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** It is also the only region where the [[Pokémon League]] is located to the west of every Gym.
** It is also the only region where the [[Pokémon League]] is located to the west of every Gym.
** Kanto and [[Johto]] are the only regions that are connected to each other by land.
** Kanto and [[Johto]] are the only regions that are connected to each other by land.
** Kanto has the fewest amount of towns/cities of all the [[region]]s, having only ten. However, in [[Generation II]], Kanto and [[Johto]] are tied in this way, but this changed with the release of {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}, when the [[Safari Zone Gate]] and the [[Frontier Access]] were added to Johto.
** Kanto holds the most [[fossil]]s out of the seven regions introduced, having three. Of the other regions, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, and Kalos have two each, while Johto and Alola have none.
** Kanto holds the most [[fossil]]s out of the six regions introduced, having three, while Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, and Kalos have two each, and Johto has none.
* In [[Generation I]], Kanto was slightly redesigned twice after its initial appearance: signposts, doors, and other minor details, along with certain locations, such as [[Cerulean Cave]], were changed between {{game3|Red and Green|Pocket Monsters Red and Green|s}} and [[Pokémon Blue Version (Japanese)|Pocket Monsters Blue]], and then again between Pocket Monsters Blue and {{game3|Yellow|Pocket Monsters Pikachu}}. The international {{game|Red and Blue|s}} reused the tilesets and other graphics from Pocket Monsters Blue, while international {{game|Yellow}} featured the same design as its original Japanese release.
* In [[Generation I]], Kanto was slightly redesigned twice after its initial appearance: signposts, doors, and other minor details, along with certain locations, such as [[Cerulean Cave]], were changed between {{game3|Red and Green|Pocket Monsters Red and Green|s}} and [[Pokémon Blue Version (Japanese)|Pocket Monsters Blue]], and then again between Pocket Monsters Blue and {{game3|Yellow|Pocket Monsters Pikachu}}. The international {{game|Red and Blue|s}} reused the tilesets and other graphics from Pocket Monsters Blue, while international {{game|Yellow}} featured the same design as its original Japanese release.
** However, it would be the original design from {{game3|Red and Green|Pocket Monsters Red and Green|s}} that was ultimately reused in Kanto's [[Generation II]] and [[Generation III]] appearances.
** However, it would be the original design from {{game3|Red and Green|Pocket Monsters Red and Green|s}} that was ultimately reused in Kanto's [[Generation II]] and [[Generation III]] appearances.
* Kanto has appeared in the most games and [[generation]]s to date, having appeared in ten games (eleven in Japan and four in South Korea) over the course of four generations.
* Kanto has appeared in the most games and [[generation]]s to date, having appeared in ten games (eleven in Japan) over the course of four generations.
** {{game3|Red and Green|Pocket Monsters Red and Green|s}}, [[Pokémon Blue Version (Japanese)|Pocket Monsters Blue]], {{game|Red and Blue|s}}, and {{game|Yellow}} in [[Generation I]];
** {{game3|Red and Green|Pocket Monsters Red and Green|s}}, [[Pokémon Blue Version (Japanese)|Pocket Monsters Blue]], {{game|Red and Blue|s}}, and {{game|Yellow}} in [[Generation I]];
** {{game2|Gold|Silver|Crystal}} in [[Generation II]];
** {{game2|Gold|Silver|Crystal}} in [[Generation II]];
** {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}} in [[Generation III]];
** {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}} in [[Generation III]];
** {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}} in [[Generation IV]].
** {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}} in [[Generation IV]].
* The adjectival form of Kanto is "Kantonian", as said by [[Hau]] in reference to the player's pet {{p|Meowth}} in {{g|Sun and Moon}}.


==In other languages==
==In other languages==
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! Name
! Name
! Origin
! Origin
|- style="background:#FFF"
| French, German,<br>Italian, Spanish
| Kanto
| From its Japanese and English name
|- style="background:#FFF"
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Korean
| Korean
| 관동 ''Gwandong''
| 관동 ''Gwandong''
| Either from 関東 (관동), ''Gwandong'', based on the {{tt|Japanese region|Specifically, it's based on how the Kanji for Kanto is read as Korean Hanja, as the official name for Kanto in Korean is 간토, 'Ganto'}}, or from 關東 (관동), ''Gwandong'', a {{tt|region in Korea|also known as 江原 (강원), 'Gangwon'}}. Both mean "east of barrier/frontier pass"<!-- although obviously the barrier / frontier pass that the two regions are East of are different and thus the names are a coincidence-->.
| From 관동 (關東) ''{{wp|Gwandong}}'', Sino-Korean reading of 関東 ''Kantō''
|- style="background:#FFF"
| rowspan="2"| Chinese ({{tt|Mandarin|Taiwan and Mainland China}})
| 關都 / 关都 ''Guāndū''{{tt|*|Games, later anime, later Adventures}}<br>
| From 關東 / 关东 ''Guāndōng'' (Kantō; {{wp|Guandong|east of pass}}) and possibly 城都 ''Chéngdū'' (Johto)
|- style="background:#FFF"
| 關東 / 关东 ''Guāndōng''{{tt|*|Early anime, early Adventures}}<br>康德 ''Kāngdé''{{tt|*|Adventures Vol. 4 (Taiwan)}}
| From its Japanese name<br>Transliteration of Japanese name
|- style="background:#FFF"
| rowspan="2"| Chinese ({{tt|Cantonese|Hong Kong}})
| 關都 ''Gwāandōu''{{tt|*|Games, later anime}}
| From 關東 ''Gwāandūng'' (Kantō; east of pass) and possibly 城都 ''Sèhngdōu'' (Johto)
|- style="background:#FFF"
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Chinese ({{tt|Mandarin|Taiwan and Mainland China}})
| 關東 ''Gwāandūng''{{tt|*|Early Anime}}
| 關都 / 关都 ''Guāndū'' {{tt|*|Anime (Taiwan) & Later Anime (Approx AG and after) (Mainland China)}}<br>关东 ''Guāndōng'' {{tt|*|Early Anime (Approx AG and before)}}<br>康德 ''Kāngdé'' {{tt|*|Adventures Vol. 4 (Taiwan)}}
| From its Japanese name
| Can either mean "closed capital" or "city of the pass". <br>From 関東 ''Kantō''. Means "east of pass".<br>Transliteration of its Japanese name.
|- style="background:#FFF"
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Chinese ({{tt|Cantonese|Hong Kong}})
| Russian, Ukrainian
| 關都 ''Gwāandōu''
| Канто ''Kanto''
| Can either mean "closed capital" or "city of the pass".
| Transcription of English name
|- style="background:#FFF"
|- style="background:#FFF"
|Russian
| Thai
|Канто ''Kanto''
| คันโต ''Kanto''
|Transcription of English name
| Transliteration of Japanese name
|}
|}
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