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Cerise Institute

Professor Cerise (Doctor Sakuragi)

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Voiced in Japanese by: Yūichi Nakamura

Voiced in English by: Ray Chase

Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: Mauricio Pérez

The professor of the Cerise Institute in Vermilion City, Kanto. He researches Pokémon from all around the world on an even deeper level than Professor Oak, and enlists Ash and Goh to travel the world to assist in his research.

Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: To Chloe.
Ambiguously Absent Parent: Averted to Chloe. He makes up a part of the few nuclear families within the series.
Benevolent Boss: He treats his assistants well. And he gave Ash and Goh tickets to the World Coronation Series finals as a reward for their good work as research fellows.
- He's also very supportive of Ash and Goh's goals, often giving Goh information to help him get started on a Project Mew Mission.
A Day in the Limelight: While JN120 starts off with Chloe and Eevee and their path for evolution, it's essentially him that takes the spotlight of the episode as he teaches her about Evolution and shares a story of his past when he befriends a wild Clefairy. This episode has him reunite with said Clefairy as a Cleffable.
Floral Theme Naming: As is tradition for Pokemon professors, his name is plant/tree-themed; his English dub name, Cerise, is French for "cherry". Likewise, his Japanese family name means "cherry blossom tree".
Good Parents: JN031 has him calmly tell Chloe that she won't know if she'll succeed at something unless she actually tries. He also gives her a Rotom Phone in JN049 to congratulate her becoming a Trainer.
Happily Married: Is married to Talia.
It Amused Me: He knew all along about the Gengar haunting the laboratory but thought that the poltergeist activity would be lots of fun. Then again it's a complete contrast to when Gengar arrived in JN011 and his daughter was the only thing stopping Gengar from doing more harm...
Only Sane Man: Downplayed during the eating contest where he contrasts with Chrysa's fanaticism.
Reasonable Authority Figure: In JN010, he decides to keep Dragonite Island a secret as he feels their mystery is part of their appeal, despite Ren and Chrysa suggesting otherwise. Given what Team Rocket tried to pull in said episode, he made a good call. Ash's Dragonite even thanks him by giving him a big hug.
Small Role, Big Impact:
- In regards to getting his daughter the motivation she needs to get into Pokémon. When she becomes unsure as to whether or not to help Jinny get ready for the Slateport Water Festival, he tells her that sometimes a little effort is all that matters and thus gets her moving forward to try something new.
- In JN074 his advice about how the bonds of Pokémon and humans can open up to new things is what convinces Chloe to approach Cresselia so she and Dawn can heal her.

Chrysa (Kikuna)

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Voiced in Japanese by: Sayaka Senbongi

Voiced in English by: Casey Mongillo

Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: Erika Ugalde

One of Professor Cerise's assistants.

Butt-Monkey: She is just as prone to calamities caused by Ash and Goh's Pokémon as Professor Cerise and Ren are.
Cool Big Sis: As shown in JN057, she serves as this to Chloe.
Cuteness Proximity: Her instant reaction upon seeing a Psyduck.
A Day in the Limelight: JN057 is all about her and her love for Psyduck.
Hidden Depths:
- Mentioned in JN029 that she had a little sister that she used to be jealous of.
- In JN047 she's shown to be very enthusiastic and excited at a food-eating contest and is the one spouting exposition to Chloe.
- In JN057, it's shown her favorite Pokémon is Psyduck since it's the Pokémon her friend has that comforted her when she was upset.
Not So Stoic: Despite mostly being rather calm, she showcases great enthusiasm toward the Pokemon Eating Contest or whenever it comes to Psyduck.
Satellite Character: Downplayed. She's one of Prof. Cerise's assistants and that is what we know about her. However, in JN047 she demonstrates a fiery passion and a lot of knowledge of the competition, as well as being quite a big fan of a Blaziken and his trainer who often participate in the competition. We see more characterization from her in JN057

Ren (Renji)

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Voiced in Japanese by: Noriaki Kanze

Voiced in English by: Billy Kametz (JN001-JN093), Barrett Leddy (JN094 onwards)

Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: Irwin Daayán

One of Professor Cerise's assistants.

Barely-Changed Dub Name: His name is simply shortened from Renji to Ren in the dub, and his Magnemite's from Françoise to Francois (the former being the feminine and properly Gallicized form of the latter).
A Day in the Limelight: JN093 is all about him and Francois meeting for the first time.
Determinator: When it comes to Francois, he'll do anything to make sure it's safe.
Lovable Coward: He has a fear of Ghost Pokémon in general.
Meaningful Rename: In-series, Francois's nickname comes from the cafe where Ren met it.
Mundane Utility: He uses his Magnemite to jumpstart a breaker in the lab.
Nerd Glasses: He has red-framed glasses and is one of Cerise's assistants.
Picky Eater: Not him, but Francois, who only consumes electricity from antique appliances.
Satellite Character: Downplayed. He’s Prof. Cerise's assistant and appears to have known his family since Chloe was younger, but outside of having a Magnemite and being a Lovable Coward, there’s not much else known about him. Episode 93 fleshes him out some more and focuses on his relationship with Francois.
- Goh mentions that Ren helps him study with schoolwork in JN049.
Shock and Awe: Owns a Magnemite nicknamed Francois, an Electric/Steel-type.
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Besides Ghost Pokemon, JN093 reveals that he's is also scared of heights when he flies on the back of Flygon with Goh.

Project Mew

Professor Amaranth (Professor Hodaka)

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Voiced in Japanese by: Yoichi Nishijima

Voiced in English by: J. Michael Tatum

The leader of Project Mew who was introduced in JN071.

Cool Old Guy: Leader of Project Mew, and a rather friendly fellow.
Cool Plane: More like Cool Helicopter as the base he is in charge of also doubles as a helicopter.
Mission Control: His role during the actual expedition to find Mew. Unfortunately, they lose contact with him once they reach Table Mountain.
The Leader: Of Project Mew.
Psychic Powers: His only known pokemon is Mime Jr., a Psychic/Fairy-type.

Gary Oak (Shigeru Ookido)

Voiced in Japanese by: Yuko Kobayashi

Voiced in English by: Jimmy Zoppi

Ash's first main rival in the series and the grandson of Professor Oak who appeared in JN068 as a member of Project Mew. He's the highest ranking challenger in Project Mew.

Information about him is found in Pokémon: The Original Series.

Horace (Tokio)

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Voiced in Japanese by: Ayahi Takagaki

Voiced in English by: Jenny Yokobori

A childhood friend of Goh's he met when in Johto.

Actual Pacifist: Shows a major dislike for battling and most of his Pokemon use more defensive of healing moves compared to combat based moves.
All-Loving Hero: Dislikes battling others and wants to be friends with everyone, to the point where he openly questions Project Mew's battle royale mission. Deconstructed when he falls for Shunya and Lyra's Wounded Gazelle Gambit; Goh is quick to see through the obvious trap, but Horace ignores him out of concern for Lyra's Liepard.
Barrier Warrior: His Gardevoir knows Light Screen and Reflect, which it uses to deflect other Pokemon's attacks.
Birds of a Feather: He and Goh are both on a quest to find a different legendary Pokemon (Mew for Goh and Celebi for Horace) while also boasting that they know a lot about Pokemon in general.
The Bus Came Back: He returns in Episode 102, 69 episodes since his last appearance, participating in a Project Mew Trial Mission.
First Friend: Is this to Goh (well first friend really into Pokémon, that is).
Goal in Life: To find Celebi.
Green Thumb: His starter Pokémon is a Chikorita which later evolves into Bayleef. He also later catches Virizion.
Healing Hands: His Gardevoir knows Heal Pulse, which it uses to restore Goh's Cinderace.
Irony: Horace is an Actual Pacifist when it comes to battling, but winds up the winner of the Battle Royale mission.
Meaningful Name: Horace is Latin for "man of time", quite fitting for someone who wishes to hunt for the time-travelling Celebi.
My Greatest Failure: He fell ill the day after meeting Goh and felt guilty for making Goh believe they weren't friends anymore. Upon finding Celebi's shrine, he wrote a letter for Goh to find to explain what had happened and even wished for Celebi to make him go back in time a year prior just to apologize.
Offscreen Moment of Awesome:
- He completes a Project Mew mission offscreen during JN113 and earns 3 Project Mew Tokens, allowing him to qualify as a Chaser in 2nd place (only behind Gary).
- InJN133 he reveals he caught a Virizion in his last mission.
Olympus Mons: JN133 reveals he's got a Virizion in his team.
Our Fairies Are Different: His Gardevoir is part Fairy Type and knows Moonblast.
Psychic Powers: He owns an Indeedee and a Gardevoir.
Real Men Wear Pink: All his Pokemon are feminine in appearance (Bayleef has yet to evolve into Meganium), and the Mythical Pokemon he's searching for is the fairy-like Celebi.
Small Role, Big Impact: Horace falling ill and being unable to meet up with Goh was what caused Goh to close himself off from people and become obsessed with capturing Pokemon to fill that void.
Took a Level in Badass: Was first seen with a Chikorita. By the time he returns, it's now a Bayleef and he also has a Gardevoir and Indeedee.
White Mage: In battle, he acts as support. His Gardevoir has one attacking move, while the rest of his moves heal his partner's Pokemon, buff their defenses or inflict confusion onto the enemies.

Lyla

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Voiced in Japanese by: Haruka Shamoto

Voiced in English by: Allegra Clark

A Challenger who Goh and Horace encounter during JN110 who pairs up with Sterling. She's introduced as the second highest ranking challenger behind Gary.

Big Creepy-Crawlies: Her Frosmoth, part Bug-type.
Evil Duo: Downplayed with Sterling who serve as a devious duo during the Project Mew showdown.
Evil Counterpart: Seemingly this with Horace.
Dark Is Evil: Downplayed While she may not be evil, she is still mean compared to Ash and Horace, and she owns a Liepard that knows Sucker Punch, Night Slash, and Dark Pulse.
Defeat Means Respect: After she and Sterling lost in a duel battle between Goh and Gary, they decide to cheer for them in the background and become far more supportive of them. (Lyra however, is more willing to encourage them through the battle).
Dishing Out Dirt: She owns a Sandaconda that knows Sand Tomb and Bulldoze.
An Ice Person: Is revealed to own a Frosmoth, who is part Ice Type and knows Icicle Crash.
Jerkass: Tends to act in quite an antagonistic way and doesn't hesitate to pull off devious tricks to give herself the advantage (the only one who doesn't fall for her tricks however is Goh). The end of the episode shows she might not be as much as a jerk as it seems.
Small Role, Big Impact: It was their appearance and them battling against Goh and Gary that causes the former to end his feud with Gary and work with him, finally leading to them forming a friendship.
The Smurfette Principle: While not the only female challenger in Project Mew, she's the only recurring female character who serves as a rival for Goh.
Throw the Dog a Bone: While they only made their presence in order to hinder Ash and Gary from completing their quest for Regieleki and Regidrago, she and Sterling still get to to be present to witness the arrival of Regigigas when it arrives after they make amends after being defeated.
Took a Level in Kindness: At the end of the last trial mission, they both give a genuine smile and congrats to Goh and Gary, forming a friendship with them.
Wounded Gazelle Gambit: She pulls one off on Goh and Horace, pretending to have been defeated by Sterling in a match. Horace ends up taking the bait and is almost defeated, thankfully Goh doesn't and fights back to protect him.

Sterling (Shunya)

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Voiced in Japanese by: Kōsuke Tanabe

A Challenger that Goh and Horace encounter during JN110 who pairs up with Lyra .

Big Creepy-Crawlies: He owns a Vikavolt that knows X-Scissor and String Shot.
Evil Counterpart: Seemingly this with Goh.
Evil Duo: Downplayed with Lyra who serve as a devious duo during the Project Mew showdown.
Defeat Means Respect: After she and Shunya lost in a duel battle between Goh and Gary, they decide to cheer for them in the background and become far more supportive of them.
Dishing Out Dirt: He owns a Runerigus that knows Sand Tomb and Bulldoze.
An Ice Person: He owns a Galarian Darmanitan that knows Icicle Spear.
Jerkass: Tends to act in quite an antagonistic way and doesn't hesitate to pull off devious tricks to give himself the advantage (the only one who doesn't fall for his tricks however, is Goh). The end of the episode shows he might not be as much as a jerk as it seems.
Shock and Awe: His Vikavolt is part Electric-type and knows Discharge.
Small Role, Big Impact: Was their appearance and them battling against Goh and Gary that causes Goh to end his feud with Gary and work with him, finally leading to them forming a friendship.
Soul Power: His Runerigus being part Ghost-type.
Throw the Dog a Bone: While they only made their presence in order to hinder Ash and Gary from completing their quest for Regieleki and Regidrago, he and Lyla still get to to be present to witness the arrival of Regigigas when it arrives after they make amends after being defeated.
Took a Level in Kindness: At the end of the last trial mission, they both give a genuine smile and congrats to Goh and Gary, forming a friendship with them.

Quillon (Tsurugi)

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Voiced in Japanese by: Hiroshi Kamiya

Voiced in English by: Max Mittelman

A trainer and chaser in Project Mew who works alongside Danika. He makes his debut in JN071.

