Indigo League

If you were looking for the first season of the Pokémon anime, Pokémon: Indigo League, see S01.

The Indigo League (Japanese: セキエイリーグ Sekiei League) is the regional Pokémon League of the Kanto region. It consists of a network of eight Gyms and the Elite Four. Depending on the context, the Indigo League can also be called the Kanto League or simply the Pokémon League.

Pokémon Trainers who earn eight Gym Badges from sanctioned Indigo League Gyms qualify to participate in Indigo League competitions, one of which is the Indigo Plateau Conference.

The Johto League and Indigo League share a single group of Elite Four and Champion; eight Badges from either region will allow a Trainer to battle the Elite Four at Indigo Plateau.

Gym Leaders

Indigo League
Generations I, II, III, IV, and VII Region: Kanto
Gym Leader
Japanese
Location
Japanese
Type Badge
 
Brock
タケシ Takeshi
Pewter City
ニビシティ
Nibi City
Rock  
Boulder Badge
 
Misty
カスミ Kasumi
Cerulean City
ハナダシティ
Hanada City
Water  
Cascade Badge
 
Lt. Surge
マチス Matisse
Vermilion City
クチバシティ
Kuchiba City
Electric  
Thunder Badge
 
Erika
エリカ Erika
Celadon City
タマムシシティ
Tamamushi City
Grass  
Rainbow Badge
 
Koga
キョウ Kyou I III VII
 
Janine
アンズ Anzu II IV
Fuchsia City
セキチクシティ
Sekichiku City
Poison  
Soul Badge
 
Sabrina
ナツメ Natsume
Saffron City
ヤマブキシティ
Yamabuki City
Psychic  
Marsh Badge
 
Blaine
カツラ Katsura
Cinnabar Island
グレンじま
Guren Island I III VII
Fire  
Volcano Badge
Seafoam Islands
ふたごじま
Twin Islands II IV
 
Giovanni
サカキ Sakaki I III VII
 
Blue
グリーン Green II IV VII
Viridian City
トキワシティ
Tokiwa City
Ground Various  

Earth Badge

Elite Four and Champion

Generations I, III, and VII

Indigo League
Generation I, III, and VII
Member
Japanese
Type
 
Lorelei
カンナ Kanna
Ice
 
Bruno
シバ Siba
Fighting
 
Agatha
キクコ Kikuko
Ghost
 
Lance
ワタル Wataru
Dragon
 
Champion
Blue
グリーン Green I III
 
Champion
Trace
シン Shin VII
Various Various


Generations II and IV

Indigo League
Generation II and IV
Member
Japanese
Type
 
Will
イツキ Itsuki
Psychic
 
Koga
キョウ Kyou
Poison
 
Bruno
シバ Siba
Fighting
 
Karen
カリン Karin
Dark
 
Champion
Lance
ワタル Wataru
Dragon


In the anime

 
Visquez, the substitute Gym Leader of Vermilion City

The Indigo League is notable in the anime for being the only one among all the regional Leagues to have undergone changes in its line-up of Gym Leaders during the course of the anime.

In the manga

The Eletric Tale of Pikachu

In Clefairy Tale, it was revealed that the conditions and rules of the Indigo League are noticably different from those shown in the anime and games. In addition to Badges, a Trainer can level up by catching Pokémon. The caught Pokémon are ranked from A to D, where a rare Pokémon like Clefairy is ranked as level A and some more common ones like Beedrill and Mankey are classified as Pokémon rank D. Giselle is an example of a Trainer who's leveled up this way.

Trivia

  • Each of the Kanto Gym Leaders—except Sabrina, and Blaine in some games—has a type disadvantage against the next Gym Leader.
    • Brock's Rock type is weak to Misty's Water type.
    • Misty's Water type is weak to Lt. Surge's Electric type.
    • Lt. Surge's Electric type is resisted by Erika's Grass type.
    • Erika's Grass type is weak to Koga's Poison type.
    • Koga's Poison type is weak to Sabrina's Psychic type.
    • Sabrina is the exception, as Sabrina's Psychic type is neutral against Blaine's Fire type.
    • Blaine's Fire type is weak to Giovanni's Ground type. Blue does not have a type specialty, so Blaine is not weak to the following Gym Leader's type when Blue is the Viridian Gym Leader.
  • In Generations I, III, and VII, the last Kanto Gym Leader has a type disadvantage against the first Kanto Elite Four member, as Giovanni's Ground type is weak to Lorelei's Ice type.
  • In Generations I, III, and VII, each member of the Kanto Elite Four—except Agatha—has a type disadvantage against the next one; additionally, the last member has a type disadvantage against the first.
    • Lorelei's Ice type is weak to Bruno's Fighting type.
    • Bruno's Fighting type does not affect Agatha's Ghost type.
    • Agatha is the exception, as Agatha's Ghost type is neutral against Lance's Dragon type.
    • Lance's Dragon type is weak to Lorelei's Ice type.
  • In Generations II and IV, each member of the Kanto Elite Four has a type advantage against the next one, with the last one also being strong against the first.
    • Will's Psychic type is strong against Koga's Poison type.
    • Koga's Poison type resists Bruno's Fighting type.
    • Bruno's Fighting type resists and is strong against Karen's Dark type.
    • Karen's Dark type is immune to, and strong against, Will's Psychic type.


  The Pokémon League  
Participation
TrainerBattleGym Leaders
GymsBadgesReferee
Championship matches
Elite FourOrange League
Champion League
Pokémon League Conferences
IndigoSilverEver GrandeLily of the Valley
VertressLumioseManalo
Regional Pokémon Leagues
IndigoOrange*JohtoHoennSinnoh
UnovaKalosAlolaGalarPaldea
Areas of jurisdiction
Pokémon League Reception GateHall of Fame
Palace of VictoryCerulean Cave
Others
Pokémon AssociationPIA
World Coronation Series
(Masters Eight Tournament)