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The Elite Four (四天王 Shitennō?, lit. "Four Heavenly Kings") are fictional characters in the Pokémon video game series, anime, and manga. In the video games, the player must defeat these powerful Pokémon Trainers to complete the game.
Within the video games the Elite Four acts as an order of exceptionally skilled Pokémon trainers consisting of four member trainers of ascending rank led by a more powerful trainer known as the 'Pokémon Champion'. The position of 'Pokémon Champion' is constantly open to challenge as any Pokémon trainer who defeats the Champion in a Pokémon battle automatically earns the title for him/herself. Whenever the title of champion is passed on it is honored by an inauguration into the Hall Of Fame. In order to earn the right to challenge the Champion, one must first defeat the four member trainers in order of ascending rank in a series of consecutive battles. However, before battling the Elite Four, the trainer must first gather the eight Pokémon Gym Badges of his/her respective region.
With the exception of the Orre region in the games Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness each region appears to possess its own Elite Four with its own individual members. However, the structuring and operation of each Elite Four organization remains identical regardless of the difference in members and location. In the Gold, Silver and Crystal set of games the Johto region appears to share joint custody of a single Elite Four organisation with the Kanto region.
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Kanto members
The Kanto Elite Four act as the Elite Four in the original series of Pokémon games consisting of Pokémon Red, Blue, Green and Yellow versions as well as in Pokémon Fire Red and Leaf Green versions which act as remakes of the original games. Within the timeline of the games series they are eventually also given the status as the 'Johto Elite Four'.
Lorelei
Lorelei (カンナ? Kanna in original Japanese language versions), known as Prima in the English anime, is a specialist on Ice-type Pokémon.
- In the anime
Lorelei appeared in the anime in the Orange Islands series, though she was called Prima. The episode she appeared in was titled "The Mandarin Island Miss Match." As in the games, she is a member of the Elite Four, and is one of the few characters specifically referred to as a Pokémon Master. Misty is shown to idolize her.
- In the manga
Lorelei is a villain in the Pokémon Adventures manga. She is one of the Elite Four, and along with Bruno, Agatha, and Lance - she tried to take over the world and kill all humans who weren't nice to Pokémon.
Bruno
Bruno (シバ? Shiba in original Japanese language versions) is an expert on Fighting-types. He also appears as a member of the Elite Four in Johto.
- In the anime
Bruno was first seen in the very first episode, being one of the combatants Ash was watching on TV. While Ash was training for the Indigo League Championships, Ash and company learned of a guy named Bruno training deep in the mountains.
- In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga, Bruno was primarily a villain, though it was later revealed that Bruno was an unwilling member. Agatha, another member of the Elite Four, used mind control abilities to force him to join. Bruno formed a new version of the Elite Four in Johto, with three other ex-members of criminal organizations: Will, Karen, and Koga.
Brawly is a former training partner of Bruno's.
Agatha
Agatha (キクコ? Kikuko in original Japanese language versions) is the oldest member of Kanto's Elite Four. Agatha and Professor Oak were once friendly rivals in their youth.
- In the anime
She appears in the anime. When Ash returns from Hoenn, he finds that she had temporarily taken over the gym after its leader had disappeared.
- In the manga
After Lance, Agatha is the main villain in the Pokémon Adventures Yellow manga.
Lance
Lance (ワタル? Wataru in original Japanese language versions) specializes in dragon Pokémon. He is Clair's cousin, having previously trained with her in Blackthorn City.
- In the video games
In the video games, Lance is the leader of both the Kanto and Johto Elite Four with his signature Pokémon being Dragonite. He appears as the leader of the Elite Four and its Champion until Blue defeats him, and the Champion of the Johto Elite Four. He helps Gold defeat Team Rocket in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal.
In Pokémon Gold and Silver, the player encounters Lance near the Lake of Rage after Gold had defeated (or caught) the red Gyarados, which was in a rage from Team Rocket's schemes. Lance compliments him on his skills, and the two of them go to where Lance believed the signal which sent the Gyarados into the rage originated. This area turned out to be a shop inside of Mahogany Town, which was actually a front for Team Rocket's hideout.
- In the anime
Lance appears in the Pokémon anime. He is described as a Pokémon G-Man, and it is his job to go undercover and learn of the plans of the evil teams.
