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|years=11<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161119143906/http://www.pokemon-sunmoon.com/en-us/people-alola/ Official Pokémon Sun and Moon website (archived)]: "He's the '''same age''' as your character."</ref><ref>[[Hau/Quotes|Hau]]: "''Yeah, I took the first chance I had to join in the island challenge once I turned '''11'''!''"</ref>

'''Hau''' (Japanese: '''ハウ''' ''Hau'') is a character introduced in [[Pokémon Sun and Moon]]. He is the grandson of the [[island kahuna]] for [[Melemele Island]], [[Hala]]. He serves as a [[rival]] character and ally to the player in {{pkmn|Sun and Moon|Pokémon Sun, Moon}}, {{pkmn|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon}}.

==In the core series==

===Role===

Hau is described as a big-hearted boy who quickly befriends the {{player}} once they move to the [[Alola]] [[region]]. He is the grandson of [[Hala]], who is the kahuna of [[Melemele Island]]; and his favorite food is [[malasada]], a famous treat in Alola. One of the villagers in [[Iki Town]], where they live, comments that as a boy, Hau had once witnessed Hala in a rage, which frightened him to the point of tears. Nothing Hala did could comfort him, which he claims is the reason why Hala is "too soft" on Hau.

====[[Pokémon Sun and Moon]]====

Once the player has chosen a [[starter Pokémon]], Hau will challenge the player using the starter Pokémon weak to the player's choice. Upon losing, he quickly shrugs off his defeat as he says that he is having fun. He also embarks on the [[island challenge]] at the same time as the player, and completes the challenges at around the same pace, until at the most [[Sophocles]]'s trial. Hau's happy-go-lucky attitude affects most of his early {{pkmn|battle}}s as he didn't mind losing and just wants to enjoy his adventure, something that irritates [[Gladion]] after their first battle.

Hau joins the player on a tour of [[Aether Paradise]] after finishing their [[Akala Island]] trials. He is shocked to hear from [[Lusamine]] that she is over forty years old, and also comments that she looks like Lillie without knowing of their connection.

When the [[Aether House]] is raided by [[Team Skull]], Hau manages to win a battle against a {{tc|Team Skull Grunt}}, but says that battles he can't afford to lose aren't any fun. Before the player returns from [[Po Town]], Hau loses a critical battle against Team Skull Admin [[Plumeria]] when she and her grunts kidnaps [[Lillie]], and is left depressed and in doubt of his own skills because of this. He feels weak for being unable to save Lillie.

Hau joins the player and Gladion in their attempt to rescue Lillie and her {{p|Cosmog}} from the [[Aether Foundation]]. Although he starts to doubt about himself and at first hesitates to accompany them because he would probably feel like a burden. During the infiltration in the Aether Foundation, he is constantly irritated by Gladion's orders and lack of explaining, both constantly end up arguing. Hau manages to take down several {{tc|Aether Foundation Employee}} with Gladion and the player before reaching Lillie. He is surprised when Lusamine reveals that Lillie and Gladion were her children. When Lusamine attempts to open up [[Ultra Wormhole]]s across Alola, Gladion orders Hau to keep [[Guzma]] busy while he deals with the recently arrived {{p|Nihilego}}, but Lusamine and Guzma manage to achieve their objective and escape.

When the player is about to travel to [[Poni Island]], Hau expresses his intention to hold back the island challenge and train himself with Hala instead. After everything that happened Hau has realized how weak he is, especially when compared to the player or Gladion. So he must get his act together if he wants to achieve his goals. Hau stops his journey and sets out to train.

When the player is about to enter the {{al|Pokémon League}} building, Hau catches up to them and challenges the player to another battle to decide who will face the league first. This time, Hau takes the fight more seriously and asks the player to use all their strength. Upon losing, Hau reveals that this time he really wanted to beat the player and reaffirms his determination to get even stronger. He finally takes battles more seriously. Hau says goodbye to the player and spurs them on for his Pokémon League challenge. The day after the player becomes the {{pkmn|Champion}}, Lillie departs for [[Kanto]] without having been able to say it to the player and Hau, who is devastated by this and is left in tears after Lillie's ship has left.

