Kahili

Kahili
Species	Human
Affiliation	Pokémon League (Alola)
Hair color	Alice Blue
Eye color	Periwinkle
Relatives	Father
Voiced by	Unknown (2019)
Debut	Pokémon Sun/Moon

Kahili is a Pokémon trainer who is featured as a member of Alola's Elite Four who must be battled in the seventh generation games of the Pokémon series, Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. She specializes in Flying-type Pokémon.

Background

Kahili was born to the man who owned the Hano Grand Resort on Akala Island. She showed great talent both as a Pokémon trainer and as a golfer, and she honed her skills with a daily training regimen that could take up more than ten hours. She became a champion of Alola's island challenge several years prior to the seventh generation games and also became known as a top-ranking golfer in the golf world. After completing the island challenge, she traveled the world to improve her skills as a trainer and golfer, until Professor Kukui invited her back to Alola to serve as an inaugural member of the region's Elite Four. Kahili claimed that she initially found his invitation to be annoying, but she ultimately would come to appreciate her position.

In Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon, she made an appearance prior to the Elite Four challenge at Ten Carat Hill on Melemele Island. She would suddenly appear there when Elio/Selene found Flynium Z and demonstrated its accompanying pose before departing. In all versions, the trainer's first proper meeting with Kahili would come when they challenged the Elite Four. She introduced herself and battled them, only to be defeated. Afterwards, she could be battled again in rematches when rechallenging the Elite Four.

Pokémon Roster

• Skarmory (Sun/Moon)
• Crobat (Sun/Moon)
• Braviary (Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon)
• Hawlucha (Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon)
• Oricorio (Baile Syle)
• Mandibuzz
• Toucannon: This Pokémon uses Flynium Z.

In Other Pokémon Games

In Pokémon Masters EX, Kahili appeared with Toucannon as a playable sync pair that could be recruited at random through the game's Sync Pair Scout feature. When battled as an opponent, she could also sync up with Crobat or Braviary. Within the game, Kahili has made some minor appearances during the game's story events, including two of the extra scenes in "Trials on the Isle". In one, Elio and Selene complimented how she had gotten stronger and thought she would be a good fit for Alola's champion, but Kahili said she did not want that position. She initially claimed her reasoning was a secret, but after Elio and Selene departed, she told Kukui that she did not need to be champion while the next generation of trainers like Elio and Selene were around to kick up wind. In the other scene, she lamented the lack of golf tournaments in Pasio and was trying to adjust her training regimen accordingly, but she decided to take a brack to join Selene and Winona in watching clouds. During the "Pasio Friendiversary" event, she and Winona fought on Skyla's team, with Skyla sweeping most of the competition with her Tornadus. In the Solo Event "A Sweet Secret", she was among the trainers polled on finding good sweets that trainers wanted to get for their mentors. Kahili was reluctant to give away her favorite dessert spots, but she liked Caitlin's idea of battling for the information. She was also featured as an opponent in one of Ethan's Sync Pair Stories, where she had to be defeated in a one-on-one battle for his Cyndaquil to evolve. Kahili was an an opponent in the Alola Challenge of the Champion Stadium mode, reflecting her role as a member of the Elite Four.

Other Appearances

Other Media

• Kahili appeared in several episodes of the Pokémon anime during the Sun/Moon-based series. She was first featured in one episode where she met Ash and his friends while suffering from a losing streak in PokéGolf. Over the course of the episode, she regained her confidence after completing the challenge of a master caddy. Later on, she took part in the Battle Royal preliminaries of the Manaolo Conference, but she lost and was eliminated from the tournament.
• In the Pokémon Adventures manga, Kahili appeared during the Sun/Moon arc. She was called to Alola by Hala to help in the effort against the Ultra Beasts. During the arc's climax, she fought alongside Tapu Bulu against Celesteela.

Trivia

• Kahili is named after a Hawaiian name for various plants that resemble feathered regalia, and it is also the name of an actual golf course in Hawaii.
• She keeps her Pokémon in Ultra Balls.
• Her golf club has a color scheme that matches Toucannon.
• Kahili likes using Trick Room as a handicap in her training, so that she does not rely on her Flying-type Pokémon's speed.
• She is the only member of Alola's Elite Four who does not play a role in the storyline outside of her Elite Four appearance, and her only appearance prior to the Elite Four is an optional one in Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon.