Cyrus

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For the minor character of the day from Grin to Win, see Cyrus (Johto).

Cyrus
アカギ Akagi
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Art from Diamond/Pearl
Age 27
Gender Male
Hometown Sunyshore City
Region Sinnoh
Trainer class Boss
Generation IV
Games Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum
Member of Team Galactic
Rank Boss

Cyrus (Japanese: アカギ Akagi) is Team Galactic's Boss. He disregards all emotions, thinking of them as products of a weak human heart. His goal is to remake the universe in his own image, with himself as the god. He was born and raised in Sunyshore City, as noted in Diamond and Pearl by an elderly couple residing there. When Cyrus was young, he was a very good student; however, he was antisocial, preferring the company of robots and machines over humans.

In the games

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

The player first meets him in Mt. Coronet, but he will not battle, nor give his name. Later on, the two men guarding Lake Valor will mention his name in passing, though Cyrus himself is not identified until he introduces himself after the player defeats a Galactic Grunt that was using a bomb threat at Celestic town and researching the origin legend.

Upon being defeated at Mt. Coronet, Cyrus claims he will have revenge and disappears. His assets and duties are left to Saturn.

First battle (Team Galactic HQ)

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Second battle (Spear Pillar)

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Pokémon Platinum

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Cyrus's sprite in Platinum

First battle (Celestic Town)

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Second battle (Team Galactic HQ)

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Third battle (Torn World)

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In the anime

He will make his first appearance in DP096 and DP097, along with Mars and Saturn.

In the manga

Pokémon Special

Cyrus makes his first appearance when Diamond, Pearl, and Berlitz are at the reception office to Mt. Coronet.

Pokémon

Cyrus has these Pokémon:

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Honchkrow
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Magneton → Magnezone
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Nosepass → Probopass

Pokémon DP

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Pokémon

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Gyarados
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Weavile
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Dialga

Names

The majority of Cyrus's names refer to the Sun; this fits in with the Commanders' planetary naming scheme, and may be a reference to how Cyrus would figuratively hold the Sun's position as center of his new world.

Language Name Origin
Japanese アカギ Akagi (See Trivia.)
English, Italian Cyrus From Persian Kuros, meaning Sun.
French Hélio From Helios, the Greek solar deity.
German Zyrus From Persian Kuros, meaning sun.
Spanish Helio From Helios, the Greek solar deity.
Korean 태홍 Taehong 홍 may mean 紅, "red" (in Japanese aka)

Trivia

  • His Japanese name, Akagi, is a common surname in Japan, which may indicate that, like Giovanni, his name in Japan is merely his last name, leaving his first unknown. "Akagi" also means "red castle", "red tree", or "red future", the last of which may reference the many deaths that would have taken place if his scheme had come to fruition. It may also refer to the "red chain" which Cyrus needs to summon the legendary Pokémon, Dialga or Palkia, at the Spear Pillar.
  • Incidentally, there is a volcano called Akagi in the real-world Kanto region of Japan.
  • A couple in Sunyshore City mentions that Cyrus was born and raised in Sunyshore City. It also happens that Team Galactic has never attacked the city, perhaps because the leader, Cyrus himself, still has childhood memories of it.
  • Until Pluto's introduction, Cyrus was the only one of the four major characters of Team Galactic that does not share a name with a planet. Pluto, however is a plutoid, and was formerly considered a planet.


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Cyrus
(Masters)
Mars Jupiter Saturn Charon Team Galactic Grunts Scientists
Manga
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