The Ace: He's got the highest rank out of Project Mew's chasers.
Bare-Fisted Monk: He owns a Single Strike Urshifu.
Big Damn Heroes: He meets Ash and Goh by rescuing them from a snowstorm caused by Alolan Ninetales.
Blow You Away: He owns a Honchkrow which knows Air Slash.
Curtains Match the Window: Red eyes and red hair.
Dark Is Not Evil: All of his known Pokémon are part Dark-type, but neither he nor his Pokemon are evil.
Good Is Not Nice: He rescues Ash and Goh from a snowstorm caused by an Alolan Ninetales, but he calls them weaklings and coldly tells the two of them to leave after the snowstorm has subsided, stating that Goh is disqualified from Project Mew.^note However, he rescinds this by the end of the episode after Goh succeeds in catching Ninetales, actually preventing Goh from mentioning it to Danika. Gary mentions in their final trial mission that he had said the exact same thing to him when he started out.
An Ice Person: He owns a Weavile as his partner.
Meaningful Name: His Japanese name means 'sword' as a reference to Pokemon Sword. It's also a reference to Mt. Tsurugi, the mountain that the mountain on Melemele island is based on and the part of Mt. Coronet focused in ''JN071'.
"Not So Different" Remark: After losing the Raid Battle with Articuno due to his lack of cooperation, Goh asks if teamwork is necessary for Project Mew Missions in episode 102. Danika then implies that Quillon was once a poor team player as well before he became a Chaser.
Promoted to Opening Titles: He and Danika make their appearance in the 4th opening for the anime, showing how Goh is aiming to be a Pokemon Chaser.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: The more stern and serious Red Oni to Danika’s calmer and friendlier Blue Oni.
Shock and Awe: His Urshifu knows Thunder Punch.
The Stoic: Compared to his more friendly partner Danika, Quillon is quiet and reserved.
Tough Love: Its implied his cold treatment of the challengers is just his way of making sure they can handle the daunting task of searching for Mew.
Tsurime Eyes: To go with his serious personality.

Danika (Asahi)

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Voiced in Japanese by: Ryōko Shiraishi

Voiced in English by: Anjali Kunapaneni

A trainer and chaser in Project Mew who rewards Gary with his Token who makers a small appearance in JN068. She makes her full appearance in JN071.

Ambiguously Brown: Has a more tanned skin tone similar to that of Goh's.
Badass Armfold: Her general pose when she's standing idle.
Bare-Fisted Monk: She owns a Rapid Strike Urshifu.
The Cameo: Makes her first small appearance in JN068 where she rewards Gary with a token.
Making a Splash: All of her known Pokemon are water types (Rapid Strike Urshifu, Azumarill and Jellicent).
Meaningful Name:
- Her Japanese name means 'morning sun' as a reference to Pokemon Sun. It's also a reference to the Asahi train service.
- Her dubbed name follows in a similar fashion meaning Morning Star.
Navel-Deep Neckline: Played With. Her jacket is zipped down to her navel, showing off her stomach and chest, but while this would usually also show generous cleavage, in this case she's still wearing a tube top.
Nice Girl: Out of the two chasers, she's much friendlier and more supportive towards Goh and his quest to become a chaser.
Our Fairies Are Different: She owns an Azumarill, a part Fairy Type.
Promoted to Opening Titles: She and Quilon make their appearance in the 4th opening for the anime, showing how Goh is aiming to be a Pokemon Chaser.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: The calm and friendly Blue Oni to Quillon's more serious Red Oni.
Soul Power: She owns a Jellicent, a part Ghost Type which knows Night Shade.
Sugar-and-Ice Personality: She initially appears to be a pretty strict and serious trainer as shown when giving Ash and Goh their first mission. After Goh completes the mission, however, she cheerfully congratulates him and informs him that his mission was simply a test to see if Goh was qualified to be a proper Project Mew challenger.
True Blue Femininity: Downplayed. While her main theme colour is blue, having blue eyes and hair with a blue outfit and Rotom Phone, she is pretty much more tomboyish in nature.
The Smurfette Principle: The only female chaser.

Goh and Chloe's Families

Walker (Ikuo)

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Voiced in Japanese by: Takayuki Masuda

Voiced in English by: Xander Mobus

Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: Ulises Maynardo Zavala

Goh's father.

Back Forthe Finale: Returns for Ash and Goh's farewell party.
Meaningful Name: His Japanese name means "to go", tying into his son's name. His English name means ‘to walk’.
Took a Level in Cheerfulness: He's shown to be a lot happier when she returns for the farewell party compared to when he first appears at his work.
When You Coming Home, Dad?: Averted. Goh's parents both have jobs (at the same company, no less), but they do both love their son and are disappointed when their work prevents them from seeing him and how they're worried that Goh is incapable of making friends (due to him being constantly on his computer screens to research Mew's location). And hey, at least Goh has a father in his life as opposed to...pretty much every other protagonist in the franchise not named May/Brendan.

Camille (Kurune)

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Voiced in Japanese by: Michiko Neya

Voiced in English by: Amber May

Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: Lourdes Arruti

Goh's mother.

Back Forthe Finale: Returns for Ash and Goh's farewell party.
Meaningful Name: Her Japanese and English names both mean 'to come'.
Took a Level in Cheerfulness: She's shown to be a lot happier when she returns for the farewell party compared to when she first appears at her work.
When You Coming Home, Dad?: Like Walker, she seems to be a Workaholic.

Halta (Tome)

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Voiced in Japanese by: Kiri Yoshizawa

Voiced in English by: Danielle McRae

Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: Sara Souza

Goh's grandmother.

Back Forthe Finale: Returns for Ash and Goh's farewell party.
Cool Old Lady: She's cooking a warm stew that the entire family adores and she's utterly smitten when introduced to Scorbunny.
Punny Name: Her name is shortened from the Japanese word "tomeru", meaning stop. Her English name may come from "halt", meaning the same thing.

Talia (Yoshino)

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Voiced in Japanese by: Tomo Sakurai

Voiced in English by: Lisa Ortiz

Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: Mariana Ortiz

Chloe and Parker's mother and Professor Cerise's wife. She works as an illustrator.

Brick Joke: In an earlier episode she's shown drawing a cartoonish image of Chloe and Yamper, which she later publishes as a commission for a magazine much to Chloe's chagrin.
Contrasting Sequel Main Character: To Grace. Grace was tomboyish and all about constantly pushing her daughter to become a Rhyhorn racer and only relented after Serena stood up for herself. Meanwhile, Talia's desires are about being an artist and she comforts her daughter by stating Chloe doesn't have to rush into finding a career as long as she finds something that she likes.
Good Parents: Comes to deliver Chloe her lunch and gives her advice about not needing to have to grow up so fast or have a fixed career so early.
Happily Married: To Prof. Cerise.
Meaningful Name: Her dub name means "to bloom" which is what she helps Chloe (whose name means "Blossom") to do.
Strong Family Resemblance: Basically looks like an adult version of her daughter, even displayed further in a flashback where she is basically Chloe as a teen with glasses.
Theme Naming: Talia can be translated as "To bloom" in Greek, which relates to her husband and daughter's names.

Parker (Sōta)

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Voiced in Japanese by: Chihiro Ueda

Voiced in English by: Erica Mendez

Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: Franco Balzanny

Chloe's younger brother and the son of Professor Cerise and Talia.

Annoying Younger Sibling: Averted. For the most part, he and Chloe get along fine, and he's more than comfortable to go to her for advice when his friend is bullied.
Contrasting Sequel Main Character: If Chloe is the opposite of May, then he's the opposite of Max. While both of them are curious to know about Pokémon, Max already knows a lot about it whereas Parker is a newbie. Max was an Annoying Younger Sibling to May, always making snarky remarks at her expense, while Parker gets along with his sister.
Foil: To his sister. He's curious and excited to know all about Pokémon, while Chloe would (initially) rather stay away from them.
Odd Name Out: Parker's name means "Park keeper" which differentiates him from the names of his family members that happen to do with flowers.

Recurring Pokémon

Mew

Voiced in Japanese by: Kōichi Yamadera

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The Kanto Mythical that Goh has been chasing since JN001.

Adaptational Badass:
- While the Mew in the movies is known to be more playful and rarely battles, this Mew is not afraid to battle if needed and is the only Pokémon able to successfully defeat Danika and Quillon's Urshifu.
- Compared to the games, Mew is very powerful, rare, and extremely versatile, but is not known to have any truly extraordinary powers, and even its status as the ancestor of all Pokémon has never been outright confirmed. The Project Mew finale heavily suggests Mew is linked to the creation of the universe itself, and portrays its power and abilities as virtually godlike in nature.
Adaptational Jerkass: A slight downplayed version but it seems have a laugh after it takes out all the wild Pokémon on top of all the Chasers, almost like it's teasing them. It doesn't hesitate to directly attack Goh either, but stops once he thanks it for inspiring him.
Ambiguous Situation: This Mew is voiced by Koichi Yamadera, the voice of Mew from Pokémon: The First Movie, and it has a similar Blue-and-Orange Morality seen in that Mew (Japanese version that is). But while Pokémon Journeys does reaffirm the first movie to be still canon thanks to the original Mewtwo guest-starring in an episode, and other members of Legendary/Mythical species would be given different voice actors (such as Mew from the eighth movie), the series never clarifies if this is in fact Mew from the first movie.
Blow You Away: Mew is able to use Air Slash, which defeats both forms of Urshifu.
Blue-and-Orange Morality: Mew often battles wild Pokémon for fun, often trolling them and laughing at their misery, and it puts both wild Pokémon and Project Mew Chasers in very dangerous situations, treating the whole thing like a game. But should you prove yourself to be pure of heart, Mew will reverse all the damages it caused and actually give you a chance to hold it for a moment... before it teleports away with a laugh.
Curb-Stomp Battle: To say its battle against the Project Mew Chasers was one-sided would be an understatement. Mew effortlessly takes on all five of them at once, each of which own Legendary Pokémon of their own by this point, even overpowering a joint attack from them with a single massive Shadow Ball.
Exact Words: After hearing Goh's reasons for why he wants to catch it since he was 5 years-old, Mew decides to grant Goh's wish... by landing in Goh's hand for a few seconds. After that, Mew teleports away with a mischievous laugh.
New Powers as the Plot Demands: The Project Mew finale takes its lore of being the ancestor of all Pokémon and interprets it as a borderline Reality Warper, pulling off mind-bending feats left and right with little to no explanation, even by Pokémon world logic. It can already transform into any other species at will, but it can also split itself into separate Pokémon at once, effortlessly overpower any attack, cancel its own attacks after they've already fired, and instantly heal everyone before teleporting them away. Also, it can seemingly pull out any attack at any time it wishes, despite the anime having firmly settled into the four-move limit by this point.
Playing with Fire: Mew has Heat Wave as one of its moves.
The Prankster: Mew just wants to have fun teasing and battling against all the people and Pokémon it meets. Mew isn't afraid to curb stomp any wild Pokémon that doesn't want to have fun.
Psychic Powers: Comes naturally being a Psychic Type.
Self-Duplication: Mew can not only transform into different Pokémon, but can also split itself into separate Pokémon as well. Groudon and Kyogre seemingly working together to fight off the Chasers? They're revealed to be two halves of Mew.
Shock and Awe: Mew is able to use Thunderbolt.
Time Abyss: The vision it gives to Goh features the formation of the galaxy, the creation of the Pokémon world, and the evolution of prehistoric Pokémon. It's implied to be Mew's own memories, meaning that Mew has been around for billions of years and predates all know Pokémon with the exception of Arceus and the Creation trio.
Took a Level in Kindness: After Goh thanks Mew, it resolves its ways and heals all the Pokémon it hurt during its rampage and restores the energy in the area that caused the Pokemon to fight in the first place. It then teleports Goh, Horace, Gary, Danika, Quilon and their Pokemon out of the cave and back in the forest again.

Slowking (Yadoking)

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A wild Slowking introduced in episode 26 that the group occasionally runs into.

British Stuffiness: It has this personality in contrast to the Galarean Slowking's Totally Radical personality.
The Leader: Of the Slowpoke living on Slowpoke Island.
Psychic Powers: Its only known move is Psychic
The Rival: It and the rest of the Slowpoke it leads have this relationship with the Galarean Slowking and its group over what is the better food.
Trademark Favorite Food: It really loves Udon. Ash and Goh earn its friendship by giving it some.

Latias

Voiced in Japanese by: Kei Shindō

A dragon/psychic-type Legendary Pokémon that Ash encountered on his travels. She first appeared in JN137, injured after Team Rocket smashed into her mid-air, forcing her into a crash-landing. The kind young trainer oblivious to what happened, nurses her back to health.

Because You Were Nice to Me: Shocked at Ash's genuine concern for her well-being, Latias grabs and saves Ash from plummeting to the Earth, after the boy foils Team Rocket's attempts to steal her away.
Big Damn Heroes: Ash and Pikachu, overjoyed at being reunited in JN142 carelessly fall down a ravine. Latias stealthy swoops in at the last moment to rescue them, before dropping them off. As she's Visible Invisibility, no one can detect her, so Ash is clueless how they escaped mortal peril.
Call of the Wild Blue Yonder: After escaping Team Rocket she leaves. Ash wonders if they'll ever see her again, but happy to have flown with a Legendary. It's revealed she's now Intrigued by Humanity after his kindness, and trailing him in secret.
Contrasting Sequel Main Character: This Legendary Pokémon starts off as nothing like the 5th movie Pokémon Heroes Latias, who was a very sweet and kind-hearted female dragon Pokémon towards humans right from the outset. Latias here is very distrustful and hostile. She does eventually soften towards Ash after seeing his determination with her own eyes, later becoming a Stalker with a Crush.
Damsel in Distress: Borders into Adaptational Wimp as in-game these Legendaries have solid stats with powerful attacks. Latias collides midair with Team Rocket blasting off after another failed attempt to steal Pikachu. The dragon crashes through the Forest ending up half-drowned in a lake. Ash soon comes to her rescue and nurses her injured wing.
Defrosting Ice Queen: She's very cold towards Ash trying to help her. When she realizes the trainer wants to free her, she's visibly shocked, and begins to warm up to him.
Hates Being Touched: Latias is furious with Ash and his Pokémon bandaging up her injured wing, and sleeping around her.
Psychic Powers: She comes to Ash's aid again in JN145 and gives him sight-sharing to show Team Rocket have trapped Pikachu who is outnumbered. Latias then blasts off the thieves with her powers.
Stalker with a Crush: Its revealed at the end of JN137 she has taken a liking to Ash, and begun to follow him in secret while remaining invisible overhead. She finally reveals herself to Ash and friends in JN145 to ask for his help in saving Latios from a Hunter.
Visible Invisibility: Like her movie counterpart, she's able to go completely invisible and remain undetected, even as she hovers near people and Pokémon. It's not known whether she has any other unique powers, such as shapeshifting.

