Drake

Drake ゲンジ Genji
File:Drake.png Art from R/S/E
Gender	Male
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Hoenn
Trainer class	Elite trainer
Generation	III
Games	Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald
Elite Four of	Ever Grande City
Specializes in	Template:Type2s
Anime debut	Vanity Affair
English voice actor	Brian Maillard
Japanese voice actor	Shōzō Iizuka

Drake (Japanese: ゲンジ Genji) is a master Template:Type2 Trainer and member of the Hoenn Elite Four.

In the games

In Generation III, Drake is the fourth member of the Hoenn Elite Four.

Drake harnesses the strong power of Template:Type2 Pokémon that he specializes in. He lives every day to dedicate himself to learn about the Pokémon who saved him. He believes that the Elite Four's challenge is superior to the Battle Frontier.

Pokémon

This listing is for Drake's Pokémon in the video games in which he has appeared.

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

File:E Drake.png [[Elite Four (Trainer class)|Elite Four]] Drake [[Ever Grande City|Ever Grande City]] Ruby and Sapphire [[Elite Four (Trainer class)|Elite Four]] and Professor Drake Oak [[Ever Grande City|Ever Grande City]] Ruby and Sapphire Reward: $5500

Types: Dragon Unknown Ability: Rock Head Held item: None Shelgon♂ Lv.52 Dragon Claw Dragon   --       Rock Tomb Rock   --       Protect Normal   --       Crunch Dark   --       Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Natural Cure Held item: None Altaria♂ Lv.54 Take Down Normal   --       DragonBreath Dragon   --       Dragon Dance Dragon   --       Refresh Normal   --       Types: Ground Dragon Ability: Levitate Held item: None Flygon♂ Lv.53 Flamethrower Fire   --       Crunch Dark   --       DragonBreath Dragon   --       Sand-Attack Ground   --       Types: Ground Dragon Ability: Levitate Held item: None Flygon♂ Lv.53 Fly Flying   --       Dig Ground   --       DragonBreath Dragon   --       Sandstorm Rock   --       Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: Sitrus Berry Salamence♂ Lv.55 Flamethrower Fire   --       Dragon Claw Dragon   --       Crunch Dark   --       Fly Flying   --

Pokémon Emerald

File:E Drake.png [[Elite Four (Trainer class)|Elite Four]] Drake [[Ever Grande City|Ever Grande City]] Emerald [[Elite Four (Trainer class)|Elite Four]] and Professor Drake Oak [[Ever Grande City|Ever Grande City]] Emerald Reward: $5500

Types: Dragon Unknown Ability: Rock Head Held item: None Shelgon♂ Lv.52 Dragon Claw Dragon   --       Rock Tomb Rock   --       Protect Normal   --       Double-Edge Normal   --       Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Natural Cure Held item: None Altaria♂ Lv.54 Double-Edge Normal   --       DragonBreath Dragon   --       Dragon Dance Dragon   --       Aerial Ace Flying   --       Types: Water Dragon Ability: Swift Swim Held item: None Kingdra♂ Lv.53 Surf Water   --       Body Slam Normal   --       Dragon Dance Dragon   --       SmokeScreen Normal   --       Types: Ground Dragon Ability: Levitate Held item: None Flygon♂ Lv.53 Flamethrower Fire   --       Earthquake Ground   --       DragonBreath Dragon   --       Crunch Dark   --       Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: Sitrus Berry Salamence♂ Lv.55 Flamethrower Fire   --       Dragon Claw Dragon   --       Crunch Dark   --       Rock Slide Rock   --

Quotes

"I am the last of the Pokémon League Elite Four, Drake the Dragon master! In their natural state, Pokémon are wild living things. They are free. At times, they hinder us. At times, they helped us. For us to battle with Pokémon as partners, do you know what it takes? Do you know what is needed? If you don't know, then you will never prevail over me!"

"Superb, it should be said."

"You deserve every credit for coming this far as a Trainer of Pokémon. You do seem to know what is needed. Yes, what a Trainer needs is a virtuous heart. Pokémon touch the good hearts of Trainers and learn good from wrong. They touch the good hearts of Trainers and grow strong. Go! Go onwards! The Champion is waiting!"

