Kiawe

Kiawe
Information
Gender	Male
Hometown	Akala Island, Alola
Occupation	Trial Captain
Appears in	Generation VII
Debut	Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon
Other information
Specialist type	Fire
In other languages
Japanese	Name カキ Kaki
Japanese	Name カキ Kaki
English	Name Kiawe
English	Name Kiawe

Kiawe is a Trial Captain that specializes in Fire-type Pokémon. Kiawe appears in Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon.

Appearance

Kiawe is a muscular, dark-skinned young man. He has red and brown hair, in a style resembling fire. He wears red shorts with a black outline and sandals with the same color scheme. He wears no shirt, though he does have some black cloth strips on his shoulders bound to his necklace, which has a small badge and feather decorations.

Personality

At first glance Kiawe comes off as grumpy and short-tempered, but underneath his searing exterior lies a mature and calculative individual.

Etymology

The name Kiawe comes from the "kiawe" tree, a type of mesquite that is considered an invasive species in Hawaii and is often used as firewood.

His Japanese name, Kaki, could come from either カキ (kaki, fire) or the "kaki" persimmon.

Biography

Sun and Moon

During the events of Pokémon Sun and Moon, Kiawe is one of the Trial Captains a part of Alola's Island Challenge. As his trial, Kiawe asks the player character to identify the differences between two dances. He does this three times until the player challenges Totem Salazzle. Afterwards in Pokémon Sun, the player character can visit his house. He'll tell he's practicing fire dances, and then that he will fight the player character at the Thrifty Megamart. Once defeated, he will talk a bit and leave.

Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

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Other appearances

Kiawe in Pokémon the Series (anime)

Kiawe in Pokémon Adventures (manga)

Kiawe in Pokémon Masters (games)

Sprites

Kiawe's VS sprite in Sun & Moon

Pokémon

Sun and Moon

Growlithe		Fletchinder		Marowak
Lv. 26	♂	Lv. 26	♂	Lv. 27	♂
Ability: Intimidate		Ability: Flame Body		Ability: Cursed Body
Item: None		Item: None		Item: None
Bite		Ember		Flame Wheel		-	-	-
Fire Fang		Quick Attack		Hex		-	-	-
-		Peck		Bonemerang		-	-	-
-		-		Will-O-Wisp		-	-	-

Battle Tree (Options)

Arcanine		Arcanine		Kangaskhan		Kangaskhan		Talonflame		Talonflame
Lv. 50	-	Lv. 50	-	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 27	-	Lv. 50	-	Lv. 50	-
Ability: Intimidate or Flash Fire		Ability: Intimidate or Flash Fire		Ability: Intimidate or Flash Fire		Ability: Intimidate or Flash Fire		Ability: Flame Body or Gale Wings		Ability: Flame Body or Gale Wings
Item: White Herb		Item: Fightinium Z		Item: Kangaskhanite		Item: Kangaskhanite		Item: Focus Sash		Item: Sitrus Berry
Solar Beam		Close Combat		Facade		Sucker Punch		Swords Dance		Swords Dance
Sunny Day		Flare Blitz		Sucker Punch		Double-Edge		Acrobatics		Quick Attack
Extreme Speed		Extreme Speed		Rock Slide		Fake Out		Quick Attack		Brave Bird
Overheat		Crunch		Fake Out		Earthquake		Flail		Flare Blitz

Salazzle		Salazzle		Marowak
Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	-
Ability: Corrosion or Oblivious		Ability: Corrosion or Oblivious		Ability: Cursed Body or Lightning Rod
Item: Focus Sash		Item: Firium Z		Item: Thick Club
Sludge Bomb		Sludge Wave		Flare Blitz		-	-	-
Nasty Plot		Overheat		Stomping Tantrum		-	-	-
Fire Blast		Dragon Pulse		Shadow Bone		-	-	-
Fake Out		Fake Out		Detect		-	-	-

Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

Arcanine		Talonflame		Marowak
Lv. 60	♂	Lv. 60	♂	Lv. 60	♂
Ability: Intimidate		Ability: Flame Body		Ability: Cursed Body
Item: None		Item: None		Item: Firium Z
Crunch		Quick Attack		Flare Blitz		-	-	-
Flare Blitz		Flare Blitz		Shadow Bone		-	-	-
Extreme Speed		Brave Bird		Bone Rush		-	-	-
-		-		-		-	-	-

Trivia

• During a scene in Sun and Ultra Sun, Kiawe is hinted at having been saving up to go to another region to practice dance via working part-time at the Thrifty Megamart, but when the player gets there he has been fired based on the conversation between him and his former boss.

Gallery

Kiawe's Z-Move pose