Professor Kukui/Trivia


 * Professor Kukui is the first character ( outside of cut content ) who is neither a rival nor a player character as an NPC whose team can change depending on the starter Pokémon chosen by the player.
 * Professor Kukui is the only NPC in Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon seen performing a Z-Move pose during battle. He performs the Normal-type pose during the Z-Move tutorial.
 * In the, Professor Kukui's Pikachu has a met date of May 10, 2016, which is the day the first information about the games was released past their initial announcement.
 * Professor Kukui's Trainer ID is 161118, which is the release date (2016-11-18) of Pokémon Sun and Moon in all markets except Europe.