Sapphire (Ruby-Sapphire)

Sapphire (Japanese: ルビー Ruby) is a character from the Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire who first appeared in Let's Try To Be Idols!!. She is based on from  and is one of 's rivals.

Character
Despite being rivals with Red during the Pokémon Contest both of them competed in, she was shown to have some friendly advice.

History
Sapphire is a Pokémon Coordinator from Hoenn who introduced herself to Red when he entered the building with his Pokémon. Red takes a liking to her, seeing that it was the one that he was about to go on a journey with before going to Hoenn. Sapphire recommends him to partake in a Pokémon Contest in which Red does. When it was Sapphire turn to perform on stage, she manages to get a perfect score and wins the competition, placing Red in second place.

Trivia

 * Her and 's original names were switched in Chuang Yi's English translation of the manga, possibly to match the names of corresponding characters in Pokémon Adventures manga.

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