"That voice... <player>, is it? You sound well... I understand there is now a facility call the Battle Frontier that tests the skills of Trainers. However, if you wish to have real battles, there is no substitute for the Pokémon League! Don't you agree, <player>?"

Trainer's Eyes

Strategy - Harness strong abilities.

Trainer's Pokémon - The raw power of Dragons!

Self-Introduction - I live to battle every day to learn about Pokémon.

In the anime

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Drake in the anime

Drake is the only member of the Hoenn Elite Four to have appeared in the anime. His only anime appearance was in Vanity Affair. His English voice actor was Brian Maillard and his Japanese voice actor is Shōzō Iizuka.

Drake is a ship captain, and has an entire crew under his command. His first-mate is Fitzwilliam. After witnessing Ash and his Torkoal defeating another Trainer's Scizor, Drake meets Ash and his company at a restaurant and invites them to his ship. Once on board, Max asks Drake to show them his Pokémon, and Drake invites Ash to have a Pokémon battle with him instead. Drake wins the match easily, helping Ash realize that he had been overconfident recently. When Team Rocket tries to steal Pikachu again after the battle, Drake blasts them off with his Salamence.

After Ash takes his Pokémon to the Pokémon Center, Drake also invites the gang to dine on his ship. During the meal, Drake tells Ash that he too once got overconfident and lost many battles because of it.

Pokémon

Shelgon

Drake's Shelgon

Debut	Vanity Affair

Shelgon is the first Pokémon Drake used to battle Ash. Ash thought Pikachu's speed and powerful attacks would beat the slow Endurance Pokémon, but he did not take into account Shelgon's high defense. Drake's strategy was to calculate the damage from Ash's attack and wait until Pikachu was close enough (trying to use Iron Tail to finish off Shelgon) before he attacked with a powerful DragonBreath and Dragon Claw, winning the round. Besides these moves, Shelgon is also known to know at least Double-Edge.

Altaria

Debut	Vanity Affair

For the second round, Drake used Altaria. Despite the type disadvantage, Ash chose Grovyle, thinking it would be able to use the ship's masts like trees. Still, Altaria won the round with Take Down, DragonBreath, Sky Attack, Aerial Ace, and SolarBeam.

Salamence

Drake's Salamence

Debut	Vanity Affair

When Team Rocket tried to kidnap Pikachu after Ash and Drake's battle, Drake was furious and unleashed Salamence on them. Salamence easily retrieved Pikachu and blasted Team Rocket away. Salamence's known moves are Dragon Claw and Flamethrower.

In Pokémon Adventures manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga, he is one of the Hoenn Elite Four members. He along with Sidney controlled a Regirock, acquired from the Desert Ruins, which helped in the battle between Groudon and Kyogre. This Regirock, however, fled from their control when Steven died from the stress of coercing the combined efforts of the Elite Four, Wallace, and himself, together with the other two Regis.

Pokémon

This listing is of Drake's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.

Metang

Shelgon

Released

Regirock (With Sidney)

In the TCG

Drake was featured in the TCG. The following is a list of cards featuring Drake or his Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Name	Type	Rarity	Set	Set no.
Drake's Stadium	St		EX Power Keepers	72/108

Trivia

• He is the only member of the Hoenn Elite Four to appear in the anime. However, both Hoenn Champions, Steven and Wallace have also appeared.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ゲンジ (Genji)	源氏菫 Genji-Sumire, Viola variegata var. nipponica. A common Japanese given name.
English	Drake	Similar to and also means dragon. Possible reference to Sir Francis Drake.
French	Aragon	Similar to the word dragon.
German	Dragan	Similar to the word Drache (dragon).
Italian	Drake	The same as the English name.
Spanish	Dracón	Close to the word dragón.
Korean	권수 (Gweonsu)
Chinese (Taiwan)	源治 (Yuánzhì)	From 源治, a possible spelling of Genji.

References

• Pokémon.com Vanity Affair!

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