Haruka Hikari

Haruka Hikari (光はる香) is the mother of Lan Hikari and a character from the Mega Man 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. However, in the anime, she does not nag as often. Although in MegaMan Network Transmission, it does mention she has a NetNavi while it is not seen in the game.

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

Mega Man 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 as her main priority in life. Oftentimes in the games, she is put in danger by Lan's enemies.

Mega Man Battle Network
In this game, she calls a repairman after the ovens start exploding. She tells Lan to go to his room while this work is being done. After the repairman leaves, she begins cooking only to have the oven explode again and start on fire. The repairman reveals himself as an agent of the WWW, Mr. Match. MegaMan uses a WaterGun battle chip to cool down the flames a little bit in the oven. MegaMan explores further and finds FireMan, Mr. Match's NetNavi. They battle, and MegaMan emerges victorious. Haruka thanks her son for rescuing her.

She is the first one to let Lan know that the water is not working, leading up to the events that happen at the Waterworks.

She also gets wrapped up in an incident at the restaurant from the Government Complex while going to dinner.

Mega Man Network Transmission
In Mega Man Network Transmission, she goes to the Waterworks to submit a complaint about the water at her home not working. When she gets there, she is informed that the Waterworks computer is not working. She notifies Lan by email about this. Lan responds by jacking in at the Waterworks and stopping IceMan, who was infected by the Zero Virus, from distrupting the Waterworks any further.

Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge
In Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge, she enters the Tournament without Lan's knowledge, eventually challenging the player with her own NetNavi: a NormalNavi2. Regardless of which player she battles against, she wil use the same Navi. Even after losing, she indicates that it was all good fun.

Mega Man Battle Network 2
Haruka is not a part of any of the events in this game. However, she is present throughout the game, telling Lan to focus on his studies and punishing him for failing to do so.

Mega Man Battle Network 3
In this game, she gives Lan an assignment to take a DataDisk to his dad.

Later in the game, she calls Lan in a panic after her husband disappears. Lan arrives and receives Aspirin from her to give to his dad.

Mega Man Battle Network 4
In this game, she gets knocked out with chloroform by a Nebula agent.

Mega Man Battle Network 5
At the beginning of the game, Lan is asked to deliver a stew recipe to her friends Navi, which is located in the KitchenComp.

Mega Man Battle Network 6
Haruka is not a part of any of the events in this game. However, she does help Lan progress throughout the game.

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

Trivia

 * In Mega Man Battle Network 4, at one point the player can talk to Haruka and hear the following translation error: "What a polite young man she was!", referring to Lilly. This translation error refers to Lilly as both a man and woman.

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