Black Belt (Trainer class)

A Black Belt (Blackbelt in Generation II; Japanese, Generation I and II: からておう Karate King, III onward: カラテおう Karate King—note the use of katakana) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that first debuted in the Generation I games. They are generally depicted as young men in headband and gi striking a fighting pose.

They specialize in Template:Type2 Pokémon.

Their female counterpart seems to be the Battle Girl or Crush Girl.

Appearance

Black Belt Sprites File:GenIBlackbelt.png File:GSC Blackbelt.png File:RSE Blackbelt.png File:FL BlackBelt.png File:DP Black Belt.png File:HGSS Black Belt.png Image from Red and Blue Image from Gold, Silver, and Crystal Image from Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald Image from FireRed and LeafGreen Image from Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum Image from HeartGold and SoulSilver

Trainer List

Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal

Name	Pokémon
Blackbelt Kenji	lv.28 Machoke lv.27 Onix, lv.30 Hitmonlee, lv.27 Onix, lv.32 Machoke lv.33 Onix, lv.38 Machamp, lv.33 Steelix, lv.36 Hitmonlee
Blackbelt Kiyo	lv.34 Hitmonlee, lv.34 Hitmonchan
Blackbelt Lao	lv.27 Hitmonchan
Blackbelt Lung	lv.23 Mankey, lv.23 Mankey, lv.25 Primeape
Blackbelt Nob	lv.25 Machop, lv.25 Machoke
Blackbelt Wai	lv.30 Machoke, lv.32 Machoke, lv.34 Machoke
Blackbelt Yoshi	lv.27 Hitmonlee

Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald

Name	Pokémon
Black Belt Atsushi	lv.32 Hariyama
Black Belt Cristian	lv.13 Makuhita
Black Belt Daisuke	lv.19 Machop
Black Belt Hitoshi	lv.32 Machop, lv.32 Machoke
Black Belt Kiyo	lv.34 Hariyama
Black Belt Koichi	lv.24 Machop, lv.28 Machoke
Black Belt Koji	lv.34 Machoke lv.37 Machoke, lv.37 Machoke lv.39 Makuhita, lv.39 Machoke, lv.39 Machoke lv.41 Hariyama, lv.41 Machoke, lv.41 Machoke lv.43 Hariyama, lv.43 Machamp, lv.43 Machamp
Black Belt Nob	lv.19 Machop lv.20 Machop, lv.29 Machoke lv.31 Machop, lv.31 Machoke, lv.31 Machoke lv.33 Machop, lv.33 Machoke, lv.33 Machoke, lv.33 Machamp
Black Belt Rhett	lv.15 Makuhita
Black Belt Takao	lv.13 Machop
Black Belt Yuji	lv.26 Makuhita, lv.26 Machoke
Black Belt Zander	lv.31 Hariyama

Pokémon FireRed/LeafGreen

Name	Pokémon
Black Belt Aaron	lv.36 Primeape
Black Belt Atsushi	lv.40 Machop, lv.40 Machoke
Black Belt Daisuke	lv.43 Machoke, lv.43 Machop, lv.43 Machoke
Black Belt Hideki	lv.32 Machop, lv.32 Machoke
Black Belt Hitoshi	lv.31 Machop, lv.31 Mankey, lv.31 Primeape
Black Belt Hugh	lv.37 Machop, lv.37 Machoke lv.50 Machoke, lv.50 Machoke lv.55 Machoke, lv.55 Machamp
Black Belt Kiyo	lv.43 Machoke
Black Belt Koichi	lv.37 Hitmonlee, lv.37 Hitmonchan
Black Belt Mike	lv.31 Mankey, lv.31 Mankey, lv.31 Primeape
Black Belt Shea	lv.38 Machop, lv.38 Machoke lv.50 Machoke, lv.50 Machoke lv.55 Machoke, lv.55 Machamp
Black Belt Takashi	lv.38 Machop, lv.38 Machoke

Pokémon Diamond/Pearl

Name	Pokémon
Black Belt Adam	lv.29 Machoke
Black Belt Carl	lv.52 Croagunk, lv.56 Machamp
Black Belt Colby	lv.25 Machoke, lv.25 Machoke, lv.25 Machoke
Black Belt Darren	lv.25 Machoke, lv.25 Machop, lv.25 Machoke
Black Belt David	lv.30 Onix, lv.32 Steelix
Black Belt Davon	lv.54 Mankey, lv.53 Makuhita, lv.55 Hariyama lv.58 Primeape, lv.59 Hariyama, lv.60 Hariyama
Black Belt Derek	lv.25 Croagunk
Black Belt Eddie	lv.52 Machoke, lv.58 Machamp
Black Belt Gregory	lv.23 Meditite, lv.22 Machop, lv.21 Meditite
Black Belt Griffin	lv.57 Cacturne, lv.57 Machamp
Black Belt Jarrett	lv.59 Machamp
Black Belt Jeffery	lv.28 Meditite
Black Belt Kendal	lv.35 Croagunk
Black Belt Kyle	lv.19 Machop
Black Belt Luke	lv.36 Croagunk, lv.35 Onix, lv.37 Machoke
Black Belt Miles	lv.49 Machamp
Black Belt Nathaniel	lv.21 Croagunk, lv.23 Meditite, lv.22 Machop
Black Belt Philip	lv.40 Machoke lv.57 Machamp
Black Belt Rafael	lv.28 Meditite
Black Belt Ray	lv.53 Tyrogue, lv.57 Marowak, lv.58 Breloom
Black Belt Ricky	lv.33 Steelix
Black Belt Sean	lv.28 Croagunk, lv.27 Meditite, lv.29 Machoke

In the anime

A Black Belt appeared in Glory Blaze! during Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition. He had teamed up with a Psychic and his Metagross, using a Zangoose by himself. They battled against Ash and Paul, who were using Turtwig and Chimchar. As Chimchar was scared of Zangoose, it was unwilling to battle, but Paul was only thinking about the possiblility of getting Chichar's ability Blaze activated. When Chimchar defended Turtwig from Zangoose's attack, Paul turned his back to it. Ash then started commanding Chimchar, and with the help of his Turtwig, Zangoose was defeated.

Pokémon

On hand

Zangoose

Black Belt's Zangoose

Debut	Glory Blaze!

During the Tag Battle, Black Belt used his Zangoose to attack Paul's Chimchar, who was so scared of it, that it was barely able to attack. However, Ash's Turtwig was finally able to defeat Zangoose with a Razor Leaf-Tackle combo.

Zangoose's known moves are X-Scissor, Crush Claw and Fire Blast.

In other languages

• French: Karateka
• German: Schwarzgurt
• Italian: Cinturanera
• Korean: 태권왕 (Taegweonwang)
• Spanish: Karateka

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