Kyle (Sinnoh)

Kyle カイト Kaito
Kyle
Gender	Male
Eye color	Blue
Hair color	Brown
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Sinnoh
Trainer class	Coordinator
Anime debut	Staging a Heroes Welcome!
English voice actor	Jamie McGonnigal
Japanese voice actor	Hirofumi Nojima

Kyle (Japanese: カイト Kaito) is a Pokémon Coordinator that appeared in the Wallace Cup in episodes Staging a Heroes Welcome! through Strategy With A Smile!.

History

Kyle first appeared with a brief cameo in Staging a Heroes' Welcome!, where he participated in the Appeals Round of the Wallace Cup.

He had a real major appearance in the following episode where he battled Ash and his Buizel in the Battle Round. He was able to predict what Ash was going to do in the match as he kept using Buizel in every round of the Wallace Cup. He won the match on points despite Buizel using its Ice Aqua Jet technique.

Kyle then went up against Dawn in the semi-finals. Despite his efforts, he lost by a few points to Dawn and her Piplup's Bide and he was knocked out of the competition, placing Top 4.

Pokémon

		Cloyster
		Kyle's Cloyster made a brief appearance in Staging a Heroes Welcome! where it was used in the Appeals Round, using Spike Cannon to wow the audience. Cloyster's only known move is Spike Cannon.
Debut	Staging a Heroes Welcome!

		Lanturn
		Lanturn is Kyle's strongest Pokémon, using it in the Wallace Cup against Ash and Buizel. Despite Ash and Buizel's determination to win, by this stage in the Wallace Cup it was experience that mattered and Kyle was able to easily dominate the match. However, by launching an Ice Beam, Lanturn unexpectedly helped Buizel use Ice Aqua Jet, a combination Dawn had unsuccessfully attempted to teach Buizel. This made Kyle lose a lot of points, however, it wasn't enough and the time ran out leaving Kyle victorious. Lanturn's known moves are Charge, Thunderbolt, Ice Beam, and Hydro Pump.
Debut	Pruning a Passel of Pals!

		Crawdaunt
		Kyle used Crawdaunt in the Semi-finals against Dawn and her Piplup. When Piplup launched a Whirlpool, Crawdaunt was able to get out of it launching a Dark Pulse. When Crawdaunt was about to use Crabhammer, Piplup had used Bide on its Dark Pulse, backfiring and fainting Crawdaunt, putting Dawn through to the Finals. Crawdaunt's known moves are Surf, Dark Pulse, Sludge Bomb and Crabhammer.
Debut	Strategy With a Smile!

Voice actors

Trivia

• All of Kyle's known Pokémon are dual-type Water-type Pokémon.
  • The order they were first seen in is the same order of generations they debuted in.

This article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.