- 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=Nonenihongo|Yuichiro Hikari|光祐一朗|Hikari Yūichirō is a
fictional character in the "Mega Man Battle Network" series ofvideo game s and the "MegaMan NT Warrior " ("Rockman EXE")anime andmanga . In the anime, he is voiced byMichael Adamthwaite in the English version, andKouichi Nagano ("EXE" and "Axess") andTokuyoshi Kawashima ("Stream" onwards) in the original version of the series. He is married to Haruka Hikari, and they have a son namedLan 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 toDr. 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 aNetNavi of his own, he is the creator of numerous NetNavis, includingMegaMan.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.
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