World Coronation Series

Leon (Dande)

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Voiced in Japanese by: Daisuke Ono

Voiced in English by: Alejandro Saab

Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: Alejandro Orozco

The Champion of the Galar League, who eventually becomes the Monarch of the World Coronation Series.

The Ace: He becomes this for the entire world after defeating Lance in the Pokémon World Championships Finals, gaining the title of Monarch after a hard-fought battle. All of his battles are either one-sided beatdowns or at best Curb Stomp Cushions. The only opponent who successfully beats him is Ash, and even with the latter having the advantage of using Mega Evolution, Z-Moves and Gigantamax all in one battle against Leon's mostly un-powered team, he still comes close to losing. On his team itself, Charizard fills the role of Ace.
Adaptational Badass: In the games, Leon has never lost an official battle throughout his career, but he's still only the Champion of the Galar region and is never shown battling other Champions (though Raihan is noted to be on the level of some Champions). However, during his debut in the anime, Leon defeats Lance (the Champion of the Indigo League) in the final round of the Pokémon World Championships and gains the title of Monarch - being the first trainer in the series' 20-year history to be implicitly referred to as the strongest trainer in the world.
Adaptational Intelligence: Is shown to be warier of Chairman Rose and notices suspicious intent in some of his words. When given the chance, he arranges to stay at the mines, secretly investigating Rose behind his back.
Always Someone Better: As the Monarch of the World Coronation Series, he's this to every single trainer on the planet. He defeats both Lance and Ash — the Champions of the Kanto/Johto and Alola Regions, respectively — in battle, and just like the games, is envied by Raihan for his undefeated record. However, in the end Ash turned out to be this to him, defeating Leon in their final match after a long, arduous struggle.
Ambiguous Situation : He shows knowledge of Aura when watching Ash battle, and seemingly tries to account for it during his full battle with him, but it is never elaborated where he got that knowledge or if he uses it himself at all
Awesome by Analysis:
- Leon was able to figure out quickly that Ash defeated Chairman Rose just by noticing his Riolu had evolved into Lucario.
- He managed to pick up Ash's counter shield tactic that he used against Cynthia and uses it himself against the young trainer in their finals match in only a short period of time.
Bare-Fisted Monk: His Cinderace knows High Jump Kick, and its ability lets it change into a Fighting-type.
Beneath the Mask: Sonia tells Goh that Leon is nothing like his public image, and didn't have many friends as a kid.
Big Brother Instinct: Despite only interacting with Ash and Goh a few times, he's shown a general fondness for both of them, and didn't hesitate to shield both of them from Eternatus and telling them to run to safety, even if it meant leaving him behind.
The Big Guy: Rillaboom. While none of his team can be described as weak, Rilaboom showed a consistent demonstration of strength and power only surpassed by Charizard, being a reliable source of knockouts against opponents and contributing greatly to Leon's victories. In fact, Rillaboom got the most amount of knock outs in the entire Masters Eight Tournament, defeating Alain's Chesnaught, Diantha's Tyrantrum, Aurourus, Gourgeist, and Goodra, and Ash's Dragonite and Sirfetch'd, notably having 2 more knock outs than Ash's Pikachu. Outside of Ash, its only loss was against Alain's Charizard and Diantha's Gardevoir, the ace of their respective trainer. Against Ash, Rillaboom is the only Pokémon on Leon's team who scored multiple knock outs, on top of contending against half of Ash's team.
Blow You Away: His Charizard knows Air Slash, which gets upgraded to a Max Move when Gigantamaxed. Rillaboom can also use Acrobatics, which is upgraded similarly when Gigantamaxed.
Broken Win/Loss Streak: His famous winning streak goes kaput when he battles and loses to Ash in the Masters Eight tournament.
The Cameo: Makes a brief appearance in JN077 where he is shown to be watching Ash and Volkner's Coronation battle.
Casting a Shadow: His Inteleon knows the move Dark Pulse.
Cavalier Competitor: While he always battles to win, Leon firmly believes that having fun along the way is what really makes you a winner.
Challenge Seeker: Although he's never lost a Pokémon battle, he is not arrogant about this fact. In fact, it was a source of angst for him, as it made him worry that he'd already reached his limit and could never grow any stronger. Being helpless against Eternatus showed him that there are still things stronger than him out there, and that he can still improve. In JN129 he changes the rules last-minute to let Ash use all three powers of Mega Evolution, Z-moves and Dynamaxing against him, stating that he wants Ash to challenge him with everything he has.
Character Exaggeration: Not only is his status as the Monarch much more prestigious than the games, but his "undefeated" status is extremely played up as well, especially in Ultimate Journeys. The games imply that not every battle he has is necessarily a Curb-Stomp Battle, with Raihan in particular stated to be able to knock out more of his Pokémon than any other trainer. In the Masters Eight Tournament, however, he defeats Alain and Diantha with little trouble despite both being among the strongest trainers in the world.
Childhood Friends: With Sonia as shown in JN043.
Competition Freak: He feels that battles are no fun unless the trainers take them and the stakes seriously. Leon also asks Ash if he can put more entertainment value for his audience into his battles as well.
Crazy-Prepared: Leon and Charizard switch up their movesets frequently depending on the opponent they are battling, going through as many different moves in forty-two episodes as Cynthia's Garchomp did in the entirety of Diamond and Pearl (191, plus the Best Wishes episodes they appeared in, and this is not including Charizard's Max Moves). This allows them to cover not only a wide range of types (we've seen Charizard use Fire, Flying, Electric, Dragon, Ground, Fighting, and Rock-type moves) but also techniques ranging from long range combat moves to close quarters combat to moves to limit their opponent's movements.
Cool Car: Drives a van that resembles Charizard in the third version of the opening. His car makes an official appearance in the series in JN100.
Confusion Fu:
- His Cinderace's biggest threat is its ability Libero which changes its type based on the move it uses. In Leon's match against Ash, it's shown able to switch between Fire, Ground, Fighting, and Steel-types.
- His Dragapult knows Dragon Tail, a move that lets him switch out his opponent’s Pokemon, which he uses to devastating effect against Ash and leads to Dragapult defeating Mega Lucario. It’s also implied this is what let his Rilaboom sweep Diantha’s team.
Curb Stomp Cushion: On the giving end of one during his match against Ash; Ash and Pikachu's inexperience with Dynamax aside, they hold their own reasonably well, enduring and landing several attacks, but ultimately Leon wins without ever seriously being pushed to his limits. While this is rather impressive considering Leon explicitly didn't hold back, it still goes to show that even as a Champion Ash still has room for improvement if he truly wants to be the very best.
A Day in the Limelight: He gets just as much focus as Ash in JN100 after he invites Ash to join him with his training and we learn more about his past and worries and doubts about being Champion.
Didn't Think This Through: When Dracovish unexpectedly displays the ability to stretch its spikes, Leon, after ordering his Dragapult to use Thunderbolt to damage the Fossil Pokémon orders Dragapult to charge in to deliver the finishing blow. Cue Dragapult getting grabbed by Dracovish's spikes and pummeled until the Dragon/Ghost-type uses Dragon Tail to switch out Dracovish.
Didn't See That Coming: His initial response to Pikachu's Heroic Second Wind before quickly getting excited. He also gets hit with this at other points during the battle such as Gengar using Will-O'-Wisp to hit and boil away Inteleon's Counter Shield and Dracovish's extending spikes which it uses to restrain and beat up Dragapult with and combine with Ice Fang to get rid of Rillaboom's Drum Beating defense.
Dishing Out Dirt: His Charizard uses Dig, a Ground-type move. It also uses Rock Tomb and Ancient Power, two Rock-type moves. Additionally, the first move his Cinderace uses is Scorching Sands.
Dragon Tamer:
- Having the part dragon type Dragapult in his team that knows Dragon Darts.
- As of JN127, he becomes the new trainer of Eternatus after Goh entrusts and gives it to him to take care of.
Dragon Rider: In JN100, he's riding his Dragapult during training alongside Ash.
Drives Like Crazy: Subverted. He's implied to be a reckless driver during the 3rd opening, where it shows him driving through Galar with Ash, Goh, and Chloe. However, in the actual series, he's shown to be a much safer driver compared to Sonia in JN100.
Extra-ore-dinary: His Cinderace knows Iron Head, and its ability Libero lets it change into a Steel-type.
Fantastic Rank System: He's No.1 of the world's strongest 8 in the Master Class of trainers. The Championships Tournament is for those 8 only. Goh warns Ash it's no cakewalk to get into that category. The ranking system is based on an individual trainer's win-to-lose ratio. Ash can't advance if he loses too many battles. Leon swiftly shot up to this top-tier Master Class because he's never lost an official battle. After finally being defeated by Ash in JN132 and finishing as runner-up, the rankings would obviously be adjusted to show he's No.2. Leon congratulates him, but warns Ash he'll train harder than ever to become Monarch again.
Final Boss: He is Ash's final opponent in the Masters Eight Tournament, and as the reigning Monarch, the strongest trainer that Ash has ever faced off against. His defeat at Ash's hand signifies Ash's growth into the strongest trainer in the world.
Fluffy Tamer: JN127 reveals that Leon has managed to tame Eternatus, prompting Goh to officially leave it in his care.
Forgot About His Powers: After Gigantamaxing Cinderace, he forgets that it knows Scorching Sands which would allow it to turn into a Ground-type thanks to Libero and as such as a collision of G-Moves sends Cinderace packing for good.
Fragile Speedster: Inteleon and Cinderace are very fast, but comparatively cannot take hits. That being said, 'comparatively' is a key word.
Glass Cannon: Cinderace is good enough to give Pikachu trouble with Scorching Sands and its Libero allows it to beat Dracovish, but a collision between G-Max Pyro Ball and G-Max Volt Crash is all it takes to beat the Fire-type.
Graceful Loser: Takes his loss to Ash exceptionally well, going over to meet and congratulate him and Pikachu once he sees he's woken up and recovered from their match. He even presents Ash the trophy himself and is seen proudly applauding him with everyone else.
Green Thumb: He owns a Rillaboom that he can Gigantamax.
Guns Akimbo: His Inteleon, unlike Goh's, can use moves its species would as finger guns, such as Snipe Shot and Dark Pulse, with both hands at once. Hop claims this is a special talent of his big brother's Inteleon.
An Ice Person: He owns a Mr. Rime that knows Freeze-Dry.
Informed Attribute: He's stated to have a similar battle style to Ash in JN131, but not much actually supports this in canon. Leon is shown to be significantly more tactical with a heavily planned out Victory by Endurance through Dragapult's Dragon Tail, unlike Ash who relies primarily on the Indy Ploy. In addition to this, Leon's ability to overcome type disadvantages in an extremely common occurrence in the anime (especially among rivals), while his use of Drum Beating's Vine Tentacles is fairly standard for any Pokémon that knows Vine Whip or similar tendril-based attacks, not just Ash's.
Invincible Hero: As with the games, he's never lost a Pokémon battle, and this fact is only played up more and more as the series goes on. By the time of the Masters Eight Tournament, he's so overpowered that even other Masters Eight members such as Alain and Diantha barely stack up to him. So much so, in JN129, he changes the rules last-minute to let Ash use all three powers of Mega Evolution, Z-moves and Dynamaxing against him. And even with such an advantage on Ash's side, the latter still comes close to losing to Leon if not for Pikachu's sheer determination.
Killer Gorilla: His Rillaboom is formidable, and likely his second strongest Pokémon just behind his ace and starter, Charizard. It pretty much swept Kalos champion Diantha's team in JN122, and nearly did so to Ash in JN131, taking the combined efforts of Dragonite, Sirfetch'd and Dracovish just to shut it down and Dracovish is in turn so wounded from fighting it that Leon's Cinderace wastes no time taking it out of the fight.
Lightning Bruiser: His Pokémon all possess exceptional power and speed, but are still tough enough to take hits. To emphasize this, an undubbed promo for the Masters Eight semifinals showed Leon with perfect stats for attack, defense, and speed, making him the only competitor with no physical shortcomings.
Make My Monster Grow: He can Gigantamax his Charizard, Rillaboom, and Cinderace.
Making a Splash: He owns an Inteleon which knows Snipe Shot and Aqua Jet.
Manchild: Seemingly appears this way during his training with Ash in JN100 where he's shown to have a much more playful attitude and making it as fun as possible. Sonia even refers to him as a big kid, which causes Goh to compare him to Ash in the interaction.
Mirror Character: With Ash as shown in JN100 where they can both be very excitable when it comes to playing with Pokemon and seemingly reckless activities. The training montage shows just how alike they really are.
Mr. Exposition: He plays this role in JN085 when he explains to everyone why Ash's Lucario refuses to Mega Evolve when trapped by Bea’s Machamp, since Ash’s bond with Lucario was so strong, it caused him to worry too much about him, leading to an hasty attempt to Mega Evolve even through Lucario was capable of breaking free, thus making Lucario refuse the Mega Evolution, break free from Machamp, and preventing Ash from making critical misplay that would most likely cost him the battle, all as an sign that their Mega Evolution should be saved until they truly needed.
Mr. Fanservice: Episode 100 has a scene of him taking off his shirt to calm a Corviknight he was on down. It was as sensual-looking as an E-rated anime could get. Not to mention how the camera loves panning into his waist and rear during his battles.
Mouthscreen: His way of telling Ash during their final battle that Gengar hiding in the ground to escape Inteleon's attacks won't work.
Mythology Gag:
- His opening dialogue when about to start his battle against Lance is an exact match to what he says when he prepares to battle the player in-game.
- The jacket he wears in the childhood flashback is identical to the one Hop wears in the games.
- His team consists of a collection of various Pokémon he uses in the games, including all three fully evolved Galar starters (he only uses one in the games based on whichever Hop and the player didn't choose, though as Ash owns none of them in Journeys, Leon uses all three). Notably, besides Charizard, every Pokémon he owns debuted in Generation VIII.
- During his finals match with Ash, he throws his hat off like he does in the game. This time he does it mid battle rather than the end. Also in his childhood, he hides his face behind his hat after losing to Sonia, like he does whenever you defeat him.
Nice Guy:
- Since Ash's Pikachu spontaneously Gigantamaxes without any instruction (which could be dangerous in the wrong circumstance) he gives the boy a Dynamax Band to control the power better, and tells him to keep it after their friendly match. Leon also gives an Oran Berry to restore the defeated Pikachu's health.
- Ever since Ash joined the World Coronation Series, he has been heavily implied to be rooting for Ash in each of his matches (as shown with his matches against Bea, Raihan, and Cynthia).
No Sense of Direction:
- Just like his in game counterpart. Played with in the 3rd opening where it shows him constantly reading a map while Ash, Goh and Chloe and their Pokemon are enjoying the sights.
- This is properly shown in JN082 where he quickly gets lost heading back to the Stadium after playing with the Fairy-type Pokemon.
- In JN085, he apologizes for being late for Ash and Bea's battle because he ended up getting lost again.
- Once again shown in JN100 where he manages to get lost driving himself and Ash to the training area, only for him to pull over and have them ride Charizard the rest of the way. His tendency of getting lost is also brought up by Sonia when Goh tells her of their training together.
An Odd Place to Sleep: He falls asleep under a bush outside of Hammerlocke so he can make sure he is early to the battle against Ash and Raihan.
Our Dragons Are Different: In JN042, it is confirmed he has Dragapult in this continuity which uses Dragon Darts and Dragon Rush. His Charizard also uses Dragon Claw and Dragon Pulse.
Out of Focus: After being an important recurring character and rival of Ash in his introductory season, he plays a much smaller role in Master Journeys before appearing much more frequently in Ultimate Journeys.
Playing with Fire: As well as his signature Charizard, he also uses Cinderace. His Dragapult can also use Flamethrower.
Promoted to Opening Titles: From the second opening onwards, he appears in the opening for each season in some form, serving as Ash's main rival for the series.
Psychic Powers: His Mr. Rime knows Psychic Terrain, and Expanding Force..
Real Men Wear Pink: As shown in JN082 where he's wearing an apron and participating in Opal's tournament along with Raihan, Ash, Goh and Chloe.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: He is shown to be a calm and collected Blue Oni during competitions compared to Raihan's more more fired up and competitive Red Oni. On top of that, he is quick to form a close friendship with Ash while Raihan takes a while to fully warm up to him.
The Reveal: After Ash defeats him in the Grand Finals, he reveals that he's actually the second trainer who ever defeated him. The first was Sonia during their childhood.
The Rival: Ash decides to enter the Pokémon World Championships in order to face Leon again after losing to him during a friendly 1-On-1 battle.
Royals Who Actually Do Something: Along with Lance, Steven, Diantha, and Cynthia he is one of the champions we seen on-screen that take proactive measures against wide-scale threats.
Shock and Awe: Charizard knows Thunder Punch, and gains access to its corresponding Max Move when it Gigantamaxes. This allows it to stand against Lance's Gyarados during an Aqua Tail barrage, and land a devastating blow near the end of the battle. His Dragapult is able to use Thunderbolt.
Signature Mon: Charizard is his main Pokémon partner, being his starter since he was a kid. It's also his most powerful Pokémon on his team, with the reputation of being undefeatable. Due to this, everyone wants to see Charizard in action and Leon gives them what they want by always ending his battles with Gigantamax Charizard utterly destroying his opponent's last Pokémon.
Victory by Endurance: A key part of his strategy in his battle against Ash is to have his Pokemon wear down all of his Pokemon at once. While some of Leon's Pokemon go down, he leaves his opponent's Pokemon exhausted and easier to pick off. Punctuating this, he uses long-ranged and status-afflicting move to hit opponents, uses defensive tactics to keep his Pokemon unharmed, and employs Dragon Tail to disrupt other Pokemon. The final stretch of the fight is his healthy Charizard and somewhat wounded Cinderace against Pikachu and he manages to almost win if it hadn't been for Pikachu's sheer determination to win as well as forgetting that his Cinderace had Scorching Sands.
Victory Is Boring: Part of his angst is easy to see why as Leon's just too strong among even the best of trainers. Champions like Lance and Diantha can't give him the exhilarating competition he seeks, his battles always ending with Pokémon to spare. Leon opts to change the rules in JN129 that allows Ash to use Mega Evolution, Z-moves and Dynamaxing all against him, to test the limits of his team. Worth noting his Cinderace was unhappy at being recalled early-on, as Leon rarely gets to use all six Pokémon in a single match.
Wind from Beneath My Wings: His Charizard knows Air Slash which usually is one of his most used moves.
Worf Had the Flu: His second loss against Ash probably would've gone the other way if he hadn't handicapped himself by allowing Ash to Mega Evolve, Gigantamax (twice, although Leon himself also benefited from this), and use a Z-move in the same battle, in spite of the rules saying otherwise for the Masters Eight tournament. In addition, while his Rillaboom is powerful, it doesn't have unlimited stamina as each of its losses has been after it ran out of stamina and taken a lot of damage (Alain's Charizard taking down Rillaboom with a Flare Blitz and punching through Drum Beating, Gardevoir using Psychic to grab Rillaboom and slammed it into the ground after it had beaten most of Diantha's team and Ash's Dracovish taking down Rillaboom after a brief collision between Dragon Rush and High Horsepower with Rillaboom even shown to be pushed back due to the damage it took from Dragonite and Sirfetch'd)
World's Best Warrior: Leon's the No. 1 Pokémon trainer. And he's never lost a battle since winning the Galar League at 10 at least up until Ash is through with him.
World's Strongest Man: Since Charizard is Leon's strongest Pokémon and Leon is the best trainer in the world, Charizard has a reasonable claim to being the strongest trainer-owned Pokémon in the world. Even after being deprived of Gigantamaxing, it still manages to gain the upper hand against Eternatus and only loses the ability to fight back after it goes full One-Winged Angel. It's also strong enough to KO Alain's Mega Charizard X with a single Dragon Pulse. He gets dethroned after being beaten by Ash.
Worthy Opponent: He is shown numerous times to view Ash this way (ever since their first encounter in JN013) as both Chairman Rose and Raihan point out how Leon speaks very highly about him and his skills as a trainer. There are even numerous hints he's expecting Ash to make it to the Master Rank and is looking forward to their battle together. When Ash defeats Cynthia to advance to the finals of the Masters Eight Tournament against Leon, he states that he's fired up to face him while grinning from ear to ear.

