List of Pokémon characters

This article is about the human characters in the Pokémon franchise. For the creatures known as "Pokémon", see List of Pokémon. For the characters in the anime TV series, see List of Pokémon anime characters. For the characters in the Pokémon Adventures manga series, see List of Pokémon Adventures characters.

This is a list of recurring characters in the Pokémon video game series. Characters may appear in multiple continuities within the Pokémon franchise, such as the various animated adaptations, films, manga, or books. In these spin-offs of the video games, the characters may take on the same basic role (such as with Professor Oak and Giovanni in the long-running Pokémon TV-series) and sometimes in very different roles (such as with Misty and Brock).

The protagonists of the main Pokémon video games series up to Sword and Shield. The upper row is their image of the remake or enhanced versions and the lower row is their original image.

Each main-series Pokémon game features a player character protagonist or set of protagonists, one or more rival characters, a hometown "Pokémon professor" who introduces the mechanics of the game, and a large selection of fellow Pokémon trainers, "Gym leaders," and villainous teams to battle against.

Generation I

Characters that were introduced in the video games Pokémon Red, Green, Blue (1996), Yellow (1998), FireRed, LeafGreen (2004), Let's Go, Pikachu!, or Let's Go, Eevee! (2018). These video games are all set in the fictional Kanto region. Many of these characters recur throughout the Pokémon franchise.

Protagonists

Red (レッド, Red) is the only protagonist of Pokémon Red, Green, Blue and Yellow and the male protagonist of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. Red later appears in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal as a secret boss fight on Mt. Silver, and makes further reappearances in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, Pokémon Sun and Moon, and Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, as well as in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, reprising his role from the originals. In Pokémon Adventures, he is the champion of Kanto, and later, in the Yellow chapter, defeated by Bruno of the Elite Four on Mt. Moon and frozen by Lorelei, later freed by Giovanni, and given 3 infinite-use evolution stones for his genetically modified Eevee. He then beat Bruno in a rematch.

Leaf (リーフ, Leaf) is the female protagonist of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.

Chase (カケル, Kakeru) and Elaine (アユミ, Ayumi) are the male and female protagonists of Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!.

Rivals

Blue (グリーン, Green) is the rival character of Pokémon Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, FireRed, and LeafGreen. He is pushy and competitive, but is generally a good Pokémon Trainer. He is the grandson of Professor Oak and the player's childhood friend. After that he became the Champion of the Kanto region, waiting for the player to challenge him. Blue is the basis for Gary Oak in the anime. IGN listed Blue as the 98th best villain in video games, though they stressed that it was difficult to view him as a villain.^[1] Three years later in Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal and their remakes, Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, he becomes a Gym Leader for Viridian City. He acts as Kanto's Champion in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2's Pokémon World Tournament, and alongside Red in Pokémon Sun and Moon and their Ultra versions.

Trace (シン, Shin) is the rival character of Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!. He is considered far too nice by many. He eventually becomes Champion of Kanto, and acts in a similar vein to Blue.^[2]

Professor Oak

Professor Samuel Oak (Professor Yukinari Ōkido (オーキド・ユキナリ博士, Ōkido Yukinari-hakase)) is a Pokémon researcher and the grandfather of Blue in Pokémon Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, FireRed, LeafGreen, Let's Go, Pikachu!. and Let's Go, Eevee!. He is often considered the leading Pokémon expert, often giving lectures to Pokémon academies and hosting a radio show in Goldenrod City and specializes in Pokémon behavioral science. Alongside his research, he is also authorized by the Pokémon League to give new Pokémon trainers one of the three Kanto starter Pokémon: Bulbasaur, Squirtle or Charmander. In the anime, he gives Ash Ketchum his Pikachu after Ash arrives too late to receive one of the usual three starter Pokémon. In Pokémon Yellow, he gives Red a Pikachu after Blue took an Eevee. A younger version of the character has a major supporting role in the movie Pokémon 4Ever.

Gym leaders and Elite Four

Each main-series Pokémon game includes a group of eight "Gym leaders", who award the player character a badge upon defeat. Each Gym leader possesses a team of several Pokémon of similar type or theming, such as electricity-themed Gym or a greenhouse-themed Gym. Particularly notable Gym leaders of the Kanto-based games include:

• Brock (Takeshi (タケシ)): Gym Leader of Pewter City and an expert on Rock-type Pokémon. In the Pokémon anime, he joins protagonist Ash on his adventure, leaving his post to his father, Flint. However, in Pokémon Chronicles, he returns to find his mother leading the gym, using Water-type Pokémon.
• Misty (Kasumi (カスミ)): Gym Leader of Cerulean City and an expert in Water-type Pokémon. In the anime, she leaves this post for a time to join protagonist Ash on his adventure. In Pokémon Chronicles, Misty returns to take over as the Gym Leader from her sisters and becomes one of the main characters, often co-starring with Tracey Sketchit, Casey or one of her sisters: Daisy, Lily and Violet.

Each main-series Pokémon game also includes a group of elite-level trainers at the end of the game, which is called the Elite Four in Kanto. This team includes the Ice-themed Lorelei, Fighting-themed Bruno, Ghost-themed Agatha, and Dragon-themed Lance.

Team rocket

Giovanni (Sakaki (サカキ)) is the leader of the villainous Team Rocket. He runs the ground-type Gym in Pokémon Red, Blue, Green, Yellow and their remakes, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. He later disappears and is not seen again, though Team Rocket attempts to locate him in Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal and their remakes, Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, the latter of which he appears via a downloadable event. He also appears as the final boss of Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon in the postgame story event. Giovanni is a recurring character in the Pokémon anime series as well.

Jessie (Musashi (ムサシ)) and James (Kojirō (コジロウ)) are a pair of Team Rocket grunts who originate from the Pokémon anime series. The appear as mini-bosses in Yellow, Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!. The duo's name is a reference to Jesse James, an outlaw.^[3] Their Japanese names are references to two famed swordsmen in Japanese history, Sasaki Kojirō and Miyamoto Musashi, who famously fought each other on the Island of Ganryū in 1612, resulting in Musashi's victory and Kojirō's death.

Bill

Bill (Masaki Sonezaki (ソネザキ マサキ, Sonezaki Masaki)) is the inventor of the PC system used to digitally store Pokémon creatures. In the games, he manages to briefly turn himself into a human-Pokémon hybrid by accident. In the anime, Bill was presented with green hair, but all other reincarnations of him included brown hair. He is loosely based on Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft.^{[citation needed]}

Generation II

Characters that were introduced in the video games Pokémon Gold, Silver (1999), Crystal (2000), HeartGold, or SoulSilver (2009). These video games are all primarily set in the fictional Johto region.

Protagonists

Gold/Ethan (ゴールド/ヒビキ, Gold/Hibiki) is the protagonist of Pokémon Gold and Silver, and the male protagonist of Pokémon Crystal, HeartGold, and SoulSilver.

Kris (クリス, Kris) is the female protagonist of Pokémon Crystal. Lyra (コトネ, Kotone) is the female protagonist of Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.

Silver

Silver (シルバー, Silver) is the rival of Pokémon Gold, Silver, Crystal and HeartGold and SoulSilver. This character steals his first Pokémon from Professor Elm and tends to see Pokémon as tools, to use and discard. Unlike the first rival, his view on Pokémon makes him a mediocre trainer, though the sage in the Sprout Tower recognizes that he is talented and has great potential, as does Lance, the Johto Champion. He eventually realizes his wrongdoings and changes his ways by treating his Pokémon and even the player with respect. This comes to a head in Pokémon Masters EX, in which he is identified by Ho-Oh as being pure of heart and becomes his Pokémon. He is finally revealed to be the son of Team Rocket Boss Giovanni.

Professor Elm

Professor Elm (Professor Utsugi (ウツギ博士, Utsugi-hakase)) is an absent-minded Pokémon researcher and former student of Professor Oak. In Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, he is authorized by the Pokémon League to give new Pokémon trainers one of the three Johto starter Pokémon: Chikorita, Cyndaquil and Totodile. He is also credited as discovering that Pikachu is an evolved Pokémon. In the Pokémon anime, Jessie, James and Meowth temporarily steal a Totodile from him (in reality he tells them to take it, thinking they are Nurse Joy). His 'absent minded professor' stereotype is even more pronounced in the games as he often forgets to visit his family and his wife worries that he may not remember to eat. He specializes in research regarding Pokémon breeding and is credited with the discovery of Pokémon eggs, even gifting the player a Togepi egg for research via his aide in the games.

Jasmine

Jasmine (Mikan (ミカン)) is the Olivine City Gym Leader and an expert on Steel-type Pokémon. She initially refuses the player's challenge because she is tending to a sick Ampharos named Amphy that provides light for the city lighthouse. Only after giving Amphy proper medicine from Cianwood City can Jasmine be challenged. Jasmine notably appears in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl and Pokémon Platinum in Sunyshore City, where she hands out the Hidden Machine for Waterfall after defeating Volkner in Sunyshore Gym. She also appears as a competitor in Master Rank Pokémon Contests with her Steelix Rusty (Nail (ネール, Nēru)).

