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A '''Pokémon Coordinator''' is a Pokemon Trainer who trains their {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} to show off its own beauty, then enters their Pokémon in [[Pokémon Contest]]s.

They raise their Pokémon much like [[Pokémon Trainer]]s do, although with much more emphasis on beauty and appearances since they are major factors when it comes to points in Contests. They need to train their Pokémon to have beautiful [[move]]s, and be able to do well in {{pkmn|battle}}s, as a battle tournament is the second round of a Contest.

Coordinators need a [[Contest Pass]] from a particular region to enter Contests there. Like Trainers, Coordinators travel throughout their region to catch and raise their Pokémon. However, unlike Trainers, their goal is to collect [[Ribbon]]s instead of [[badge]]s. But unlike badges, Coordinators only get a single shot of winning a particular ribbon from a particular contest. They also must compete with other Coordinators for that ribbon. They need to collect five ribbons by winning various Contests in the region in order to be able to participate in that region's [[Grand Festival]]. If they win the Grand Festival, they will be awarded the [[Ribbon Cup]].

==Coordinators in the anime==
==={{an|May}}===
[[File:May Kanto party.png|thumb|May and her Pokémon]]
{{an|May}}, a main character in [[Advanced Generation series]] of the anime, is a Pokémon Coordinator. She starts out her journey trying to become a Trainer, but after seeing a Contest, she decides to become a Coordinator. She has competed against numerous other Coordinators, including her main rivals, [[Drew]] and [[Harley]]. She has also competed against [[Solidad]], [[Kelly]], {{OBP|Anthony|Coordinator}}, and {{ho|Robert}}. May has grown in ability since she was first introduced to Contests, and has entered both the [[Hoenn]] and [[Kanto]] [[Grand Festival]]s. After the Kanto Grand Festival, she decided to leave Ash and {{an|Brock}} to travel to the [[Johto]] region to enter Contests there.

===[[Jessie]]===
[[Jessie]], from {{TRT}}, has entered many Contests under many aliases, such as Jessibella, Jesselana, or Jessilina, in hopes of becoming rich and famous. She has won four Contests, all of them in the [[Sinnoh]] region. One was an unofficial Contest in which she used [[Dawn's Ambipom|Ash's Aipom]]. The other two were official Contests that she won using her {{TP|Jessie|Dustox}} and {{TP|Jessie|Yanmega}}, respectively.
Her fifth ribbon was given to her by [[Princess Salvia]] (disguised as {{an|Dawn}}), so she was able to enter the Sinnoh Grand Festival. After competing in the Sinnoh Grand Festival, Jessie gave up contests.

==={{Ash}}===
Ash, although mainly a [[Pokémon Trainer]], has entered three Contests for fun. One was an unofficial Contest in [[Terracotta Town]] in Kanto that ended in a tie with May, the second time was in [[Jubilife City]] which he entered with Dawn but they both ended up losing to [[Zoey]], and the last time was the [[Wallace Cup]] (at Wallace's request) in which he lost during the second battle round to {{si|Kyle}}.

==={{an|Brock}}===
Brock has also entered a couple of Pokémon Contests.  His only official contest was in [[AG169|What I Did For Love!]] in which he competed against May but lost in the finals.  He usually only enters to impress girls, as he is mainly a {{tc|Pokémon Breeder}}.

==={{an|Dawn}}===
[[File:Dawn Mamoswine Cyndaquil.png|thumb|250px|Dawn with her Mamoswine and Cyndaquil]]
{{an|Dawn}} was a Pokémon Coordinator much like May was before her. She is the daughter of [[Johanna]], a famous Pokémon Coordinator in Sinnoh who won a past Sinnoh Grand Festival. Dawn has entered a few Contests and has won five ribbons, one of which was in the [[Wallace Cup]] at [[Valor Lakefront]]. She has had several rivals, including [[Zoey]], {{si|Kenny}}, [[Jessie]], [[Ursula]] and [[Nando]]. She won second place in the [[Sinnoh Grand Festival]]. As a coordinator, Dawn was able to come up with various combinations, most notably ''Flame Ice'', with her {{TP|Dawn|Mamoswine}}'s {{m|Ice Shard}} and her {{TP|Dawn|Cyndaquil|Quilava}}'s {{m|Flame Wheel}}, and ''Ice Chandelier'', with her {{TP|Dawn|Pachirisu}}'s {{m|Discharge}} and her {{TP|Dawn|Buneary}}'s {{m|Ice Beam}} or Mamoswine's Ice Shard. She is currently in the Hoenn region with all her Pokémon.

