Sunyshore Gym

Sunyshore Gym ナギサジム Nagisa Gym
Location	Sunyshore City
Gym Leader	Volkner Flint (temporary, anime only)
Badge	Beacon Badge
Dominant Type	Electric
Region	Sinnoh
Battlefield

The Sunyshore Gym (Japanese: ナギサジム Nagisa Gym) is the official Gym of Sunyshore City. It is based on Electric-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Volkner. Trainers who defeat him receive the Beacon Badge.

In the games

Sunyshore City Pokémon Gym
Leader: Volkner
The Shining, Shocking Star

The Sunyshore Gym is a three room Gym. Volkner is said to have designed it out of boredom. The main floor is made up of gigantic gears and clockwork suspending platforms operated by buttons. To get through, Trainers need to rotate the platforms in a correct order to create a path. To follow the path however, the player has to battle various Trainers in the Gym. The Gym has exposed dynamos that use up a large amount of electrical power, prompting the city to renovate the pathways into solar energy collectors.

Appearance

Version	First room	Second room	Third room
Diamond
Pearl
Platinum

Trainers

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

Trainer	Pokémon
First room
School Kid Tiera ユリエ Yurie Reward: $880	Pachirisu♀ Lv.44 No item
Second room
Guitarist Jerry ミック Mick Reward: $1056	Luxio♂ Lv.44 No item
School Kid Forrest トヨフミ Toyofumi Reward: $880	Mr. Mime♂ Lv.44 No item
Poké Kid Meghan チマリ Chimari Reward: $328	Pikachu♀ Lv.41 No item
	Pikachu♀ Lv.41 No item
	Pikachu♀ Lv.41 No item
	Pikachu♀ Lv.41 No item
Third room
Guitarist Lonnie マイク Mike Reward: $1056	Raichu♂ Lv.44 No item
Ace Trainer Destiny ナズナ Nazuna Reward: $2640	Kadabra♂ Lv.44 No item
	Raichu♀ Lv.44 No item
Guitarist Preston ゲイリー Gary Reward: $1008	Luxio♂ Lv.42 No item
	Bibarel♂ Lv.42 No item
Ace Trainer Zachery ショウマ Shōma Reward: $2640	Steelix♂ Lv.44 No item
	Medicham♂ Lv.44 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Leader Volkner Sunyshore Gym Diamond and Pearl Reward: $5880

Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Static Held item: None Raichu♂ Lv.46 Charge Beam Electric Special   --       Thunder Wave Electric Status   --       Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Technician Held item: None Ambipom♂ Lv.47 Baton Pass Normal Status   --       Nasty Plot Dark Status   --       Agility Psychic Status   --       Shock Wave Electric Special   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Sniper Held item: None Octillery♂ Lv.47 Octazooka Water Special   --       Charge Beam Electric Special   --       Bullet Seed Grass Physical   --       Aurora Beam Ice Special   --       Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Rivalry Held item: Sitrus Berry Luxray♂ Lv.49 Thunder Fang Electric Physical   --       Charge Beam Electric Special   --       Thunder Wave Electric Status   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --

Pokémon Platinum

Trainer	Pokémon
First room
School Kid Tiera ユリエ Yurie Reward: $940	Pachirisu♀ Lv.47 No item
Second room
School Kid Forrest トヨフミ Toyofumi Reward: $940	Magneton Lv.47 No item
Guitarist Jerry ミック Mick Reward: $1056	Magnemite Lv.44 No item
	Luxio♂ Lv.44 No item
	Luxio♂ Lv.44 No item
Poké Kid Meghan チマリ Chimari Reward: $336	Pikachu♀ Lv.42 No item
	Pikachu♀ Lv.42 No item
	Pikachu♀ Lv.42 No item
	Pikachu♀ Lv.42 No item
Third room
Guitarist Lonnie マイク Mike Reward: $1128	Raichu♂ Lv.47 No item
Ace Trainer Destiny ナズナ Nazuna Reward: $2880	Electabuzz♂ Lv.47 No item
	Raichu♀ Lv.48 No item
Guitarist Preston ゲイリー Gary Reward: $1080	Luxio♂ Lv.45 No item
	Luxio♂ Lv.45 No item
Ace Trainer Zachery ショウマ Shōma Reward: $2880	Electabuzz♂ Lv.47 No item
	Magneton Lv.48 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Leader Volkner Sunyshore Gym Platinum Reward: $6000

Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Volt Absorb Held item: None Jolteon♂ Lv.46 Charge Beam Electric Special   --       Thunder Wave Electric Status   --       Iron Tail Steel Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Static Held item: None Raichu♂ Lv.46 Charge Beam Electric Special   --       Signal Beam Bug Special   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Focus Blast Fighting Special   --       Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Rivalry Held item: None Luxray♂ Lv.48 Thunder Fang Electric Physical   --       Fire Fang Fire Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Motor Drive Held item: Sitrus Berry Electivire♂ Lv.50 ThunderPunch Electric Physical   --       Fire Punch Fire Physical   --       Giga Impact Normal Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --

Items

Item		Location	Games
	TM57 (Charge Beam)	Reward for defeating Volkner	D  P  Pt

In the anime

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

In Flint Sparks the Fire!, Ash and his friends arrived in Sunyshore Gym to find a machine offering a Gym Badge without a battle. Frustrated, Ash tries to break into the Gym, but the machine ends up picking him up. However, Flint comes to the rescue and releases Ash. Afterwards, they went to find Volkner in the Sunyshore Tower who is not willing to continue his role as a Gym Leader. However, after seeing Flint and Ash battle, he regained his enthusiasm and decided to battle Ash.