Archer

Archer (Apollo (アポロ, Aporo)) is the head Neo Team Rocket Executive. He is one of the Team Rocket Admins in FireRed and LeafGreen and the sole Team Rocket Admin in Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!. He also appears as the final Rocket Executive in HeartGold and SoulSilver.

Generation III

Characters that were introduced in the video games Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire (2002), Emerald (2004), Omega Ruby, or Alpha Sapphire (2014). These video games are all set in the fictional Hoenn region.

• Brendan (ユウキ, Yūki) and May (ハルカ, Haruka): The male and female protagonists of Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald and Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire.
• Wally (ミツル, Mitsuru): The rival in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire. In the beginning, he is a sickly young boy who needs help in catching a Pokémon. When he goes to the player's father for advice, Norman directs the player to help him catch a Pokémon. Using Norman's Zigzagoon, the player helps Wally catch a Ralts. The next time he battles the protagonist, he seems healthier and is in tune with his Pokémon. He battles the player for the last official time in Victory Road and waits there, always ready for another battle.
• Professor Birch (Professor Odamaki (オダマキ博士, Odamaki-hakase)): A Pokémon researcher, known for his fieldwork and research on Pokémon habitual distribution. In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire, he is authorized by the Pokémon League to give new Pokémon trainers one of the three Hoenn starter Pokémon: Treecko, Torchic and Mudkip. He is the father of the rival character. In the anime, he gives May her Torchic. In the manga, he is the father of Sapphire. At the beginning of the game, he is attacked by a Poochyena (Ruby, Sapphire, Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire) or Zigzagoon (Emerald), and drops his bag, resulting in the player having to use one of his Pokemon, the Hoenn starter Pokemon, to save him from his attacker. He later gives the player the starter they chose and a Pokedex.
• Roxanne (Tsutsuji (ツツジ)): Rustboro City Gym Leader and an expert on Rock-type Pokémon. She is also a teacher at the Pokémon Trainer's School in Rustboro. In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, her Gym is similar to a museum.
• Brawly (Tōki (トウキ)): Dewford Town Gym Leader and an expert on Fighting-type Pokémon. He trains by surfing the waves along Dewford beach and claims that the swell helps build up his Pokémon's muscles. In the anime, he also has a private island which has a training facility and a battle field that has geysers on it. He used to train with Bruno, the Elite Four member from Kanto.
• Wattson (Tessen (テッセン)): Mauville City Gym Leader and an expert on Electric-type Pokémon. An old man, Wattson is almost always seen smiling and likes a good joke. He and the Trick Master are good friends in Pokémon Adventures. In the anime, any visitor who enters the Gym by the front door takes as an inadvertent roller coaster ride, ending up against a mechanical Raikou. Wattson helped develop Sea environment and New Mauville, and ended up being involved in their closure due to issues with Pokemon and the environment. Wattson also developed the conversion plans for Mauville City, which were shown in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, making the city fully indoors and more high tech.
• Flannery (Asuna (アスナ)): Lavaridge Town Gym Leader and an expert on Fire-type Pokémon. Like Falkner, she supposedly inherited her Gym; Flannery's predecessor was her grandfather and she is relatively new in her role as Lavaridge's Gym Leader, and is still trying to figure out how she'll act in front of challengers.
• Norman (Senri (センリ)): Petalburg City Gym Leader and an expert on Normal-type Pokémon. In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, their remakes, and Emerald, Norman is the protagonist's father. In the anime, he is the father of May and Max and Caroline's husband. In the Pokémon Adventures manga, he is the father of Ruby and a close friend of Professor Birch.
• Winona (Nagi (ナギ)): Fortree City Gym Leader and an expert on Flying-type Pokémon. In Pokémon Adventures, she is the de facto leader of the Gym Leaders of Hoenn against the plots of Team Aqua and Team Magma. She also apparently had a former relationship with Wallace. In the anime, she owns a shiny Swellow.
• Tate and Liza (Fū & Lan (フウとラン, Fū to Ran)): The child twins are the Mossdeep City Gym Leaders and experts on Psychic-type Pokémon. Their parents work at the Mossdeep Space Center. In the anime, it is revealed that Liza is older than Tate by minutes from birth and also happens to be a more experienced trainer than him. Their aces are Solrock for Tate and Lunatone for Liza.
• Wallace (Mikuri (ミクリ)): Wallace is the Sootopolis City Gym Leader in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. He is an expert on Water-type Pokémon and also happens to be a skilled artist and a top Pokemon Contest star. In Pokémon Emerald, Wallace becomes the Pokémon League Champion, leaving the post of Gym Leader to his mentor, Juan. In the anime, he does not make an appearance until the Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl anime series, where he is a Contest Master hailing from the Hoenn region who holds a Contest called the Wallace Cup.
• Juan (Adan (アダン)): An expert on Water-type Pokémon. He was Wallace's mentor and ran the Sootopolis City Gym before him. After Wallace became the Pokémon League Champion, he returned to run the Gym. Juan can speak French and does so in the original Japanese version and Chuang Yi's English translation of Pokémon Adventures.
• Steven Stone (Daigo Tsuwabuki (ツワブキ・ダイゴ)) is the Champion of the Hoenn League in Ruby, Sapphire, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. He is the son of the president of Devon Corporation and aids the player in their battles against Teams Magma and Aqua. In Emerald, he has retired from competitive battling, but can be challenged at Meteor Falls as the game's ultimate superboss. His signature Pokémon is his Metagross.
• Maxie (Matsubusa (マツブサ)): The leader of Team Magma, leading the group in their goal of waking Groudon to cause a drought to dry out the oceans and expand landmasses to make the world a better place.
• Archie (Aogiri (アオギリ)): The leader of Team Aqua, leading the group in their goal of waking Kyogre to cause a heavy rainfall to flood the landmasses and expand the oceans to make the world a better place.

Generation IV

Characters that were introduced in the video games Pokémon Diamond, Pearl (2006), Platinum (2008), Brilliant Diamond, or Shining Pearl (2021). These video games are all set in the fictional Sinnoh region.

