Lei

For Sun's Stakataka, see Sun (Adventures) → Lei.

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This article is about a character featured in the Pokémon anime who has not yet debuted in the English language dub. As such, their information may contain romanized Japanese names, rather than dub names.

(Japanese: レイ Lei) is a character of the day who appeared in The New Old Gang of Mine!. He is the newborn son of Professor Kukui and Professor Burnet.

Lei with Burnet

In Thank You, Alola! The Journey Continues!, it was revealed that Burnet was pregnant. When Ash returned to Alola in The New Old Gang of Mine!, he met Lei when he reunited with Kukui and Burnet. Although Lei met Ash for the first time, he immediately took a liking to him as a big brother.

Trivia

• Lei is the first human character to have been born during the course of the anime.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	レイ Lei	From lei (Hawaiian for "floral garland" and figurative term for "beloved child")
Korean	레이 Rei	Transcription of his Japanese name
Thai	เรย์ Re	Transcription of his Japanese name

This article is part of Project COD, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each one-time character of the Pokémon anime.