Akari ショウSho
Akari's model
No.	183
English voice actor	Risa Mei[1]
Japanese voice actor	Kaede Hondo
Description	This Trainer belongs to the Survey Corps ofHisui'sGalaxy Expedition Team. She isRei's teammate and wants to be a worthy opponent to him. She's also good atcrafting withnatural materials.

Akari (Japanese:ショウSho) is aPokémon Trainer inPokémon Masters EX, based on thecharacter of the same name in thecore seriesgames. She forms async pair withHisuianSamurott. This pair was made available through a Poké Fairsync pair scout beginning on September 29, 2023. This pair can be raised to6★ EX since it first released.

In the games

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: History & Role in Pokémon Masters EX

History

Akari has experienced similar events to hercore series counterpart as the NPC character. When Akari caught herfirst partner Pokémon,Pikachu, she had trouble getting Pikachu to obey her. WhenRei arrived from thespace-time rift, Akari was the one who help teach Rei about theGalaxy Team Survey Corps.^[2]

Samurott (Hisuian Form)

			Type			Dark
			Move type			Dark
			Role			Field
			EX Role			Strike (Physical)
			Base Potential			★★★★★☆EX
Samurott♂		Weakness			Fairy
Hard of heart and deft of blade, this rare form of Samurott is a product of the Pokémon's evolution in the region of Hisui. Its turbulent blows crash into foes like ceaseless pounding waves.
Stats		HP	Attack	Defense	Sp. Atk	Sp. Def	Speed
Lv. 140, Base Potential		665	361	179	244	167	272
Lv. 140, Max Potential		825	441	219	324	207	312
Mega Samurott
Lv. 140, Base Potential		—	—	—	—	—	—
Lv. 140, Max Potential		—	—	—	—	—	—

Availability

Akari is exclusive to Poké Fair scouts. Her offering rate was increased in the followingsync pair scouts:

She was also available in the following sync pair scouts:

Moves

Name	Type	Category	Move gauge	BasePower	MaxPower	Accuracy	Target	Description
Ceaseless Edge	Dark	Physical	4	160	192	90%	An opponent	Critical hits land more easily. Applies Dark Damage Field to the opponents' field of play. (Dark Damage Field: The sync pairs will take Dark-type damage whenever they take an action.)
Potion	None	Status	0 (2 uses)	—	—	—	An ally	Restores an ally's HP by approximately 40% of its maximum HP.
Top PerformerCeaseless Edge	Dark	Physical	2	200	240	—	An opponent	Activation Condition: When Dark Damage Field applies to the opponents' field of play. Deactivation Condition: When the opponents' field of play is no longer Dark Damage Field. Never misses. Except in certain circumstances, successful hits with this attack become critical hits. This move's power increases when successfully used in succession. (This move powers up by 20% every time it is used.) (The maximum power-up is 60%.) If a different move is used by the user's Pokémon, this move's power returns to normal.
Mutual Understanding!	None	Status	0 (1 use)	—	—	—	An ally	Turns the field of play's zone into a Dark Zone. (A Dark Zone powers up Dark-type attacks.) Raises an ally's Speed by four stat ranks. Increases the Physical Moves ↑ Next effect and Special Moves ↑ Next effect of an ally by two ranks.
Sync moves
Master CrafterCeaseless Edge	Dark	Physical	—	250	300	—	An opponent	(6★ EX effect: Implements the following field effect just before the user's sync move is used the first time each battle. Extends the field effect duration only that time. • Dark Zone) (EX role effect: Sync moves will target all opposing sync pairs.)