In The Fleeing Tower of Sunyshore!, Ash's match against Volkner is suspended due to power outage caused by Team Rocket. The Gym, along with the tower, had been damaged by the events and Volkner promises to contact Ash when the Gym is rebuilt. Soon, in The Eighth Wonder of the Sinnoh World!, Ash returned to the Sunyshore Gym to have a rematch with Volkner. After the battle, Volkner awarded Ash with the Beacon Badge and promises to cheer him on in the Sinnoh League.

Used by Volkner

		Raichu ♂
		Raichu is Volkner's very first Pokémon. It first appears in Flint Sparks the Fire! where it reunited with Flint and in the next episode. Raichu has been shown to be outside of its Poké Ball most of the time. Volkner first received his Raichu as a Pikachu when he was young. It battled with Flint's Chimchar and lost. However, in their rematch, it defeated Chimchar with Iron Tail. Since then, Flint and Volkner became friends/rivals. Later, Pikachu was battling the Proprietor's Houndoom, he was a Pokémon Poacher at the time. Houndoom dealt some damage to Chimchar and Pikachu but Chimchar wasn't able to continue, leaving Pikachu to do it on its own. Volkner was very determined to battle the proprietor. After a long battle, the proprietor ends up defeated and becomes friends with Volkner and Flint. Pikachu evolved into a Raichu sometime when Volkner was growing up and took the job as becoming the Gym Leader. Raichu was very strong as it defeated several Pokémon such as a Trainer's Weavile and Mothim over time. However, Volkner did not select Raichu in both of his matches against Ash. Raichu also appeared alongside Volkner during the credits of Zoroark: Master of Illusions. Raichu's known moves are Iron Tail, Thunderbolt, Volt Tackle, and Thunder.
Debut	Flint Sparks the Fire!

		Luxray ♂
		Volkner's Luxray appeared for the first time in The Fleeing Tower of Sunyshore!, where he battled Ash's Grotle during Ash's Gym challenge. However, the battle was called off due to Team Rocket terrorizing the city. During the rematch, Luxray first battled with Pikachu, and won after taking hits from several Iron Tails. Ash next used Infernape, which got badly injured during the battle. Due to this, its Ability Blaze got activated. However, this time Infernape was able to control its Ability, and with the powers gained through it, the Flame Pokémon quickly defeated Luxray, serving the final blow with a devastating Flame Wheel, earning Ash the Beacon Badge. It was seen in a flashback in League Unleashed!. Luxray's known moves are Spark, Thunderbolt, Shock Wave, Thunder Fang, Double Team, and Iron Tail.
Debut	The Fleeing Tower of Sunyshore!
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Sarah Natochenny

		Electivire
		Electivire was the first Pokémon which Volkner used during his rematch against Ash. Ash first used Torterra, but it was easily defeated. Next Ash chose to use Pikachu. With his Thunderbolt, Pikachu triggered Electivire's Ability, making it an even harder target to hit. However, when one of Electivire's punches connected with Pikachu, the Thunderbolt Pokémon was paralyzed by Pikachu's Static. After this, Pikachu was able to finish Electivire with a well-aimed Iron Tail. Electivire's known moves are Fire Punch and Ice Punch, and its Ability is Motor Drive.
Debut	The Eighth Wonder of the Sinnoh World!
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Bill Rogers

		Jolteon
		Jolteon was the second Pokémon used by Volkner during his and Ash's rematch. Ash chose to use his Infernape, which soon defeated the Lightning Pokémon with a Mach Punch. Jolteon's known moves are Thunderbolt and Shadow Ball.
Debut	The Eighth Wonder of the Sinnoh World!
Voice actors
Japanese	Kiyotaka Furushima
English	Kayzie Rogers

Used by Flint

		Infernape
		Main article: Flint's Infernape Flint's Infernape first appeared in Flint Sparks the Fire! where it was used in Flint's battle against Ash. It took out Ash's entire team by itself.
Debut	Flint Sparks the Fire!
Voice actors
Japanese	Katsuyuki Konishi
English	Bill Rogers

In the TCG

The following is a list of cards named Sunyshore City Gym.

Related cards Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Sunyshore City Gym	St	Rising Rivals		94/111	Bonds to the End of Time		082/090

Gym Leaders of the Sinnoh region
Oreburgh Gym Roark	Eterna Gym Gardenia	Veilstone Gym Maylene	Pastoria Gym Crasher Wake
Hearthome Gym Fantina	Canalave Gym Byron	Snowpoint Gym Candice	Sunyshore Gym Volkner

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