At the start of the post-game, Hau appears at the [[player's house]] to give them the [[Z-Crystal]]s to the starter Pokémon they didn't choose at the start of the game, saying that he got them as rewards after having finally had a serious battle with his grandfather. After asking the player and their {{al|mom}} about Kanto, he decides to train hard to one day travel there to find both Lillie and his father, who is a strong Trainer who had hated being the son of a kahuna and thus had moved out of Alola. Hau also warns that he will try to beat the player and snatch them their Champion title, now that he is strong enough. Afterwards, Hau can be found at Iki Town, training a pair of reformed Team Skull Grunts in Alolan {{wp|sumo}}.

After the player has obtained their starter Pokémon from Professor Kukui on {{rt|1|Alola}}, Hau will appear and choose his own starter from the remaining two (which is always the one weak to the player's choice) before challenging the player into their first Trainer battle. When his grandfather shows up late in Iki Town, Hau berates him for his lateness. After the player has defeated Hala, instead of boarding Kukui's boat, Hau will invite the player to [[Mantine Surf|ride Mantine]] to Akala Island.

When {{p|Necrozma}} fuses with [[Nebby]] during the game's climax and [[Ultra Beast]]s start appearing around Alola, Hau and Hala are seen coming face to face with a {{p|Blacephalon}}{{sup/7|US}}/{{p|Stakataka}}{{sup/7|UM}} at [[Mahalo Trail]]. Hala chooses to entrust the battle to his grandson, who is soon joined in the battle by {{p|Tapu Koko}}. After the Necrozma crisis is over and the player starts taking on [[Mina]]'s trial, the player encounters Hau and his fully evolved starter at [[Hau'oli Cemetery]], also taking on Mina's trial. He then tells the player that they should have a serious battle once they're both done with their island challenge. Later during Mina's trial, he also shows up outside the Aether House, encountering the player and Guzma there. He encourages Guzma to become something no one's ever been before, before giving the player one last warning of their upcoming serious battle. After the player has cleared Mina's trial, Hala will show up and reveal that he and Hau had finally had an all-out battle, in which Hau had managed to defeat his grandfather.

After the Ultra Beast incident at Poni Grove has been solved, Hau can be found at Iki Town, going through the memories of his island challenge with his starter. The Z-Crystals he gave to the player in Sun and Moon are now obtained from Hala instead.

Hau's team slightly differs based on the player's [[starter Pokémon]] choice. He chooses the starter that is weak to the player's starter, while his {{p|Eevee}} evolves into the [[Eeveelution]] with a type advantage over the player's chosen starter.

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==In spin-off games==

Hau forms a [[sync pair]] with {{alo|Raichu}} in [[Pokémon Masters EX]].

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==Quotes==

{{main|Hau/Quotes}}

 

==In the anime==

<!--[[PASM32]]-->Six months later, Hau traveled to [[Exeggutor Island]], where the Trial Captains and [[island kahuna]]s had been {{pkmn|training}} in preparation to face the Ultra Beasts. Despite Hala initially refusing to let him join the others in training, Hau requested to participate in the battle to protect Alola, revealing that he had been training by himself while traveling around Alola and unknowingly obtained a [[Sparkling Stone]], which was made into a [[Z-Ring]] by [[Olivia]]. Seeing the Z-Ring and Hau's determination, Hala agreed to train his grandson.

'''Hau''' was introduced as a {{TCG|Supporter card}} in the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]] during the English Sun & Moon Series (the Japanese Sun & Moon Era). First released in the Japanese {{TCG|Sun & Moon Starter Set}} with artwork by [[Ken Sugimori]], the Hau card later debuted in English in the {{TCG|Sun & Moon}} expansion. With the same effect as {{TCG ID|Emerging Powers|Cheren|91}} from the {{TCG|Emerging Powers}} expansion and {{TCG ID|Kalos Starter Set|Tierno|39}} of {{TCG|Expedition Base Set}}, Hau allows the player to draw three cards from their deck.

* In Hau's fourth battle in {{g|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}}, his {{pkmn2|starter}} is in its middle stage at [[level]] 16, despite the fact that the [[Alola]]n starter Pokémon don't first evolve until level 17.

* Excluding {{ga|Blue}} and {{ga|Trace}}, he is the only rival to serve as the final main game opponent in a core series game.