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Juan
アダン Adan
"The Gym Leader with the beauty of pure water!"

Art from Emerald
Gender Male
Eye color Blue
Hair color Gray and white
Hometown Sootopolis City
Region Hoenn
Relatives Unknown
Class Coordinator, Gym Leader
Generation III
Games Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald
Gym Sootopolis Gym
Type Water
Badge Rain Badge
First episode The Great Eight Fate!
English
voice actor 		Sean Schemmel
Japanese
voice actor 		Shō Hayami

Juan (Japanese: アダン Adan) is the Gym Leader of Sootopolis City's Gym, known officially as the Sootopolis Gym, in Pokémon Emerald. He replaced Wallace, his former student, who in Emerald was moved up to the position of League Champion, replacing Steven. He gives the Rain Badge to Trainers who defeat him. He specializes in Water-type Pokémon.

In addition to being a Gym Leader, Juan is also an accomplished Coordinator.

Contents

In the anime

Juan in the anime

Juan is quite the celebrity type in Sootopolis, putting on shows with his Pokémon. He has many female fans, and is considered very dashing. In addition to being a Gym Leader, he is a former winner of the Grand Festival. He appeared in The Great Eight Fate and Eight Ain't Enough when he battled Ash, who won the Rain Badge after a tough battle.

He has a butler, Sebastian, who also serves as the Gym assistant.

Juan also makes a cameo appearance in a flashback in Playing the Leveling Field!.

Voice actors

  • Japanese
    • 速水奨 Shō Hayami
  • Spanish
    • César Arias (Latin America)
    • Antonio Esquivias (Spain)


Pokémon

This listing is of Juan's known Pokémon in the anime:

On hand

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Sealeo 		Image:119.png
Seaking 		Image:370.png
Luvdisc 		Image:340.png
Whiscash 		Image:350.png
Milotic

At Sootopolis Gym

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Goldeen 		Image:278.png
Wingull 		Image:279.png
Pelipper 		Image:120.png
Staryu
(Multiple)
Image:339.png
Barboach 		Image:320.png
Wailmer 		Image:298.png
Azurill 		Image:073.png
Tentacruel
(Multiple)
Image:368.png
Gorebyss 		Image:117.png
Seadra 		Image:222.png
Corsola 		Image:170.png
Chinchou

In the games

Pokémon

This listing is for Juan's Pokémon in the video games in which he has appeared.

As Gym Leader


First Rematch


Second Rematch


Third Rematch


Fourth Rematch


Quotes

Pokémon Emerald

"Let me ask you. Did you know? Ah, I should not be so coy. It was I who taught Wallace everything there is to know about Pokémon. Once, I had given up my position as the Gym Leader. In my place, I had entrusted Wallace with the gym. However, a compelling reason arose for me to make a comeback. Ah, but enough chatter. Let us begin our match, shall we? Please, you shall bear witness to our artistry. A grand illusion of water sculpted by Pokémon and myself!"

"Ahahaha, excellent! Very well, you are the winner. From you, I sense the brilliant shine of skill that will overcome all. However, compared with me or even Wallace, you are lacking in elegance. Perhaps I should make you a loan of my outfit? ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Hahaha, I merely jest! Rather than my clothes, I shall reward you with this, the Rain Badge."


In the Pokémon Special manga

Juan

Juan was once Wallace's mentor and the Sootopolis Gym Leader. Later, Wallace succeeded him as the Gym Leader after winning the Hoenn Pokémon League. When Hoenn got into the crisis because of the fight between Groudon and Kyogre, Wallace had to take up the place as the Champion and asked Juan to take over as the Gym Leader again.

He was the one who rescued Tate & Liza when they were trapped in Mack's fire illusion in Mt. Pyre, as well as Ruby and Sapphire when they were being blown away by the Groudon's and Kyogre's energy in Sootopolis. He brought all of them to the Mirage Island and requested Liza & Tate to train Ruby and Sapphire about double battle, in order to prepare the two trainers for the final showdown against Groudon and Kyogre. Juan himself also trained Ruby and Sapphire to increase their mental strength, so that they would not be controlled by the two Orbs, as Maxie and Archie had been.

As he had been Wallace's mentor, Ruby respected him right from the beginning and calls him "Great Master" (大師匠, dai shishou).

Juan would sometimes use French phrases like "Bonjour" and "Tres Bien".

Pokémon

This listing is for Juan's Pokémon in the Pokémon Special manga.

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Luvdisc x2 		Image:230.png
Kingdra 		Image:366.png
Clamperl

Trivia

  • In the anime, Juan's tuft of white hair faces the opposite direction than his official art and sprites from Pokémon Emerald.
  • Juan's team in the anime is the same team Wallace uses in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire.
  • Both Juan and Giovanni are the eighth Gym Leader in a region introduced in an odd-numbered generation. Both of their names are a foreign version of the name "John".
  • Juan is the only Hoenn Gym Leader not to be shown with the same team in the anime as in the games (while some Gym Leaders had Pokémon evolve or join their team, all the previous leaders were shown with the same team as their game counterparts at one point). Instead, Juan has a Milotic from Wallace's appearance in the anime.
  • In the Latin American dub of The Great Eight Fate, Meowth and the narrator mention that Juan resembles the Mexican actor Rene Casados.

Names

Language Name Origin
Japanese アダン Adan 阿檀 Adan, Pandanus tectorius.
English, French, German Juan Possible reference to "Don Juan", a Spanish womanizer; also pronounced similarly to "water".
Italian Rodolfo Possible reference to the name of a famous seducer (Rodolfo Valentino).
Spanish Galano Possible derivation from "galan" ("gallant").
Korean 아단 Adan Transliteration of Adan.
Chinese 亞當 / 亚当 Yǎdāng Refers to Adam; transliteration of Adan.

References

External links


Juan's Pokémon
On hand: Seaking | Sealeo | Luvdisc | Whiscash | Milotic
At Sootopolis Gym: Goldeen | Wingull | Pelipper | Staryu | Barboach | Wailmer
Azurill | Tentacruel | Gorebyss | Seadra | Corsola | Chinchou

Gym Leaders of the Hoenn region
Ruby and Sapphire

Roxanne
of Rustboro
City
Brawly
of Dewford
Town
Wattson
of Mauville
City
Flannery
of Lavaridge
Town
Norman
of Petalburg
City
Winona
of Fortree
City
Tate & Liza
of Mossdeep
City
Wallace
of Sootopolis
City
Emerald

Roxanne
of Rustboro
City
Brawly
of Dewford
Town
Wattson
of Mauville
City
Flannery
of Lavaridge
Town
Norman
of Petalburg
City
Winona
of Fortree
City
Tate & Liza
of Mossdeep
City
Juan
of Sootopolis
City


Drew* • Harley* • Jessie* • Juan* • May* • Robert* • Ruby* • Wallace*
Dawn* • Fantina** • Jasmine* • Jessie* • Johanna** • Kenny* • Nando* • Zoey* • May*
Other:

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