Drayden

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Shaga シャガ Shaga
"Spartan mayor"
File:Black White Shaga.png Artwork from Black and White
Gender	Male
Eye color	Brown
Hair color	White
Hometown	Opelucid City
Region	Unova
Trainer class	Gym Leader
Generation	V
Games	Black and White
Leader of	Souryuu Gym
Badge	Legend Badge
Specializes in	Template:Type2s

(Japanese: シャガ Shaga) is one of the Gym Leaders of Opelucid City's Gym, known officially as the Opelucid Gym. He specializes in Template:Type2 Pokémon and gives the Legend Badge to Trainers who manage to defeat him.

In the games

Drayden appears in Pokémon Black and White where he is the mayor of Opelucid City. In Black, he is the Gym Leader of Opelucid City's gym, the last gym to be challenged by the player in the region.

In White, he will teach Draco Meteor to the player's Dragon-type Pokémon. He can be found in his home in Opelucid City. However, in this game Iris takes his place as Gym Leader. The only differences between both the teams are the genders; Shaga's team consists only of male Pokémon, while Iris's team is made exclusively of female ones.

He also reappears at N's Castle where he and many of the other Unova Gym Leaders hold off the Seven Sages.

Pokémon

File:Spr BW Shaga.png Leader Shaga Souryuu Gym Black Leader and Professor Shaga Oak Souryuu Gym Black Reward: $5160

Types: Dragon Unknown Ability: Rivalry Held item: None Fraxure♂ Lv.41 Dragon Dance Dragon Status   --       Dragon Rage Dragon Special   --       Assurance Dark Physical   --       Dragon Tail Dragon Physical   --       Types: Dragon Unknown Ability: Sheer Force Held item: None Crimgan♂ Lv.41 Revenge Fighting Physical   --       Little by Little Normal Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Dragon Tail Dragon Physical   --       Types: Dragon Unknown Ability: Mold Breaker Held item: None Haxorus♂ Lv.43 Dragon Dance Dragon Status   --       Assurance Dark Physical   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       Dragon Tail Dragon Physical   --

Sprites

File:Spr BW Shaga.png	File:VSShaga.png
Shaga's sprite from Generation V	Shaga's VS sprite from Generation V

Trivia

• His Japanese Leader title is スパルタン　メイヤー.
• Drayden and his counterpart, Iris, are the only Dragon-type specialists that use only pure Dragon-type Pokémon.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	シャガ Shaga	From 射干 or 著莪 (シャガ) shaga, Iris japonica or from Fringed iris.
Italian	Aristide	From

Gym Leaders of the Unova region
Striaton Gym Cilan Chili Cress	Nacrene Gym Lenora	Castelia Gym Burgh	Nimbasa Gym Elesa
Driftveil Gym Clay	Mistralton Gym Skyla	Icirrus Gym Brycen	Opelucid Gym Drayden Iris
Aspertia Gym Cheren	Virbank Gym Roxie	Humilau Gym Marlon

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