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'''Elesa''' (Japanese: '''カミツレ''' ''Kamitsure'') is a {{wp|Model (person)|model}} who is the [[Gym Leader]] of [[Nimbasa City]]'s [[Gym]], known officially as the [[Nimbasa Gym]]. She [[Type expert|specializes]] in {{type|Electric}} {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}. She gives the {{badge|Bolt}} to {{pkmn|Trainer}}s who defeat her.

===Quotes===

===={{game|Black and White|s}}====

:''"Sweetie, you keep going on your travels."''

:''"My name is Elesa. I'm this town's Gym Leader. I also happen to be a model."''

:''"I'm sorry, <player>. I'll be waiting on Route 5."''{{tt|*|If Elesa is already defeated}}

* Before battle

:''"Did the fantastic speed leave you dizzy? My beloved Pokémon will be the next one to make your head spin!"''

:''"I think the real me is the one who battles with Pokémon as a [[Gym Leader]]. A model's job is to make someone else's vision look like a reality. It's interesting but it's not easy..."''

:''"Oh, you two are friends... That's nice, how you're helping each other get better by competing. OK, let's go."''

:''"This is [[Alder]], the Unova region's {{pkmn|Champion}}."''

:''"Now to contact him... It's me, Elesa. Please lower the drawbridge. I have a couple of Trainers here who want to challenge you. OK... Thanks. Now, watch this! I have a TV gig, so I've got to go. The Gym Leader of the next town may take some getting used to... Do your best, both of you."''

:''"Ignoring [[Team Plasma]]... That would be a terrible thing for us Gym Leaders to do."''

:''"I do not appreciate stubborn people."''

:''"I must say it's difficult for people to draw out a Pokémon's charm if they don't have any themselves."''

:''"You know [[Nimbasa City]]? You know it runs on energy generated by {{type|Electric}} Pokémon? ...Just kidding!"''

:''"Put bluntly, swimsuits are nothing but cloth, right?"''

:''May you always continue to be a person who brightens your surroundings.''

===={{game|Black and White|s|Pokémon Black 2 and White 2|2}}====

* Before battle

: ''"Welcome to the main stage! My beloved Pokémon and your Pokémon shall compete! We're going to see whose star shines brightest!"''

: ''"A shining example of a Trainer… Since that's what you are, you should be able to collect all the Gym Badges and reach the [[Pokémon League]]! Then, you and your Pokémon will shine even brighter!"''

:''"[[Skyla]], can I ask you a favor?"''

:''"I've decided I need a PR makeover! I wanted to try out my new ideas with you, Skyla!"''

:''"You bet! And don't call me Shirley!"''

* Before battle (first round)

:''"My beloved Pokémon are going to make your head spin!"''

:''"My Pokémon work hard for me, so I want to do what I can for them. And I want them to bathe in the glamorous spotlight as well. In that sense, your Pokémon were gleaming very brightly!"''

:''"If you shine with an inner light, all that surrounds you will be illuminated by it!"''

==Artwork==

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===Sprites===

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| Sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Black and White Versions|Black and White}}

==Trivia==

* Elesa's Japanese Leader title is {{tt|シャイニング　ビューティ|Shining beauty}}.

* Elesa is the only returning Gym Leader from Black and White to receive a redesign in {{2v2|Black|White|2}}.

* In the [[Memory Link]] event ''Taking it to The Next Level'', Elesa says the line, "And don't call me Shirley!", a reference to the film ''{{wp|Airplane!}}''.

==Names==

|- style="text-align:center"

! style="{{roundytl|5px}}" | Language

! Name

! style="{{roundytr|5px}}" | Origin

| Japanese

| カミツレ ''Kamitsure''

| 加密列 (カミツレ) ''Kamitsure'', {{wp|Matricaria recutita|chamomile}}, which comes from a corruption of the Dutch term for the plant, ''kamille'', when transcribed to Japanese as カミッレ ''kamirre''. Also from 雷 ''kaminari'', thunder.

| English

| Elesa

| From {{t|Electric}}. Possibly from {{wp|Nikola Tesla|Tesla}}.

| French

| Inezia

| From the flower genus ''{{wp|Inezia (Asteraceae)|Inezia}}''.

| German

| Kamilla

| From ''kamille'', chamomile.

| Italian

| Camelia

| From ''Camelia''.

| Spanish

| Camila

| From ''camomila'', chamomile.

| Korean

| 카밀레 ''Camille''

| From her Japanese name.

| Chinese ({{tt|Mandarin|Taiwan}})

| 小菊兒 ''Xiǎo Jú'ér''

| Possibly from 洋甘菊 ''yánggānjú'' (chamomile) and 模特兒 ''mótè'ér'' (model).

| Vietnamese

| Kamitsure

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