Vermilion Gym

After Lt. Surge was humbled by his rematch battle with Ash all the way back in Pokémon: The Original Series, he left the Vermilion Gym on a journey to become a better Electric-type trainer. In his absence, his protege Visquez took helm as the substitute Vermilion Gym Leader. She is also accompanied by her assistants, Tony and Steve.

Female Fighter, Male Handler: Visquez is the substitute Vermilion Gym Leader doing all the battles in the World Coronation Series while Tony and Steve are her male assistant helping her keep track of her rank and potential challengers. Subverted later with Tony, who also partakes in the World Coronation Series himself as a competitor.
Shock and Awe: Since they all came from the Vermilion Gym, Visquez and Tony specializes in Electric-type Pokémon.
What Happened to the Mouse?: Visquez and Steve do not appear with Tony during his battle against Ash in the Great Rank, and no reason is given as to why Tony is alone now.

Visquez

Voiced in Japanese by: Risa Hayamizu

Voiced in English by: Rebekah Thomas

The substitute Vermilion Gym Leader and Ash's first World Coronation opponent. She was a witness to Ash's rematch battle against Lt. Surge, and she wishes to battle the boy who became a legend in the Vermilion Gym.

Brawn Hilda: Her superior is the Lightning American, so with her build that's as good as her Pokémon battling, she could be a downplayed version of this.
Confusion Fu: Her Electrode has specifically been trained with this fighting style in mind, allowing it to easily counter her opponent's own Confusion Fu.
Expy: She is named and modelled after Private Jenette Vasquez from Aliens.
Human Hammer-Throw: The result of her Raichu grabbing Pikachu with its tail; though not referred to by any name, this could possibly be its execution of Seismic Toss- a potential type-coverage move that Raichu can learn in the games in which it's taught by a tutor or TM. Also unsuccessfully attempted on Gengar.
Oh, Crap!: Her Raichu gets this expression when Ash's Gengar dodges its Thunderbolt, and remains that way for much of the battle as it becomes increasingly clear just how thoroughly outclassed it is.
- She herself gets this expression when she learns that being defeated by Ash her rank is now lower and she will have to tell Lt. Surge when he comes back.
Shock and Awe: As the substitute gym leader, she specializes in Electric types and is seen using Raichu and Electrode.
Taking You with Me: Should her Electrode take enough damage, its ability Aftermath is triggered, resulting in an explosion meant to catch the opponent and knock them out with it.
Worthy Opponent: Surge's word about Ash makes Visquez take Ash's reputation as a challenger on a high note.

Tony

Voiced in Japanese by: Yasuhiro Mamiya

An assistant of Visquez who acts as the referee for Ash's battle against Visquez. He would later return to challenge Ash in the Great Rank.

The Bus Came Back: A rare case for a minor character. He returned in JN030 as Ash's first Great Rank challenger but is defeated.
Gag Lips: His lips are much more emphasized than other character.
Shock and Awe: Just like Visquez, he uses Electric-types, and his Pokémon is Electabuzz.
Those Two Guys: He is always seen with Steve in their debut, acting as Visquez's referee while Tony acts as the rank tracker. Subverted in Tony's second appearance where he appears alone.

Steve

Voiced in Japanese by: Yūki Shin

An assistant of Visquez who keeps track of Visquez's Coronation Rank and potential challengers she could face. Unlike Visquez or Tony, he doesn't participate in the World Coronation Series as a battler.

Oral Fixation: Befitting of an assistant for a military-themed trainer, he chews and blows bubble gum.
Those Two Guys: He is always seen with Tony in their debut, acting as Visquez's rank tracker while Tony acts as the referee. Subverted in Tony's second appearance where only Tony appears but Steve is absent.

Raihan (Kibana)

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Voiced in Japanese by: Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

Voiced in English by: Danny Kramer

Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: Abraham Vega

The Hammerlocke Gym Leader who specializes in Dragon-types, and is Leon's biggest rival.

Adaptational Badass: The 8th Gym Leader in the games of Sword and Shield. Here, he's one of the 5 that's confirmed to be Top 8 (along with Leon, Lance, Cynthia, and Flint; the other 3 have yet to be revealed) of the Pokémon World Championships. (That said, it has been suggested in the games that he could easily become the Champion of a region other than Galar if he wanted to.) Even after losing his spot in the Masters Eight to Ash, he's still ranked 9th, higher than Flint and Drasna, who are implied to be the strongest Elite Four members in their respective regions.
Adaptational Heroism: In the anime, he fights off Oleana's subordinates to protect Sonia during the darkest day in contract to his game counterpart where he simply evacuates the gym like the other gym leaders.
Adaptational Jerkass: Downplayed, but he does have some Sore Loser tendencies, especially when it comes to beating Leon, traits that were never shown in his game counterpart. He's also rather standoffish towards Ash at first, though he warms up to him after their battle.
Always Second Best: His resentment towards Leon is that he could never defeat him no matter how he tried.
The Cameo: Makes a slight appearance in JN077 where he was shown to be watching Ash and Volkner's Coronation battle.
The Casanova: He tends to act very flirtatious when it comes to "beautiful women" as shown with his interactions towards Sonia.
Character Development: Gets over his Sore Loser tendencies after Ash proclaims his intention to defeat Leon (before he had assumed Ash wasn't taking the whole thing seriously), even congratulating him after their match. Instead, he settles for beating Leon AND Ash one day, and tells him not to lose.
Competition Freak: He's shown to be more of one than Leon when it comes to competition. Not only is he focused on beating Leon in the World Coronation Series, he gets highly competitive in Opal's All-Alcremie Decoration Challenge during JN082 (despite initially having no interest in competing in it).
Dare to Be Badass: One of the main reasons that he doesn't quite take to Ash is because he feels like Ash only wants to battle Leon for the sake of it, rather than actually try to defeat him. His respect for Ash goes up immensely during their battle when Ash makes it clear that, even though he highly respects Leon, he does want to dethrone him as well.
Defeat Means Friendship: After losing his World Coronation Series match against Ash, he finally warms up to the young trainer, acting more friendly towards him and inviting him for a selfie to commemorate their match together.
Dishing Out Dirt:
- His Duruladon knows Stone Edge.
- He's also revealed to have a Flygon, a part Ground Type that knows Sandstorm.
Extra-ore-dinary: His Pokémon is Duraludon which is part steel type which knows Metal Claw, Iron Defense and Steel Beam.
Dragon Tamer: He specialises in Dragon Types and unlike his In-game counterpart, is seen using only Dragon Types.
Graceful Loser: Takes his loss to Ash rather well, even taking a selfie with him afterwards. Doubly so considering with that he's lost his spot in the Masters Eight, and with it the chance to dethrone Leon - although he does promise to defeat both him and Ash one day.
Green-Eyed Monster: He shows signs of this towards Ash and his friendship/rivalry with Leon, seeing him as serious competition.
Make My Monster Grow: He can Gigantamax his Duraludon.
Making a Splash: Is revealed to own a Goodra that knows Surf and Hydro Pump.
Not So Above It All: Despite his jealousy towards Ash, he can't help but be impressed with his and Pikachu's batting against Opal. On top of that, even he enjoys Ash's cake after losing to him in Opal's compatition.
The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: He entered the current season of the World Coronation Series and worked his way up to the Master Class for the sole purpose of defeating Leon. The idea of anyone else (such as Ash) potentially beating him to punch seems to frustrate him a bit. He extends this sentiment to Ash as well after losing to him, telling him not to lose to anyone else before he can defeat both him and Leon.
Real Men Wear Pink: As shown in JN082 where he's wearing an apron and participating in Opal's tournament along with Leon, Ash, Goh and Chloe.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: He is shown to be a more fired up and aggressive Competition Freak Red Oni in contrast to Leon's more calm and focused Blue Oni. On top of that, he takes a while to fully warm up to Ash while Leon is quick to become good friends with him.
Selfie Fiend: Much like his in game counterpart, he takes selfies to commemorate moments of his life, including his first defeat against Leon, meeting his Alcremie partner, and his defeat against Ash..
Ship Tease: With Sonia. His interactions with her tend to be quite flirtatious and after defeating Oleana's subordinates, he winks at her. On top of that, he planned to ask her on a date if it weren't for their situation. In the Japanese version, he calls her "babe" but in the English dub, he calls her "lovely lady".
Shock and Awe: His Goodra knows Thunder.
"Shaggy Dog" Story: He loses to Ash in the final promotion match of the season, dropping him down to 9th and out of the Masters Eight meaning he's lost his chance for a rematch with Leon for the season. He takes it pretty well, though, and makes it clear that he hasn't given up on defeating both Leon and Ash one day.
Signature Mon: Duruladon is his main Pokémon ace, and he intends to use Duruladon to be the one to defeat Leon's Charizard. Duruladon is also capable of Gigantamaxing, which always give Raihan a spectacular photo finish.
Sore Loser: Downplayed. While he congratulates Leon for defeating him in JN027, it's shown in JN108 that he was extremely frustrated with the loss afterward, even punching a hole in the wall. To a lesser extent, he's also slightly annoyed about losing to Ash in the All-Alcremie Decoration Challenge during JN082 (in contrast to Leon's Graceful Loser).
Weather Manipulation: He's called the "Dragon Storm" and the announcer makes note that his strategy is controlling the weather to steer the battlefield in his favor; his Flygon and Goodra use Sandstorm and Rain Dance respectively to gain the advantage against Ash's Pokemon.