===Others===
Other Coordinators featured in the anime are [[Dr. Abby]], who also runs a Pokémon Clinic and was a Grand Festival winner, [[Yuma]], who is also a {{tc|Pokémon Breeder}}, [[Juan]], also the [[Sootopolis City]] [[Gym Leader]], and {{jo|Marina}}, [[Lila]], [[Solidad]], [[Kelly]], {{ho|Grace}}, [[Timmy Grimm]], {{OBP|Anthony|Coordinator}}, {{ho|Robert}}, [[Drew]], [[Harley]], [[Zoey]], [[Nando]],  {{si|Kenny}}, [[Fantina]], [[Mario]], {{si|Rebecca}}, and [[Wallace]].

==Coordinators in Manga==
===[[Daisy Oak]]===
In [[Pokémon Adventures]] Daisy Oak, [[Professor Oak]]'s granddaughter and {{adv|Blue}}'s older sister, is a skilled Pokémon Coordinator.

==={{adv|Ruby}}===
Also in Pokémon Adventures, Ruby is a Pokémon Coordinator. He ran away from his home in [[Littleroot Town]] to be able to participate in Contests away from his father’s oppression. He was challenged by {{adv|Sapphire}} to win all the Contests in Hoenn in 80 days, but was interrupted when he was needed to stop the rampaging {{p|Groudon}} and {{p|Kyogre}}. 

===[[Wallace]]===
Wallace is another great Coordinator featured in Pokémon Adventures.

==={{Ccp|Haruka}}===
[[Pokémon Chamo-Chamo ☆ Pretty ♪]]'s main protagonist, Haruka, is a Coordinator with a {{p|Torchic}}.

==Coordinators in the video games==
[[File:Super Contest.png|thumb|right|{{ga|Lucas}} winning a [[Super Contest]]]]
In {{game2|Ruby|Sapphire|Emerald}}, as well as {{3v2|Diamond|Pearl|Platinum}}, the player has a chance to enter Pokémon Contests, making them a part-time Coordinator. They win ribbons after each victory. The Contests in the video games are much different from those in the anime. There is no Grand Festival, and there are different [[Contest categories|categories]] and ranks. In Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl, the player's mother, [[Johanna]]; the {{ci|Hearthome}} [[Hearthome Gym|Gym]] [[Gym Leader|Leader]], [[Fantina]]; and [[Johto]]'s {{ci|Olivine}} [[Olivine Gym|Gym]] Leader, [[Jasmine]] and the owner of a ranch, [[Hayley]] are all famous Coordinators and the player's opponents in the higher ranks.

The first, and so far only, time the term "Coordinator" was used in the games was in {{3v2|Diamond|Pearl|Platinum}}, by a girl in an apartment in [[Hearthome City]].

