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An '''island kahuna''' (Japanese: '''しまキング''' ''Island King'' or '''しまクイーン''' ''Island Queen'') is a [[Human|person]] who presides over a certain [[island challenge]] in the [[Alola]] [[region]]. Island kahunas serve as the final obstacle in that particular island's trial and battle a {{pkmn|Trainer}} in a Grand Trial. There is one kahuna for each of the four main islands of Alola, with each one chosen by that island's [[guardian deity]]. In addition to presiding over an island, they are also in charge of tending to their guardian's ruins when necessary and selecting new [[Trial Captain]]s for their island. Prior to the establishment of the Alolan {{al|Pokémon League}}, a Trainer attempting their island challenge who had finished all of their trials and grand trials was to scale [[Mount Lanakila]] and battle all four kahunas in a row in order to become an island challenge champion.

According to [[Acerola]], a person chosen to be an island kahuna cannot refuse the position; in this case, she was referring to [[Nanu]]. A kahuna's reign lasts until they die, as was the case with [[Hapu]]'s grandfather and predecessor, or are forcibly ejected from their position by their respective guardian deity, as was with the case with a former unspecified kahuna who established the gang that [[Team Skull]] drew inspiration from. The time in between an island kahuna's exit from their position and the naming of a new one is not always immediate — following the death of Hapu's grandfather, [[Poni Island]] was left without a kahuna for several years. It is unknown how the lack of a kahuna affects the island challenge, specifically an island's grand trial and the final trial.

All island kahunas keep their Pokémon in {{ball|Ultra}}s.

{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; text-align:center; background:#{{alola color dark}}; border: 5px solid #{{alola color dark}}" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"

| style="background:#{{fighting color light}}"| {{color2|{{fighting color dark}}|Melemele Island}}

| style="background:#{{fighting color light}};" | {{tcolor|Fighting}}

| style="background:#{{rock color light}}"| {{color2|{{rock color dark}}|Akala Island}}

| style="background:#{{rock color light}};" | {{tcolor|Rock}}

| style="background:#{{dark color light}}"| {{color2|{{dark color dark}}|Ula'ula Island}}

| style="background:#{{dark color light}};" | {{tcolor|Dark}}

| style="background:#{{ground color light}}; color:#{{poison color dark}}; {{roundybl|5px}}" | [[File:VSHapu.png|x120px|]]<br>{{color2|{{ground color dark}}|Hapu}}<br><small>ハプウ Hapū</small>

| style="background:#{{ground color light}}" | {{color2|{{ground color dark}}|Poni Island}}

| style="background:#{{ground color light}}; color:#{{rock color dark}};" | {{color2|{{ground color dark}}|Vast Poni Canyon}}<br><small>ポニの大峡谷<br>Great Canyon of Poni</small>

In the [[Pokémon anime]], {{Ash}} has encountered the following island kahunas:  

* [[Hala]] in ''[[SM009|To Top a Totem!]]''

In ''[[SM011|Young Kiawe Had a Farm!]]'', [[Kiawe's grandfather]] was mentioned to be a kahuna prior to the start of the series.

* Each kahuna wears an article of clothing of the color that corresponds to their island's name. Hala's Aloha shirt is yellow, Olivia's shirt is pink, Nanu's undershirt is red, and Hapu's hat is purple.

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|ru=Вождь острова ''Vozhd' ostrova''<br>Кахуна ''Kakhuna''

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