- In the manga
In the manga, Lance is the leader of the Elite Four, and has a large army of Dragonites, Aerodactyls and Dragonairs. He desired to destroy humanity due to all of the pollution and their hurting of Pokémon. The ultimate end result would be a world for Pokémon and the Elite Four alone. Lance reappears in the GSC arc, and encounters a trainer called Silver, who he helps become a better trainer.
Johto members
Will
Will (イツキ? Itsuki in original Japanese language versions) is a trainer who usually wears a mask.
- In the manga
Will, along with Karen, Blue, Silver, Shum, and Cart, is one of the children kidnapped by the Mask of Ice and raised to be his servants. Will was one of the leaders of the Neo Team Rocket formed in Johto. He later joined a Johto Elite Four, with Karen, Bruno, and Koga.
Koga
Koga (キョウ? Kyō in original Japanese language versions) is a Poison-type trainer. His name is a reference to the Koga-ryu school of ninjutsu.
- In the video games
In Pokémon Red and Blue, Koga operates the Fuchsia City gym, which is also a training ground for the ninja arts. Later, in Pokémon Gold and Silver, he was promoted to the Elite Four, relieving the duties of Fuchsia City gym leader to his daughter Janine.
- In the anime
Koga appears in the anime in a similar role to the games, though he never appears in Johto's Elite Four.
- In the manga
In the GSC saga of Pokémon Adventures, Koga, is an ex-Team Rocket executive, and part of the former Team Rocket Triad (composed of Lt. Surge, Sabrina, and himself). He is last seen at the end of the GSC saga, when he joins Will, Karen, and Bruno to help form an Elite Four.
Bruno
Karen
Karen (カリン? Karin in original Japanese language versions) is a powerful trainer of Dark-type Pokémon. Karen is a member of Johto's Elite Four.
In the Pokémon Adventures manga, Karen, along with Will, Green, Silver, Shum, and Cart, is one of the children kidnapped by the Mask of Ice and raised to be his servants. Karen was one of the leaders of the new Team Rocket formed in Johto. After the Mask of Ice was defeated, Karen formed an alliance with Bruno, Will, and Koga.
Hoenn members
Sidney
Sidney (カゲツ? Kagetsu in original Japanese language versions) is the first member of Hoenn's Elite Four that the player faces. He is an expert on Dark-types. His Japanese name contains "kage" (??), "shadow," referring to his Dark-type Pokémon. Sidney is an upbeat character who enjoys his work, even when he loses (congratulating the player on defeating him and saying that it was "fun"). He believes the Dark-side is beautiful, and that might is right. His strategy is all-out offensive.
Sidney appeared in Pokémon Adventures, with a Zangoose and a Metang, as well as a Regirock, controlled alongside Drake.
In the past, he was called a punk, but he proudly states his Elite Four status.
Phoebe
Phoebe (フヨウ? Fuyō in original Japanese language versions) is a member of Hoenn's Elite Four and the second member the protagonist faces. Her name is derived from the word phobia meaning fear. She is an expert on Ghost-type Pokémon, drawing obvious parallels to Agatha in Pokémon Red and Blue and Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. She wears two flowers in her hair and a blue tube top that exposes her belly and a blue sarong patterned with Pokéballs, similar to the outfit worn by hula girls. She is also barefoot with red anklets around her ankles. She is also the granddaughter of an elderly couple who live on Mt. Pyre.
In the Pokémon Adventures manga, Phoebe took control of Regice, together with Glacia. In the video games, her party is composed of two Banette, two Dusclops, and a Sableye.
Glacia
Glacia (プリム Purimu?, Pulim in original Japanese language versions) is the third member of Hoenn's Elite Four. Her name means glacier which explains why she is an expert on Ice-types. She is believed to come from the Sinnoh region, because of its exclusive snowcapped lands that circle the northern area of the region. In addition, the games state that Glacia was looking for hot lands, which was Hoenn, after traveling from a cold region, such as Sinnoh.
Drake
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- For the Orange Island Gym Leader, see Drake
Drake (ゲンジ Genji?, Genji in original Japanese language versions) is a member of Hoenn's Elite Four and the fourth (and last, before the Champion) the player will face. He is an expert on Dragon-types. He looks vaguely like a pirate, which is from a sort of occupation as a seafarer.
- In the anime
Drake has also appeared in the anime, in the episode "Vanity Affairs," where he battled Ash Ketchum.
