Dashi is the crew’s sweet-natured IT officer. She is one of the only females other than Tweak and Tominnow on the Octonauts crew. Dashi is a Dachshund who controls all of the computers, communication devices, and steering for the Octopod.
She is often portrayed as a meteorologist as well, as she often is the one monitoring the weather forecasts on the Octopod’s storm tracker. Normally, Dashi is seen in her seat up in the HQ next to crewmate and fellow Octonaut Shellington, whom she has done a few missions with before, like staying down in the Mariana Trench for a few weeks or looking for different creatures in any ocean they visit. Like the rest of the Octonauts, she wears a blue hat with the Octonauts logo on it, as well as a pair of blue boots with the Octonauts logo on each one. Whenever she drops her camera and tries to get it back. There’s some amazing stuff in here!
I’m having the most awesome time taking what just might be the first photos ever taken inside a Whale Shark’s stomach! I’m about to get out and explore the coral reef. Get ready to see some great pictures! Captain, are you sure he’ll be okay all alone out there? Captain, we seem to be stuck, can you locate us?
You want me to sound the octo-pfft? Dashi taking command from Captain Barnacles. It’s pretty hard to get anything past my little sister. Oh, except when she is reading. I’ll be able to take lots of photos!
Little Sister, first seen in The Kelp Monster Mystery. The Octonauts and The Caves of Sac Actun. Dashi seems to have gone through the most design changes out of the main cast. In her first appearance on the 2004 Calendars, she lacks her bangs and darker hairstyle, along with her hair clips, which she gains back in the next few pieces. Some art around the release of the original books presents her in a blue tie and belt, along with appearing on the character collages on the first pages.