==Notable Coordinators==
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! style="background:#{{contest color light}}; {{roundytl|5px}};" | {{color2|{{contest color dark}}|Pokémon Coordinator|Coordinator}}
! style="background:#{{contest color light}}" | {{color2|{{contest color dark}}|Region}}
! style="background:#{{contest color light}}" | {{color|{{contest color dark}}|Canon}}
! style="background:#{{contest color light}}; {{roundytr|5px}};" | {{color|{{contest color dark}}|Top achievement}}
|- style="background:#fff"
| rowspan="2" | [[Daisy Oak]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Kanto]]
| {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}
| Spring Contest Champion
|- style="background:#fff"
| [[Pokémon Adventures]]
| 
|- style="background:#fff"
| {{an|Dawn}}
| [[Sinnoh]]
| {{pkmn|anime|Anime}}
| [[Sinnoh Grand Festival]] Top 2
|- style="background:#fff"
| rowspan="3" | [[Drew]]
| [[Hoenn]]
| rowspan="3" | {{pkmn|anime|Anime}}
| rowspan="3" | [[Hoenn Grand Festival]] Top 2<br>[[Kanto Grand Festival]] Top 8
|- style="background:#fff"
| [[Kanto]]
|- style="background:#fff"
| [[Johto]]
|- style="background:#fff"
| rowspan="2" | [[Fantina]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Sinnoh]]
| {{game|Diamond and Pearl|s}}
| [[Ribbon Syndicate]] membership*
|- style="background:#fff"
| {{pkmn|anime|Anime}}
| [[Top Coordinator]]
|- style="background:#fff"
| rowspan="3" | [[Harley]]
| [[Hoenn]]
| rowspan="3" | {{pkmn|anime|Anime}}
| rowspan="3" | [[Kanto Grand Festival]] Top 16
|- style="background:#fff"
| [[Kanto]]
|- style="background:#fff"
| [[Johto]]
|- style="background:#fff"
| {{Ccp|Haruka}}
| 
| [[Pokémon Chamo-Chamo ☆ Pretty ♪]]
| 
|- style="background:#fff"
| [[Jasmine]]
| [[Sinnoh]]
| {{game|Diamond and Pearl|s}}
| [[Ribbon Syndicate]] membership*
|- style="background:#fff"
|rowspan="3"|[[Jessie]]
| [[Hoenn]]
|rowspan="3"| {{pkmn|anime|Anime}}
|rowspan="3"| [[Sinnoh Grand Festival]] Top 4
|- style="background:#fff"
| [[Kanto]]
|- style="background:#fff"
| [[Sinnoh]]
|- style="background:#fff"
| rowspan="2" | [[Johanna]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Sinnoh]]
| {{game|Diamond and Pearl|s}}
| [[Ribbon Syndicate]] membership*
|- style="background:#fff"
| {{pkmn|anime|Anime}}
| [[Top Coordinator]]
|- style="background:#fff"
| [[Juan]]
| [[Hoenn]]
| {{pkmn|anime|Anime}}
| [[Top Coordinator]]
|- style="background:#fff"
| {{si|Kenny}}
| [[Sinnoh]]
| {{pkmn|anime|Anime}}
| [[Sinnoh Grand Festival]] N/A
|- style="background:#fff"
| {{jo|Marina}}
| 
| {{pkmn|anime|Anime}}
| [[Top Coordinator]]<!--mentioned in [[DP041]]-->
|- style="background:#fff"
| rowspan="3" | {{an|May}}
| [[Hoenn]]
| rowspan="3" | {{pkmn|anime|Anime}}
| rowspan="3" | [[Hoenn Grand Festival]] Top 8<br>[[Kanto Grand Festival]] Top 4<br>Three other [[Johto]] [[ribbon]]s
|- style="background:#fff"
| [[Kanto]]
|- style="background:#fff"
| [[Johto]]
|- style="background:#fff"
| [[Nando]]
| [[Sinnoh]]
| {{pkmn|anime|Anime}}
| [[Sinnoh Grand Festival]] Top 4
|- style="background:#fff"
| {{ho|Robert}}
| [[Hoenn]]
| {{pkmn|anime|Anime}}
| [[Top Coordinator]] ([[Hoenn Grand Festival]] winner)
|-  style="background:#fff"
| {{adv|Ruby}}
| [[Hoenn]]
| [[Pokémon Adventures]]
| [[Rank#Main series|Master Rank]] victory
|- style="background:#fff"
| rowspan="2" | [[Solidad]]
| [[Kanto]]
| rowspan="2" | {{pkmn|anime|Anime}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Top Coordinator]] ([[Kanto Grand Festival]] winner)
|- style="background:#fff"
| [[Johto]]
|- style="background:#fff"
| [[Ursula]]
| [[Sinnoh]]
| {{pkmn|anime|Anime}}
| [[Sinnoh Grand Festival]] Top 32
|- style="background:#fff"
| rowspan="2" | [[Wallace]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Hoenn]]
| [[Pokémon Adventures]] 
|
|- style="background:#fff"
| {{pkmn|anime|Anime}}
| Contest Champion
|- style="background:#fff"
| [[Zoey]]
| [[Sinnoh]]
| {{pkmn|anime|Anime}}
| [[Top Coordinator]] ([[Sinnoh Grand Festival]] winner)
|- 
| colspan="4" style="background:#{{contest color}}; color: #{{contest color dark}}; {{roundybottom|5px}};"| <nowiki>*</nowiki><small>''Membership to the {{color2|{{contest color dark}}|Ribbon Syndicate}}, an elite association of Coordinators in {{color2|{{contest color dark}}|Sinnoh}}, requires at least ten ribbons.''</small>
|}
{{-}}

==Trivia==
* For ''[[DP006|Different Strokes for Different Blokes]]'', [[Professor Oak's lecture]] is about Coordinators. He writes this [[Pokémon senryū]] about them: ポケモンと　うつくしくあれ　コーディネーター ''Pokémon to utsukushiku are, Kōdinētā.'' "Being beautiful with Pokémon, that is a Coordinator."

==In other languages==
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|zh_cmn='''神奇寶貝協調訓練家'''／'''神奇宝贝协调训练家''' ''Shénqíbǎobèi Xiétiáo-xùnliànjiā''
|fr_eu='''Coordinateur Pokémon'''
|pt_br='''Coordenador Pokémon'''
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