Drake

Drake ゲンジ Genji
Artwork from Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald
Gender	Male
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Hoenn
Trainer class	Elite Four
Generation	III
Games	Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald
Elite Four of	Ever Grande City
Specializes in	Dragon types
Anime debut	Vanity Affair
English voice actor	Brian Maillard
Japanese voice actor	Shōzō Iizuka

Drake (Japanese: ゲンジ Genji) is a Master Dragon-type Trainer and member of the Hoenn Elite Four.

In the games

In Generation III, Drake is the fourth member of the Hoenn Elite Four.

Drake harnesses the strong power of Dragon-type Pokémon that he specializes in. He lives every day to dedicate himself to learn about the Pokémon who saved him. He believes that the Elite Four's challenge is superior to the Battle Frontier.

Trainer's Eyes/Match Call

Elite Four Drake

Strategy

Harness strong abilities.

Trainer's Pokémon

The raw power of Dragons!

Self-Introduction

I live to battle every day to learn about Pokémon.^RS

I dedicate myself to the Pokémon that saved me.^E

Pokémon

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

Elite Four

Drake

Ever Grande City

Ruby and Sapphire

Reward:

$5500

Type:
Dragon	Unknown

Ability:

Rock Head

Held item:

None

Shelgon♂ Lv.52

Types:
Dragon	Flying

Ability:

Natural Cure

Held item:

None

Altaria♂ Lv.54

Types:
Ground	Dragon

Ability:

Levitate

Held item:

None

Flygon♂ Lv.53

Types:
Ground	Dragon

Ability:

Levitate

Held item:

None

Flygon♂ Lv.53

Fly

Dig

Types:
Dragon	Flying

Ability:

Held item:

Salamence♂ Lv.55

Fly

Pokémon Emerald

Elite Four

Drake

Ever Grande City

Emerald

Reward:

$5500

Type:
Dragon	Unknown

Ability:

Rock Head

Held item:

None

Shelgon♂ Lv.52

Types:
Dragon	Flying

Ability:

Natural Cure

Held item:

None

Altaria♂ Lv.54

Types:
Water	Dragon

Ability:

Swift Swim

Held item:

None

Kingdra♂ Lv.53

Types:
Ground	Dragon

Ability:

Levitate

Held item:

None

Flygon♂ Lv.53

Types:
Dragon	Flying

Ability:

Held item:

Salamence♂ Lv.55

Quotes

Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald

Before battle

"I am the last of the Pokémon League Elite Four, Drake the Dragon master! In their natural state, Pokémon are wild living things. They are free. At times, they hinder us. At times, they help us. For us to battle with Pokémon as partners, do you know what it takes? Do you know what is needed? If you don't, then you will never prevail over me!"

When defeated

"Superb, it should be said."

After being defeated

"You deserve every credit for coming this far as a Trainer of Pokémon. You do seem to know what is needed. Yes, what a Trainer needs is a virtuous heart. Pokémon touch the good hearts of Trainers and learn good from wrong. They touch the good hearts of Trainers and grow strong. Go! Go onwards! The Champion is waiting!"

Over the PokéNav^E

"That voice... <player>, is it? You sound well... I understand there is now a facility call the Battle Frontier that tests the skills of Trainers. However, if you wish to have real battles, there is no substitute for the Pokémon League! Don't you agree, <player>?"

Sprites


Drake's sprite from Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald	Drake's overworld sprite from Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald

In the anime

Drake in the anime

Drake is the only member of the Hoenn Elite Four to have appeared in the anime. His only anime appearance was in Vanity Affair.

Drake is a ship captain, and has an entire crew under his command. His first-mate is Fitzwilliam. After witnessing Ash and his Torkoal defeating another Trainer's Scizor, Drake meets Ash and his friends at a restaurant and invites them to his ship. Once on board, Max asks Drake to show them his Pokémon, and Drake invites Ash to have a Pokémon battle with him instead. Drake wins the match easily, helping Ash realize that he had been overconfident recently. When Team Rocket tries to steal Pikachu again after the battle, Drake blasts them off with his Salamence.

After Ash takes his Pokémon to the Pokémon Center, Drake also invites the gang to dine on his ship. During the meal, Drake tells Ash that he too once got overconfident and lost many battles because of it.

Pokémon

This listing is of Drake's known Pokémon in Pokémon anime:

		Shelgon
		Shelgon is the first Pokémon Drake used to battle Ash. Ash thought Pikachu's speed and powerful attacks would beat the slow Endurance Pokémon, but he did not take into account Shelgon's high defense. Drake's strategy was to calculate the damage from Ash's attack and wait until Pikachu was close enough (trying to use Iron Tail to finish off Shelgon) before he attacked with a powerful DragonBreath and Dragon Claw combo, winning the round. Shelgon's known moves are Double-Edge, DragonBreath, and Dragon Claw.
Debut	Vanity Affair

		Altaria
		For the second round, Drake used Altaria. Despite the type disadvantage, Ash chose Grovyle, thinking it would be able to use the ship's masts like trees. Still, Altaria won the round, winning the match for Drake. Altaria's known moves are Take Down, DragonBreath, Sky Attack, Aerial Ace, and SolarBeam.
Debut	Vanity Affair

		Salamence
		When Team Rocket tried to kidnap Pikachu after Ash's and Drake's battle, Drake was furious and unleashed Salamence on them. Salamence easily retrieved Pikachu and blasted Team Rocket away. Salamence's known moves are Dragon Claw and Flamethrower.
Debut	Vanity Affair

Voice actors

Language		Voice actor
Japanese		飯塚昭三 Shōzō Iizuka
English		Brian Maillard
Brazilian Portuguese		Guilherme Lopes
European Spanish		Héctor Cantolla

In the manga

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Drake and Shelgon

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Drake is one of the Hoenn Elite Four members. He, along with Sidney, controlled a Regirock, acquired from the Desert Ruins, which helped in the battle between Groudon and Kyogre. This Regirock, however, fled from their control when Steven died from the stress of coercing the combined efforts of the Elite Four, Wallace, and himself, together with the other two Regis.

Pokémon

This is a listing of Drake's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga

		Shelgon ♂
		Shelgon was used by Drake to awaken the chamber containing Regirock. It was also seen with him while the Elite Four were making plans to stop Kyogre and Groudon. Shelgon's known moves are Headbutt and Double-Edge, and its Ability is Rock Head.
Debut	VS. Kyogre & Groudon XIII

Released

Regirock

Main article: Brandon's Regirock

Drake controlled Regirock with Sidney after it was awaken by his Shelgon. It left after Steven was killed. Regirock was then recaught by Brandon in the mountains.

Debut

VS. Regirock, Regice, & Registeel II

In the TCG

Drake was featured in the TCG. The following is a list of cards featuring Drake or his Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Drake Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Drake's Stadium	T [St]	EX Power Keepers		72/108	World Champions Pack		095/108

Trivia

He is the only member of the Hoenn Elite Four to appear in the anime. However, both Hoenn Champions, Steven and Wallace, have also appeared.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ゲンジ Genji	From 源氏菫 Genji-Sumire, Viola variegata var. nipponica.
English, Italian	Drake	Similar to and also means dragon. Possible reference to Sir Francis Drake.
French	Aragon	Similar to the word dragon.
German	Dragan	Similar to the word Drache (dragon).
Spanish	Dracón	Close to the word dragón.
Korean	권수 Gweonsu
Chinese (Mandarin)	源治 Yuánzhì	From 源治, a possible spelling of Genji.


Champion
Steven	Wallace

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