Riley

If you were looking for the character of the same name from Pokémon Adventures, see Riley (Adventures).

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Riley ゲン Gen
Art from Diamond and Pearl
Gender	Male
Eye color	Blue
Hair color	Dark Brown
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Sinnoh
Trainer class	Pokémon Trainer
Generation	IV
Games	Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver
Anime debut	Steeling Peace of Mind!
English voice actor	Marc Diraison
Japanese voice actor	Yū Mizushima

Riley (Japanese: ゲン Gen) is a Pokémon Trainer from Sinnoh. He specializes in Pokémon with high Attack.

In the games

Riley is one of five Trainers who can join with the main character during an event in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. Later, he can join the player in competition at Sinnoh's Battle Tower and, in Pokémon Platinum, can be battled at the Battleground after the Stark Mountain subquest. All of his Pokémon excel in the Attack stat. He also appears in HeartGold and SoulSilver in a similar capacity.

Riley's first appearance in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum is at Iron Island. He helps the player to get through the deep mines on the island, and assists in the defeat of some Team Galactic grunts. After the Grunts have been defeated, Riley offers the player a Pokémon Egg that eventually hatches into a Riolu. In Platinum, he will give the player HM04 (Strength) before he or she enters Iron Island's cave.

Apparently, Byron had previously asked Riley to become a Gym Leader, though Riley politely refused, saying that Byron's son Roark should be considered first.

Riley mentioned to the Team Galactic members that Iron Island actually belonged to him, suggesting he may be the owner of the mines and someone else reopened the island as a place for wild Pokémon to live as well as a place for people to train.

Pokémon

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

PKMN Trainer Riley Iron Island Diamond and Pearl Reward: N/A
Types: Fighting Steel Ability: Steadfast Held item: None Lucario♂ Lv.34 Metal Claw Steel Physical   --       Bone Rush Ground Physical   --       Force Palm Fighting Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --

Given away as an Egg

	Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Inner Focus or Steadfast Held item: None
Riolu♂/♀ Lv.1
Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Foresight Normal Status   --       Endure Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Pokémon Platinum

Iron Island

PKMN Trainer Riley Iron Island Platinum Reward: N/A
Types: Fighting Steel Ability: Steadfast Held item: None Lucario♂ Lv.41 Metal Claw Steel Physical   --       Bone Rush Ground Physical   --       Force Palm Fighting Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --

Given away as an Egg

	Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Inner Focus or Steadfast Held item: None
Riolu♂/♀ Lv.1
Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Foresight Normal Status   --       Endure Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Battleground

PKMN Trainer Riley Battleground Platinum Reward: $7800

Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Pressure Held item: None Absol♂ Lv.61 Swords Dance Normal Status   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Psycho Cut Psychic Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Guts Held item: None Ursaring♂ Lv.61 Slash Normal Physical   --       Avalanche Ice Physical   --       Shadow Claw Ghost Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Clear Body Held item: None Metagross Lv.62 Meteor Mash Steel Physical   --       Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical   --       Hammer Arm Fighting Physical   --       Bullet Punch Steel Physical   --       Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Salamence♂ Lv.63 Dragon Claw Dragon Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Fire Fang Fire Physical   --       Thunder Fang Electric Physical   --       Types: Fighting Steel Ability: Steadfast Held item: Sitrus Berry Lucario♂ Lv.65 Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Blaze Kick Fire Physical   --       ExtremeSpeed Normal Physical   --       Bone Rush Ground Physical   --

Battle Tower

As the player's Multi Battle Partner, Riley uses Pokémon that excel in the Attack stat.