Ash has completed the Mossdeep Gym challenge, and has become very overconfident about himself. Ash and co. soon meet Drake, whom Brock says is a member of the Elite Four. Drake likes Ash's style and requests to have a two on two (single) battle. Ash agrees and the battle starts. Brock warns Ash that because Drake is an Elite Trainer, his Pokémon are very powerful.
The first match is between Pikachu and Shelgon. Ash, seeing that Drake doesn't command Shelgon to attack early, becomes overconfident again and thinks he can easily win. Drake eventually tells his Shelgon to dodge Pikachu's Thunderbolt and goes on to win the round with Dragon Claw.
The second round was between Grovyle and Altaria. Ash, because of his overconfidence, has a hard time hitting Altaria and made other mistakes he normally wouldn't make, while Altaria uses Dragonbreath to whittle down Grovyle's energy. Drake tells Ash to get all other distractions out of his mind and to keep focus on the battle. When Ash finally started to make a turnaround, Altaria manages to defeat Grovyle with a Solarbeam.
Drake goes on to tell Ash how proud he was to see how at the very end of the match, he starts focusing on the battle like he should. He also said that if Ash had been focused on the battle and not so overconfident, he would've fared a better chance. He goes on to mention how, when he was sailing, he too became overconfident and started losing battle after battle. As he became more focused on the match rather than other thoughts, he began winning again.
Near the end of the episode, Team Rocket attacked, and stole several Pokémon. Drake used his Salamence to help rescue them.
Steven Stone
Steven Stone (ツワブキ ダイゴ Tsuwabuki Daigo?, Daigo Tsuwabuki in original Japanese language versions) is also the son of Mr. Stone of the Devon Corporation, and has a passion for rare stones. He frequently appears during the protagonist's journey to give the player advice. His home is in Mossdeep City. In Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, Steven is the incumbent champion of the Pokémon league for the region of Hoenn, as well as the leader of its Elite Four. In Emerald, he disappears and is succeeded by Wallace, although he fights a double battle with the player against the Magma Leader Maxie and Admin Tabitha and can be fought later at Meteor Falls after beating the Elite Four and Wallace. He is an expert on Steel types. Steven's signature Pokémon is Metagross which is a Steel/Psychic type.
In the anime
Steven made an appearance in the anime episode "A Hole Lotta Trouble." The only Pokémon of his revealed in the episode were Aron and Aggron. Despite having a much bigger role in the games, he was only seen once in the anime, with his plotline in the Kyogre-Groudon saga being taken over by Lance.
It is unknown why he stepped down as the Pokémon League Champion. In Emerald, the player can battle him only once. His team is the same one from Ruby and Sapphire, but they are 20 levels higher.
Wallace
Wallace (ミクリ? Mikuri in original Japanese language versions) is an expert on Water-types. In Emerald, he was once the Gym Leader of Sootopolis City, but was replaced by his mentor, Juan when he became champion of Hoenn's Elite Four and the region's league. In all games, Wallace is the guardian of the Cave of Origin, where deceased Pokémon are resurrected and where the player may catch Groudon and Kyogre in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, respectively. Wallace's signature Pokémon is Milotic.
- In the anime
Although Juan was the Sootopolis Gym Leader in the anime, early Japanese artwork shows that Wallace was intended to be in this position before Emerald's release.
Although he never appeared in Hoenn, he appeared in DP075 as a Contest Master in Sinnoh.
- In the manga
In Pokémon Adventures, he is the Sootopolis Gym Leader, in addition to being a contest master as well as the protector of the Cave of Origin. Wallace also takes Ruby under his wing, much like how Winona did for Sapphire. Despite having aligned himself with Team Aqua, he has a strong sense of justice, and is the first of the aligned Gym Leaders to renounce his loyalty, convincing Winona of the Magmas to do the same.
It was revealed in Volume 21 that Wallace was the Hoenn League Champion who had entered the Hall of Fame. However, he renounced the title as he expressed his wish of following his mentor, Juan's, footstep of becoming a Gym Leader of his city. According to Steven, what Wallace did not mention to the director of the Pokémon Association is that there is a second reason for his renouncement: He was trying to stay with Winona, the Fortree Gym Leader.
He and Winona apparently had some sort of relationship in the past. Although it is largely unconfirmed whether Winona still has feelings for him, it is quite obvious that he still has feelings for her, based on the scene where the two say their goodbyes before they leave to fight Kyogre and Groudon in Volume 20.
