Drake (Orange League)

Drake ユウジ Yūji
File:Orange-league-drake.jpg Drake
Gender	Male
Hometown	Pummelo Island
Region	Orange Islands
Trainer class	Head Leader
Anime debut	Hello, Pummelo!
English voice actor	Scottie Ray
Japanese voice actor	Kōji Yusa

Drake (Japanese: ユウジ Yūji) is the leader of the Orange League. Trainers who defeat him in a full battle at Pummelo Stadium receive the Winner's Trophy and enter the Orange League Hall of Fame.

Ash Ketchum battled him in Hello, Pummelo! and Enter The Dragonite.

Although the dub implies that Drake is merely a fifth Gym Leader in the Orange League, the Japanese version specifically uses the title Head Leader to denote his importance. Additionally, Drake is not necessarily a Pokémon League Champion either, given that it is not clarified whether or not he ever actually had to defeat a previous Head Leader in order to take the title (though it is suggested). In the Electric Tale of Pikachu manga, he is referred to as the Orange Crew Supreme Gym Leader. Ash battles him in Surf's Up, Pikachu.

In both the anime and manga, Ash was the first person to defeat Drake in Orange League history. Many trainers never even got past Drake's first Pokémon, Ditto, apparently losing their cool seeing a copycat defeat their own Pokémon. Before Ash's challenge, Drake seemed bored and wondered if anyone would ever defeat him. He keeps his prized Dragonite's Poké Ball around his neck. Though no one (before Ash battles him, that is) has ever knocked out four of his Pokémon in a row, it is implied that some trainers did get past his five other Pokémon only to be defeated by Dragonite, as the announcer says that he has saved Dragonite for last many times before.

Regardless of his English name and his affinity for Template:Type2 Pokémon, Drake apparently has no relation to either Drake of the Hoenn League nor Lance of the Indigo League, though a resemblance to the latter is evident.

Pokémon

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

		Dragonite
		Main article: Drake's Dragonite Knowing a variety of attacks, Dragonite was Drake's powerhouse. Dragonite was used to battle against four of Ash's Pokémon. It managed to defeat his Charizard, Squirtle, Tauros, and even send Team Rocket blasting off, before being defeated by a close-range Thunder from Ash's Pikachu.
Debut	Hello, Pummelo!
Voice actors
Japanese	Katsuyuki Konishi
English	Katsuyuki Konishi

		Ditto
		Ditto was Drake's first Pokémon used against Ash. With its Transform, it was able to completely mimic Pikachu and match its electric attacks. However, in the end, Pikachu was able to outpace Ditto as Ditto's physical condition remained the same despite its transformation, by managing to stand up and knock Ditto to the ground with its tail after a prolonged race using Agility. Ditto's only known move is Transform.
Debut	Hello, Pummelo!
Voice actors
Japanese	Kotono Mitsuishi
English	Rachael Lillis

		Onix
		Onix was Ash's second opponent. Using Squirtle, it uses Water Gun, but Onix dodges using Dig. Ash then decides to send Squirtle into the water. Onix knocks Squirtle into the air before binding it, only for Squirtle to escape Bind by using Hydro Pump. After using Skull Bash, Ash's Squirtle won. Onix's known moves are Dig and Bind.
Debut	Hello, Pummelo!
Voice actors
Japanese	Unshō Ishizuka
English	Unshō Ishizuka

		Gengar
		Drake's third Pokémon against Ash. Ash initially sends out Tauros, but his attempt to use Fissure is countered by Gengar's Confuse Ray, and he switches for Lapras, with both Lapras and Gengar fainting when their Ice Beam and Night Shade attacks collide. Gengar's known moves are Confuse Ray, Hypnosis and Night Shade.
Debut	Hello, Pummelo!
Voice actors
Japanese	Kōichi Sakaguchi
English	Ted Lewis

		Venusaur
		Drake's fourth Pokémon, it battles Ash's Tauros. Tauros's Fissure didn't work due to the sand field cushioning the attack. But in the end, Venusaur was defeated by a Take Down. Venusaur's known moves are SolarBeam and Vine Whip.
Debut	Enter The Dragonite
Voice actors
Japanese	Kenta Miyake
English	Eric Stuart

		Electabuzz
		This was Drake's final Pokémon used before Ash battled Dragonite. Although Bulbasaur is initially defeated, Charizard manages to defeat Electabuzz with Seismic Toss. Electabuzz's known moves are ThunderShock, Thunderbolt, ThunderPunch and Thunder.
Debut	Enter The Dragonite
Voice actors
Japanese	Kōichi Sakaguchi
English	N/A

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 遊佐浩二 Kōji Yusa English Scottie Ray European Spanish Alejandro García

Trivia

Drake in the manga

• Drake was bored because he was not being challenged by any tough Trainers. His actions and feelings very closely resemble those of Volkner, the Gym Leader of Sunyshore City.
  • Coincidentally, they both own a Pokémon from the Elekid evolutionary line.
• Drake's Electabuzz exhibited all of the Template:Type2 attacks introduced in Generation I except for Thunder Wave.

In other languages

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ユウジ Yūji
English, German, Spanish	Drake
French	Didier
Chinese	勇次 Yǒng​cì​	From 勇次 Yūji. Also, 勇 means brave.

External links

• Yūji's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)

The Electric Tale of Pikachu characters Main characters Ash Ketchum • Pikachu • Gary Oak • Ritchie • May Oak • Professor Oak • Delia Ketchum • Jessie • James • Meowth Gym Leaders Brock • Misty • Koga • Sabrina • Giovanni • Rudy • Drake Other A.J. • Aya • Bill • Damian • Dario • Duplica • Eevee brothers • Giselle • Jeanette Fisher • Officer Jenny • Joe • Nurse Joy Lara Laramie • Mahri • Melanie • Mikey • Mimi • Professor Orville • Potter • Florinda Showers • Ruby • Samurai • Tommy

Orange League
Mikan Gym Gym Leader Cissy	Navel Gym Gym Leader Danny	Trovita Gym Gym Leader Rudy	Kumquat Gym Gym Leader Luana	Pummelo Stadium Supreme Gym Leader Drake

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