Rowan

Rowan is a tiger in the. He first appeared in as a cranky islander, and after his appearance in, he appears in all subsequent games as a jock villager. This makes Rowan the first villager to have a personality change between games, followed by Harry and Violet.

Appearance
Rowan is an orange tiger with black stripes and a large white muzzle. He has small belittling eyes, a characteristic of his former cranky personality, and an aqua color in his ears. As an islander in, , and , he wore a straw hat, which he no longer wears in future installments.

Personality
Rowan's personality changes from a cranky islander in to a jock villager from  onwards. He is the first villager to have his personality changed.

As a cranky islander, Rowan has a suave, romantic nature prone to smooth-talking flirtation and nostalgically reminiscing about the past. In conversation, Rowan will often bring up the romance of the island's scenery while charming the player. His debonair and sweet but somewhat vain personality will often result in showing off his talents and experience in attempts to sing to or dance with the player. He asks the player for stylish furniture he can coordinate with in his island house to impress female visitors.

onwards
Since, Rowan has a jock personality, which means he is energetic and has an interest in physical fitness and activity. He often talks about exercise or sports and may brag about his physical fitness. While often friendly to the player, he may comment on their fitness. During conversations with other villagers, he generally gets along well with peppy villagers due to their similar hyper personalities and will also get along with smug villagers, while he may offend snooty villagers by critiquing their fitness and annoy cranky villagers with his hyper personality. In, Rowan goes to sleep at 12:30 AM and wakes up at 6:30 AM.

In
As an islander in, Rowan has a favorite fruit and one he is allergic to. He is allergic to pears and loves apples, meaning giving him the former reduces the likelihood of him dropping Bells, and giving him the latter increases the likelihood of him dropping Bells.

In
In, Rowan cannot be one of the starting villagers in the player's town.

In
As an islander, Rowan's house in will begin with only one furniture item, along with the  and. He will request specific items for the player to give to him, which he will place in his house. After he places two items in his house, he will upgrade his wallpaper, and after he places five items, he will upgrade his flooring. Weldon requests for the same items as Rowan, although his house has different wallpaper and flooring.

In
In, if Rowan is one of the starter villagers, his house will have craftable items primarily from the Wooden Series. He cannot have his initial house interior unless he moves out of the player's island or the DLC is purchased, in which either the player or Isabelle can reset the interior.

In
Rowan was added to on April 10, 2018.

Trivia

 * Rowan is depicted wearing a grandpa hat in the official example screenshot for his house request and a beige  in his  photo, which may be a reference to the straw hat that he wore as an islander in.
 * Rowan is the only tiger villager with the "fish" hobby as his starting hobby in.