Elite Four

The Elite Four (Japanese: 四天王 Four Heavenly Kings) are four Pokémon Trainers who are regarded as the toughest in their regional Pokémon League, short of the League Champion. Those who challenge the Elite Four must have won all eight Badges from that region and face all four and the current Champion consecutively without losing to any of them.

One group resides on Indigo Plateau in Kanto, and are considered the best Trainers in both Kanto and Johto; another is in Ever Grande City in Hoenn; two more reside at the unnamed Pokémon Leagues in Sinnoh and Isshu.

Kanto/Johto Elite Four

Generation I and III

In the Generation I games Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow, and their Generation III remakes, the Elite Four at the Indigo Plateau consists of:

Member Japanese	Type	Teams
		Red	Green	Blue	Yellow	FireRed and LeafGreen
						After Kanto	After Sevii
File:FL Lorelei.png Lorelei カンナ Kanna	Ice
File:FL Bruno.png Bruno シバ Siba	Fighting
File:FRLG Agatha.png Agatha キクコ Kikuko	Ghost
File:FL Lance.png Lance ワタル Wataru	Dragon
File:FL Blue.png Champion Blue グリーン Green	Various

Generation II and IV

In Generation II and Generation IV, the Elite Four at the Indigo Plateau consists of:

Member Japanese	Type	Teams
		Gold	Silver	Crystal	HeartGold and SoulSilver
					After 8 badges	After 16 badges
Will イツキ Itsuki	Psychic
Koga キョウ Kyō	Poison
Bruno シバ Siba	Fighting
Karen カリン Karin	Dark
Champion Lance ワタル Wataru	Dragon

Hoenn Elite Four

Generation III

In Generation III, the Elite Four in Ever Grande City consists of:

Member Japanese	Type	Teams
		Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald
File:E Sidney.png Sidney カゲツ Kagetsu	Dark
File:E Phoebe.png Phoebe フヨウ Fuyō	Ghost
File:E Glacia.png Glacia プリム Prim	Ice
File:E Drake.png Drake ゲンジ Genji	Dragon
File:RS Steven.png Champion Steven ダイゴ Daigo	Steel
File:E-Wallace.png Champion Wallace ミクリ Mikuri	Water

Sinnoh Elite Four

Generation IV

In Generation IV, the Elite Four at the Pokémon League consists of:

Member Japanese	Type	Teams
		Diamond	Pearl	Platinum
Aaron リョウ Ryou	Bug
Bertha キクノ Kikuno	Ground
Flint オーバ Ōba	Fire
Lucian ゴヨウ Goyō	Psychic
Champion Cynthia シロナ Shirona	Various

Isshu Elite Four

Generation V

The Isshu Elite Four may be challenged in any order the player wishes. In Generation V, the Elite Four at the Pokémon League consists of:

Member Japanese	Type	Teams
		Black	White	Rematch
File:VSShikimi.png Shikimi シキミ Shikimi	Ghost
File:VSGiima.png Giima ギーマ Giima	Dark
Caitlin カトレア Cattleya	Psychic
File:VSRenbu.png Renbu レンブ Renbu	Fighting
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In the anime

The Sinnoh Elite Four in the anime

Ash and his friends infrequently meet the members of the Elite Four, who then impart them with battle strategies. So far, Ash has encountered the complete Kanto group:

• Lorelei in The Mandarin Island Miss Match (named 'Prima' in the English dub)
• Bruno in To Master the Onixpected
• Agatha in The Scheme Team
• Lance in Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution

Ash has also met Koga in The Ninja Poké-Showdown, though merely as Fuchsia City's Gym Leader and not as the Johto Elite Four member.

From Hoenn, Ash has met:

• Steven in A Hole Lotta Trouble!
• Drake in Vanity Affair
• Wallace in Our Cup Runneth Over!

Ash has also met the entire Sinnoh Elite Four as well:

• Lucian in An Elite Meet and Greet!
• Cynthia in Top-Down Training!
• Aaron in A Trainer and Child Reunion!
• Flint in Flint Sparks the Fire!
• Bertha in An Elite Coverup!

It has been hinted by Lucian in An Elite Meet and Greet! that when a Trainer wins their respective region's Conference Tournament, they can participate in the Elite Four Challenge, fighting the four members of that region's Elite Four, and then possibly the Champion as well.

In the manga

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Pokémon Adventures

The Elite Four made their first appearance in A Charizard...and a Champion watching the battle between Red and Blue

Trivia

• Despite their Japanese name being "Four Heavenly Kings", each Elite Four group contains at least one female member among them.
• Of all 17 elemental types, each type has been represented by an Elite Four member or Champion with the exception of the Template:Type2.
• In the Kanto-based games, all of the Elite Four members have at least one Pokémon that is not of their specialty type during the first battle.
• The Indigo Elite Four on Johto-based games holds the record for both the lowest and highest payouts given for defeating them. In Generation II, they will only give out $22,900; when faced after all Kanto badges have been obtained in HeartGold and SoulSilver, they give out $75,660.
• All Indigo Elite Four members are villains in the Pokémon Adventures manga.
• The Hoenn Elite Four members are the only ones that don't have higher level Pokémon in future rematches with them in any game.
• In Platinum, the highest-leveled Pokémon of Bertha, Flint, and Lucian (Rhyperior, Magmortar, and Gallade respectively) match the final Pokémon that the Sinis Trio uses from Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia, in that same order.
• Black and White were the first games where Elite Four members used less than five Pokémon in their initial parties.

In other languages

• Chinese: 四天王 (Sìtiānwáng)
• Dutch: Elite Vier
• French: Conseil 4
• German: Top Vier
• Italian: Superquattro
• Korean: 사천왕 (Sacheonwang)
• Polish: Elitarna Czwórka
• Portuguese: Elite dos Quatro
• Spanish: Alto Mando

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