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{{Character Infobox
|color={{dark color}}
|corecolor={{dark color light}}
|bordercolor={{dark color dark}}
|text=FFF
|name=Piers
|jname=ネズ
|tmname=Nezu
|image=Sword Shield Piers.png
|size=200px
|caption=Artwork from Sword and Shield by [[take]]<ref>[[a:File:PiersDarknessAblaze165.jpg|Piers (Darkness Ablaze 165)]]</ref>
|gender=Male
|eyes=Cyan
|hair=Black and white
|hometown=[[Spikemuth]]
|region=[[Galar]]
|relatives=[[Marnie]] (younger sister)
}}
{{Character Infobox/Game
|color={{dark color light}}
|gen={{gen|VIII}}, {{gen|IX}}
|games={{pkmn|Sword and Shield}}, {{pkmn|Masters EX}}
|trainer=[[Gym Leader]], [[Pokémon Trainer]]
|counterpart=[[Piers (Masters)]]
|jpva=Kishō Taniyama<ref name="Kishō Taniyama">[https://twitter.com/pokemas_game/status/1362284461363105792 Pokémon Masters EX Twitter] (Japanese)</ref> <small>({{pkmn|Masters EX}})</small>
|enva=Aleks Le<ref name="Aleks Le">[https://twitter.com/AleksLeVO/status/1365337981372887045?s=20 Aleks Le on Twitter]</ref> <small>({{pkmn|Masters EX}})</small>
}}
{{Character Infobox/Team
|color={{dark color light}}
|member=[[Galar League]]
|rank=[[Gym Leader]]
|domain={{DL|Spikemuth|Spikemuth Gym}}
|reward={{badge|Dark}}
|specialty={{t|Dark}}-types
}}
{{Character Infobox/Team
|color={{dark color light}}
|member=[[Team Yell]]
|rank=Captain
}}
{{Character Infobox/Anime
|color={{dark color light}}
|series=''[[Pokémon anime|Pokémon the Series]]''<br>''[[Pokémon: Twilight Wings]]''
|debut=''[[JN099|Battling Turned Up to Eleven!]]'' <small>([[Pokémon anime|Series]])</small><br>''[[TW05|Assistant]]'' <small>([[Pokémon: Twilight Wings|Twilight Wings]])</small>
|enva=Howard Wang <small>([[Pokémon anime|Series]])</small><br>[[Edward Bosco]]<ref name="Edward Bosco">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbtybA7xT2M Pokémon: Twilight Wings—The Gathering of Stars] The Official Pokémon YouTube channel</ref> <small>([[Pokémon: Twilight Wings|Twilight Wings]])</small>
|jpva=Hiro Shimono <small>([[Pokémon anime|Series]])</small><br>Kishō Taniyama <small>([[Pokémon: Twilight Wings|Twilight Wings]])</small>
}}
{{Character Infobox/Manga
|color={{dark color light}}
|series=''[[Pokémon Adventures]]''
|debut=''[[PASS22|Grrr!! Noble Kidnappers]]''
}}
|}

'''Piers''' (Japanese: '''ネズ''' ''Nezu'') is a {{wp|singer-songwriter}} who is the boss of [[Team Yell]] and the [[Gym Leader]] of [[Spikemuth]]'s [[Gym]], known officially as the {{DL|Spikemuth|Spikemuth Gym}}. He [[Type expert|specializes]] in {{type|Dark}} {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}. He gives the {{badge|Dark}} to Trainers who defeat him. During the events of [[Pokémon Sword and Shield]], he retires from his position as a Gym Leader and passes the title on to his little sister, [[Marnie]].