• Lucas (コウキ, Kōki) and Dawn (ヒカリ, Hikari): The male and female protagonists of Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Brilliant Diamond, and Shining Pearl.
• Barry (ジュン, Jun): The rival of Pokémon Diamond, Pearl and Platinum. He is often impatient and is determined to be the best Trainer of all time. He is best friends with the player and his father, Palmer, owns the Battle Tower in Sinnoh. Sometimes he will aid the player. He tends to accidentally crash into people quite often as he runs about, and often tries to fine people for being too slow. This is due to him apparently wanting to save up for a Battle Tower to compete with his father's.
• Professor Rowan (Professor Nanakamado (ナナカマド博士, Nanakamado-hakase)): The Pokémon Professor in the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl games, having returned to Sinnoh after four years of traveling abroad. A senior researcher to and old friend of Professor Oak, Professor Rowan is known for his research on Pokémon evolution. He is authorized to give trainers one of three Sinnoh starter Pokémon, Turtwig, Chimchar or Piplup. In the anime, he gives Dawn her Piplup. He has an assistant, either Lucas or Dawn, depending on which player character was not chosen by the player.
• Roark (Hyōta (ヒョウタ)): Oreburgh City Gym Leader and an expert on Rock-type Pokémon. His father is Byron, who is the Gym Leader of Canalave City. He is first found in the mine near Oreburgh City. He and his father Byron are avid fossil hunters and Roark introduces the player character to the Underground.
• Gardenia (Natane (ナタネ)): Eterna City Gym Leader and an expert on Grass-type Pokémon. In the anime, she is extremely enthusiastic about Grass-type Pokémon and would often approach one despite not being worried about being attacked. In the Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum games, she shows her discontent for Ghost-type Pokémon as she warns the player about them outside the Old Chateau at the Eterna Forest and notes that she is worried about what would happen if a dual Grass/Ghost-type and Bug/Grass-type Pokémon does exist.
• Maylene (Sumomo (スモモ)): Veilstone City Gym Leader and an expert on Fighting-type Pokémon. Her father is often seen at the casino in Veilstone City and he describes his daughter as a tough one. She also appears in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver at an eating contest in Celadon City and as a participant in the Pokéathlon. She is apparently friendly with Snowpoint Gym Leader Candice.
• Crasher Wake (Maximum Mask (マキシマム仮面, Makishimamu Kamen)): Pastoria City Gym Leader and an expert on Water-type Pokémon. Wake is dressed up like a masked wrestler. He is widely known as professional wrestler in the Sinnoh region and is often mentioned on various TV shows. He also makes several appearances in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, and also makes another appearance in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 outside of the PWT battles he is also in.
• Fantina (Melissa (メリッサ, Merissa)): Hearthome City Gym Leader and an expert on Ghost-type Pokémon. She comes from a foreign land and she speaks in a broken form of the language of the game and her own original language; in the Japanese and French language games this is English, while other language editions have her as French. She is also a skilled tango dancer. Fantina can often be found participating in Master Rank Super Contests in the Hearthome Contest Hall. In Diamond and Pearl, although Hearthome City is visited fairly early, Fantina will refuse to battle until the player has earned four Badges; in Pokémon Platinum, she can be challenged during the player's first visit to the city, placing her as the third Gym Leader in the game. She also appears as a possible contestant in Pokémon Super Contests in Platinum, entering with her Drifblim Loony (Balloon (ばるん, Barun)).
• Byron (Tōgan (トウガン)): Canalave City Gym Leader and an expert on Steel-type Pokémon. He is the father of Roark, who is also a Gym Leader. He and his son are avid diggers and fossil hunters. In the Pokémon Adventures manga, Byron acts as the leader of the Sinnoh Gym Leaders against Team Galactic.
• Candice (Suzuna (スズナ)): Snowpoint City Gym Leader and an expert on Ice-type Pokémon. After the Elite Four are conquered, she will grant the player access to the Snowpoint Temple. In the anime, she is a childhood friend of Dawn's rival, Zoey. In Platinum, Maylene admires her for her studiousness, and is shown to be friendly with her.
• Volkner (Denji (デンジ)): The Sunyshore City Gym Leader and an expert on Electric-type Pokémon. Volkner is close friends with Flint of the Sinnoh Elite Four. He has become disillusioned after a long series of unworthy opponents, growing bored of battling. His "spark" for battling is revived by the player after defeating him. He is a tinkerer, and enjoys fiddling with machines and upgrading them. He apparently built the entire Sunyshore Gym's puzzle himself.
• Aaron (Ryō (リョウ)): Aaron uses Bug Pokémon, calling them beautiful and perfect. He appears in the anime preparing for a championship battle against Cynthia. When he meets Ash, who tells him about his experience with Cynthia, Aaron tells Ash about how he abandoned his Wurmple during his youth. He does his best to train and understand Bug types out of regret for his mistake. He is later shown to have lost his match.
• Bertha (Kikuno (キクノ)): An elderly Ground type specialist. She appears in the anime along with Cynthia.
• Flint (Ōba (オーバ)): Flint is a Fire type specialist, who meets the protagonist in Sunyshore City. He is a friend of Volkner and he has a younger brother named Buck. Flint is also seen on TV battling Cynthia in the final episode of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.
• Lucian (Goyō (ゴヨウ)): Lucian is a Psychic type trainer, who is an avid reader. He battles with Dawn in the anime and he is shown on television battling Cynthia.
• Cynthia (Shirona (シロナ)): Cynthia is the Sinnoh League Champion, who uses mostly female Pokémon. She is very interested in mythology and history and spends her time researching and exploring various sites associated with Legendary Pokémon of the Sinnoh region. In the game, she helps the protagonist fight against Team Galactic and she also assists them once Giratina appears and takes Cyrus into the Distortion World. While she does not have a particular associated Pokémon type preference, her signature Pokémon is Garchomp. In the anime, Ash first meets with Cynthia after she defeats Paul in a battle; she later helps the group fight against Team Galactic. In Black and White and their sequels, Cynthia travels to Undella Town for vacation in the spring and summer, where the player can battle her. She is often cited by fans as the most difficult Champion in the franchise.
• Cyrus (Akagi (アカギ)): The leader of Team Galactic. Although it appears he wants to work with his team to create a new dimension, he really wants to create the dimension solely for himself, making it one devoid of emotions that he sees as weak and useless.
• Mars (マーズ, Māzu): One of Team Galactic Commanders. She leads the group's actions at the Valley Windworks and also the assault at Lake Verity. In Platinum, she displays a dislike towards Charon and quits Team Galactic afterwards, looking to save Cyrus from the Distortion World.
• Jupiter (ジュピター, Jupitā): One of Team Galactic Commanders. She leads the team at Eterna City's headquarters when they are investigating the city's Pokémon statue and the assault at Lake Acuity. In Platinum, after Mars quits, Jupiter decides to leave Team Galactic as well.
• Saturn (サターン, Satān): One of Team Galactic Commanders. He leads the operations at Lake Valor as well as the group's headquarters in Veilstone City. After Cyrus's defeat, he decides to lead Team Galactic on a more virtuous mission of seeking alternative energy sources.
• Charon (Pluto (プルート, Purūto)): One of Team Galactic Commanders, introduced in Platinum. He designs the devices that allow the group to control Uxie, Mesprit and Azelf and bring forth Giratina. He later tries to lead the group in obtaining the power of Heatran, but the player defeats him and he is arrested by Looker. The player can read his notes and it is hinted that he befriended the Rotom found near Eterna City.
• Bebe (Mizuki (ミズキ)): The inventor and manager of the PC storage system in Pokémon Diamond, Pearl and Platinum. She developed Sinnoh's Pokémon storage system based on the previous designs of Bill and Lanette. Her house, which is next to the Pokémon Center in Hearthome, is not quite as cluttered as Lanette's. Bebe is good friends with Hayley, who owns a ranch in which Pokémon can be stored and they still keep in contact with each other. After the player obtains the National Dex, she will give them a level 5 Eevee. In Pokémon Platinum, the Eevee is available right away at level 20, without the need of the National Dex.
• "Looker" ("Handsome" (ハンサム, Hansamu)): "Looker" is a member of Interpol who appears in Pokémon Platinum investigating Team Galactic. He appears again in Black and White to seek the player's assistance in apprehending the seven sages of Team Plasma. During the events of Black 2 and White 2, he is in another region searching for N with player character of Black and White. In X and Y, he poses as a detective to investigate Xerosic, a Team Flare scientist. In Sun and Moon, he comes to Alola to assist the player with capturing the Ultra Beasts that were let loose there as the result of Lusamine's machinations.

Generation V

Characters that were introduced in the video games Pokémon Black and White (2010) or Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 (2012). These video games are all set in the fictional Unova region.

