Captain Olimar
| Captain Olimar | |
|---|---|
| Pikmin character | |
Render of Captain Olimar from Pikmin 4 (2023) | |
| First appearance | Pikmin (2001) |
| Created by | Shigeru Miyamoto |
| Voiced by | Kazumi Totaka |
| In-universe information | |
| Species | Hocotatian |
| Home | Hocotate |
Captain Olimar (キャプテン・オリマー, Kyaputen Orimā) is the main character of Nintendo's Pikmin video game series created by Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the main playable character in Pikmin (2001), Pikmin 2 (2004), and Hey! Pikmin (2017), and is a major character in Pikmin 3 (2013) and Pikmin 4 (2023).
In many of these games, Olimar explores the surface of a distant planet resembling Earth with the goals of either repairing his damaged spaceship or locating treasures by means of leading and commanding the native Pikmin creatures. Olimar is married to an unnamed wife, and has an unnamed son and daughter.
Olimar also appears in other Nintendo games, notably as a playable character in the Super Smash Bros. series since Brawl.