Kricketina Kylie (Korotock Koromi)

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Voiced in Japanese by: Rina Hidaka

Voiced in English by: Sandy Fox

A trainer from Sinnoh who challenges Ash in "Trade, Borrow, and Steal!" and trades with Goh for his Pinsir.

Alliterative Name: Kricketina Kylie in the dub.
Animal Motif: Bugs. She even dresses up as a Kricketune.
Berserk Button: She gets infuriated if people insult her cooking.
Beware the Silly Ones: Despite her energetic character, Kylie holds a respectable ranking in Great Class of the World Coronation, so her status as a trainer is not to be taken lightly.
Big Creepy-Crawlies: Her Pokémon are all Bug-types.
Cute Little Fangs: Has a slight prominent fang on the right side of her mouth.
Genki Girl: Possibly the most energetic of Ash's Challengers barring Korrina, who moves around a lot with the aid of skates. This girl however, is bouncing around the place on her own power alone.
Small Role, Big Impact: She is a One-Shot Character, but she is the trainer who trades Goh the Heracross that his Pinsir has fallen in love with. Heracross and Pinsir would later be one of Goh's most prominent non-Galar Pokémon starters.
Shipper on Deck: Strongly towards Pinsir and Heracross when she sees how close they are.
Supreme Chef: With the help of her Heracross, is able to cook up a stew (that she calls Kricketina Treats) as bait to lure Pinsir. It is so good that it gets stolen by Team Rocket.

Bea (Saito)

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Voiced in Japanese by: Yōko Hikasa

Voiced in English by: Tiana Camacho

Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: Alicia Vélez

The Stow-On-Side Gym Leader who specializes in Fighting-types, and serves as one of Ash's main rivals throughout the series.

Adaptational Jerkass: Compared to her original game incarnation, this version of Bea debuts as an Arrogant Kung-Fu Girl. After Ash mentions his past victory over fellow Fighting-Type Gym Leader Korrina, Bea calls her soft and overconfident.
Affectionate Nickname: Korrina refers to her as Saito-chan. In the English dub, she calls her Bea-bee.
Always Someone Better: Her Hawlucha manages to get the better of Ash's Farfetch'd/Sirfetch'd in both of their battles, although Sirfetch'd does put up a much better fight the second time.
Ambiguous Situation: Her Pangoro's scuffle with Korrina's Lucario in 84, shown with Ash's own scuffling with Grapploct, implies that Pangoro had battled in Bea's battle with Korrina, but this is not said outright.
Arrogant Kung-Fu Girl: In her first appearance, she dismisses Korrina as "too soft", which triggers Ash's temper. She also doesn't even speak to Ash once she beats him or even offers him a handshake, she simply walks away without a word as he tends to his fallen Riolu.
Bait-and-Switch Character Intro: Her harsh comments about Korrina in her debut make it seem like they don't like each other (Ash and Goh actually assume this in-universe), but it turns out they're friends. After this, Bea's bluntness is treated more like an odd quirk than a display of arrogance or disrespect.
Bare-Fisted Monk: She is the Fighting type Gym Leader and a master of the Galar Karate.
Blow You Away: Her Hawlucha is part Flying type, allowing her to counter other Fighting types and uses Flying-type moves including Sky Attack.
Breaking Old Trends:
- Bea is Ash's first and only major female rival. The only previous female rival of his was Bianca, who was a minor rival.
- She's the first rival in the anime to be a Gym Leader^note, as Ash is not participating in a traditional Gym quest in this series.
- She's the first and only major rival that did not make it to the final tournament of the series. Gary, Paul, Trip, Sawyer, Alain, Gladion, and eventually Leon himself all made it to their respective Pokémon Leagues and/or the Masters Eight, and ended their rivalries with Ash there, while Bea was defeated by episode 86 during Ash's second Ultra Class battle.
Brutal Honesty: Even if she is friends with someone, she does not mince words on what she thinks of them or their fighting style, particularly when she harshly refers to Korrina as being overconfident and soft.
The Cameo: Makes a slight appearance in JN077 where she was shown to be watching Ash and Volkner's Coronation battle.
The Comically Serious: Even when she's friendly towards someone, her brutal honesty doesn't go away. It just usually manifests in this manner.
Defeat Means Friendship: After being defeated in their third battle, she stops calling Ash the "Lucario Trainer" and starts using his real name instead, and states that he can refer to her without honorifics as well.
Demoted to Extra: Her in-game ace, Machamp, only appears for Bea's third battle after cameoing in a photograph. Grapploct is her main Pokemon in her first matches with Ash and appears in the third battle. However, as stated by Korrina, Machamp is still her one true ace.
Hey, You!: She refers to Ash as the "Riolu Trainer" rather than his name, even after acknowledging him as her rival. When Ash later reveals to her that his Riolu has evolved, she simply adapts to calling him the "Lucario Trainer" instead, much to his chagrin. After losing to him in their third battle, she finally begins to refer to him by name, having fully recognized his strength.
Innocently Insensitive: For the ones who aren't close enough of her, Bea's aloof and blunt personality can pass her as arrogant and condescending, coupled with her harsh honesty. She's actually friendly, if stern.
Like Father, Like Son: Or daughter in this case. Episode 39 reveals her attitude, battling skill and martial arts technique comes from her father who was a Dojo Master in Galar.
Make My Monster Grow: She can Gigantamax her Machamp.
Mythology Gag:
- All of her Pokemon we see in her team in JN085 are ones she uses in game.
- In JN092 she's wearing her casual/school outfit from her concept artwork.
No-Sell: During their first battle, Ash's improvisations don't work on her at all; he sees much greater success during their second battle when he wisens up to her style and is able to force a draw and in their third battle where he ends up triumphing.
Not So Stoic: She loosens up significantly when sweets are involved.
Out of Focus: After a short arc establishing her rivalry with Ash, she doesn't really appear again until their third and final rematch roughly forty-five episodes later. After that, she's Put on a Bus save for a couple of cameos.
Pink Is Feminine: Downplayed. She has a pink Rotom Phone but isn't particularly feminine outside of her love for sweets.
Remember the New Guy?: When we see a photo of her team in her debut, it notably doesn't include the Falinks we see before Bea's third battle with Ash.
Sugar-and-Ice Personality: She is usually seen with a stern-nonsense personality, especially during training and battles. But when she's enjoying sweets with Ash and Goh, she shows a much softer side and even shares her slice of cake with Pikachu and Riolu.
The Rival: She shares this role with Leon towards Ash as he vows to rematch her sometime in the World Coronation. After their second battle, she fully acknowledges Ash as a rival, with the two planning to compete to see who can defeat Leon first.
Signature Mon: At first, Grapploct seems to be her main Pokémon partner, being The Rival to Ash's Riolu/Lucario. But in Ash and Bea's third and final match, Korrina tells Goh that Machamp is Bea's true ace, being able to Gigantamax and is Bea's last Pokémon standing before finally falling to Ash's Mega Lucario.
Signature Move: Both her Grapploct and Machamp, which seem to be her two Ace Pokemon, are trained in a similar technique in which they use their multiple arms to bind an opponent's Pokemon and then pummel them with the additional limbs while the opponent struggles to escape.
Spectacular Spinning: Her Hitmontop knows Gyro Ball.
The Stoic: A completely focused and no-nonsense person. Ash's strategies don't even make her flinch during their first battle.
Sweet Tooth: Her entire party seems to love sweets. It lets down her guard enough to share some cake with Pikachu and Riolu.
Third Time's The Charm: Ash manages to defeat her in their third World Coronation Series match.
Took a Level in Kindness: In JN085, she's very friendly and welcoming to Ash upon seeing him compared to their last two encounters, offering to train together with him even though they're scheduled to have their Ultra Class match the following day (and they do end up spending a lot of time eating sweets along with Goh, Korrina, and their respective Pokémon). Much to the shock of Ash and Goh, she is also revealed to be close friends with Korrina in spite of her earlier criticism regarding her.
Wake-Up Call Boss: Serves as this for Ash after she defeats him in a Curb-Stomp Battle, showing him that the road to Leon and becoming the Monarch will be an extremely hard task to achieve.
When She Smiles: When Ash and Goh are enjoying sweets together they are surprised to see Bea join them and have a genuine smile, followed by a much softer side to her following Ash managing to draw with her in their second fight.
Worthy Opponent: She views Ash and his Riolu this way after their second battle ends in a draw, openly praising them for finding a way to combat her Grapploct's Octolock. However, she still refers to Ash as "Riolu's/Lucario's trainer" rather than calling him by his name. After she is defeated by him in their third battle, she finally begins to refer to him by name, with Ash having earned her full respect.

Rinto

Voiced in Japanese by: Kōhei Amasaki

Voiced in English by: Khoi Dao

A Gallade trainer who trained at Wikstorm's Castle of Chivalry. After seeing Ash's Farfetch'd in action, he wishes to battle the Galarian Wild Duck Pokémon to see its potential as a knight. He later returns to battle Ash in a World Coronation Series battle.

Bare-Fisted Monk: His Gallade is part Fighting-type and knows Close Combat.
Curb-Stomp Battle: Gives one to Farfetch'd in their first meeting. His Gallade is able to take it down in 2 hits while Farfetch'd is unable to even land one.
Expy: To Tad from the Orange Islands. He battled Ash while he was dealing with an unruly Pokemon, sort of helping him reigning said Pokémon in, and then saying they'll have a rematch when Ash gets a better handle on the Pokémon. Unlike Tad however, he returns for a second episode.
- He can also be seen as a expy of Wally from Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, albeit a slightly more jerkish expy, since both characters have similar hairstyles and hair colours and both use a Gallade as their ace.
Flat Character: Appears to be tame compared to most of Ash's rival's. See Satellite Character below.
Oh, Crap!: After Farfetch'd gets fully motivated by Ash and starts a come back, Rinto not only is visibly surprised, as his Gallade flinches and even shivers after being hit consecutively three times!
Psychic Powers: Gallade is part Psychic-type and knows Psycho Cut.
Satellite Character: Serves no purpose other than to develop Ash's Farfetch'd. While most World Coronation Series contests have some understanding motive to be competing, Rinto only appears to be competing just for a rematch against Ash and being an opponent to get him out of the Great Class faster.
Small Role, Big Impact: His first appearance and battle with Ash and Farfetch'd, short and swift it was, is what encourages Ash to try to get more in sync with it so they can battle better next time.
Stealth Mentor: Apparently, tries to point what's wrong about Ash & Farfetch'd's team work, but, he spent a good part of the battle being dismissive and not actually telling the problem.
We Will Meet Again: He promises Ash they will meet again for a proper battle once he and Farfetch'd improve their teamwork. He does nine episodes later.

Marnie (Mary)

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Voiced in Japanese by: Yui Ogura

Voiced in English by: Hayden Daviau

Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: TBA

Piers's younger sister who appears in "Battling Turned Up to Eleven!" as one of Ash's World Coronation opponents.

A Girl and Her X: Her relationship with her Morpeko.
Big "SHUT UP!": She does this to the Team Yell Grunts when they start harassing Ash.
Dark Is Not Evil: She specializes in Dark-type Pokemon but is shown to be a respectable person.
Dishing Out Dirt: Her Grimmsnarl knows Stomping Tantrum, a Ground-type move.
Oh, Crap!: Not Marnie herself, but her Grimmsnarl has this reaction when he sees the Shadow Ball heading for him that finishes him off.
Our Fairies Are Different: Her Grimmsnarl, who is part Fairy-type and knows Spirit Break.
Loony Fan: She has a fanbase known as Team Yell that worships the ground she walks on and will do anything to make her the new Monarch, including sabotaging the competition. Marnie is actually embarrassed by their antics because she wants to win fair and square.
Make My Monster Grow: She can Gigantamax her Grimmsnarl.
Mythology Gag: The way she uses her fingers to pull her face into a smile is just like her game counterpart, before giving Ash a genuine smile.
Saving the Orphanage: She joined the World Coronation to become Champion and save her hometown.
Shock and Awe: She has a Morpeko just like her game counterpart.
Signature Mon: Much like her game counterpart, Morpeko is her main Pokémon partner, being outside of its Poké Ball and standing by Marnie's side. However, she doesn't use Morpeko in her fight against Ash, using her Gigantamax Grimmsnarl instead.
When She Smiles: At the end, she manages to give Ash a sincere smile as she wishes him good luck with the rest of his journey and the Coronation match.