Wallace usually travels on an "Air Car", which can travel on both the land and the air. He is also the only Hoenn Gym Leader who nicknamed his Pokémon.
Sinnoh members
Aaron
Aaron (リョウ? Ryō in original Japanese language versions) (Korean:충호-Cheungho) is the first member of Elite Four in Sinnoh, a Bug-type expert. Also, he is the first male character in Pokémon games to have an ahoge. He has a variety of Bug-Type Pokémon. His team consists of Beautifly, Dustox, Heracross, Vespiqueen, and Drapion (Although in Pokemon Platinum, he will have dropped Beautifly and Dustox for Yanmega and Scizor). Aaron also wears a vest or undershirt that is based on Combee. He takes great pride in his Bug Pokémon, calling them beautiful and perfect. Despite these arrogant sounding claims, he is a good sport and accepts his defeat gracefully.
In the anime
He, along with Cynthia and the other members of the Elite Four, was mentioned by Lucian in An Elite Meet and Greet.
Aaron will make his debut appearance in DP099.
Bertha
Bertha (キクノ? Kikuno in original Japanese language versions) (Korean:들국화-Deulgukghwa) is the second member of the Sinnoh Elite Four and is the oldest of the Gym Leaders/Elite Four. Bertha is a Ground-type master, although she has quite a few strong Water-Ground mixes thrown into her arsenal. She bears a solid team of Quagsire, Hippowdon, Sudowoodo, Whiscash, and Golem (In Platinum, Sudowoodo and Quagsire are dropped for Rhyperior and Gliscor. Her name is derived from the word "earth". She bears a close resemblance to Kanto Elite Four member, Agatha.
Flint
Flint (オーバ Ōba?, Oba in original Japanese language versions) (Korean:대엽-Daeyeop) is the third member of the Elite Four in Sinnoh and a Fire-type enthusiast. While focusing on Fire-type Pokémon, he also mixes his team with various Pokémon with different types to stand an advantage against his opponents. His army consists of Rapidash, Infernape, Steelix, Lopunny, and Drifblim. In Pokémon Platinum his Pokémons now consists of Houndoom, Flareon, Rapidash, Infernape and Magmortar.
Flint meets the player before battling him or her in Sunyshore City. When there, he will be right at the city's entrance and ask the player to bring Volkner back to his gym. Later, when you arrive at the Battle Park, you meet his little brother Buck.
Lucian
Lucian (ゴヨウ? Goyō in original Japanese language versions) (Korean-오엽=Oyeop), the final member of the Elite Four in Sinnoh, is a Psychic-type trainer. His team consists of Mr. Mime, Medicham, Girafarig,Alakazam, and Bronzong In Pokemon Platinum, he drops Medicham for Gallade and Girafarig for Espeon. He is known to read books in between matches. Most of his Pokémon are dual-typed.
- In the anime
Lucian made an appearance in the Diamond and Pearl episode, "An Elite meet and greet". Lucian and his Bronzong battled Dawn and her newly caught Buizel. Dawn battled Lucian two times but lost. He also appears as a cameo in a match on television against Cynthia in "Top-Down Training!"
Cynthia
Cynthia (シロナ? Shirona in original Japanese language versions) (Korean:난천-Nancheon) is the league champion of the Sinnoh Region, as well as the first female league champion in the Pokémon video game series (other than the female protagonists). Her arsenal consists of Milotic, Roserade, Garchomp, Spiritomb, Gastrodon, and Lucario. All of her Pokémons are female, except for her Lucario
She helps the player with several odd predicaments throughout the game, such as alleviating the headaches of a group of Psyduck. Her grandmother is the elder of Celestic Town, and she has a strong interest in Pokémon mythology. She first meets the player to give him or her the Hidden Machine for Cut. She says that when she was younger she traveled around with a Pokedex for Professor Rowan.
- In the anime
She appeared in the 40th episode of Diamond & Pearl, "Top-Down Training!". In the episode Ash & Co. encountered her at a ruins. Later on in the episode Ash's rival Paul appeared and asked Cynthia to battle him. Cynthia only used her Garchomp against Paul - winning the match easily, even though it was only her Garchomp against four of Paul's Pokémon. She also appears as a dream/hallucination in "Malice in Wonderland!" in this she has a shiny Rayquaza. She appeared in DP096 and DP097, fighting against Team Galactic with her Garchomp and Gastrodon.
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