• Hilbert (トウヤ, Tōya) and Hilda (トウコ, Tōko): The male and female protagonists of Pokémon Black and White.
• Nate (キョウヘイ, Kyōhei) and Rosa (メイ, Mei): The male and female protagonists of Pokémon Black 2 and White 2.
• Cheren (チェレン, Cheren): One of the rivals of Pokémon Black and White. Cheren is intelligent and trustworthy; he often gives the player character advice and battles the player to test his skills. Like the player, he aims to become the Champion. He is one of the player's childhood friends. Two years later, in Black 2 and White 2, he becomes Aspertia City's Gym Leader. If the player used the Memory Link function in Black 2 and White 2, he challenges the player using his final team from Black and White. His name is from the Bulgarian word for black: черен (cheren).^[4]
• Bianca (ベル, Bel): One of the rivals of Pokémon Black and White. Bianca is spontaneous and sometimes unreliable, but she develops over the course of the journey. She also has a strong side, which she shows when she goes on a Pokémon journey against her father's wishes. Her father wants her to stay back at home, believing it unsafe out in the world, until he is eventually convinced to keep Bianca on her journey by Elesa. She is one of the player's childhood friends. Two years later in the events of Black 2 and White 2, Bianca becomes an assistant to Professor Juniper and gives the player their starter Pokémon. If the player used the Memory Link function in Black 2 and White 2, she challenges the player using her final team from Black and White. Bianca's name is from the Italian word for white, while her Japanese name "Bel" has the same meaning from Russian: бел (bel).^[4]
• Hugh (ヒュウ, Hue): The rival of Pokémon Black 2 and White 2. He is from Aspertia City and one of the player's childhood friends. Like the player characters and is also seeking to become a Pokémon Master. Throughout the game, the player helps Hugh retrieve his sister's Purrloin which was stolen by Team Plasma years ago.
• Professor Aurea Juniper (Professor Araragi (アララギ博士, Araragi-hakase)): The Pokémon Professor in the Pokémon Black and White games, the first female professor to appear in the video game series. Professor Juniper specializes in research involving the origins of Pokémon. She is authorized by the Pokémon League to give new trainers one of three Unova starter Pokémon, Snivy, Tepig and Oshawott. In the game, she leaves a present at the player's house containing starter Pokémon for the player and the player's rivals, Bianca and Cheren. In the anime, she gives Trip a Snivy and allows Ash to keep an Oshawott that escapes from her lab. Her father, Cedric Juniper, was also a Pokémon Professor and has since retired; in the games, he upgrades the player's Pokédex to the National mode after the player defeats N and Ghetsis.
• Fennel (Makomo (マコモ)): Fennel is a Pokémon professor in the Unova Region who studies Pokémon trainers as well as the dreams of Pokémon. The player encounters her when Team Plasma abducts a Munna from her research facility to use its Dream Mist powers to reach its goals. She gives players the C-Gear item as well as access to the Pokémon Dream World online system.
• Cilan (Dent (デント, Dento)), Chili (Pod (ポッド, Poddo)) and Cress (Corn (コーン, Kōn)): triplets and waiters who share duties as the Striaton City Gym Leaders. The player challenges the Gym Leader whose Pokémon is strong against the player's starter; Cilan has the Grass type Pansage, Chili has the Fire type Pansear and Cress has the Water type Panpour. Cilan appears as a main character in the anime, joining Ash on his journey after he is awarded Striaton Gym's Trio Badge for defeating him and his brothers. While they do not reprise their roles as Gym Leaders in Black 2 and White 2, they do appear in the post-game as NPCs that the player can meet and then participate in a unique battle with them on a regular basis.
• Lenora (Aloe (アロエ, Aroe)): Nacrene City Gym Leader and paleontologist who uses Normal-type Pokémon. Lenora has her Gym located inside Nacrene City's museum, of which she is also the director. Her devoted husband, Hawes (Kidachi (キダチ)), is the assistant director. While she does not reprise her role as a Gym Leader in Black 2 and White 2, she remains the director of the Nacrene Museum.
• Burgh (Arti (アーティ, Āti)): Castelia City Gym Leader; he is a skilled painter and a Bug type specialist. Burgh's Gym is modeled after a beehive and features many of his works of art. He is friends with Lenora. In Black 2 and White 2, Burgh is still the Castelia Gym Leader, but his Gym is now coated in silk from cocoons. The top floor is entirely smothered in paint.
• Elesa (Kamitsure (カミツレ)): Nimbasa City Gym Leader and a model; Elesa specializes in Electric-type Pokémon. The Nimbasa City Gym is located in an amusement park and the Pokémon Gym is filled with roller coasters. Elesa helps to convince Bianca's father to allow his daughter to become a Pokémon trainer and also tells Clay to lower the drawbridge into Driftveil City for the player. She returns as the Nimbasa Gym Leader in Black 2 and White 2, but she has moved her Gym into a fashion studio complete with runway.
• Clay (Yacon (ヤーコン, Yākon)): Driftveil City Gym Leader and CEO of an unknown company, who specializes in Ground-type Pokémon. Clay uses Ground-type Pokémon in his cavernous mine-like gym. He tests the player before allowing a Gym Challenge by asking the player help arrest the Team Plasma members in his town. He also leads the other Unova Gym Leaders against Team Plasma interests in these games and the Pokémon Adventures manga. In Black 2 and White 2, he retains his role as the Driftveil Gym Leader, though his Gym's puzzle now revolves around a maze of platforms obscured by darkness.
• Skyla (Fūro (フウロ)): Mistralton City Gym Leader; Skyla uses Flying-type Pokémon in her gym on an airstrip. She also works as a commercial pilot, flying cargo planes. Before she lets the player challenge her, she visits the Celestial Tower to help a hurt Pokémon she saw on her last flight. Her Gym has a puzzle based on air cannons that shoot the player around. In Black 2 and White 2, she remains the Mistralton Gym Leader and her gym's puzzle involves fans that blows the player in specific directions to move through the Gym. She also flies the player to Lentimas Town.
• Brycen (Hachiku (ハチク)): Icirrus City's Gym Leader; Brycen is an Ice type specialist and former movie star. After sustaining an injury on set, Brycen sought out Alder who suggested that he become a Pokémon trainer. He stresses the importance of concealing his identity from others and wears a mask. Brycen steps down from his role as Gym Leader two years later and in Black 2 and White 2 returns to his old career in films, allowing the player to encounter him in the PokéStar Studios minigame. He is known for playing the role of a villain known as "Brycen-Man."
• Drayden (Shaga (シャガ)) and Iris (アイリス, Airisu): The two Gym Leaders of Opelucid City and Dragon type specialists. The Gym features a puzzle based on different switches and the movement of statues within the building. While both characters are present in each version of the games, Drayden is battled in Black while Iris is battled in White; the character who is not the Gym Leader will be the Move Tutor for Draco Meteor instead. In Black 2 and White 2, Drayden becomes the sole Opelucid City Gym Leader while Iris has become the regional champion in the two years following the previous games. Iris appears as a main character in the anime. In the episode: "Drayden Versus Iris: Past, Present, and Future!", it is revealed that Iris went to Drayden's school in Opelucid City as a child. Being from a small, communal village, Iris had a very difficult time fitting in. At the end of the episode, Iris learns that Drayden went to talk to her village elder while she was still enrolled and the two decided she would inherit the Gym from Drayden. Both their aces are Haxorus.
• Roxie^[5] (Homika (ホミカ)): Roxie is the Gym Leader of Virbank City and specializes in Poison-type Pokémon. Her gym is a music club and she is often seen with her signature bass guitar that looks like a Scolipede.^[6] Roxie debuts in the anime in the first-season finale of the Japanese Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes! broadcast; Ash challenges her for his eighth Unova League Gym Badge, as Opelucid City was not accessible.
• Marlon (Shizui (シズイ)): Marlon is the Gym Leader of Humilau City and is a specialist in Water-type Pokémon. Inside his gym is a gigantic pond filled with lilypads that the player must navigate around on. In the Japanese edition, he speaks with a Kyushu accent, indicating he is possibly from Hoenn. He is fond of giving advice to new trainers and does things at his own pace, which sometimes makes him appear dim-witted.^[7]
• Shauntal (Shikimi (シキミ)): Shauntal is a Ghost-type Pokémon Trainer. Her hobby is writing books. She can also be seen at Cynthia's holiday home in Undella Town on occasion. According to one of her stories, she once battled Volkner. She is part of the Unova region's Elite Four.
• Grimsley (Gīma (ギーマ)): Grimsley is a Dark-type Pokémon Trainer. The son of a distinguished family that fell into ruin, he has since become an expert gambler. He is a member of the Unova region's Elite Four. He makes a brief cameo in Pokemon Sun and Moon
• Caitlin (Cattleya (カトレア, Katorea)): Caitlin is a Psychic-type Pokémon Trainer; she is described as having psychic powers which she had trouble controlling in the past due to her explosive temper. She travels to the region of Unova to learn how to control them and become a better trainer. She previously appeared in the Generation IV games' Battle Frontier and was in charge of running the Battle Castle but was unable to battle, with her valet taking that responsibility in her place. She is part of the Unova region's Elite Four.
• Marshal (Renbu (レンブ)): Marshal is a Fighting-type Pokémon Trainer. He is one of Alder's apprentices. He is a member of Unova's Elite Four.
• Alder (Adeku (アデク)): Alder is the former Champion of the Unova League, who helps the player battle Team Plasma throughout Unova. N successfully challenges him to battle and wins, forcing the player to fight N. The player can later challenge Alder after finishing the main story of the game. While he does not specialize in a particular Pokémon type, half of his Pokémon are Bug types and his signature Pokémon is Volcarona. He later reveals he had another Volcarona that died before the games begin. He retires from his position by the time Black 2 and White 2 take place (having been succeeded by Iris), but can be battled in his home in Floccesy Town after the player has completed the main story.
• N (エヌ, Enu): N is the king and leader of Team Plasma. He is a very mysterious trainer who shows up at random and inconvenient times and believes that all humans and Pokémon should be separated. He is almost always seen using Pokémon that can only be found in the area that he is fought in. He was forced to grow up with abused Pokémon, as a plot by his adoptive father, Ghetsis, so that he would want to liberate all Pokémon from humans. By following through with the plan, he captures either Zekrom in Black or Reshiram in White (the player will capture the opposite colored one) in order to show the world his power so that they will follow through with his plan to liberate all Pokémon. N returns in Black 2 and White 2 in a supporting role, enabling the games' mascot Kyurem to transform into its iconic form for the game version. In the end game, N can be challenged, using his legendary Pokémon from the previous game and upon defeat the Dragon transforms into a Key Item the player can use to capture the Dragon. After another in-game event, N becomes a character the player can challenge on a monthly basis, with the team changing with the games' seasonal cycle. His full name is Natural Harmonia Gropius (ナチュラル・ハルモニア・グロピウス, Nachuraru Harumonia Guropiusu).
• The Seven Sages (七賢人, Shichi Kenjin): The high-ranking members of Team Plasma. Throughout the course of the gameplay, the player encounters each of the sages but will not be able to battle them. After the defeat of N and before becoming the Pokémon Champion, the player must locate all of the Sages scattered throughout the Unova region.
• The Shadow Triad ("Dark Trinity" (ダークトリニティ, Dāku Toriniti)): Three ninja-like young men who are Ghetsis's faithful servants because he once saved their lives. They have the ability to teleport and usually "escort" the player to N or Ghetsis.^[8] After Ghetsis's defeat and arrest (and later unexplained break-out), the Shadow Triad appears one last time on the Marvelous Bridge, where they explain that Ghetsis ordered them to bring the player the three Orbs of Dialga, Palkia and Giratina (Adamant, Lustrous and Griseous, respectively) and that despite their loyalty to him, he has ordered them to not look for him. The Shadow Triad returns in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 and battles the player several times in the game. They are also revealed to possess a Liepard which had evolved from a Purrloin which was stolen from the rival character's younger sister five years earlier, leading him to foster a deep hatred for the organization. At first, this includes Rood's faction as well. After Neo Team Plasma disbands, the Triad remains at Icirrus City, where they can be challenged on a monthly basis. Using the Unova Link Function unlocks a cutscene involving Cilan, Chili and Cress fighting against The Shadow Triad (and losing) - thus disbanding the rumors that the two groups are one and the same.^[8]
• Anthea (the Goddess of Love (愛の女神, Ai no Megami)) and Concordia (the Goddess of Peace (平和の女神, Heiwa no Megami)): Two characters who appear towards the end of the main story of Black and White who serve N. Concordia tells the player the story of N and how Ghetsis raised him, while Anthea heals the player's Pokémon in preparation for the final battle against N.^[8] They can also be seen in the game's first opening sequence where they watch as N is crowned as the king of Team Plasma by Ghetsis. It was revealed that Anthea and Concordia are N's foster Sisters. They appear in Black 2 and White 2 in Rood's Pokémon volunteer house in Driftveil City, where they tell the player of Ghetsis' ambitions and what he did to further them, as well as N's early childhood before Ghetsis found him. According to them, N had spent this part of his life in a forest with a Darmanitan and a Zorua (the latter of which can be acquired from Rood) as he had distressed people with an unusual ability to commune with Pokémon.
• Dudley (Kenji (ケンジ)): A scientist that was researching (and modifying) Genesect for Team Plasma. If the player goes to the P2 Laboratory with a Genesect in their party, an event will trigger, involving Dudley challenging the player, who has the Pokémon of the cancelled project he was working on.
• Colress (Achroma (アクロマ, Akuroma)): Colress is an independent Pokémon researcher and a proxy leader of Neo Team Plasma, who works to learn about the powers of Pokémon and tries to bring out the true strength within them. He battles the player several times throughout the game to test the player's ability and the power of the player's Pokémon. He eventually aligns with Neo Team Plasma, as they will allow him to study Pokémon the way he wishes. In the main story of Black 2 and White 2, he is the helmsman of the Plasma Frigate, Team Plasma's primary mode of transportation. After Neo Team Plasma is defeated, he helps the group reform their ways. He can then be battled at the P2 Laboratory. He returns in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, giving the player the means to fuse Necrozma with Solgaleo/Lunala once they catch the former and helping the player and their allies in defeating Team Rainbow Rocket in the post-game story. He has a larger and more antagonistic role in the anime, as he is building a device that would allow Ghetsis to control Reshiram and he takes control of various Pokémon, including Team Rocket's Meowth, in an effort to fine tune it. It was later destroyed by Ash's Pikachu (having resisted the device's effects) and Reshiram. He specializes in Steel-type Pokémon.
• Amanita (Shōro (ショウロ)): The inventor of the PC storage system in Unova. In Pokémon Black and White, she lives in Striation City and teaches the player about the PC Storage System. In Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, she instead lives in Castelia City, where she works as an assistant to Fennel. In the latter games, she gifts the player a level 10 Eevee upon their becoming the Unova Champion.