Skills

Name	Description
Passive Skills
Survey Corps Teachings	Grants all of the following effects the first time the user enters a battle each battle: Reduces the user's sync move countdown by one. Raises the user's Attack by four stat ranks. Raises the user's critical-hit rate by three stat ranks.
Quick Tempo	Applies the Move Gauge Acceleration effect to the allied field of play the first time the user enters a battle each battle.
Critical Strike 2	Powers up the user's attacks when they become critical hits.
Superawakened Passive Skill
Hard of Heart and Deft of Blade	Reduces the user's sync move countdown by one the first time it enters a battle each battle. Powers up the moves of all allied sync pairs when Dark Damage Field applies to the opponent's field of play. Reduces attack move damage taken by allies when Dark Damage Field applies to the opponent's field of play.
Exclusive Lucky Skills
Defense Crush 4	Has a chance (50%) of lowering the target's Defense by one stat rank when the user's attack move against it is successful.
Theme Skills
Dark Field	Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 24. Raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by 24.
Sinnoh Field	Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 7. Raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by 7.
Main Character Field	Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 7. Raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by 7.
Scarf Field	Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 8. Raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by 8.
Hisui Adventurer Field	Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 8. Raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by 8.
Expedition Skills
Soothing ↑ 2	Raises the following discovery level by 2: •Soothing Crystal

Sync grid

Thesync grid for Akari & Samurott is an expanded grid, made available since the pair first released.

Other Pokémon

On hand

Before forming a sync pair withHisuian Samurott, Akari tried to form a sync pair with herPikachu, but was unable to, assync stones don't work well withHisuianPoké Balls. She also mentions that some other Pokémon came with her from Hisui as well, but the identities of these Pokémon are not known.

Pikachu ♂

Appearances

Battle appearances

Akari & Samurott can be battled against in:

• Daily Type Rotation:Type Team-Up (2024) (as a side foe; September 13 to October 6, 2024)
• Special battle event:Battle with a Theme Team (February 10 to 28, 2025)

Akari has also been shown to pair alongsideMr. Mime and can be battled against in:

• Story event:Pecharunt Strikes Back (December 27, 2025 to February 5, 2026)

Story appearances

Akari appears in her normal outfit in the following story areas:

• Arceus Arc: Prelude: Mysterious Stones Chapter:The Echo of a Deity's Voice
• Story events:
  • Together in an Unknown Land
  • Let's Go In Search of Wonder
  • Ultra Beast Meet-and-Greet
  • Golden Bonds on Pasio
  • Pecharunt Strikes Back
• Costume event:The Power of Dance
• Academy event:Pasio Paranormal Studies Club
• Neo Champions:Shining Sky-High Sync Moves

Sync pair stories

• A Day with Akari

Quotes

Main article:Akari (game)/Quotes → Pokémon Masters EX

Gallery

VS model (Normal colors)	6★ model (Normal colors)	6★ model (EX colors)	VS model (EX colors)	Akari's sync move mindscape (Aspiration Hill)
Trainer emote Nice!	Trainer emote Watch out!	Trainer emote Let's do this!	Trainer emote Thanks!
Medal 1★ Together in an Unknown Land	Medal 2★ Together in an Unknown Land	Medal 3★ Together in an Unknown Land	Medal The Galaxy Team's Investigation!	Together in an Unknown Land artwork
Fifth anniversary artwork by Takahashi Jun[3]

Trivia

• Akari & Samurott were the first fair-exclusive sync pair with the Field role.
• Akari is based on thenon-player character fromPokémon Legends: Arceus, as she was the one who helped mentorRei when he first appeared inHisui.
• As shown during thestory eventTogether in an Unknown Land, Akaricaught herHisuian Samurott in aspace-time distortion shortly before arriving onPasio.
• All versions of Akari use special voice-over lines upon entering a team that contains certain Trainers (regardless of their partner Pokémon) and victory with them. Those Trainers includeRei,Adaman,Irida,Mai, andVolo (but not his alternate outfit).

Origin

Akari's design is based on her appearance inPokémon Legends: Arceus.Hisuian Samurott is the finalEvolution ofOshawott, one of thefirst partner Pokémon ofHisui in thecore series. In addition,Dawn, a character similar to Akari, temporarily caught the unevolved form of Hisuian Samurott, Oshawott inPokémon: The Arceus Chronicles. Hisuian Samurott'sDex entry comes from Pokémon Legends: Arceus.

In other languages

References

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Galaxy Team Commander: Kamado Captains: Cyllene •Zisu •Pesselle •Tao Hua •Sanqua •Colza Members: Professor Laventon •Rei (Masters) •Akari (Masters) Beni •Ress •Rye Former members: Charm •Clover •Coin Locations: Jubilife Village •Galaxy Hall •Base camps See also:Pearl Clan •Diamond Clan

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