Diamond and Pearl

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Types: Water Fighting Ability: Water Absorb or Damp Held item: Quick Claw Poliwrath♂/♀ Lv.50 Waterfall Water Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Hypnosis Psychic Status   --	Types: Water Fighting Ability: Water Absorb or Damp Held item: King's Rock Poliwrath♂/♀ Lv.50 Focus Punch Fighting Physical   --       Strength Normal Physical   --       Giga Impact Normal Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --	Types: Water Fighting Ability: Water Absorb or Damp Held item: Black Belt Poliwrath♂/♀ Lv.50 Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Surf Water Special   --       Focus Blast Fighting Special   --       Bulk Up Fighting Status   --
Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Guts or No Guard Held item: Wide Lens Machamp♂/♀ Lv.50 Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Rock Smash Fighting Physical   --       Rock Climb Normal Physical   --       Rock Tomb Rock Physical   --	Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Guts or No Guard Held item: Chesto Berry Machamp♂/♀ Lv.50 Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       ThunderPunch Electric Physical   --       Rest Psychic Status   --	Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Guts or No Guard Held item: Choice Scarf Machamp♂/♀ Lv.50 Dynamic Punch Fighting Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Ice Punch Ice Physical   --
Types: Ground Rock Ability: Lightning Rod or Rock Head Held item: Smooth Rock Rhydon♂/♀ Lv.50 Rock Blast Rock Physical   --       Fire Fang Fire Physical   --       Sandstorm Ground Status   --       Avalanche Ice Physical   --	Types: Ground Rock Ability: Lightning Rod or Rock Head Held item: Passho Berry Rhydon♂/♀ Lv.50 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Hammer Arm Fighting Physical   --       Shadow Claw Ghost Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --	Types: Ground Rock Ability: Lightning Rod or Rock Head Held item: Quick Claw Rhydon♂/♀ Lv.50 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Megahorn Bug Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Horn Drill Normal Physical   --
Types: Water Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: Leftovers Gyarados♂/♀ Lv.50 Rest Psychic Status   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Thrash Normal Physical   --       Giga Impact Normal Physical   --	Types: Water Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: King's Rock Gyarados♂/♀ Lv.50 Waterfall Water Physical   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Dragon Dance Dragon Status   --	Types: Water Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: Chesto Berry Gyarados♂/♀ Lv.50 Waterfall Water Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Rest Psychic Status   --       Dragon Dance Dragon Status   --
Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: Persim Berry Dragonite♂/♀ Lv.50 Outrage Dragon Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       ThunderPunch Electric Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --	Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: White Herb Dragonite♂/♀ Lv.50 Draco Meteor Dragon Special   --       Thunder Electric Special   --       Hyper Beam Normal Special   --       Safeguard Normal Status   --	Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: BrightPowder Dragonite♂/♀ Lv.50 Dragon Claw Dragon Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Waterfall Water Physical   --       Dragon Dance Dragon Status   --
Types: Bug Fighting Ability: Swarm or Guts Held item: Scope Lens Heracross♂/♀ Lv.50 Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Bulk Up Fighting Status   --	Types: Bug Fighting Ability: Swarm or Guts Held item: Coba Berry Heracross♂/♀ Lv.50 Megahorn Bug Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Facade Normal Physical   --       Shadow Claw Ghost Physical   --	Types: Bug Fighting Ability: Swarm or Guts Held item: Salac Berry Heracross♂/♀ Lv.50 Endure Normal Status   --       Reversal Fighting Physical   --       Megahorn Bug Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --
Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Guts or Quick Feet Held item: Chesto Berry Ursaring♂/♀ Lv.50 Facade Normal Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Bulk Up Fighting Status   --       Rest Psychic Status   --	Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Guts or Quick Feet Held item: Toxic Orb Ursaring♂/♀ Lv.50 Facade Normal Physical   --       Protect Normal Status   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --	Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Guts or Quick Feet Held item: Quick Claw Ursaring♂/♀ Lv.50 Return Normal Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Hammer Arm Fighting Physical   --       Counter Fighting Physical   --
Types: Rock Dark Ability: Sand Stream Held item: Quick Claw Tyranitar♂/♀ Lv.50 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Dragon Claw Dragon Physical   --       Shadow Claw Ghost Physical   --       Iron Head Steel Physical   --	Types: Rock Dark Ability: Sand Stream Held item: Choice Scarf Tyranitar♂/♀ Lv.50 Crunch Dark Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --	Types: Rock Dark Ability: Sand Stream Held item: Chople Berry Tyranitar♂/♀ Lv.50 Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Thunder Fang Electric Physical   --       Dragon Dance Dragon Status   --
Types: Fire Fighting Ability: Blaze Held item: Salac Berry Blaziken♂/♀ Lv.50 Endure Normal Status   --       Reversal Fighting Physical   --       Sand Attack Ground Status   --       Double Team Normal Status   --	Types: Fire Fighting Ability: Blaze Held item: Passho Berry Blaziken♂/♀ Lv.50 Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Focus Blast Fighting Special   --       Sand Attack Ground Status   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --	Types: Fire Fighting Ability: Blaze Held item: Leftovers Blaziken♂/♀ Lv.50 Brave Bird Flying Physical   --       Flare Blitz Fire Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --
Types: Grass Fighting Ability: Effect Spore or Poison Heal Held item: Big Root Breloom♂/♀ Lv.50 Sky Uppercut Fighting Physical   --       Focus Punch Fighting Physical   --       Drain Punch Fighting Physical   --       Swords Dance Normal Status   --	Types: Grass Fighting Ability: Effect Spore or Poison Heal Held item: Shell Bell Breloom♂/♀ Lv.50 Spore Grass Status   --       Mind Reader Normal Status   --       Focus Blast Fighting Special   --       Energy Ball Grass Special   --	Types: Grass Fighting Ability: Effect Spore or Poison Heal Held item: Focus Sash Breloom♂/♀ Lv.50 Spore Grass Status   --       Focus Punch Fighting Physical   --       Seed Bomb Grass Physical   --       Counter Fighting Physical   --
Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Truant Held item: Wide Lens Slaking♂/♀ Lv.50 Hyper Beam Normal Special   --       Blizzard Ice Special   --       Fire Blast Fire Special   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --	Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Truant Held item: Expert Belt Slaking♂/♀ Lv.50 Return Normal Physical   --       Hammer Arm Fighting Physical   --       Shadow Claw Ghost Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --	Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Truant Held item: Choice Band Slaking♂/♀ Lv.50 Giga Impact Normal Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Shadow Claw Ghost Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --
Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Thick Fat or Guts Held item: Quick Claw Hariyama♂/♀ Lv.50 Belly Drum Normal Status   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --	Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Thick Fat or Guts Held item: Salac Berry Hariyama♂/♀ Lv.50 Endure Normal Status   --       Reversal Fighting Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Rock Tomb Rock Physical   --	Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Thick Fat or Guts Held item: Scope Lens Hariyama♂/♀ Lv.50 Focus Energy Normal Status   --       Cross Chop Fighting Physical   --       Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --
Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Pressure or Super Luck Held item: Focus Sash Absol♂/♀ Lv.50 Swagger Normal Status   --       Punishment Dark Physical   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Taunt Dark Status   --	Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Pressure or Super Luck Held item: Scope Lens Absol♂/♀ Lv.50 Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Psycho Cut Psychic Physical   --       Perish Song Normal Status   --       Me First Normal Status   --	Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Pressure or Super Luck Held item: Choice Scarf Absol♂/♀ Lv.50 Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Shadow Claw Ghost Physical   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical   --
Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: King's Rock Salamence♂/♀ Lv.50 Dragon Dance Dragon Status   --       Fire Fang Fire Physical   --       Thunder Fang Electric Physical   --       Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical   --	Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: Petaya Berry Salamence♂/♀ Lv.50 Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --       Hydro Pump Water Special   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Substitute Normal Status   --	Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: Yache Berry Salamence♂/♀ Lv.50 Dragon Claw Dragon Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Dragon Dance Dragon Status   --
Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Clear Body Held item: Wise Glasses Metagross Lv.50 Psychic Psychic Special   --       Flash Cannon Steel Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --	Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Clear Body Held item: Quick Claw Metagross Lv.50 Meteor Mash Steel Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical   --       Hammer Arm Fighting Physical   --	Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Clear Body Held item: Quick Claw Metagross Lv.50 Explosion Normal Physical   --       Meteor Mash Steel Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical   --
Types: Fighting Steel Ability: Steadfast or Inner Focus Held item: Razor Fang Lucario♂/♀ Lv.50 Me First Normal Status   --       Agility Psychic Status   --       Force Palm Fighting Physical   --       Flash Cannon Steel Special   --	Types: Fighting Steel Ability: Steadfast or Inner Focus Held item: Salac Berry Lucario♂/♀ Lv.50 Endure Normal Status   --       Reversal Fighting Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --	Types: Fighting Steel Ability: Steadfast or Inner Focus Held item: Scope Lens Lucario♂/♀ Lv.50 Aura Sphere Fighting Special   --       Flash Cannon Steel Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --
Types: Dragon Ground Ability: Sand Veil Held item: Razor Claw Garchomp♂/♀ Lv.50 Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Surf Water Special   --       Roar Normal Status   --	Types: Dragon Ground Ability: Sand Veil Held item: White Herb Garchomp♂/♀ Lv.50 Draco Meteor Dragon Special   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Poison Jab Poison Physical   --	Types: Dragon Ground Ability: Sand Veil Held item: Focus Sash Garchomp♂/♀ Lv.50 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Dragon Claw Dragon Physical   --       Fire Fang Fire Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --

Medicham	Infernape	Rampardos	Toxicroak	Rhyperior
Mamoswine	Gallade	Regigigas

Pokémon Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Full roster of Pokémon, abilities.

#		Pokémon		Item	Moves				Nature	EV Spread
068		Machamp		Scope Lens	Earthquake	Foresight	Cross Chop	Bullet Punch	Adamant	HP	Atk
068		Machamp		Focus Sash	Counter	Earthquake	Revenge	Payback	Adamant	Def	SpD
068		Machamp		Quick Claw	Ice Punch	Earthquake	DynamicPunch	Stone Edge	Adamant	HP	Atk
068		Machamp		Quick Claw	Fire Punch	ThunderPunch	Earthquake	Cross Chop	Adamant	HP	Atk
130		Gyarados		Razor Fang	Bite	Rain Dance	Aqua Tail	Ice Fang	Careful	Atk	Spe
130		Gyarados		Lum Berry	Waterfall	Dragon Dance	Ice Fang	Iron Head	Jolly	Atk	SpA
130		Gyarados		Persim Berry	Waterfall	Outrage	Giga Impact	Stone Edge	Adamant	Atk	Spe
130		Gyarados		Chesto Berry	Earthquake	Waterfall	Rest	Dragon Dance	Adamant	Atk	SpA
149		Dragonite		Lum Berry	Thunder Wave	Aerial Ace	Dragon Claw	Dragon Dance	Adamant	Atk	Spe
149		Dragonite		Razor Claw	Fire Punch	Ice Punch	ThunderPunch	Dragon Rush	Adamant	Atk	Def
149		Dragonite		BrightPowder	Flamethrower	Surf	Thunderbolt	Draco Meteor	Modest	Def	SpD
149		Dragonite		Choice Band	Earthquake	Outrage	Superpower	Giga Impact	Adamant	Atk	Spe
244		Entei		Shuca Berry	Roar	Reflect	Return	Fire Fang	Jolly	Atk	SpA
244		Entei		King's Rock	Bite	Fire Fang	Iron Head	Stone Edge	Jolly	Atk	SpA
244		Entei		Shuca Berry	Hyper Beam	SolarBeam	Fire Blast	Sunny Day	Modest	SpA	SpD
244		Entei		Shuca Berry	Shadow Ball	Overheat	Extrasensory	Calm Mind	Modest	SpA	SpD
248		Tyranitar		Focus Band	Rock Slide	Curse	Payback	Avalanche	Brave	Atk	Spe
248		Tyranitar		Choice Scarf	Fire Punch	Ice Punch	ThunderPunch	Aerial Ace	Jolly	Atk	SpA
248		Tyranitar		White Herb	Superpower	Dragon Claw	Aqua Tail	Shadow Claw	Adamant	Atk	Def
248		Tyranitar		Chople Berry	Earthquake	Crunch	Dragon Dance	Stone Edge	Adamant	HP	Atk
359		Absol		Chople Berry	Double Team	Facade	Taunt	Sucker Punch	Jolly	Atk	SpA
359		Absol		Quick Claw	Thunder Wave	Swagger	Attract	Punishment	Adamant	HP	Atk
359		Absol		Razor Claw	Aerial Ace	Night Slash	X-Scissor	Psycho Cut	Jolly	Atk	SpA
359		Absol		Choice Band	Superpower	Night Slash	Giga Impact	Zen Headbutt	Adamant	Atk	SpA
373		Salamence		Cheri Berry	Scary Face	Aerial Ace	Dragon Claw	Aqua Tail	Adamant	Atk	SpA
373		Salamence		Razor Fang	Dragon Claw	Dragon Dance	Thunder Fang	Fire Fang	Jolly	Atk	SpA
373		Salamence		Wise Glasses	Flamethrower	Hydro Pump	Draco Meteor	Ominous Wind	Modest	SpA	SpD
373		Salamence		Lum Berry	Earthquake	Outrage	Crunch	Zen Headbutt	Adamant	Atk	SpA
376		Metagross		BrightPowder	Light Screen	Facade	Bullet Punch	Zen Headbutt	Adamant	Atk	Def
376		Metagross		Occa Berry	Ice Punch	ThunderPunch	Aerial Ace	Hammer Arm	Adamant	Atk	Def
445		Garchomp		BrightPowder	Earthquake	Double Team	Sandstorm	Dragon Claw	Jolly	Atk	SpA
445		Garchomp		White Herb	Flamethrower	Surf	Earth Power	Draco Meteor	Modest	SpA	SpD
445		Garchomp		Focus Sash	Aerial Ace	Aqua Tail	Dragon Rush	Stone Edge	Adamant	Atk	SpA
445		Garchomp		Persim Berry	Earthquake	Outrage	Crunch	Fire Fang	Adamant	Atk	SpA
448		Lucario		BrightPowder	Roar	Water Pulse	Aura Sphere	Flash Cannon	Modest	SpA	SpD
448		Lucario		Scope Lens	Ice Punch	ThunderPunch	Cross Chop	Stone Edge	Adamant	Atk	SpA
448		Lucario		Muscle Band	Earthquake	Blaze Kick	Close Combat	Shadow Claw	Adamant	Atk	SpA
448		Lucario		Expert Belt	Psychic	Shadow Ball	Aura Sphere	Dragon Pulse	Modest	SpA	SpD