Drasna (Dracaena)

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Voiced in Japanese by: Fumi Hirano

Voiced in English by: Laila Berzins

One of the Elite Four members of Kalos who specializes in Dragon-types. She was the only member of the Kalos Pokémon League to be completely absent during Pokémon the Series: XY, but finally appears in-person during Journeys as one of Ash's last opponents in the Ultra Class, being ranked 12th in the World Coronation Series.

The Ace: Comes off as this compared to other Elite Four members, even managing to overpower Wikstrom in a battle despite having the type disadvantage. Since the other two actually have a disadvantage against her in terms of type this might suggest she'd be able to overpower them as well.
Adaptational Badass: Unlike the games, she is able to use Mega Evolution.
Adaptational Late Appearance: She debuted during Generation VI of the Pokémon franchise, but never appeared in the anime until two generations later in Journeys.
Crushing Handshake: When Drasna greets Ash prior to their battle, she proceeds to give him a very firm handshake while stating that she will be the one to end his winning streak.
Eyes Always Shut: Unlike her in game counterpart, she manages to avert this by showing her eyes open when close up. However, her eyes are visible for only a second as she Mega Evolves her Altaria. She later fully shows her eyes during the last stretch of the battle after being pushed so far by Ash.
The Ghost: Was this during Pokémon the Series: XY when Ash initially travelled through Kalos collecting badges, even though all her fellow Elite Four members and the Champion all showed up in some capacity. This is no longer the case as of Journeys, with her being the only known member of the Kalos Elite Four competing in the World Coronation Series.
Made of Iron: Played straight and subverted with her Noivern and Altaria. Noivern is able to block Sirfetch'd's Meteor Assault with little issue while also preparing a Dragon Pulse to fire, and Altaria's Cotton Guard completely nullified Dracovish's Ice Fang. That being said, Mega Altaria still went down to a weakened Sirfetch'd's Meteor Assault despite not seeming to take much damage beforehand, and Noivern was knocked out by the explosion caused by its Dragon Pulse and Dracovish's Dragon Rush clashing, even though it wasn't hit with Dragon Rush directly.
Offscreen Moment of Awesome: Clemont's knowledge about her true nature comes from the fact that she apparently battled him herself some time in the past. Bonnie recalls that her Pokémon's ability to defend heavily with their wings gave him a lot of trouble and that Clemont "didn't stand a chance". This is actually a pretty big feather in Drasna's cap, since despite being nice and unassuming himself, Clemont is an extremely strategic and competent battler - able to defeat his own Gym team with improvised tactics and a much more recently-caught Pokémon and constantly innovating as one of the most actively self-improving Gym Leaders in the Kalos Region.
Our Dragons Are Different: She specializes in Dragon Types.
Our Fairies Are Different: Her Altaria can Mega Evolve and take on the Fairy-type instead of its Flying-type. Since Ash doesn't know this, he tries to take it down with Dracovish's Dragon Rush but fails. Clemont, knowing about the type change, quickly tried to warn Ash but didn't make it in time.
Rank Scales with Asskicking: As a member of the Kalos Elite Four, it's not surprising that she is 12th Rank trainer in the world during the season Ash competes in.
Silk Hiding Steel: Drasna speaks in an extremely doting tone and is very friendly with others, not to mention extremely fond of Dragon-type Pokémon. However, Ash finds out first-hand when he meets her that when she's serious her tone becomes unnerving and she takes on an air of intimidation. When she greets Ash and he frantically reaches out to shake her hand, she expresses enthusiasm for their upcoming battle, but when talking about how she thought the battle would go, she begins to crush his hand. Even Wikstrom seems to fear this side of her and seems relieved Ash understood how intimidating she can be. She also usually speaks with her eyes closed, but towards the end of the battle she gets annoyed (and excited) enough to open them for the remainder, showing how serious she is. She's also the competitor who, so far, has left Ash's Pokémon most visibly worn out from trying to fight her, taking huge damage during the battle. Both her Altaria and Noivern also have excellent defenses and can block attacks their weak to, like Ice Fang, or even extremely powerful attacks like Meteor Assault.
Sugar-and-Ice Personality: An interesting version, with "Sugar" being her default and "Ice" coming out during battles. She almost perpetually smiles with her eyes shut endearingly, just like her official in-game art. The twist is that, unlike in the games, the anime reveals she's not quite as oblivious or unassuming as she appears. She goes out of her way to meet Ash before their battle and is exceedingly gracious and kind along with her Altaria, which even Dracovish and Sirfetch'd take note of. But when she shakes Ash's hand and says she'll be the one to beat him, she starts squeezing his hand, leaving Ash anxious while the nearby Wikstrom notes her intensity. After walking away, she asks Altaria about its thoughts on them, showing she was also scouting him out. She greets the crowd just as cheerfully, but Clemont (someone who is extremely kind himself) actually goes out of his way to warn his sister and Goh that she "deceives" everyone with her smile and isn't what she seems. As she gets pressured and increasingly frustrated during the battle, she eventually drops her amicable demeanor, and opens her eyes while giving it her all, only resuming her usual demeanor after the battle ends. The pleasantries after the battle are genuine, but she still takes time to tell Ash that the upcoming battles won't be quite as simple.
Signature Mon: Her partner is Altaria, whom she is able to Mega Evolve it. Additionally, Altaria also likes to taunt its opponent just like her trainer.
Super Mode: Like all the other Kalos Elite Four members, she has a Key Stone on her bracelet and can Mega Evolve her Altaria (compared to Siebold's Blastoise, Malva's Houndoom and Wikstrom's Scizor).
Team Mom: Has this air about her even compared to her fellow Elite Four members. Even when speaking pleasantly to Wikstrom he's somewhat unnerved by and defers to her. Though her attitude changes a bit when she's serious about taking someone down...
Threshold Guardian: She's Ash's final opponent before reaching the top of the Ultra Class, since he advances to Rank 9 after his victory, which is the highest ranking one can achieve before they are re-classified as being part of the Masters 8. It's still unclear whether he needs to defeat another Ultra Class trainer to enter the Masters 8, or if he has to kick out one of them himself though.
Transformation Trinket: She has a Key Stone on her bracelet in the anime, allowing her to Mega Evolve her Altaria.
The Worf Effect: Despite not seeming to be visibly harmed or worn down from Dracovish's attacks, her Mega Altaria is knocked out by Sirfetch'd's Meteor Assault even though it should resist it, on top of having drastically risen its defense with Cotton Guard and Mega Evolved.
Worthy Opponent: She says Ash is one initially, but it comes across as just a pleasantry. After her Mega Altaria is knocked out she professes that he really is strong, but gradually becomes more annoyed as she says it.

Other World Coronation Series Participants

Many participants of the World Coronation Series are characters from previous Pokémon series, ranging from Gym Leaders to Champions to even old friends. Information about these characters can be found in their respective debut series.

Lance can be found in Pokémon: The Original Series
Steven Stone can be found in Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire
Cynthia, Volkner, and Flint can be found in Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl
Iris can be found in Pokémon the Series: Black & White — Main Cast
Diantha, Korrina, and Alain can be found in Pokémon the Series: XY

Galar Gym Leaders

Opal (Poplar)

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Voiced in Japanese by: Yoshino Ohtori

Voiced in English by: Marin Miller

Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: Yolanda Vidal

The Ballonlea Gym Leader who specializes in Fairy-types. Though seemingly an eccentric woman who gives out a series of quizzes and hosts baking contests, she is far wiser than she looks and is one not to underestimate.

Cool Old Lady: An 88 year old gym leader who enjoys challenging people to random contests.
Establishing Character Moment: The first thing she tells Ash and Goh when she sees them is that they are lacking pink, quite similar to her in-game counterpart when she greets the player character during their Gym Challenge at Ballonlea Stadium.
Make My Monster Grow: She can Gigantamax her Alcremie.
Mythology Gag: The two questions that she asks Ash and Goh are the same ones asked during her gym battle. She also has the same dialogue when they get their two questions wrong.
Never Mess with Granny: If you come to one of her tournaments, you cannot leave even if it is a competion you don't want to partake in. She'll stop you, even if you are a top trainer. She can intimidate Raihan, and Leon knows better than to try and escape from her.
Our Fairies Are Different: She specializes in Fairy types and owns an Alcremie, as shown in JN082.
Pink Is Feminine: Just like her in game counterpart, pink is what she sees in others and also gives Ash, Goh, and their Pokémon pink clothing to wear, much to their dismay (save for Cinderace, who actually likes wearing its new pink outfit).
Reasonable Authority Figure: Even though Grookey screwed up Goh's chances of winning the bake-off, she just takes it as proof that his Alcremie's off to a great start in her training since her cream was that delicious.
The Reveal: At the end, she reveals the real reason she gave them the quiz is to get them to wait patiently for Chloe to return rather than blindly go searching for her.
Signature Mon: She has many Alcremie at hand, but her preferred variant is Ruby Cream Alcremie, whom she can Gigantamax in battle.
Sweet Tooth: She is shown to really love sweets and desserts to the point she even hosts a bake-off in her Gym, to which she invites Ash, Goh, Chloe, Leon and Raihan to participate in.
Wham Line: Her last question was who they think the person behind her is. Turns out the answer was Chloe. This also leads to the real reason behind her quiz for Ash and Goh.

Allister (Onion)

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Voiced in Japanese by: Chiyuki Miura

Voiced in English by: Ryan Bartley

Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: TBA

The other Stow-On-Side Gym Leader who, unlike Bea, specializes in Ghost-types. He plays a critical role for Ash's Gengar to achieve Gigantamax.

Big Damn Heroes: He's the one who manages to free Ash from the Spiritomb possession, allowing him to join Goh in calming the angered Pokémon.
The Cameo: Makes a small appearance in JN099 where he's watching Ash and Marnie's battle on his Rotom Phone.
The Drag-Along: In JN091 after he tells Ash and Goh where to find Max Mushrooms in the woods, Ash grabs his hand and drags him with.
Mentor Archetype: Serves as this for Gengar in JN092, where he helps Ash to teach it how to Gigantamax.
Shrinking Violet: Much like his game counterpart, he is very timid and tries to hide from people. During his first encounter with Ash, he doesn't say anything and simply runs away.
Soul Power: He specializes in Ghost Type Pokémon and his only known Pokemon is Cursola.
Speaks Fluent Animal: He is able to communicate with Ghost types easily and translate what they are saying to others.
Stealth Hi/Bye: Does this to Ash and Goh at the end of JN091. He disappears without them realizing before Ash can return a letter he dropped.
Supreme Chef: Is shown to be a very skilled cook, being the one who cooks the Max Soup for Gengar.

Piers (Nezu)

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Voiced in Japanese by: Hiro Shimono

Voiced in English by: Howard Wang

Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: TBA

The Spikemuth Gym Leader who specializes in Dark-types, and Marine's older brother. He is also the leader of Team Yell, though they don't often listen to his orders.

Authority in Name Only: He's technically the Boss of Team Yell, but they don't listen to him at all. In fact, Marine herself has more control over Team Yell he does, mainly because Team Yell is fanatically obsessed with her.
Cool Big Bro: Shown to be this towards his younger sister, Marnie.
Cool Bike: He drives a pretty cool motorcycle that's coloured in the same way as his gym. Despite that, he drives it quite slowly and carefully, believing in Safety First.
Dark Is Not Evil: He is the Dark Type Gym Leader and can seem a quite aloof kind of guy, but he is shown to have a friendly side, willing to give Ash a ride to the stadium so he can challenge Marnie.
Green Thumb: He owns a Rillaboom.
Mythology Gag: His group of Pokémon are the ones from the band in the Sword and Shield game.
Shock and Awe: He owns two Toxtricity (Both Amped and Low-Key forms), and one knows Thunderbolt.

Galar Villains

Chairman Rose

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Voiced in Japanese by: Ken'ichirou Matsuda

Voiced in English by: Barron Bass

Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: José Gilberto Vilchis

The Chairman of the Galar Region who serves as the Arc Villain when the anime gets around to adapting the Darkest Day storyline. The arc revolves around Rose's plan to unleash Eternatus upon Galar in an attempt to resolve the region's Dynamax energy crisis.

Adaptation Expansion: The anime reveals that his father worked in the mines, but died in an accident. This drove him towards finding alternative forms of energy, in order to keep others from going through what he did.
Adaptational Personality Change: Whereas in the games he was a Graceful Loser who still acted cordial to the player before going on the face Eternatus, here, Rose is much more easily excitable and freaked out. Zacian and Zamazenta damaging Eternamax Eternatus rattles him so much that he even pulls off a villanous Nightmare Face.
Adaptational Villainy: Not to the extreme, since Rose is still a sympathetic character who's doing what he's doing for the future of Galar (which is rooted in childhood trauma, no less), but the anime's interpretation makes it clear he's The Unfettered in regards to Galar's people, not caring in the slightest if people or Pokémon end up hurt if it means his goal will still be achieved. He is even willing to attack Ash directly with his Pokémon.
Anti-Villain: Just like his game counterpart, but somewhat less Anti and more Villain in this case.
Be Careful What You Wish For: When Zacian and Zamazenta start to turn the tide, Rose desperately calls for Eternatus to "shape up". Seconds later, Eternatus fires blasts of energy in all directions. One of the blasts clips Rose's helicopter, forcing him and Oleana to flee.
The Cameo: He makes a slight appearance in JN027 as his debut episode.
Demoted to Extra: The Big Bad in Pokémon Sword and Shield, in the anime though he's an Arc Villain for the Darkest Day 4-episode subplot.
Extra-ore-dinary: Like in the games, his Pokémon team consists of Steel-types.
Karma Houdini: Unlike in the games, he and Oleana escape and are on the loose at the end of the Darkest Day arc.
Obviously Evil: Due to his Arc Villain status, he's suspected as being shadier than he lets on by Leon very quickly, and even Pikachu started to make faces the moment he met Ash.
Pet the Dog: After his Pokémon are defeated by Ash, he frantically rushes to their side and asks if they are all right, showing that he cares deeply for his team.
Well-Intentioned Extremist: He deeply loves the region of Galar, in spite of his methods. After his father died in a mining accident and vowing no one should have to suffer the loss he had, he wants people to turn away from fossil fuels and harness the might of Eternatus instead. Oblivious to the fact that, no one can control the extraterrestrial giant-creating Pokémon.
Would Hurt a Child: He orders two of his Pokémon to attack Ash directly during their battle. It's also shown with Ash's Riolu, a Baby Pokémon. Riolu blocks Ferrothorn and Copperajah's double Power Whip to protect Ash and Pikachu, nearly getting crushed and putting its own life in danger in the process, and Rose then orders them to finish it off, much to Ash's panic. If Riolu didn't evolve into Lucario right in that moment, it could have been over for the young Pokémon.

