list of gym leaders

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This is a list of Gym Leaders in Pokémon media.

Introduced in the games

Kanto Gym Leaders

The first eight Kanto Gym Leaders listed below (from Takeshi/Brock to Sakaki/Giovanni) appear in RGBY, FRLG, and LGPE.

The Kanto Gym Leaders are mostly the same in GSC and HGSS, except Kyou/Koga and Sakaki/Giovanni are replaced by Anzu/Janine and Green/Blue, respectively.

Johto Gym Leaders

The Johto Gym Leaders listed below appear in GSC and HGSS.

Hoenn Gym Leaders

The first eight Hoenn Gym Leaders listed below (from Tsutsuji/Roxanne to Mikuri/Wallace) appear in RS and ORAS.

The Hoenn Gym Leaders are mostly the same in Emerald, except Mikuri/Wallace is replaced by his mentor Adan/Juan.

Sinnoh Gym Leaders

The Sinnoh Gym Leaders listed below appear in DPPt.

Unova Gym Leaders (Black/White)

The Unova Gym Leaders listed below appear in BW.

The first Gym Leader battled by the player is one of the three brothers—Dent/Cilan, Pod/Chili, or Corn/Cress—depending on the Starter Pokémon of the player.

These Gym Leaders depend on the game: the player battles either Shaga/Drayden (Black) or Iris (White).

Unova Gym Leaders (Black 2/White 2)

BW2 is set two years after BW.

These characters from BW return as Gym Leaders in BW2: Arty/Burgh, Kamitsure/Elesa, Yakon/Clay, Fuuro/Skyla and Shaga/Drayden.

These don't return as Gym Leaders: the three brothers (Dent/Cilan, Pod/Chili and Corn/Cress), Aloe/Lenora, and Iris.

The Unova Gym Leaders introduced in BW2 are listed below. (Cheren was already a major character in BW, but only gets his job as a Gym Leader in BW2.)

Kalos Gym Leaders

The Kalos Gym Leaders listed below appear in XY.

Galar Gym Leaders

The Galar Gym Leaders listed below appear in SwSh.

These Gym Leaders depend on the game: the player battles either Saitou/Bea and Makuwa/Gordie (Sword) or Onion/Allister and Melon/Melony (Shield).

Paldea Gym Leaders

The Paldea Gym Leaders listed below appear in SV.

Introduced in the anime