Haruka Hikari

Haruka Hikari (光はる香) is the mother of Lan Hikari and a character from the MegaMan Battle Network series.

Personality
She is a stay-at-home mom who worries over Lan and his wild exploits. She is a good cook and, having no NetNavi of her own, has no trouble asking Lan to help delete viruses around the house, especially in the kitchen. In the games, she is always nagging Lan to do his homework and get ready but in the anime, not as frequently.

Her role is mimicked in the MegaMan Star Force series by Hope Stelar.

MegaMan Battle Network series
Haruka Hikari is Lan Hikari's mother, and is married to the scientist Yuichiro Hikari. Haruka mainly stays home to take care of Lan Hikari, and doesn't seem to have a job. Since her husband is constantly away from home on expeditions, she sees Lan Hikari as her main priority in life. Often times in the games, she is put in danger by Lan's enemies.

In MegaMan Battle Network (game), she needs to be rescued when FireMan sets the stove on fire.

In MegaMan Battle Chip Challenge, she enters the Tournament without Lan's knowledge, eventually challenge the player with her own NetNavi: a Normal Navi2.

In MegaMan Battle Network 4, she is knocked out with chloroform by a Nebula agent.

Anime
In the anime, she plays the same role as in the games. She stays at home and acts as Lan's mother and is considerably less nagging.

Etymology
Haruka (はる香), means "distance" or "distant". Her last name, Hikari (光), means "Light".