Oleana

Voiced in Japanese by: Atsuko Yuya

Voiced in English by: Jennifer Losi

Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: Connie Madera

Chairman Rose's secretary who makes her first appearance in JN042 alongside him.

Adaptational Villainy: She fully supports Rose's scheme with Eternatus and does not reconsider changing her mind once it goes on a rampage, whereas in the games she became concerned about it and Rose's well-being when things were starting to look too dire. Going so far as to allegedly give away her Garbodor to a random subordinate only implies she's less human than implied in the games.
Death Glare: Gives a very serious one to Ash and Pikachu for declining Rose's offer. Even Chairman Rose could feel it from behind him.
Demoted to Extra: Her Garbordor only appears in two episodes but under the ownership of her subordinate, Her only known Pokemon she uses is Milotic to battle against Goh.
Karma Houdini: Unlike in the games, she and Rose escape and are on the loose at the end of the Darkest Day arc.
Little "No": Her response after being defeated by Goh after their battle.
Making a Splash: Her only known Pokemon is Milotic that knows Water Pulse and Aqua Tail.
Not So Stoic: Normally she is The Stoic. But at times she can show emotion, like rage.
Undying Loyalty: Just like her game counterpart, she shows shades of this.
You Shall Not Pass!: She does this to Goh at the end of Episode 45, resulting in a battle between them.
Zerg Rush: She sends her Subordinates to stop Sonia and Goh.

Other Galar Characters

Sonia

Voiced in Japanese by: Marina Inoue

Voiced in English by: Brittany Cox

Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: Jessica Ángeles

The granddaughter and assistant of Professor Magnolia who is doing research on what was the Darkest Day.

Adaptational Badass: Whilst in the games, Sonia has mentioned her journeys together with Leon when they were kids, we never battle her or see her do any forms of battling ever since Leon managed to defeat and surpass her. In the anime, she's revealed to be the first and only trainer to actually defeat him in a battle until Ash.
Adapted Out: Her in game Yamper doesn't make any appearances in the anime. This is most likely because Yamper in Journeys belongs to Professor Cerise and mainly serves as one of Chloe's Pokemon instead.
Childhood Friends: With Leon as shown in JN043
Cuteness Proximity: Her reaction upon first meeting Ash's Pikachu and Goh's Raboot, squeezing their ears in delight.
Defeating the Undefeatable: Played with. She's the only person other than Ash who has been confirmed to have defeated Leon in battle, although this was during their childhood, long before he grew into the unstoppable Invincible Hero he is today.
Drives Like Crazy: In JN042., she's driving so fast and recklessly that it scares the hell out of Goh and his Pokemon. This comes back again in JN100 where this time Goh tries and fails to get away from her because of it. Leon even comments about her reckless driving when flying Charizard with Ash, comparing their ride to her driving.
Hidden Depths: Despite being a Professor-in-training who has retired from Pokémon battling, she was the only trainer who has ever defeated Leon prior to Ash.
Ms. Exposition: She explains the tale of the Legendary Hero to Ash and Goh.
Running Gag: Her reckless driving when she's seen on the road and poor Goh's horror being her passenger.
Wind from Beneath My Wings: During her childhood, she had a Rookiedee as her Pokemon.
Wingding Eyes: Upon seeing Pikachu and Goh's Raboot, her pupils become heart-shaped as she squees upon seeing them.

Professor Magnolia

Voiced in Japanese by: Shoko Tsuda

Voiced in English by: Mary O'Brady

Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: Magda Giner

The Professor of the Galar Region, and Sonia's grandmother, who first appears in episode 43.

The Bus Came Back: After her last appearance in JN045, it she set to make a return in JN127
The Cameo: Her first appearance is in JN027 on a picture on Goh's Rotom Phone.
Passing the Torch: At the end of the Darkest Day arc, she passes on her professor title to Sonia.

Cara Liss (Ukattasu) and Bray Zenn (Gasattsu)

Cara Liss (Ukattasu)

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Voiced in Japanese by: Rie Murakawa

Voiced in English by: Mary O'Brady

Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: Circe Luna

A researcher who works with fossil Pokemon in Galar.

Adaptational Karma: Her game self got zero punishment for creating a mismatched mess of a Pokémon and passing it off as an actual species. Here, she and Bray Zenn are caught in the crossfire of Arctozolt's tantrum and frozen in ice.
Blatant Lies: She and Bray Zenn make up theories on the spot for how Dracovish and Arctozolt existed in the past. Goh doesn't buy it, Ash does.
Covered in Gunge: Her face, hands and coat are all covered in mud.
Establishing Character Moment: Upon first meeting her, she's arriving late because she forgot to set her alarm clock, immediately showing how careless she can be.
Fashionable Asymmetry: Just like her video game counterpart, she has one red and one yellow shoe.
Human Popsicle: After she and Bray Zenn are hit by Arctozolt's Powder Snow.
Lethal Chef: Zigzagged: When they end up making Whipped Cream Curry for lunch, even she is unimpressed with the result. At the end, the group find it surprisingly delicious.
Nightmare Face: She and Bray Zenn have these when the fossil Pokemon are about to be revealed.
Punny Name: She is indeed quite careless, and her companion Bray Zenn is brazen.
The Rival: Her relationship with Bray Zenn appears as this.
Small Role, Big Impact: She only appears in one episode, yet is the reason why Ash and Goh have the Galar Fossil Pokémon, Dracovish and Arctozolt, on their teams respectively.
Sweet Tooth: She's shown to to really love chocolate.

Bray Zenn (Gasattsu)

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Voiced in Japanese by: Masaya Fukunishi

Voiced in English by: Kellen Goff

Another researcher who works with Galarian Pokémon fossils and is Cara Liss' colleague.

Canon Foreigner: While Cara Liss is from Pokémon Sword and Shield, her assistant is an anime-exclusive character.
Dishing Out Dirt: Owns a Mudsdale.
Establishing Character Moment: He's first seen having his Mudsdale use Double Kick to move some boulders, which nearly hit Chloe and Eevee. He then gets promptly chewed out by Goh for his recklessness.

Hop

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Voiced in Japanese by: Takuto Yoshinaga

Voiced in English by: A.J. Beckles

Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: TBA

Leon's younger brother who is frequently mentioned, but only appears just before the Master Eight Tournament can begin.

Adaptational Late Appearance: First appears at the start of the game, doesn't appear until the Masters Eight Tournament begins in the anime.
Adaptational Wimp: In the games he catches up with the player a lot and is relatively only slightly weaker than them and his brother Leon, and may even surpass them after catching Zacian or Zamazenta following the events of the Darkest Day. Here, however, he's still a novice trainer long after the Darkest Day passed with his Wooloo being both unevolved and easily beaten in one attack from Ash's Pikachu.
Adapted Out: Due to not appearing until much later, his role during the Darkest Day was given to Goh.
Curb-Stomp Battle: On the receiving end of one from Ash. After challenging him to a battle, Ash's Pikachu takes him out with just one Iron Tail.
Demoted to Extra: In the original games, he's the Deuteragonist. Here, he's only a minor supporting character during the Masters Eight Tournament.
The Ghost: Is only mentioned by Sonia during JN100 before appearing in JN115.
Nice Guy: Manages to befriend Ash and Goh very quickly despite losing to the former in a Curb-Stomp Battle. additionally, he's been rooting for Ash as much as he is for Leon.
Non-Elemental: His only known Pokémon being a Wooloo.
Signature Mon: Like in the games, his true signature Pokémon is Wooloo, though he hasn't evolve it into Dubwool due to his late inexperience.

Nickit (Kusune) -> Thievul (Foxly)

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The trio as Nickit

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The trio as Thievul

Voiced in Japanese by: Risa Shimizu, Kei Shindō, Sayaka Senbongi

Voiced in English by: Michelle Ruff

A trio of Nickit Ash and Goh encounter during their first trip to Galar who eventually make a reappearance in JN127 where they evolve into Thievul.

The Bus Came Back: Made their reappearance in JN127 where they are now helping people and Pokemon alike.
But Thou Must!: They do this to Scorbunny when Ash and Goh set off, grabbing it and forcing it onto the train to join Goh. This unsurprisingly turns out for the best for Scorbunny.
Loved by All: Upon their return, they have appeared almost like heroes to the town and much more loved by everyone for helping them out so much. People are also more willing to share their food with them.
Took a Level in Badass: Upon being freed from Team Rocket's capture by Ash, Goh and Cinderace, they help them to fight back against them and their Pokemon, allowing them to evolve and help finish them off.
Took a Level in Kindness: Upon their return, they are no longer stealing food from people and instead, stopping other Pokemon from doing so and even sharing what they receive with other Pokemon surrounding them.

Eeveelution Trainers

As A Whole

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Chloe's mementos from all the Eeveelution trainers.

The eight trainers that Chloe meets in her journey to help her Eevee find the right evolution choice as well as finding her own future.

Book Ends: Chloe's journey to meet Eeveelution trainers begins with meeting Kiley and Vaporeon in Lilycove City, and ends meeting Serena and Sylveon in the same city... Until she meets Lana in Alola, who tells her that Eevee also has the option of not evolving and remaining an Eevee instead.
The Bus Came Back: Three of the eight trainers are either Ash's friends from the past series (Serena and Lana) or, in Erika's case, a Gym Leader whom Ash once faced in the past.
The Idol's Blessing: Each trainer gives a memento to Chloe as a reminder of their time together and the evolutionary choices that Eevee could choose. Chloe cherishes them in a Clip Show episode.
Mentor Archetype: Each one serves as a mentor for Chloe and Eevee as Eevee is still deciding what to evolve into.
Small Role, Big Impact: They typically only physically appear in one episode (except Serena and Lana, who would later appear in future episodes relating to Ash's journey), but their lessons to Chloe and Eevee are treasured as seen with her mementos she gathered and her flashback in the penultimate episode of Journeys.

Kiley (Kairi)

Voiced in Japanese by: KENN

Voiced in English by: Ryan Colt Levy

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A surfer and winner of the Marine Athletics Race who's also a close friend of Chryssa from university. He owns a Vaporeon.

Big Damn Heroes: He along with Ash and Goh rescue Chloe, Eevee and Dewgong from an angry Huntail who has trapped hem in a cave. He deals with the Huntail while Ash and Goh free her.
Cool Big Bro: His Vaporeon becomes this for Chloe's Eevee.
Making a Splash: He has a Vaporeon that knows Hydro Pump.
Small Role, Big Impact: While he only appears in one episode, he and his Vaporeon serve as the first step for Chloe and Eevee and deciding what she wants to evolve into, deciding to wait rather than jump to becoming Vaporeon.

Soleil (Haruhi) and Illunas (Katsuki)

Soleil (Haruhi)

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Voiced in Japanese by: Kana Hanazawa

Voiced in English by: Cherami Leigh

A girl in the Johto region who is set to become the next liege of Eclipse Castle. She is a doppelgänger of Chloe, and owns an Espeon and Umbreon.

Ambiguously Related: While her relation to Illunas is never outright stated, she considers them "practically brother and sister", as their respective ancestors were brothers.
Battle Couple: Umbreon and Espeon, who are respectively male and female and work together to take down Illunas and his Pokemon.
Casting a Shadow: Her Umbreon, who knows Snarl and Dark Pulse.
A Child Shall Lead Them: Is around the same age as the heroes, yet is already in charge of running an entire castle.
Healing Factor: Espeon's Wish.
Identical Stranger: She looks exactly like Chloe, right down to the hair styles and eye color. Her name even sounds phonetically similar to Chloe's name in both English and Japanese. The only discernible features are their hair highlights (flower for Chloe; circular ring for Soleil) and their scrunchies. Her voice is also slightly lower in pitch.
Mind over Matter: Espeon is a Psychic-type that knows Psychic and Reflect.
She Is the King: In the Japanese version, she is referred to as the "lord" of Eclipse Castle, despite being female. In the dub, she's referred to as "liege".
The Power of Friendship: When she was little, her two Eevee evolved into Espeon and Umbreon through their strong bonds during the day and night, respectively.
Theme Naming: The "hi" in her Japanese name refers to the sun, just like her ancestor Sorin's Japanese name Hisashi. The same applies for her English name (Soleil is French for 'sun')

Ilunas (Katsuki)

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Voiced in Japanese by: Ryohei Arai

Voiced in English by: Lucien Dodge

A boy in the Johto region who intends to usurp Soleil's position as the liege of Eclipse Castle. He doesn't actually own any of the Eevee line, but is heavily associated with Umbreon.

Ambiguously Related: His exact relation with Soleil is never specified, but since their respective ancestors were brothers, they're "practically siblings" as far as she's concerned.
Bare-Fisted Monk: His Ursaring knows Hammer Arm.
Big Creepy-Crawlies: His Ariados's primary type.
Blow You Away: His Noctowl knows Air Slash.
Easily Forgiven: Despite having kidnapped Chloe and attempting to usurp Soleil, nobody holds a grudge against him, and the latter even invites him to rule Eclipse Castle alongside her.
Theme Naming: The "tsuki" in his Japanese name refers to the moon, just like his ancestor Luno's Japanese name Tsukiya. His English name is Latin for 'moonless night'.

Regina

Voiced in Japanese by: Minori Suzuki

Voiced in English by: Kayli Mills

A shy new student at Vermilion City school who owns a Glaceon nicknamed "Mirche".

