Kieran
Battle! (Stellar Form Terapagos)* Toby Fox[4] Unknown
Song names marked with an asterisk are unofficial, as they have not received a soundtrack release.

Trivia

  • Carmine's nickname for Kieran, "Kiki", is also the nickname of a particular Delcatty in Pokémon Adventures.
  • When Kieran punches the Loyal Three's shrine after his third battle, a purple mist can be briefly seen in his fist, implying the trio's revival may have something to do with Kieran himself. Kieran also has the same purple in his hair during The Teal Mask as the color of the Toxic Chain, further implying some sort of connection.
  • Kieran is the first NPC shown capturing a Pokémon with a Master Ball.
    • Kieran's Master Ball is also the first official instance of a Master Ball breaking in the games.

Names

Language Name Origin
Japanese スグリ Suguri From 酸塊 suguri (currant)
English Kieran From currant and ciar (Irish and Scottish Gaelic for dark)
German Jo From Johannisbeere (currant)
Spanish Cass From cassis (blackcurrant)
French Kassis From cassis (blackcurrant)
Italian Riben From Ribes (genus containing the currant)
Korean 카지 Kaji From 까치밥나무 kkachibamnamu (currant)
Chinese (Mandarin) 烏栗 / 乌栗 Wūlì From 烏 / 乌 (black) and 醋栗 cùlì / chouleuht (currant)
Chinese (Cantonese) 烏栗 Wūleuht


Kiki
Language Title
Japan Flag.png Japanese スグ Sugu
Chinese Cantonese 阿栗 A Leuht
Mandarin 阿栗 Ā Lì
France Flag.png French Kass
Italy Flag.png Italian Rirì
Spain Flag.png Spanish Enano

Notes

  1. Carmine says that Kieran is going through "teen angst", implying that he is a teenager;[1] in other languages, Carmine simply attributes his behavior to puberty or adolescence. His actual age is not otherwise known.
  2. In the French version of the game, he is explicitly 14 years old.[2]

References

  1. Carmine: "What's [Kieran's] problem? He's been all bent out of shape since yesterday. [...] Must be teen angst or something. It happens!" (Pokémon Scarlet and Violet)
  2. Roseille: "Kass a quatorze ans, alors il aime bien les créatures qui font peur. C’est aussi pour ça qu’il préfère le Monstre aux Adoramis." (Pokémon Écarlate et Violet)
  3. https://scarletviolet.pokemon.com/en-us/news/new_characters/
  4. Arrangement of the Tera Raid theme, which was composed by Fox


Rival and friend characters
Core series BlueSilverBrendan/MayWallyBarryLucas/DawnEthan/LyraCherenBianca
NHughCalem/SerenaShaunaTiernoTrevorLillieHauGladionTrace
HopMarnieBedeKlaraAveryNemonaArvenPennyCarmineKieran
Spin-off games RonaldKeithLucaSharonPauloLearTina
Non-player characters in the core series games
Unova Professor JuniperMom (BW)Mom (B2W2)CherenBiancaBianca's fatherHughHugh's sisterCedric JuniperFennelAmanita
CilanChiliCressLenoraHawesLoblollyCharlesIrisDraydenAlderBengaCurtisYancyBrycenSabrinaPop Roxie
HilbertHildaNateRosaIngoEmmetCynthiaLookerNColressMorimotoNishinoPokémon Fan Club Chairman
Team PlasmaClydeGym LeadersElite FourPWT participantsName RaterDay-Care CoupleJudgeMagikarp salesman
Paldea Professor SadaProfessor TuroMomNemonaKoraidonMiraidonGeetaArvenPennyHeath
ClavellJacqDendraMiriamRaifortSaguaroSalvatoreTymeHarrington
CarmineKieranBriarCyranoTerapagosBilly and O'Nare
Team StarGym LeadersElite FourPokémon League representatives
Trainer classes in the Pokémon core series
Unova Ace TrainerArtistBackersBackpackerBakerBattle GirlBikerBlack BeltChampionClerk
CyclistDancerDepot AgentDoctorElite FourFishermanGAME FREAKGentlemanGym Leader*
HarlequinHikerHooligansHoopsterInfielderJanitorLadyLassLinebackerMaidMotorcyclistMusician
NurseNursery AideParasol LadyPilotPokéfanPKMN BreederPKMN RangerPokémon Trainer*Policeman
PreschoolerPsychicRich BoyRoughneckSchool KidScientistSmasherSocialiteStrikerSubway Boss
SwimmerTeam PlasmaTeam Plasma GruntThe RichesBWTwinsVeteranWaiterWaitressWorkerYoungster
BeautyB2W2Boss TrainerB2W2GuitaristB2W2
Pokéstar Studios only:B2W2
A-list ActorActorActressBig StarCelebrityChic ActressChild StarComedian
Fine ActorMovie StarNew ActressStar ActorSuit ActorUnique StarVeteran Star
Pokémon World Tournament only:B2W2
Junior RepresentativeMaster RepresentativeSenior Representative
World ChampionWorld FinalistWorld Runner-up
Blueberry Academy only:SV
BB League ChampionBB League Elite FourBlueberry Academy Director
DirectorInstructorLeague ClubStudentTop Champion


BB League
VSCrispin.png
BB League Elite Four
Crispin
VSAmarys.png
BB League Elite Four
Amarys
VSLacey.png
BB League Elite Four
Lacey
VSDrayton.png
BB League Elite Four
Drayton
VSKieran 3.png
BB League Champion
Kieran


Pokémon Champions
Core series BlueLanceRedStevenWallaceCynthiaAlderIrisDianthaTraceLeonMustardPeonyNemonaGeetaKieranDraytonMost player characters
Masters EX BlueLanceRedStevenCynthiaAlderIrisDianthaLeonScottieBettieAshNemonaGeetaCalemSerenaHopMarnieBedeLeafNateRosaSilverCherenBianca
Other
spin-offs
Ronald (TCG GB)Mark (TCG GB)Mint (TCG GB)Glenn (Pokkén)Master Rosé (Duel)
Animated series LanceCynthiaWallaceAlderDianthaStevenAsh KetchumLeonIrisNemonaGeeta
Other animation Blue (Origins)Red (Origins)Calem (Generations)Celestine (PttP)Edgar Troy (PttP)Ava (PttP)Boy (POKÉTOON)
Adventures Professor OakRedSidneyPhoebeGlaciaDrakeStevenWallaceCynthiaAlderIrisDianthaLeonMustardPeonyNemonaGeeta
Other manga Shigeru (Zensho)Satoshi (Zensho)Rald (Battle Frontier)


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