Generation VI

• Calem (カルム, Karumu) and Serena (セレナ, Serena): The male and female protagonists of Pokémon X and Y.
• Shauna (サナ, Sana): One of the rivals and friends of Pokémon X and Y. She is energetic and curious, but still does not know what she wants to gain from her experiences. She gives the player character a nickname at the outset of their journey. Like the other rivals, she is available as a Multi Battle partner at the Battle Maison.
• Tierno (ティエルノ, Tierno): One of the rivals and friends of Pokémon X and Y. He is more interested in finding new Pokémon to make a perfect Pokémon Dance Team.
• Trevor (トロバ, Trevor): One of the rivals and friends of Pokémon X and Y. He is studious and wishes to fill up all three parts of the Kalos Region's Pokédex.
• Professor Augustine Sycamore (Professor Platane (プラターヌ博士, Puratānu-hakase)): A professor who debuts in the Pokémon games Pokémon X and Y. He battles the player from time to time. Unlike previous professors who gave out the regions' new starter Pokémon, Kalos's starter Pokémon Chespin, Fennekin and Froakie are given to you by one of the player character's friends. Instead, Professor Sycamore gives the player a choice amongst Kanto's starter Pokémon: Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle.
• Viola (ビオラ, Biora): Viola is the Santalune City (Hakudan City (ハクダンシティ, Hakudan Shiti)) Gym Leader, with the building her Gym is housed in filled with a spider web. She specializes in Bug types and is also an accomplished photographer.
• Grant (Zakuro (ザクロ)): Grant is a Rock type Gym Leader of Cyllage City who enjoys mountain biking, rock climbing and many sports. His gym is an enormous rock-climbing tower at the top of which he resides.
• Korrina (Corni (コルニ, Koruni)): Korrina is the Fighting type Gym Leader of the seaside Shalour City (Shara City (シャラシティ, Shara Shiti)) who rides around on roller skates. She is knowledgeable about the secrets about Mega Evolution and her gym is styled after a roller rink.
• Ramos (Fukuji (フクジ)): Ramos is the Grass type Gym Leader of Courmaline City. He is an avid gardener and his gym is fraught with traps and puzzles based on plants. He also uses stereotypes of seniors, calling the player "sprout" as a pun on both the plant and the word used for "young person".
• Clemont (Citron (シトロン, Shitoron)): Clemont is an Electric type Gym Leader of Lumiose City who is interested in science and enjoys inventing things as much as spending time with his Pokémon. The player can also meet his younger sister Bonnie (Eureka (ユリーカ, Yurīka)). His gym is in the Lumiose Tower, accessible only through a series of quizzes and elevators. In the anime, both characters become Ash's travelling companions during his travels in Kalos, but Clemont initially hides his status as a Gym Leader (which later gets exposed by his and Bonnie's father, Meyer) and Bonnie takes over Brock's infamous running gag, only she asks girls to marry her brother and is removed by him out of embarrassment, instead of the other way around.
• Valerie (Mache (マーシュ, Māshu)): Valerie is the Gym Leader of Laverre City who specializes in Fairy-type Pokémon. Her gym resembles a labyrinthine dollhouse that the player must navigate to find her. Originally hailing from the Johto region, she is a fashion designer who always wanted to be a Pokémon.
• Olympia (Gojika (ゴジカ)): Olympia is the Psychic type Gym Leader of Anistar City. Her Gym almost appears as if it is on another planet and is hinted to be the result of her warping reality inside the gym with her psychic powers.
• Wulfric (Urup (ウルップ, Uruppu)): Wulfric is the Ice type Gym Leader of Snowbelle City. The player first meets him at the Pokémon Village, before challenging him at his Gym.
• Malva (Pachira (パキラ, Pakira)): Malva is a Fire-type Pokémon Trainer. A hot-headed news reporter and a self-proclaimed star of the Holo Caster, she is also a former member of Team Flare and expresses animosity towards the player for the team's defeat. Looker was forced to tell her for helping the player stop Xerosic's plans.
• Siebold (Zumi (ズミ)): Siebold is a Water-type Pokémon Trainer. He is a chef, whose customers notably include Valerie and Grant and compares the art of cooking to the art of Pokémon battles.
• Wikstrom (Gampi (ガンピ, Ganpi)): Wikstrom is a Steel-type Pokémon Trainer. He wears a suit of armor and is eager to battle challengers.
• Drasna (Dracaena (ドラセナ, Dorasena)): Drasna is a Dragon-type Pokémon Trainer, inspired to train Dragon types after her grandparents from Sinnoh told her about the region's mythology surrounding Dialga and Palkia. She is just happy to battle and enjoys it when trainers and their Pokémon like each other.
• Diantha (Carnet (カルネ, Karune)): Diantha is the Kalos League Champion, but she does not reveal this to the player when they first meet in Lumiose City. She is known in the Kalos Region as a popular celebrity, appearing in films and advertisements, but it is not until the end of the game does the player discover her place in the Pokémon League. She does not specialize in a particular Pokémon type, but her signature Pokémon is her Mega Gardevoir.
• Lysandre (Fleur-de-Lis (フラダリ, Furadari)): The leader of Team Flare, seeking to attain eternal beauty. He follows the player's progress closely, seeking the player in his plans and revealing the history of Kalos and the king AZ, his ancestor, who nearly wiped out all life. After his identity as Team Flare's leader is revealed, he admits that he wishes to use his ancestor's weapon to enact a mass extinction, believing the Mega Ring to be central to his plans. The player ultimately defeats Lysandre and when Lysandre attempts to activate the weapon, despite the player having captured its power source Xerneas (X)/Yveltal (Y), the weapon crumbles and destroys the headquarters. Although the player and his/her friends, as well as most of the members of Team Flare, manage to escape, Lysandre is never seen escaping the destruction and therefore he is presumed dead. In the anime, using Lysandre Labs as a front, Lysandre manipulates Alain to provide him with Mega Evolution while his subordinates managed to capture the blue-core Zygarde in his plan to control both Zygarde Cores while destroying Lumoise City as a display of Team Flare's power. But after losing to Ash, Alain and a redeemed Malva, as well as losing both Zygarde Cores, Lysandre resorts to using a Zygarde fabrication created from the Megalith and have it absorb the energies of the Anistar sundial to invoke a global genocide. But the Zygarde Cores assume their 100% form to destroy the fabrication with the signature move Core Enforcer, with Lysandre seemingly killed in the process.
• Chalmers (アカマロ, Akamaro): A former Team Flare admin who became a butler.
• Team Flare scientists: The scientists of Team Flare.
• Cassius (Crocea (クロケア, Kurokea)): The administrator of the PC system in Pokémon X and Y, he was personally recommended for the job by Bill. He had invented the tray system for the Pokémon storage system. He tends to talk pretty rudely, but he likes his job. He is based in Camphrier Town, where the player can talk to his two assistants as well.
• Sina (Sina (ジーナ)) & Dexio (Dexio (デクシオ)): Two of Professor Sycamore's assistants. In X and Y, their job was to give the player the Central, Coastal, and Mountain Pokédex and to help the player (in disguises) with stopping Team Flare. The two also appear in Sun and Moon and their Ultra versions as Pokémon trainers who specialize in Ice and Psychic types, respectively.
• AZ (AZ（エーゼット）, Ē Zetto): AZ is a mysterious man, noted for his great height at 9 feet (2.7 m) tall. He developed a deadly weapon during a war 3,000 years prior to the game to revive his deceased Floette, only for Floette to leave him out of disgust. After the player becomes the new Pokémon Champion, AZ challenges the player to a battle, after which AZ realizes the error of his ways and his Floette returns to him.

