Mallow Nawahine

Mallow Reina Nawahine is from Hau'oli City on Melemele Island in the Alola region. She's traveling with the Mokusetsu through Paniola Town as they look for Hi no Tama, the Fire Plate. She's the daughter of Abe Nawahine and the sister of 'Ulu Nawahine.

Background
When Mallow was 7 and her big brother, 'Ulu, was 13, their mother died from heart failure. Her father, Abe, then did his best to stay happy and continue raising his children. He did a great job raising them properly. His positivity rubbed off on Mallow, who tries to keep smiling, even in dark times.

As Mallow grew up more, she started piecing together some of the bedtime stories she'd heard from her dad. They were about a wandering group of people who lived at sea and traveled by boats. Mallow had been learning more about Alola and found out such a village and group exist, which is Seafolk Village, located on Poni Island. Upon asking, she discovered her dad was indeed from this village and a former member of the seafolk. He had left the group when he married Mallow's mom, starting a life and family with her. It became obvious he missed the group dearly. Mallow became riddled with guilt for her dad not being able to come back to the seafolk, since he has a family to raise on his own now.

When Mallow was 12 and 'Ulu was 18, 'Ulu moved out into his own apartment. It was agreed that Mallow would live with him, along with her best friend from childhood, Lana. Lana was running away from her home after her parents gave away her twin little sisters to a foster home, against Lana's wishes. Part of the reason Mallow did this was also to free her dad to return to the seafolk, but he hasn't made any attempts to do so. She also hasn't explicity asked him this yet. At the start of the story, Mallow has been living with her brother and Lana for 7 years.

Present
Mallow made her official debut in Episode 30. She's one of the few students of Professor Kukui's Alolan summer academy, along with Lana, Kiawe, and Lillie. This academy isn't official; it's meant for more specialized knowledge that can only be learned in Alola. It was Kukui's idea and since participation isn't certified, student numbers remain low.

She's pretty cheerful and kind-spirited when introducing herself to Alain, Ash, and Dawn, who were at the academy in Hau'oli City to recruit people to the Mokusetsu while they look for the two Plates in Alola. Neither Mallow nor her classmates knew who they were at first and thought they were new students, until Kukui informed them about their mission. Mallow talks more often than the others and is generally very easy to get along with. She does agree to come with the Mokusetsu for their Alolan journey to help get the Fire Plate, Hi no Tama, while the other students agreed to come as well.

In Episode 31, she continued traveling with the Mokusetsu through Hau'oli City. She earned the nickname, "Smiley" from Alain. She remained cheerful as she told the Mokusetsu about herself, including her mother's death and how her father, Abe, did well with raising her. When she first told about herself, she left out the details about Lana living with her and her brother, 'Ulu, expecting Lana to say this herself. When Lana was hesitating, Mallow chimed in that Lana lives with her. After initial confusion, Lana finally tells them about how her parents gave away her twin sisters against her wishes. Furious, she had wanted to run away. She told them how Mallow was kind enough to get her older brother to allow the two of them to live at his apartment.

In Episode 32, Mallow told more about her life, this time focusing on her father, Abe. She mentioned that he was from Seafolk Village and that people from there are in a wandering group that travel by boat and live at sea. She mentioned what happened with him, as outlined in the Background section. Mallow then expressed guilt because she knew Abe missed the seafolk and wanted to go back, but couldn't because of his family. Some time after the death of her mother, Mallow explained that she felt that moving in with 'Ulu would free Abe to go back to the seafolk, but that he hasn't left yet. Although it hasn't been mentioned, it's assumed that Mallow hasn't explicitly asked her father this, but that she was hoping Abe would go back on his own. Dawn and Lana helped to cheer Mallow up about this.

In Episode 33, upon arriving in Paniola Town with the Mokusetsu, she and everyone visited Kiawe's family, Sima, Rango, and Mimo. After this, they went to a different area to search for Hi no Tama, but to no luck. Mallow searched with Kiawe and Dawn. Mallow later hid when Alain announced that people were approaching. This turned out to be Tupp, Rapp, and Zipp, former Team Skull members now with the Tekiyoku. She watched as a fight began.

The fight happened in Episode 34. Mallow watched as Ash fought Zipp, Kiawe fought Tupp, and Alain fought Rapp. She did her best to keep spirits up with the others hiding with her. The showdown ended with the Mokusetsu victorious and the former Team Skull enemies retreating.

After this, Mallow and the others continued searching for Hi no Tama. The search went for a while with no luck and a scorching sun overhead, due to the drought. Mallow was with Lillie during this. Ash came to them and motivated them to keep going. Mallow then also exuded this same energy as she positively responded she wouldn't give up. Mallow even kept her spirits up just like Ash after almost 2 more hours passed with no luck and a very fatigued group.

Eventually, Ash took Alain's Charizard to the top of a nearby silo. When he came down, he had the Fire Plate, which was hidden in a barely visible layer at the top of the silo. This brought about rainfall in the area, effectively ending the drought. Mallow, along with the others, congratulated Ash. After this, it was decided that Mallow, Lana, and Kiawe would keep traveling with the Mokusetsu for the last Plate in Alola, since Lillie doesn't want to leave them until Gladion is brought back to her. She stayed with everyone as they went back to Hau'oli City that night to stay with Lillie, who volunteered for them to stay at her house. At Lillie's house, the decision is made to wait a few days before seeking Ganseki, the Rock Plate, there in Hau'oli City.

In Episode 36, Mallow's with everyone as they trek through the city the next day. Division B (Barry, Zoey, Kenny, and Bianca) ends up video-calling them in a Pokémon Center. Here, Lillie tells Mallow, Lana, and Kiawe that she's okay with her "Silver Moon" moniker returning, making them happy. The evening comes, where a big talk happens with everyone where a lot is revealed. It ends with Mallow, Lana, and Lillie learning that Kiawe wants to join another organization of fighters against the Tekiyoku called eXpulsion. They're shocked at first, but Mallow leads the charge with getting them to support Kiawe with whatever decision he ends up making.

Pokémon
Mallow has a Bounsweet with her as her one Pokémon she's allowed to keep with her. She first showed Bounsweet when she revealed it to Dawn in Episode 32.

Naming

 * Her first name, Mallow, is her name in the English dub of the Pokémon anime. She's named that from mallow, which is a family of plants that includes cotton.
 * Her middle name, Reina, is the given name of her Japanese voice actress, Reina Ueda.
 * Her last name, Nawahine, was randomly selected from a Hawaiian name generator. Hawaii was chosen for the name generator, due to her region, Alola, being based on Hawaii.

General

 * Her birthday, January 17, is the birthdate of her Japanese voice actress in the Pokémon anime, Reina Ueda.