Yuichiro Hikari

General CVG character
name=Yuichiro Hikari


caption=
series="Mega Man Battle Network" series
firstgame="Mega Man Battle Network"
creator=Keiji Inafune
voiceactor=Michael Adamthwaite
japanactor=Kouichi Nagano ("EXE" and "Axess")
Tokuyoshi Kawashima ("Stream" onwards)
inuniverse=Mega Man character
type=Human
weapon=None

nihongo|Yuichiro Hikari|光祐一朗|Hikari Yūichirō is a fictional character in the "Mega Man Battle Network" series of video games and the "MegaMan NT Warrior" ("Rockman EXE") anime and manga. In the anime, he is voiced by Michael Adamthwaite in the English version, and Kouichi Nagano ("EXE" and "Axess") and Tokuyoshi Kawashima ("Stream" onwards) in the original version of the series. He is married to Haruka Hikari, and they have a son named Lan Hikari (Netto Hikari). In the game continuum, he had a second son, Hub (Saito), who was born alongside Lan, but perished because of a rare heart condition.

History

Yuichiro's father, Dr. Tadashi Hikari, is considered to be the founder of the computer networking system within the "Battle Network" series (akin to Dr. Thomas Light's involvement in robotics in the classic series). As such, Yuichiro is looked upon as an expert in the subject of networking. Although he is not seen with a NetNavi of his own, he is the creator of numerous NetNavis, including MegaMan.EXE (Rockman). In the games, in an attempt to save his dying son, Hub, he creates MegaMan by placing the boy's DNA into a Navi program.

In the anime, Yuichiro is often the scientist responsible for new designs and additions to already existing PET models, and his research into the nature of Dimensional Areas leads to the creation of the "Synchro Chip" permitting Cross Fusion, a unique ability that allows an operator to merge with his/her NetNavi.

Personality

Yuichiro is seemingly an older personification of his son Lan. While Lan does what he thinks is right in his own way (by working together with MegaMan to save the world), Yuichiro does his own part, working behind the scenes in the more technical aspects of things while having a more realistic and mature way of thinking.