Generation VII

• Elio (ヨウ, Yō) and Selene (ミヅキ, Mizuki): The male and female protagonists of Pokémon Sun and Moon and Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.
• Hau (ハウ, Hau): One of the rivals of Pokémon Sun and Moon and Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. Compared to previous rivals, he is more friendly, and loves malasadas. He is Melemele Kahuna Hala's grandson. In Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, he challenges the player as their final battle before becoming Champion.
• Gladion (グラジオ, Gladio): One of the rivals of Pokémon Sun and Moon and Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. This young man lends his strength to Team Skull as an enforcer. He places a high value on being strong in Pokémon battles. His partner Pokémon is the mysterious Type: Null, which later becomes Silvally. He is Lusamine's son and Lillie's brother.
• Professor Kukui (ククイ博士, Kukui-hakase): The Pokémon Professor in Pokémon Sun and Moon. Professor Kukui studies Pokémon moves. He takes Lillie under his wing as his assistant and is married to Professor Burnett. He has a secondary double life as The Masked Royal and is one of the strongest opponents in the Battle Royal. He is good friends with Molayne, who keeps his double life a secret. He takes one of the Alolan starter Pokemon under his wing, whichever was not chosen by Hau or the player, and later uses it in battle in its final form. He acts as the final opponent before becoming Champion in Pokemon Sun and Moon.
• llima (イリマ, Irima): llima is the Trial Captain of Melemele Island and Normal type specialist. His Trial takes place in Verdant Cavern, tasking the player with fighting Rattata or Yungoos, depending on the version, before fighting the Totem Gumshoos or Raticate.
• Lana (Suiren (スイレン)): Lana is one of the three Trial Captains of Akala Island. She uses Water-type Pokémon and has the player investigate splashes in the water at Brooklet Hill, before battling Totem Wishiwashi or Araquanid. In the Ultra versions, she has the player herd Wishiwashi to attract and battle Totem Araquanid.
• Kiawe (Kaki (カキ)): Kiawe is one of the three Trial Captains of Akala Island. His Trial takes place at Wela Volcano Park, where the player watches the dances of Alolan Marowak, before fighting Totem Salazzle. In Ultra Sun and Moon, Salazzle is replaced by an Alolan Marowak. He uses Fire-type Pokémon.
• Mallow (Mao (マオ)): Mallow is one of the three Trial Captains of Akala Island. She tasks the player to gather ingredients in Lush Jungle to lure Totem Lurantis. She uses Grass-type Pokémon.
• Sophocles (Mamane (マーマネ, Māmane)): Sophocles is one of two Trial Captains of Ula'ula Island. He uses a device to attract Totem Vikavolt in S/M and Totem Togedemaru in USUM to the Hokulani Observatory, but causes a power outage/power surge. The player's Trial involves an audio quiz to open the security door or a Charjabug Roller mini-game to power his Totem-calling device. He uses Electric-type Pokémon.
• Acerola (アセロラ, Aserora): Acerola is the Ghost type Trial Captain of Ula'ula Island. She tasks the player to track down Ghost-type Pokémon at an abandoned supermarket, culminating in a battle with Totem Mimikyu. Her ancestors were Alolan royalty.
• Mina (Matsurika (マツリカ)): Mina is the Fairy type Trial Captain of Poni Island. Her Ultra-exclusive trial involves collecting various colored petals to make a special flower to draw out Totem Ribombee.
• Hala (ハラ, Hara): Hala is the Kahuna of Melemele Island. He fights with Fighting-type Pokémon.
• Olivia (Lychee (ライチ, Raichi)): Olivia is the Kahuna of Akala Island. She specializes in Rock-type Pokémon.
• Nanu (Kuchinashi (クチナシ)): Nanu is the Kahuna of Ula'ula Island, specializing in Dark-type Pokémon. He is a police officer, living on Route 17, outside Team Skull's base at Po Town. He has connections to Giovanni in the anime.
• Hapu (ハプウ, Hāpu'u)): Hapu is the Kahuna of Poni Island. The player first meets her on Akala Island with her Mudsdale. She uses Ground-type Pokémon. She is seen being appointed as the kahuna by Tapu Fini later on in the games and anime.
• Kahili (カヒリ): A Flying type specialist and professional golfer. Her family apparently runs one of the hotels in Heahea City on Akala Island.
• Acerola (アセロラ): A Ghost type specialist and the good friend of Ula'ula Kahuna Nanu. She is apparently descended from old Alolan royalty.
• Olivia (ライチ): A Rock type specialist and the Kahuna of Akala Island. She collects Stufful dolls in her house, and runs a jewelry shop in Konikoni City, which is often guarded by her Probopass.
• Molayne (マーレイン): A Steel type specialist and the cousin of Trial Captain Sophocles. He replaces Hala in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon as a member of the Elite Four. He helps Sophocles with upkeep of the Mt. Hokulani Observatory.

Team Skull (スカル団, Skull-dan, Skull Gang) is a gang of street thugs who are the resident villain team of Alola in Pokémon Sun and Moon, secretly working with the Aether Foundation on the promise of money. They were disbanded following the events of the games.

• Guzma (グズマ): Guzma is the boss of Team Skull and battles without mercy. He at one point went through the Island Challenge, but did not meet the criteria to become a captain. He has history with Professor Kukui. He can be teamed up with at the Battle Tree in Double Battles and in the Ultra versions, he helps the player defeat Team Rainbow Rocket out of his loyalty to Lusamine. After that, he appears as a possible Title Defense challenger.
• Plumeria (プルメリ, Plumeri): Plumeria is Team Skull's admin and helps to keep the team in order. She cares for the grunts beneath her, making her less antagonistic than previous admins. She appears as a possible fighter in Title Defense.
• Lusamine (ルザミーネ): The leader of the Aether Foundation, the mother of Lillie and Gladion and the real villain of the original Sun and Moon games. She is obsessed with the Ultra Beasts, specifically the Nihilego species having fallen under their influence; Gladion speculates her fixation started after her husband vanished while studying them. She went as far as unleashing them upon Alola by overclocking Nebby's power before wanting to live a solitary life amongst the Nihilego in their home realm. She then ends up allowing herself to be taken over by a Nihilego (which she caught while the player was in Alola) at the games' climax in a last-ditch attempt to destroy the heroes (making her the only villain in the franchise whose final battle is fought against as a mutant version of themselves). While she is now living in Kanto to have the last of the Nihilego poison removed from her and trying to rebuild her relationship with Lillie, her ultimate fate in the original games remains unknown. However it is implied that she is now wanted by the International Police for her actions against Alola while she was possessed. The Ultra versions depict her in a completely different light; devoid of Nihilego's influence and therefore her Ultra Beast obsession, believing she is doing the right thing, working also with the Ultra Recon Squad and harnessing Nebby's power so that she can fight Necrozma, but is defeated easily by the stealer of light. She reforms at the end, giving her children the independence she had denied them for so long and choosing not to directly interfere with their lives anymore, but is captured by Team Rainbow Rocket and taken hostage in the post-game. After Team Rainbow Rocket's defeat, she then appears as a possible Title Defense challenger at the start of every month, a role previously taken by Faba (see below)
• Faba (ザオボー, Sauboh): The Aether Foundation's admin. He challenges the player multiple times to stop the player when Lillie gets kidnapped. In the original games, he also appears as a possible fighter in Title Defense, appearing every start of the month, having been demoted from his position of Branch Chief. In the post-game story of the Ultra versions, he betrays the Aether Foundation to Team Rainbow Rocket for his own benefit. Because of this, he is demoted to the position of intern following Giovanni's defeat, with Lusamine taking his place in Title Defense in these games.
• Wicke (ビッケ): The vice-chief of the Aether Foundation. Unlike the other two, she helps the player attempt to stop Lusamine's plans. She also appears in the post-game, helping the player with the Ultra Beast mission in the original versions.

The Ultra Recon Squad (ウルトラ調査隊) is an organization appearing in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. They main goal is to investigate Ultra Wormholes, Ultra Beasts and return the light that was stolen from their home by Necrozma.

