Rafe

Rafe リュウ Ryū
Rafe
Gender	Male
Hometown	South City
Region	Hoenn
Relatives	Audrey and Kathryn (sisters)
Trainer class	Trainer
Animated debut	Destiny Deoxys
English voice actor	Sebastian Arcelus
Japanese voice actor	Kenji Nojima

Rafe (Japanese: リュウ Ryū) is a major character who appeared in Destiny Deoxys. He is the older brother of Audrey and Kathryn.

In the movies

Rafe and Sid in the Battle Tower

Rafe is a skilled Pokémon Trainer who came to LaRousse City with his twin sisters Audrey and Kathryn, as well as his friends Sid and Rebecca, to compete at the Battle Tower. On his way to the Battle Tower, he and his group met Ash and his friends. When Rafe and Sid participated at the Battle Tower, their first match was against Ash and Tory Lund. He and Sid won easily due to Tory's inability to properly command Ash's Torkoal in battle, stemming from his fear of Pokémon.

When Deoxys' clones began abducting people and Pokémon, Rafe was able to fend off the clones that came near his group with the help of his Blaziken, Ash, and Pikachu. Later, Rafe helped free the abducted citizens of LaRousse City. He also worked to restore energy to regenerate the body of the other Deoxys.

Rafe briefly reappeared in a montage in The Rise of Darkrai, which chronicled the preceding nine movies.

Character

Rafe is a calm and collected young man who thinks before he acts. He is extremely protective of his sisters and also cares deeply for his Pokémon and friends. He can become cocky and condescending after a victory, as seen when he defeated Ash and Tory.

Pokémon

This listing is of Rafe's known Pokémon in Pokémon the Series:

Blaziken

Debut	Destiny Deoxys
Voice actors
Japanese	Susumu Chiba
English	Darren Dunstan

Blaziken is the only Pokémon of Rafe's party shown in Destiny Deoxys. It first appeared helping Ash with the moving floors in the city. Later, Rafe used Blaziken in battle against Tory and Ash in the Battle Tower and won easily.

Blaziken and Rafe battled the Deoxys clones while Ash and the rest of the group moved onwards to safety.

When all the Trainers tried to manually move the windmills, Blaziken moved one alone by jumping on its blades, one by one, repeatedly.

Blaziken's known moves are Blaze Kick, Flamethrower, and Overheat.

Achievements

Pokémon competitions

Rafe has competed in the following Pokémon competitions:

• Battle Tower- Unknown (with Sid; Destiny Deoxys)

Artwork

Ken Sugimori's design of Rafe

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 野島健児 Kenji Nojima English Sebastian Arcelus German Daniel Schlauch Brazilian Portuguese Diego Marques (original dub) Renan Alonso (Star Channel redub)

In the manga

Movie adaptations

Rafe and Sid in the manga

Rafe appears in the manga adaptation of Destiny Deoxys, playing the same role as in the movie.

Pokémon

Blaziken

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Rafe or his Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Rafe's Pokémon Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Rafe's Blaziken					Movie Commemoration VS Pack: Sky-Splitting Deoxys		012/019

Trivia

• Rafe's design is based on the Cooltrainer Trainer class's Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen design. The only change is the color of his hair and clothes.

In other languages

Language	Name	Origin
Korean	류 Ryu	Transliteration of his Japanese name.
Chinese	阿龍 Ā Lóng	From 竜 ryū (dragon).

Related articles

This movie article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of Pokémon animation.