Editing Dr. Kawashima

|caption={{symbol|other}}<br>Official artwork of Dr. Kawashima from ''{{s|wikipedia|Brain Age: Concentration Training}}''.

|lastappearance= ''{{s|wikipedia|Dr Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Switch}}'' (2019)

[[File:Kawashima Brain Age.png|200px|left|thumb|Dr. Kawashima explaining the math exercise in ''Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!'']]

{{s|wikipedia|Ryuta Kawashima}} ({{ja|川島 隆太|Kawashima Ryūta}}, ''Kawashima Ryuta'') is a real-world neuroscientist from {{s|wikipedia|Chiba City}}, {{s|wikipedia|Japan}}, who is known for his studies on the mapping of the various regions of the human brain and the effects of age on one's ability to learn. His most well-known work is a book entitled ''{{s|wikipedia|Train Your Brain: 60 Days to a Better Brain}}'', which claimed that continued activities that stimulate the brain, such as basic mathematics and reading aloud, could be used to stave off the mental effects of aging. The book became a success, particularly in Japan, and his work was later adapted as a video game series by Nintendo, entitled Brain Age. In the games, Dr. Kawashima appears as a polygonal head, acting as a trainer for the player.

Dr. Kawashima appears in both versions as an Assist Trophy. When released, he floats into the background. Once he is settled, large numbers from 1 to 9 will fly vertically and horizontally across the screen at random. The numbers do not hurt fighters but can deflected 90 degrees by their attacks. If two numbers collide, they will be added together, merging into a single number equal to their sum; if the result is 10 or more, the new number will then explode after a short delay, with a significantly larger explosion similar to the [[Smart Bomb]] if the result is 10 exactly. Uncommonly, all the numbers produced will be numbers that add up to 10, like 6 and 4 or 3 and 7, guaranteeing sums of 10.

Dr. Kawashima reprises his Assist Trophy role from previous games. He seems to function the same as in ''Smash 4''. One notable change is that his appearance changes the background of the stage to a white graphed background. He cannot appear in Boxing Ring, Coliseum, Frigate Orpheon, Green Greens, Hollow Bastion, King of Fighters Stadium, Kongo Falls, Midgar, Moray Towers, New Pork City, Princess Peach's Castle, Prism Tower, Tortimer Island, Town and City, and WarioWare, Inc.

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! No. !! Image !! Name !! Type !! Class !! Slots

! Max [[File:Equipment Icon Protection Badge.png|20px|Defense]]

! Ability !! Series

| 1,214 || {{SpiritTableName|Dr. Kawashima}} || {{SpiritType|Neutral}} || ★★ || 2 || 1784 || 7163 || 874 || 3510 || 910 || 3653 || {{Rollover|Can Be Enhanced at Lv. 99|Dr. Kawashima (Concentration Training)|y}} || ''Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!'' Series {{Flag|North America}}<br>''Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?'' Series {{Flag|PAL}}

| 1,215 || {{SpiritTableName|Dr. Kawashima (Concentration Training)}} {{Flag|North America}}<br>Dr. Kawashima (Devilish Brain Training) {{Flag|PAL}} || {{SpiritType|Neutral}} || ★★★★ || {{Rollover|2|1 prior to 2.0.0|?}} || {{Rollover|4633|4863 prior to 2.0.0|?}} || {{Rollover|11582|12161 prior to 2.0.0|?}} || {{Rollover|2050|2152 prior to 2.0.0|?}} || {{Rollover|5125|5381 prior to 2.0.0|?}} || {{Rollover|2050|2152 prior to 2.0.0|?}} || {{Rollover|5125|5381 prior to 2.0.0|?}} || Unflinching Charged Smashes || ''Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!'' Series {{Flag|North America}}<br>''Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?'' Series {{Flag|PAL}}

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Ryuta_Kawashima.jpg|Photograph of Dr. Ryuta Kawashima.