• Dulse (ダルス): One of the members of the Ultra Recon Squad. He travels to Alola with Zossie in Ultra Sun, but stays at the Ultra Megalopolis in Ultra Moon.
• Zossie (Amamo (アマモ)): One of the members of the Ultra Recon Squad. She travels to Alola with Dulse in Ultra Sun, but stays at the Ultra Megalopolis in Ultra Moon.
• Soliera (Mirin (ミリン)): One of the members of the Ultra Recon Squad. She travels to Alola with Phyco in Ultra Moon, but stays at the Ultra Megalopolis in Ultra Sun.
• Phyco (Shionira (シオニラ)): The captain of the Ultra Recon Squad. He travels to Alola with Soliera in Ultra Moon, but stays at the Ultra Megalopolis in Ultra Sun.
• Rhi: A member of the squad introduced in GO as a temporary substitute for Professor Willow since GO Fest 2022.
• Molayne (Mullein (マーレイン)): The developer of the PC Storage System of Alola. In Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, he is a member of the Elite Four (he replaces Hala in these games), specializing in Steel-type Pokémon. He is the cousin of Sophocles.
• Lillie (リーリエ, Lilie): Lillie is an important character in Sun and Moon and their Ultra versions. She hates Pokémon battles (because she does not like seeing Pokémon getting hurt) and likes reading. She has Nebby the Cosmog in her bag, which she stole from the Aether Foundation because she didn't want it to get hurt and knowing her mother's intentions would end up possibly killing it. She then takes refuge with Professor Kukui knowing the Aether Foundation would come after her.

Generation VIII

• Victor (マサル, Masaru) and Gloria (ユウリ, Yūri): The male and female protagonists of Pokémon Sword and Shield.
• Rei (テル, Teru) and Akari (ショウ, Shō): The male and female protagonists of Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
• Hop (ホップ, Hop): One of the rivals in Pokémon Sword and Shield. He is the younger brother of Leon, the Champion of Galar. He idolizes his brother and only aspired to become Champion because of said reason. He continues to grow frustrated by constant losses to the player, until he eventually changes paths and sets out on becoming a Pokemon Professor.
• Bede (ビート, Beet): One of the rivals in Pokémon Sword and Shield. He is an arrogant trainer whose Pokémon journey is sponsored by Chairman Rose. After being disqualified from the Gym Challenge, Opal takes him under her wing and strongarms him into becoming her successor as the Ballonlea Gym Leader (Fairy Boot Camp). He initially specializes in Psychic-type Pokémon, but switches to Fairy types after becoming a Gym Leader (though a majority of his team still has the Psychic type).
• Marnie (マリィ, Mary): One of the rivals in Pokémon Sword and Shield. She is the younger sister of Piers, who is the Gym Leader of Spikemuth. Team Yell, a hooligan-esque group composed of Gym Trainers from Spikemuth, are her troublesome fans. After the game's conclusion, she succeeds Piers as the Spikemuth Gym Leader. She specializes in Dark-type Pokémon (with a little bit of diversity, as not all Pokémon on her team have the Dark type). In a secret post game cutscene in the Budew Drop Inn, she is shown to be incapable of smiling.
• Klara (クララ, Kurara): The rival in the Isle of Armor story in Sword. She specializes in Poison-type Pokémon. Her signature Pokémon is a Galarian Slowbro. She was an underground "idol" and aspires to become a Poison type gym leader to acquire fans. She cares a lot for her appearance, as she is shown to photoshop her league card (proven by looking at the weirdly shaped Slowbro behind her).
• Avery (セイボリー, Savory): The rival in the Isle of Armor story in Shield. He specializes in Psychic-type Pokémon. His signature Pokémon is a Galarian Slowking. He came from a family of psychics, but was shunned for not being able to teleport (as shown he always screams "Avery, Teleport!" while he runs away) nor read minds. He aspires to prove his family wrong and become a Psychic type gym leader.
• Professor Magnolia (マグノリア博士, Magunoria-hakase): The Pokémon Professor in Pokémon Sword and Shield. She studies the Dynamax phenomenon. Sonia is her granddaughter. She is responsible for the player and Hop's Dynamax Bands, as well as encouraging their endorsement by Leon. She later steps down as Professor after Chairman Rose nearly causes the next Darkest Day.
• Professor Sonia (ソニア博士, Sonia-hakase): Sonia becomes the Galar professor after announcing her discovery of the legend of the darkest day in front of the Hammerlocke gym in Pokémon Sword and Shield. She appears throughout the story prior to this, often assisting the player and Hop. She is a close friend of Nessa and was childhood rivals with Leon. She publishes a book on her Dynamax research, which causes Sordward and Shielbert to start the events of the postgame story. In the Crown Tundra, she is researching the Swords of Justice, Cobalion, Terrakion, and Virizion in Freezington. She also owns a Yamper, who helps her in her research.
• Professor Laventon: The Pokémon Professor of the Hisui region. He specializes in the ecology of Pokémon.
• Milo (Yarrow (ヤロー, Yarō)): A farmer and Gym Leader of Turffield who specializes in Grass-type Pokémon. His main Pokémon is a Dynamax Eldegoss. If rematched in the Champion Cup or the Galarian Star Tournament after completing the game, he switches to a Gigantamax Flapple (in Sword) or Appletun (in Shield). he has an unnamed younger brother, which is seen in his concept art and the Pokémon Adventures manga.
• Nessa (Rurina (ルリナ)): A young model and Gym Leader of Hulbury who specializes in Water-type Pokémon. Her main Pokémon is a Drednaw, which she Dynamaxes in the Gym Challenge and switches with a female Drednaw that Gigantamaxes in the Champion Cup. She is also a close friend of Sonia.
• Kabu (カブ): Gym Leader of Motostoke who specializes in Fire-type Pokémon. His main Pokémon is a Gigantamax Centiskorch. He is from the Hoenn region.
• Bea (Saitou (サイトウ)): The Galar karate prodigy and a Gym Leader of Stow-on-Side exclusive to Sword who specializes in Fighting-type Pokémon. Her main Pokémon is a Gigantamax Machamp. She shares a Gym with Allister, shown in the Pokémon Adventures manga.
• Allister (Onion (オニオン)): The Silent Boy of Mystery and a Gym Leader of Stow-on-Side exclusive to Shield who specializes in Ghost-type Pokémon. His main Pokémon is a Gigantamax Gengar. He shares a Gym with Bea, shown in the Pokémon Adventures manga.
• Opal (Poplar (ポプラ, Popura)): A Master of the Theatre and a Gym Leader of Ballonlea who specializes in Fairy-type Pokémon. Her main Pokémon is a Gigantamax Alcremie. Her quizzes represent a faerie's guile, as she is looking for a worthy successor to run the Gym after her retirement. She is later succeeded by Bede.
• Gordie (Makuwa (マクワ)): Gym Leader of Circhester exclusive to Sword who specializes in Rock-type Pokémon. His main Pokémon is a Gigantamax Coalossal. He is Melony's son and has his own fanclub. He also has 4 siblings and shares a gym with his mother, whom he almost always tries to avoid (seen in Pokémon Adventures manga).
• Melony (Melon (メロン, Meron)): Gym Leader of Circhester exclusive to Shield who specializes in Ice-type Pokémon. Her main Pokémon is a Gigantamax Lapras. She is Gordie's mother. She is also seen with four other children in her concept art. She shares a gym with Gordie, shown in the Pokémon Adventures manga.
• Piers (Nezu (ネズ)): A famous musician and the Gym Leader of Spikemuth who specializes in Dark-type Pokémon and the leader of Team Yell. Unlike other Gym Leaders, he refuses to Dynamax his Pokémon (his Gym does not have a Power Spot). His main Pokémon is an Obstagoon. Marnie is his younger sister. In the post-game, he is succeeded by Marnie.
• Raihan (Kibana (キバナ)): Gym Leader of Hammerlocke who specializes in Dragon-type Pokémon and weather manipulation. The player battles him in a Double Battle. His main Pokémon is a Gigantamax Duraludon. He is Leon's rival and an appreciator of art.
• Leon (Dande (ダンデ)): Leon is the Champion of the Galar League in Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield. He has a younger brother, Hop, who serves as the main character's rival. His main Pokémon is Charizard which can Gigantamax. He oftens appears throughout the story, and defeats various out of control Dynamax Pokemon caused by Eternatus. He has a horrible sense of direction and often gets lost. He was childhood rivals with both Sonia and Raihan. After defeating him and becoming the Champion, he will convert Rose Tower, Macros Cosmos' old base of operations, into a Battle Tower, which he acts as head of. He also sets up the Galarian Star Tournament after the Crown Tundra is completed.
• Mustard (マスタード, Mustard): Mustard runs the dojo on the Isle of Armor in Pokémon Sword and Shield. He is a former Galar Champion who trained Leon in the past, reigning undefeated for 18 years until he retired due to being asked to participate in a rigged match. His normal League Card states that after his retirement, he purchased a deserted island, to which he named the Isle of Armor. He later developed an interest in video games. When not in battle, he can be seen playing a video game that seemingly resembles Pokémon Quest due to the pixel theme of the game.
• Peony (ピオニー, Peony): Peony is a former Gym Leader and adventurer on the Crown Tundra studying the tales of Legendary Pokémon in the area. He is Chairman Rose's younger brother, as stated on his rare League Card. He specializes in Steel-type Pokémon and his signature Pokémon is a Gigantamax Copperajah, which was the first Pokémon he caught with his brother. He has a daughter named Peonia, whom he dotes on excessively.
• Rose (ローズ): The chairman of the Galar Pokémon League, president of Macro Cosmos, a large business conglomerate and the real villain of Sword and Shield. He is made the Galar Pokémon League world-famous by implementing Gym Battles featuring the Dynamax phenomenon. He is obsessed with solving Galar's future energy crisis, but he wants to awake Eternatus believing harnessing its power would solve the problem. After the player defeats and catches Eternatus, he voluntarily surrenders to the authorities. After the events of the base story, his whereabouts are unknown. He specializes in Steel-type Pokémon (like all of his employees, excluding Oleana) and his signature Pokémon is a Gigantamax Copperajah.
• Oleana (オリーヴ, Olive): is Rose's admin and is known for her calm and collected personality. She also serves as the vice president of Rose's company and is in fact largely in charge of the day-to-day running of the company. Her team is based around feminine beauty, but her signature Pokémon is a Gigantamax Garbodor. She was originally a low class researcher working on the Dynamax phenomenon and was promoted after Rose saw her talent (shown in Twilight Wings). The player can find her post-game at the Galar Mine, where she can give the player Rose's rare League Card. In the Crown Tundra, after the player battles Peony and gets his rare League Card, if he/she goes to the Old Cemetery at night, the player may find Oleana there, seemingly attempting to find Rose. She mixes up Peony for Rose due to their resemblance and after that, she will head back to the Galarian mainland.
• Sordward (ソッド, Swod) & Shielbert (シルディ, Shildy): The two main antagonists of the post-game story for Pokémon Sword and Shield.
• Miss Fortune Sisters: A trio of bandits that attack the protagonist in Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
• Volo: The main antagonist of Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
• Honey (Mitsuba (ミツバ)): Honey is Mustard's wife, who takes care of the Dojo on the Isle of Armor. As revealed in her normal League Card, she is the former CEO of a trading firm. She met Mustard during a business trip to the Isle of Armor, and as a result, they fell in love, and they got married prior to the events of both the base game and the Isle of Armor. She is also the creator of Max Soup, a soup made out of Max Mushrooms, which helps certain Pokémon unlock their Gigantamax potential.
• Peonia (Shakuya (シャクヤ)): Peonia is Peony's daughter. She is interested in Dynamax Adventures. When the player first arrives in the Crown Tundra, she is seen getting grumpy at Peony for following her around at her age. As soon she sees the player, she will get his/her attention, requesting that the player challenge her father. She, however, uses the battle to secretly escape, forcing Peony to go after her. Once the main Crown Tundra story ends, she decides to join her father in his "Adven-tour", but immediately declines when he "comes up with more legends", stating that she needs personal space. From this point on, she, along with Peony, appear at the entrance of the Max Lair.
• Captain Cyllene (Shimaboshi (シマボシ)): The leader of the Galaxy Team's Survey Corps in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. She is considered by fans as the ancestor of Cyrus, the leader of Team Galactic. She may be strict to others and to herself, but she sees potential in the player and allows him/her to take a trial to join the Galaxy Team.^[9]
• Commander Kamado (Denboku (デンボク)): The boss of the Galaxy Team. He may be harsh at times, but the other members of the Galaxy Team look up to him, trust him deeply, and know him as a reliable leader. He is the ancestor of Professor Rowan.
• The Hisuiu region features a group of ten Wardens (キャプテン Captain) who are charged with taking care of certain Noble and Ride Pokémon, by making sure their territory is safe and leaving them offerings of water and food to express the clan's gratitude.
• Adaman (セキ Seki): Adaman is the leader of the Diamond Clan. He believes that Arceus, worshipped by both the Diamond and Pearl Clans, controls time, implying that he represents Dialga, the deity of time. He occasionally engages in conflicts with Irida.
• Irida (カイ Kai): Irida is the leader of the Pearl Clan. She believes that Arceus, worshipped by both her and Adaman's clans, controls space and dimensions, implying that she represents Palkia, the deity of space and dimensions. She occasionally conflicts with Adaman.
• Cogita (コギト Cogito): Cogita lives in a secret location within the Hisui region known as the Ancient Retreat. She possesses a vast knowledge of the legends of the Hisui region. After the player is banished from Jubilife Village, she instructs the player to collect the items required to forge the Red Chain, an item capable of closing the space-time rift. Once the main story is completed, she gives the player the Pixie Plate, which she had been using as a cutting board, unaware of what it truly was. She also visits the Galaxy HQ, and tells the player of Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus, also known as the Forces of Nature. After the player successfully completes their Pokédex entries, she reveals the player that there is one more member of that group: the Fairy and Flying type Enamorus, and tells the player to catch her at the Crimson Mirelands. Once Enamorus is caught, she gives the player the Reveal Glass, capable of transforming the Forces of Nature into their therian forms. She, along with Volo, resemble Cynthia, implying an ancestry.

