Rio

Rio リオ Rio
Rio
Gender	Male
Eye color	Brown
Hair color	Dark brown
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Paldea
Relatives	Unnamed mother and father
Animated debut	Dragonite and the Special Delivery
English voice actor	Kendell Byrd
Japanese voice actor	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.

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• History
  • Dragonite and the Special Delivery
• Character
• Pokémon
  • Befriended
• Voice actors
• Gallery
  • Artwork
• Names

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History

Dragonite and the Special Delivery

In the short, Rio was revealed to have submitted a letter stuffed with 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 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.

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

Yamper → Boltund

Debut	Dragonite and the Special Delivery
Voice actors
Japanese	Minami Kurisaka

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 Boltund.

None of Boltund's moves are known.

Voice actors

Language		Voice actor
Japanese		藤原夏海 Natsumi Fujiwara
English		Kendell Byrd
Chinese	Cantonese	張彩虹 Rainbow Cheung
	Mandarin	姜英俊 Jiang Yingjun (mainland China) 鄧瑋德 Teng Wei-Te (Taiwan)
Indonesian		Devon Bimaswara Abimanyu
Korean		손정민 Son Jeongmin
Brazilian Portuguese		Biel Cano
Thai		Pornprapa Swangsak

Gallery

Artwork

Official artwork from Dragonite and the Special Delivery

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	リオ Rio	From río (Spanish for "river") or rio (Portuguese for "river")
English, German, French, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Indonesian, Dutch	Rio	Transcription of his Japanese name
Castilian Spanish, Latin American Spanish	Río	Transcription of his Japanese name
Korean	리오 Rio	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese (Taiwan)	利奧 Lì'ào	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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