Elesa

Elesa カミツレ Kamitsure
"The Shining Beauty"
Artwork from Black and White
Gender	Female
Eye color	Blue
Hair color	Blonde
Hometown	Nimbasa City
Region	Unova
Trainer class	Gym Leader
Generation	V
Games	Black and White
Leader of	Nimbasa Gym
Badge	Bolt Badge
Specializes in	Template:Type2s

Elesa (Japanese: カミツレ Kamitsure) is the Gym Leader of Nimbasa City's Gym, known officially as the Nimbasa Gym, as well as a model. She specializes in Template:Type2 Pokémon. She gives the Bolt Badge to Trainers who defeat her.

In the games

Elesa makes her debut in Pokémon Black and White, serving as the Nimbasa City Gym Leader. This Gym is the fourth that the player may challenge. The player can challenge her to a battle after riding a series of roller coasters to her location, a process involving the flipping of multiple switches so the tracks take the player to her.

Elesa specializes in Electric-type Pokémon and upon defeating her, she will reward the player with the a Bolt Badge and TM72 (Volt Switch).

Outside of battle, Elesa appears when Bianca attempts to convince her father to allow her to become a Pokémon Trainer. Elesa aids her, convincing Bianca's father to give his daughter the permission to follow her dream. When the player leaves Nimbasa City, it is Elesa who appears briefly on Route 5 and tells the bridge guard to lower the Driftveil Drawbridge so the player may cross it. She then appears at N's Castle, where she and the other Unova Gym Leaders hold off the Seven Sages while the player goes after N. While not strictly relevant to the plot, Elesa also visits Cynthia in the summer at Undella Town.

Pokémon

Pokémon Black and White

Gym match

Leader Elesa Nimbasa Gym Black and White Leader and Professor Elesa Oak Nimbasa Gym Black and White Reward: $3240

Types: Electric Flying Ability: Static Held item: None Emolga♂ Lv.25 Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Volt Switch Electric Special   --       Types: Electric Flying Ability: Static Held item: None Emolga♀ Lv.25 Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Volt Switch Electric Special   --       Types: Electric Unknown Ability: Lightningrod Held item: None Zebstrika♂ Lv.27 Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Flame Charge Fire Physical   --       Spark Electric Physical   --       Volt Switch Electric Special   --

Quotes

Before Battle: "Did the fantastic speed leave you dizzy? My beloved Pokémon will be the next one to make your head spin!"

During Battle: "You and your Pokémon... are shining brilliantly!"

After sending out last Pokémon: "A properly dramatic victory requires a dash of danger and a pinch of peril."

After being defeated: "I meant to make your head spin, but you shocked me instead."

Sprites

Elesa's sprite from Generation V	Elesa's VS sprite from Generation V

Trivia

• Elesa's Japanese Leader title is シャイニング　ビューティ.
• Elesa is the only female Gym Leader to specialize in Electric-type Pokémon.
  • She is also the only Gym Leader specializing in Electric-type Pokémon never to use a member of the Pikachu evolutionary line at any point; this is due to the fact that Pikachu are not in the Unova Pokédex.
  • However she does use Emolga, which is similar to Pikachu.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	カミツレ Kamitsure	加密列 (カミツレ) Kamitsure, chamomile, which comes from a corruption of the Dutch term for the plant, kamille, when transcribed to Japanese as カミッレ kamirre. Also from 雷 kaminari, thunder.
English	Elesa	From Electric. Possibly from Tesla.
French	Inezia	From the flower genus Inezia.
German	Kamilla	From kamille, chamomile.
Italian	Camelia	From Camelia.
Spanish	Camila	From camomila, chamomile.

Gym Leaders of the Unova region
Striaton Gym Cilan Chili Cress	Nacrene Gym Lenora	Castelia Gym Burgh	Nimbasa Gym Elesa
Driftveil Gym Clay	Mistralton Gym Skyla	Icirrus Gym Brycen	Opelucid Gym Drayden Iris
Aspertia Gym Cheren	Virbank Gym Roxie	Humilau Gym Marlon

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