Generation IX

• Florian (ハルト, Haruto) and Juliana (アオイ, Aoi): The male and female protagonists of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
• Nemona: The rival in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Nemona is the student council president in Naranja/Uva Academy. She is a Champion-rank trainer who is determined to make the player a worthy opponent in battle. Nemona often tests the player's strength by purposefully using weaker teams throughout the game. She is passionate about battling and is often possessive over the player in her hopes to be his/her sole mentor.
• Professor Sada and Professor Turo: The Pokémon Professors in Scarlet and Violet respectively, that are actually robotic duplicates of the originals. They are the first professors not to be named after trees, with Sada's name coming from "pasado", the Spanish word for past, and Turo's name coming from "futuro", the Spanish word for future. They study the possible relationship between ancient/futuristic versions of modern-day Pokémon, otherwise known as Paradox Pokémon. They were also indrectly responsible for the appearance of the Terastal phenomenon originating from Area Zero, which is abundant with Tera Crystals. The robotic counterparts realised that what their creators were doing (bringing Paradox Pokémon from each respective timeline into Paldea to create a paradise without any regard of the damage they would cause to Paldea) was wrong, but in the endgame, under the influence of an emergency protocol by their original selves' time machine (the real villain of Scarlet and Violet), they end up defending the machine against their will with a full team of Paradox Pokémon from the respective timelines, including a hostile individual of Koraidon/Miraidon that killed their original selves. Afterwards, they then decided to travel into to the past/future knowing it was the only way to stop the time machine from bringing any more Paradox Pokémon to the present, Sada's fate remains unknown in Pokémon Violet, while Turo's fate remains unknown in Pokémon Scarlet.
• Katy: The Gym Leader of Cortondo and a pastry chef who specializes in Bug-type Pokémon.
• Brassius (コルサ Coiza): The Gym Leader of Artazon and an artist who specializes in Grass-type Pokémon.
• Iono (ナンジャモ Nanjamo): The Gym Leader of Levincia, as well as a streamer and an influencer, who specializes in Electric-type Pokémon. Her partner is Bellibolt.
• Kofu: The Gym Leader of Cascarrafa, who works as a chef and specializes in Water-type Pokémon.
• Larry is the gym leader of Medali and specializes in Normal-type Pokémon, and an Elite Four member who specializes in Flying-type Pokémon.^[10][11] He is characterized as a "depressed salaryman"^[10] who must work as both a gym leader and Elite Four member.^[11] His blank expression became popular with fans,^[10] and was lauded as relatable by critics.^[11]
• Ryme: The Gym Leader of Montenevera, as well as a rapper, who specializes in Ghost-type Pokémon.
• Tulip: The Gym Leader of Alfornada and a beautician who specializes in Psychic-type Pokémon.
• Grusha (グルーシャ Grusha): The Gym Leader of Glaseado and a former snowboarder who specializes in Ice-type Pokémon. His partner is Cetitan.
• Rika: Rika is a Ground-type Pokémon Trainer. She administers the interview for trainers battling the Elite Four.
• Poppy: Poppy is a Steel-type Pokémon Trainer.
• Hassel: Hassel is a Dragon-type Pokémon Trainer. He works as the art teacher at Naranja/Uva Academy.
• Geeta: (オモダカ Omodaka): Geeta is the Top Champion and administrator of the Paldea League. Nemona refers to her as "La Primera."
• Team Star is an antagonistic team, lead by five separate crew bosses.
• Penny: The founder and "Big Boss" of Team Star. She uses a group of Eevee evolutions as her team and carries a fluffy Eevee bag. It is revealed that the five Crew leaders did not know her identity until the player defeats her.
• Arven: Arven is a student of Naranja/Uva Academy, and the son of Professor Sada/Turo. While in Area Zero before the events of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, Arven was attacked by a Paradox Pokémon, severely injuring his Mabosstiff. He seeks the Herba Mystica, guarded by the Titan Pokémon, to help heal his Mabosstiff. He accompanies the player back into Area Zero to shut off the time machine.
• Director Clavell: The director of Naranja/Uva Academy. He pretends to be Team Star's boss in order to test the player's strength.

See also

•  Video games portal

• List of Pokémon video games

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