Pinsir	Heracross	Ursaring	Breloom
Slaking	Rampardos	Rhyperior	Gallade

Quotes

Iron Island

"...You are? OK, you're <player>. I'm Riley. I'm a Trainer, yes, and it is a bit odd that I would be training here. If you'd like, we could team up. The wild Pokémon here are restless. I'll heal up your Pokémon if they get hurt."

"Ha ha! I'd have to agree with you. People training here would be those with too much time on their hands."

"This used to be a fairly thriving ore mine once upon a time. I guess the steel ore's played out. There's only Pokémon here now."

"Have you met Byron? The Leader of Canalave Gym? He's asked me to become a Gym Leader, but there's his son Roark to consider."

"Imagine what it would be like for a Steel-type Pokémon user to battle a Steel type. Would that be like battling yourself, I wonder? I mean, it's a lot harder to defeat one's self than anyone else."

"What's going on here, though? The native Pokémon are restless... I don't like this... Let's hurry."

"I get it now. You're responsible for agitating the Pokémon. I don't care what good reason you may have, but I don't want you bringing any trouble into the mine."

"To share in all the joys and all the sorrows... This is how all the Trainers and Pokémon live in Sinnoh! I won't allow anyone to deny that code of ethics! Come on, <player>! This is one battle we cannot lose!"

"Thanks. You really helped me out. Listen, I have a Pokémon Egg here. Would you take it with you?"

Yes (open party slot): "Thanks! I'd like you to show the Pokémon that's inside the Egg all sorts of new places. Spending time with you was very enjoyable. I intend to test my skills in other places from now on. Let's meet again! Take care on the way out."

Yes (full party): "Thanks... But you don't have room to take another Pokémon. All right then. I'll wait here for you."

