Kai (M10)

Kai ダイ Dai
Kai
Gender	Male
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Unknown
Trainer class	Coordinator
Anime debut	The Rise of Darkrai
English voice actor	Sean Reyes
Japanese voice actor	Ryūji Akiyama

Kai (Japanese: ダイ Dai) is a Pokémon Trainer who appeared in The Rise of Darkrai. Though he was not referred to by name in the dub, Pokémon.com has since released his name.

Battling Maury

He, along with Maury and Allegra, challenge Ash and company to a battle; specifically, he went up again Dawn with her Piplup, which began as a puff-contest (befitting their species' nature).

According to the end credits, he also participated in the Alamos Town Contest, where he defeated Maury in the second round, and was likely defeated by Allegra in the finals as he was on the stage with her when she received the Ribbon.

Pokémon

Empoleon

Kai's Empoleon

Debut	The Rise of Darkrai

Kai's only known Pokémon is an Empoleon which he first used to battle Dawn's Piplup where despite Empoleon being the final evolution of Piplup, found itself unable to keep up with Piplup's contest moves. It later fell victim to Darkrai's Dark Void and participated in the Alamos Contest where it got Kai to the final only to lose to Allegra and her Infernape.

Empoleon's known attacks are Ice Beam and Drill Peck.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 秋山竜次 Ryūji Akiyama English Sean Reyes Norwegian Tommy Karlsen European Spanish Eduardo del Hoyo

Trivia

• Kai, Maury, and Allegra each own the final form of one Sinnoh starter Pokémon.
• Though he was not referred to by name in the dub, Pokémon.com has since revealed that his name is Kai.
• Kai's character design resembles that of Empoleon's color scheme.
• Kai's Empoleon is the first Empoleon seen in the anime.

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