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 Pokémon 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 Unova.

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

Unova Elite Four

Generation V

The Unova 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
Shauntal シキミ Shikimi	Ghost
Grimsley ギーマ Giima	Dark
Caitlin カトレア Cattleya	Psychic
Marshal レンブ Renbu	Fighting
Champion Alder アデク Adeku	Various

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 an Elite Four member.

From Hoenn, Ash has met:

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

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

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

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 Kanto Elite Four made their first appearance in A Charizard...and a Champion watching the final battle between Red and Blue before serving as the primary antagonists for the Yellow arc of the manga. They are each said to be so powerful that triad leaders of Team Rocket, Koga, Lt. Surge, and Sabrina all had to (begrudgingly) team up with the protagonists and Blaine to take just a single one of them.

The Johto Elite Four is formed at the end of the Gold/Silver/Crystal arc. It consists of accomplished Pokémon trainers that were formerly part of criminal organizations, who would eventually rise as the official Elite Four of the Indigo Plateau.

The Hoenn Elite Four made an appearance in the RS arc, helping to contain the massive surge of energy created by the clash of Kyogre and Groudon alongside Steven and Wallace, their two regional Champions.

Cynthia, the Champion of the Sinnoh Elite Four, has made several appearances in Pokémon Adventures, but the rest of the Elite Four has not yet been seen.

Trivia

• 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 in 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.
• Prior to Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, the Elite Four typically progressed in level with their Pokémon in the games. The rematch teams in HeartGold and SoulSilver don't progress in level like in all previous games and even the pre-Kanto teams used by the same Elite Four. In Generation V, all members of the Elite Four use Pokémon of the same level, as they can be challenged in any order.
• 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.
  • Also, Aaron's highest-leveled Pokémon, Drapion, and one of Bertha's Pokémon, Gliscor, match Kincaid's first and second Pokémon, respectively.
• Black and White are the only games where Elite Four members used fewer than five Pokémon in their initial parties.
  • It is also the only Elite Four thus far that does not force the player to battle its members in a specific order.
• The only types not specialized in by an Elite Four member nor a Champion are Electric, Flying, Grass, Normal and Rock.
  • However, Pokémon of all the types have been used by the Elite Four.
• The Sinnoh Elite Four is the only Elite Four in which all members made an appearance in the anime.
  • However, the original members of the Indigo Plateau Elite Four, as well as one from the new Kanto Elite Four but under a different title, have each had an appearance in the anime. Will and Karen are the only ones that have not made an appearance.
• In Generation V, all five Elite Four members' (including the Champion) type specialties have been used exactly twice in previous Elite Fours, at least one of which is one of the two Indigo Elite Four variations. Fighting has been used by both Indigo Elite Four versions, Ghost has been used by the Indigo (Generations I and III) and Hoenn Elite Four, Psychic has been used by the Indigo (Generations II and IV) and Sinnoh Elite Four, Dark has been used by the Indigo (Generations II and IV) and Hoenn Elite Four, and a Champion has had no specialty type in Kanto (Generations I and III) and Sinnoh.
• With the exception of Caitlin, Blue, and Bruno, all Elite Four members and Champions have a Japanese name with three characters.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 四天王 Sìtiānwáng Dutch Elite Vier Finnish Eliittineloset European French Conseil 4 German Top Vier Greek Εκλεκτή Τετράδα Italian Superquattro Korean 사천왕 Sacheonwang Polish Elitarna Czwórka Brazilian Portuguese Elite dos Quatro European Spanish Alto Mando

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