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'''Drew''' (Japanese: '''シュウ''' ''Shū'') is a [[Pokémon Coordinator]] from [[LaRousse City]] and [[May (anime)|May’s]] greatest rival. He is voiced by 斎賀みつき ''Mitsuki Saiga'' in Japanese, [[Pete Zarustica]] ([[4Kids]] dub) and [[Bill Rogers]] ([[Pokémon USA]]/[[TAJ Productions]] dub) in English, [[Thiago Longo]] (second voice) in Brazilian Portuguese and ''Irwin Daayán'' in Latin American Spanish.

May and her friends first met Drew while she was practicing with her [[May's Beautifly|Beautifly]] on the beach near [[Slateport City]] in ''[[AG033|Now that's Flower Power!]]''. Like [[Ash Ketchum|Ash’s]] main rival, [[Gary Oak|Gary]], Drew is portrayed as being confident, critical, and popular among his supporters, though generally not as overtly insulting as Gary initially was. However, also like Gary, he is not a villain by any means, despite how his comments and attitude may have angered May and her friends. His first match against May pitted her [[May's Beautifly|Beautifly]] against his {{p|Roselia}}, only to have it end when [[Team Rocket]] interfered. Drew’s skills have been a continuing inspiration for May to better herself as a coordinator, so much so that seeing a different Roselia will remind May of her rivalry.

In Drew's showing at the Slateport City Contest in ''[[AG035|Win, Lose or Drew!]]'', he and his Roselia defeat May and Beautifly, but go on to lose to Robert and his {{p|Milotic}}. Drew shows up again for the [[Fallarbor|Fallarbor Contest]] in ''[[AG050|Pros and Con Artists!]]'', where May learns that he has three contest ribbons. Before the Fallarbor Contest begins, Drew has his first battle against Ash, pitting his [[Drew's Roselia|Roselia]] against [[Ash's Swellow|Ash's Taillow]]. During the contest, however, he loses to Grace and her {{p|Medicham}}. Following the contest, Drew congratulates the winner, May, by giving her a rose. The gesture (which is repeated in later encounters) is seen by some fans to be a hint towards a [[ContestShipping|romantic relationship]] between the two. Drew claims that the roses are for May's Beautifly, but the excuse seems to become more cursory each time.

In ''[[AG077|A Fan with a Plan]]'', Drew is mobbed by the M.F.P. (Mothers for Pokémon) fan club at the Rubello Town [[Pokémon Center]]. Before the contest, May spots Drew practicing outside with his new Pokémon, {{p|Masquerain}}. May introduces Drew to her latest Pokémon, [[May's Bulbasaur|Bulbasaur]]. Masquerain is shown to be a Pokémon well-suited for contest battling, while Bulbasaur, though rare in [[Hoenn]], embarrasses May with its lack of discipline. Drew wins his fourth ribbon in ''[[AG078|Cruisin' for a Losin']]'' using his Roselia in the first round, and his Masquerain in the 2nd. Notably, Drew placed 2nd at the Hoenn Grand Festival in ''[[AG123|Rhapsody in Drew]]'' beating out May in the semi-finals with his Roselia and newly-captured {{p|Flygon}} and losing to [[Robert (Hoenn)|Robert]] in the finals.  

Afterwards he decided to go for the Contests that reside in the [[Kanto|Kanto Region]].  In ''[[AG179|May, We Harley Drew'd Ya!]]'', he was reunited with his old rival and friend [[Solidad]]. She had defeated Drew in the last round of his very first battle a long time ago.  She said the loss even made him cry.  It had also been revealed in the same episode that he had been training an {{p|Absol}} for the Kanto Grand Festival, and he tells May at some point that he used to be very prone to nervousness back then.

In ''[[AG186|The Unbeatable Lightness of Seeing]]'', he revealed he would be traveling to [[Johto]] to participate in contests there.