The Battleground

• Before battle

"Hi. Long time, no see. If it's all right with you, I'd like to challenge you to a battle right now."

No: "Oh, all right. Then we'll wait till you're ready."

"That look you have... I take it you're ready for battle?"

Yes: "We're pulling out all the stops to put your Pokémon down."

• During battle

"Your team! I sense your strong aura!"

• When defeated

"At times we battle, and sometime we teamed up. It's great how Trainers can interact."

• After being defeated

"If I weren't on Iron Island then... If you hadn't arrived on Iron Island then... Perhaps we would have never met. Or, would we have met elsewhere?"

The Battleground (variant)

• Before battle

"You and I, we're both Trainers. Let's forego the small talk and proceed right to battle. That's my style!"

No: "All right, then. So, what've you got to tell me?"

"See? It just doesn't feel right if we don't battle, does it?"

Yes: "Battling is our way of greeting!"

• During battle

"Your team! I sense your strong aura!"

• When defeated

"At times we battle, and sometime we team up. It's great how Trainers can interact."

• After being defeated

"Know your enemy. If you know your opponent's Pokémon and what moves they use... If you have intelligence like that, your chances of winning are much improved."

Sprites

Sprite from Platinum	Overworld sprite from Generation IV	Back sprite from Generation IV

In the anime

Riley in the anime

In the Pokémon anime, Riley made his first appearance in Steeling Peace of Mind!. He is a Trainer specializing in Steel-type Pokémon and is currently staying at Iron Island for the study of said type. Due to the strange behavior of the Steel types on the island due to Team Galactic, he decided to investigate it with the help of his Lucario.

In Saving the World From Ruins!, it was revealed that Riley is training to be an Aura Guardian with his Lucario and as such he is able to use Aura effectively. He was then shown to be an advanced user of Aura.

After Team Galactic planted bombs under Iron Island, Riley and his Lucario trapped the explosion using their Aura and sent it away from the island, foiling Team Galactic's plan. Later he decided to help Professor Carolina in the study of the island so that he could get to know it better.

Pokémon

This listing is of Riley's known Pokémon in the anime:

Lucario

Debut	Steeling Piece of Mind!

Main article: Riley's Lucario

Lucario is Riley's only known Pokémon. Similar to Riley, Lucario also has the power of using Aura.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 水島裕 Yū Mizushima English Marc Diraison Czech Pavel Tesař Finnish Aku Laitinen Italian Renato Novara Norwegian Trond Teigen Polish Karol Wróblewski Brazilian Portuguese Sílvio Giraldi Spanish Latin America Igor Cruz Spain Juan Amador Pulido

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Riley and his Lucario

Riley makes a cameo appearance in the last round of the Emerald arc, Epilogue, on a boat heading to the Battle Frontier.

Riley later appears in Grumpy Gliscor where he saves Diamond and Sailor Eldritch from crashing into a large boulder with his Lucario. He reveals that he is there to train Diamond in increasing his battling skills on Byron's request. Once they arrive on Iron Island, they have a test battle to see just where Diamond's skills are lacking in. After defeating Diamond, Riley deduces that his weakness is the lack of speed and takes him to cave in order to train.

After three days of training, Riley reveals Diamond's next task: to retrieve a Pokémon Egg. After finding the boss of the cave, a Steelix, injured from a battle, they realize that someone must have attacked it and go searching for them. As they search, Riley is attacked by a Pokémon and has his and Lucario's face covered with honey, blinding them. The attackers are revealed to be two Roughnecks who were hired by Team Galactic to make a mess on the island and have stolen the Egg. With their technique that can prevent Aura users from finding them, Riley and Lucario are helpless to stop them but Diamond steps in their place. Diamond manages to defeat them without harming the Egg and with the ability to sense Aura again, Riley and Lucario finish the two off. The Egg hatches into a Riolu and Riley decides that Diamond has finally passed his test. After Diamond reveals that someone was targeting him, Riley realizes someone is spying on them. After knocking down a flying camera machine, Riley checks the machine and feels a malicious Aura emanating from it. Riley and Diamond then say their goodbyes.

