Yuichiro Hikari

Yuichiro Hikari (光祐一朗) is a scientist famous for creating enhancements for PETs and is the creator of MegaMan.EXE. In the anime and game, he is shown to aid his son Lan Hikari and MegaMan when battling the bad guys by creating dimensional areas so that they could Cross Fuse. His father, Tadashi Hikari, created the PETs. Early on the games and anime, he doesn't appear much as he's busy working in SciLab.

In MegaMan Battle Network 2, he is also the Navi Master and faces Lan in a Netbattle using copies of NetNavis found in the games.

In MegaMan Battle Network 4 he takes a more main role in the Asteroid Crisis. He works with the other scientists develops the Red Sun/ Blue Moon Laser. Later when Dr. Regal is about to send LaserMan.EXE to duo's asteroid, he confronts Dr. Regal but when Lan arrives, Dr. Regal ambushes him.

In MegaMan Battle Network 5, he is kidnapped by Nebula in order for them to find where Gow is. Yuichiro doesn't tell them but they catch Gow anyway. He is rescued by Team ProtoMan/Team Colonel but remains behind after Nebula Grey is defeated. He encourages Dr. Regal to turn his back on evil and tells him that he still has faith in him before fainting. He and Dr. Regal are rescued by Baryl.

In MegaMan Battle Network 6, he has to move to Cyber City to work on a new project with the Central Town mayor, Mayor Cain. After the battle with the cybeasts, he and his family return to ACDC Town.

In the anime, he doesn't appear very often in the beginning of the series. But he gives Lan a package which transformed his normal Navi into MegaMan.EXE. Later, he stays at SciLab and performs various research tasks and assists Lan and the Cross Fusion Team.