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A '''Trial Captain''' (Japanese: '''キャプテン''' ''Captain'') is a [[Human|person]] who designs and presides over a certain [[island challenge]] trial and gives guidance to participating {{pkmn|Trainer}}s and trial-goers. Trial Captains have previously completed their own island's challenge before becoming a Captain <ref> [https://web.archive.org/web/20161118233734/http://www.pokemon-sunmoon.com/en-us/captains/|Pokémon Sun and Moon official website]: "Each trial has a captain, whose role is to provide guidance to trial-goers. All of the captains are Trainers who '''undertook trials in their own island challenge''' a few years earlier."</ref>. They retire from their position when they turn 20.<ref>[[Mallow/Quotes#Pokémon Sun and Moon|Mallow]]: "''I mean, we have to move on from being captains when we turn 20 anyway.''" ([[Pokémon Sun and Moon|Pokémon Moon]])</ref> Mechanically, they can be seen as the [[Alola]]n equivalent to [[Gym Leader]]s, and like them, they [[Type expert|specialize]] in certain [[type]]s of {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}. Trial Captains can be identified by the flower-shaped adornment they wear someplace on their bodies, each with a different colored jewel to represent their specialized type. Unlike Gym Leaders, Trial Captains are not often the ones fought, but rather, the [[Totem Pokémon]] found at the end of a trial. Trial Captains are known to be the ones to care for and train their respective Totem Pokémon, as is the case with [[Lana]], training the {{p|Wishiwashi}} that reside in [[Brooklet Hill]]. There are 6{{sup/7|SM}} or 7{{sup/7|USUM}} Trial Captains who each preside over a trial site in the island challenge, although as shown by the [[Vast Poni Canyon]] trial in {{pkmn|Sun and Moon}}, that a trial can exist in a functional form without a Captain to preside over it.  

Normally, Captains are chosen by the island's [[Island kahuna|kahuna]]. However, in special circumstances, they may be chosen by the previous Captain, as was the case when [[Molayne]] chose [[Sophocles]] to succeed him after retiring. Like some Gym Leaders, many Trial Captains are seen to have secondary professions or hobbies seen outside their usual job. Examples include [[Mallow]], who works at her family's restaurant and [[Mina]], who is a painter.