Later, Riley appears at the Spear Pillar, having tracked the Aura on the camera machine to this location. Although the Aura he saw was that of the Advanced level Grunt, it turns out there was an even darker one coming from deeper inside: the Aura belonging to Sird. Riley attacks Sird and the other Commanders but they manage to escape.

Riley later appears at the Battle Frontier where he presents the machine to Palmer in hopes of being able to track Sird since the Aura he used to track her before had disappeared. Palmer then gives the machine to Thorton in hopes of his technological expertise will be of some help.

After Thorton finishes fixing the machine, Riley uses his Aura to lead everyone to where the owner is. He—along with Palmer, Platinum, Cheryl, and Mira—all set off to the Distortion World. Eventually, they manage to track the owner of the machine, the Advanced level Grunt. The Grunt, who had escaped from Team Galactic out of fear, takes them to the Distortion World, under Platinum's request.

Upon entering the Distortion World, everyone is separated due to the dimension's strange gravity. While the others land safely, Riley lands onto a floating island and is left alone. Later, he manages to meet up again with the others after the Legendary Pokémon get into a huge brawl.

He rescues Marley from getting crushed by a falling Regigigas that was put to sleep by Darkrai. When Charon tries to escape after getting his flying machine broken, Riley is left behind along with the others while Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum chase after Charon.

After Charon's defeat, Riley and everyone else who was left behind manages to escape unharmed. When Riley ponders where Darkrai went off to when the legendary Pokémon all begin to leave, the Advanced level Grunt shows it is flying to parts unknown.

Pokémon

Lucario

Debut	Grumpy Gliscor

Main article: Riley's Lucario

Lucario is Riley's main Pokémon which he uses in battles. It has a variety of powerful moves and the ability to sense Aura, an ability that Riley shares.

Egg → Riolu

Debut	Vexing Vespiquen & Unmanageable Mothim II

Riolu is a Pokémon that was stolen by two Cue Balls while it was an Egg but was retrieved by the combined efforts of Diamond and Riley.

None of Riolu's moves are known.

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga

Riley in Diamond and Pearl Adventure!

Riley appears in Serious Training on Iron Island!! along with his Lucario where he rescues Hareta from B-2's Graveler. Later, he gives Hareta a Pokémon Egg containing a Riolu.

Pokémon

Lucario

Debut	Serious Training on Iron Island!!

Main article: Riley's Lucario

Lucario is Riley's only known Pokémon. He trained it while on Iron Island. It rescued Hareta from B-2's Graveler. It fought bravely against his Drapion later on and won with the teamwork of Hareta's Riolu after it hatched.

Trivia

• Of all the potential partners in the Battle Tower, Riley has the largest pool of Pokémon to choose from.
• Riley is the only human in the games confirmed to be able to use Aura, as displayed in his intro animation and through a line of in-battle speech where he mentions feeling the player's Aura. In the anime, he is one of two known and currently living human users of Aura, the other being Ash.
  • Despite this, his Lucario never uses Aura Sphere in the games.
• Riley has many similarities with Sir Aaron from Lucario and the Mystery of Mew. In addition to design similarities, both Trainers have a Lucario and can use Aura.
  • The design of the necklace Riley wears is the same as the pattern on Sir Aaron's gloves. It is also the same as the pattern on Groudon's arm.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ゲン Gen	From 玄米 genmai, brown rice
English	Riley	From rye and Riolu
French	Armand*	From Sir Aaron and amarante (amaranth)
	Bernard*
German	Urs*	Possibly from Urhirse, browntop millet
	Hordeo*	From Hordeum
Italian	Marisio*	From mais, maize
	Fabiolo*	From faba, Latin for bean
Spanish	Quinoa	From quinoa
Korean	현이 Hyeon'i	From 현미 (玄米) hyeonmi, brown rice
Chinese (Mandarin)	亞玄 Yǎxuán	From 亞朗 Yǎlǎng (Sir Aaron) and the Japanese 玄米 genmai

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