All of the Other Reindeer: She was bullied a lot at her old school because she looked like an Ice Queen from a book.
Because You Were Nice to Me: She formed a close bond with Mirche since it always went out of its way to protect her from bullies at her old school, becoming her only friend.
- This extends to her relationship with Chloe, being the only person who willingly goes to greet her and talk to her, also showing real concern for her when she's distressed in school and about Glaceon, gradually forming a friendship with her.
Big Brother Instinct: Her Glaceon uses Blizzard to freeze anyone who picks on her. It even does this to Ash, Goh, Chloe and the rest of the class, thinking they are trying to harass her when she gets overwhelmed by them.
Defrosting Ice Queen: (Pun not-intended) She starts off as a cold and shy person who refuses to talk or make friends with anyone but gradually comes out of her shell thanks to Chloe's help after Mirche uses up too much energy, allowing her to become happier and make friends with her and the others.
Embarrassing Nickname: Her bullies at her old school would derisively call her "Ice Queen" because she looked the character in a book.
Fire-Forged Friends: She starts warming up to and forms a friendship with Chloe.
Friendless Background: She didn't have any friends at her old school due to bullying, and Mirche's overprotectiveness often scared away kids who did want to be her friend.
Hates Being Touched: Her Glaceon gets uncomfortable with anyone other than her touching it as shown when Eevee, Pikachu and Grookey start trying to play with it. But then this gets averted later when it lets Chloe pet it.
An Ice Person: Her Glaceon, Mirche knows Blizzard, Ice Beam, and Icy Wind.
It's All My Fault: She blames herself when Mirche collapses due to hypothermia because it kept using Blizzard to protect her which led to this happening.
Meaningful Name: Regina is Latin for "queen", and Mirche means "peaceful" in Macedonian.
New Transfer Student: Regina is a temporary transfer to Chloe and Goh's school.
Only Friend: Her Glaceon served as the only friend in her life until she meets Chloe.
Power-Strain Blackout: Mirche ends up collapsing from hypothermia due to repeated use of its Blizzard attack. Thankfully, it gets better.
Took a Level in Badass: The end of the episode shows that she's become a more confident and strong Pokemon trainer and has taken up battling. She managed to defeat one of her former bullies very quickly in a battle.
Took a Level in Cheerfulness: By the end, thanks to Chloe's help, she's managed to break away from being shy and scared of people and puts on a genuine smile, forming a friendship with her, Ash, Goh, and the class.
We Will Meet Again: She makes a promise to Chloe that she will visit again during her school break.
When She Smiles: After managing to gain self confidence and tell her parents about how she was bullied and Glaceon was protecting her, she manages to smile for real and thank Ash, Goh and Chloe for helping them. She even returns to school a much happier person and has Glaceon make an ice playground as a way to apologize and make up for freezing everyone the day before.

Erika

Voiced in Japanese by: Kyoko Hikami

Voiced in English by: Lauren Landa

The Celadon City Gym Leader whom Ash had challenged all the way back in Indigo League journey. She owns a Leafeon and hosts a Pokémon Flower Arrangement class when not acting as Gym Leader.

Information about her is found in Pokémon: The Original Series.

Harmony (Honoka)

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Voiced in Japanese by: Kana Ueda

Voiced in English by: Amber Lee Connors

A fire circus performer who owns an Eevee nicknamed "Bernice" that accidentally evolved into Jolteon.

Curtains Match the Windows: Green hair and green eyes.
Foil: She's shown to be one with Billy, being a circus girl who specializes and values Fire Types over Electric Types.
Meaningful Rename: Her Eevee has the nickname of Bernice, sounding like "burn".
Oh, Crap!: Her reaction when she realized the dropped her Fire Stone on Billy's Eevee by mistake.
Playing with Fire: She specializes in Fire Types and plans to evolve her Eevee into Flareon.
Shock and Awe: She ends up getting a Jolteon when her Eevee makes contact with Billy's Thunder Stone instead.

Billy

Voiced in Japanese by: Takashi Kondo

Voiced in English by: Elliot Gindi

An electric circus performer who owns an Eevee nicknamed "Toril" that accidentally evolved into a Flareon.

Curtains Match the Windows: Blue hair and blue eyes.
Foil: He's shown to be one with Harmony, being a circus boy who specializes and values Electric Types over Fire Types.
Meaningful Rename: His Eevee's nickname Toril sounds like Thor, the Norse god of thunder.
Non-Elemental: He owns a Helioptile. A part Normal Type.
Oh, Crap!: His reaction when he realized the dropped his Thunder Stone on Honoka's Eevee by mistake.
Playing with Fire: He ends up getting a Flareon when his Eevee makes contact with Honoka's Fire Stone instead.
Shock and Awe: He specializes in Electric Types and plans to evolve his Eevee into Jolteon.
Tsurime Eyes: Has upward slanted eyes that reflect his arrogance and rivalry towards Harmony.

Serena

Voiced in Japanese by: Mayuki Makiguchi

Voiced in English by: Haven Paschall

One of Ash's former traveling companions from Kalos who acted in contests and performances, and famously served as Ash’s first true explicit Love Interest. She owns an Sylveon who once had similar issues that Chloe's Eevee is facing.

Information about her is found in Pokémon the Series: XY — Main Cast.

Lana (Suiren)

Voiced in Japanese by: Hitomi Kikuchi

Voiced in English by: Rosie Reyes

One of Ash's former classmates in the Alola Pokémon School who specializes in Water Types and fishing. She owns an Eevee nicknamed "Sandy" who hasn't evolved at all, reminding Chloe and her Eevee that remaining who they currently are is also a valid choice.

Information about her is found in Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon — Main Cast.

Others

Hodge (Houji)

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Voiced in Japanese by: Yūki Shin

Voiced in English by: Sam Black

A trainer in the Hoenn region.

Bare-Fisted Monk: Owns a Hariyama.
The Bus Came Back: He returns 57 episodes later to request Ash and Goh's help to investigate the real cause of his uncle's hot springs drying up which an Absol is being held responsible for.
Curb-Stomp Battle: On the giving and receiving end of these against Goh and Ash, respectively.
Dark Is Not Evil: One of his Pokémon is a Mightyena, but he's a friendly guy. The same goes for his Mightyena, who's a fierce battler but also very affectionate and playful.
Establishing Character Moment: Arrives riding his Hariyama shadowing Ash and glaring at him, asking him to move...so he can put his empty water bottle into the recycling bin.
'50s Hair: He has an impressive pompadour, which also has what resembles a flat open palm in the front. In episode 64, he is constantly combing it while chatting with Ash and Goh.
Face of a Thug: He has pointed teeth and a pompadour, but is actually a pretty nice guy. Episode 64 shows that the sharp teeth were inherited from his uncle.
Like Father, Unlike Son: Or Uncle in this case. He is the polar opposite of his more Hot-Blooded uncle, to the point of objecting to his idea of how to capture Absol.
Sore Loser: Subverted. He looks like he's about to pitch a fit after Ash beats him, going through the exact same movements from his Establishing Character Moment too, but he thanks him for a good battle instead.
Uncatty Resemblance: His eyes, smile and clothes give him the look of a Garchomp...even though he doesn't have that Pokémon on him.
Wake-Up Call Boss: He serves as this for Goh, being his first opponent with actual skill.

Leader

Voiced in Japanese by: Yasuhiro Mamiya

Voiced in English by: Sean Schemmel

A set of recurring characters who helps lead expeditions the group participates in who first debuted in JN014.

Ambiguously Related: It is never specified how each of them are related or linked in some manner or the same person.
Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Tends to be easily excitable and enthusiastic when first meeting the group but is still a very skilled geologist who's quite knowledgable when it comes to fossils.
The Bus Came Back: After 66 episodes of absence, he makes a return in JN080 where he helps Project Mew.
Character Catchphrase: "Sounds like an adventure to me! You know"
Character Tics: His habit of performing a cute pose and winking whenever he says his catchphrase.
Circus Episode: He makes an appearance in Episode 98 as the Circus Ringmaster.
Exotic Eye Designs: Has a 4 point stars in his eyes when they are open.
Expy: Their character design seems to be based ont he Hiker Sprites from the original game series.
Eyes Always Shut: Unless he is performing his catchphrase, his eyes are always shown being shut.
Genki Guy: They always seem to be very energetic and excitable.
Guy Liner: His eyes gain thick visible lashes whenever he puts on a cute pose to his catchphrase.
In Touch with His Feminine Side: Very much so. He can never say his catchphrase without putting on a cute pose and acting like a fangirl about exploration.
No Name Given: Is only referred to as the Leader without his true name being revealed.
Playing with Fire: The Expedition Leader owns a Litwick that knows Fire Spin and a Lampent that knows Flame Burst.
Real Men Wear Pink: The Ringmaster leader has a pink uniform and his hat has a pink stripe on it.
Soul Power: Both the Expedition Leader's Pokémon are part Ghost Type.

Pinery (Matsubara)

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Voiced in English by: Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld

The scientific head of the Eevee Evolution Lab who has been studying the Eevee that cannot evolve. She gives this Eevee to Chloe after realizing the two had form strong bond together.

The Bus Came Back: After her debut in JN049, she doesn't reappear until JN120 whe she's checking on Eevee with Chloe.
Recurring Element: She is not the only character where all her Pokémon are Eeveelutions.
Small Role, Big Impact: Was through her encouragement and realization of Chloe and Eevee's bond that let her decide to give her said Pokémon.

Wikstrom (Gampi)

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Voiced in Japanese by: Eiji Hanawa

Voiced in English by: Barrett Leddy

One of the Elite Four members of Kalos who specializes in Steel-types. He first had a cameo appearance in the 17th movie, Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction. He would later make a full appearance in Pokémon Journeys.

Adaptational Late Appearance: While he did technically make a cameo in Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction, he was never properly introduced until Journeys, which is two generations after XY.
Ascended Extra: He never made a proper appearance in the XY series, relegated to a silent cameo in one of the movies. It isn't until Journeys that he meets Ash and is given A Day in the Limelight.
The Cameo: In Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction, he appears in the final section of the prologue along with Diantha. He doesn't get a close-up, though.
Big Creepy-Crawlies: His first shown Pokémon is (Mega) Scizor, a Bug-Type Pokémon around the size of a human that has pincers for hands.
Curb-Stomp Battle: His entire battle with Diantha during their cameo consists of her Mega Gardevoir dodging his Mega Scizor's Shadow Claw and then getting one-shotted by a Moonblast.
Dishing Out Dirt: He owns a Probopass that is part Rock-type.
Extra-ore-dinary: Wikstrom is a Steel-Type specialist.
Knight in Shining Armor: Wikstrom wears an armor because he is a knight.
Manly Tears: He has a tendancy to cry during really emotional times and especially involving Farfetch'd/Sirfetch'd determination and strength.
Our Fairies Are Different: He owns a Klefki that knows Fairy Wind and also a Dedenne, both of which are part Fairy-type.
Power Pincers: His Mega Scizor has large pincers that can also be described as brutal-looking scissors.
Shock and Awe: He owns a Dedenne that knows Nuzzle.
Soul Power: His Mega Scizor's only shown move is the Ghost-type Shadow Claw, which normally is super effective against Psychic-Types like Mega Gardevoir, but it doesn't hit at all.
Super Mode: His Scizor can Mega Evolve into Mega Scizor and is only shown in that form.
Tears of Joy: He starts crying severall times in JN056 because of Ash and Goh's dedication.
The Worf Effect: Being a Bug/Steel-type Pokémon, Mega Scizor should have the advantage over Mega Gardevoir with its Steel-typing and its Steel- and Ghost-type moves, but Mega Gardevoir isn't the Champion's ace for show, as it easily defeats Mega Scizor with Moonblast. He also gets overwhelmed by Drasna in a training match during her debut in Journeys to show off just how strong she is, and also to give Ash a reason to use Sirfetch'd against her, as Wikstrom helped train them both.
Worthy Opponent: Just from the start of meeting them, he views Ash and his Farfetch'd as worthy students for their sheer determination and fearlessness throughout their training.

Lisia (Lutia)

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Voiced in Japanese by: Ayana Taketatsu

Voiced in English by: Lizzie Freeman

Wallace's niece that debuted in JN105.

Adaptational Late Appearance: She debuted during the Generation VI remakes of the Generation III games (Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire) but never appeared in the anime until two generations later in Journeys.
Dragon Tamer: Just like her in-game counterpart, she owns an Altaria, who's part Dragon-type and knows Draco Meteor.
Friendly Rivalry: She is this to Serena. When they both tie for the Lilycove Contest, Lisia hugs her and congratulates her.
Mythology Gag: Many of her quotes when inviting Chloe to Contest Spectacular were directly taken from her debut game.
Signature Mon: Altaria, whom she named Ali, is her signature Pokémon. She manages to tie with Serena as the winner of the Lilycove Contest Spectacular by Mega Evolving Altaria for a grand finale performance.
Super Mode: Just like Drasna, Lisia's Altaria is able to Mega Evolve.

Characters / Pokémon Journeys: The Series
aka: Pokemon Journeys The Series Galar

Main Cast

Cerise Institute

Project Mew

Goh and Chloe's Families

Recurring Pokémon

World Coronation Series

Visquez

Tony

Steve

Galar Gym Leaders

Galar Villains

Other Galar Characters

Cara Liss (Ukattasu)

Bray Zenn (Gasattsu)

Eeveelution Trainers

Soleil (Haruhi)

Ilunas (Katsuki)

Others

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Main Cast

Cerise Institute

Project Mew

Goh and Chloe's Families

Recurring Pokémon

World Coronation Series

Visquez

Tony

Steve

Galar Gym Leaders

Galar Villains

Other Galar Characters

Cara Liss (Ukattasu)

Bray Zenn (Gasattsu)

Eeveelution Trainers

Soleil (Haruhi)

Ilunas (Katsuki)

Others

Alternative Title(s): Pokemon Sword And Shield Anime, Pokemon Journeys The Series Cast, Pokemon Journeys The Series Galar

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