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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 Template:Type2 Pokémon.

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

In the anime

Juan is quite the celebrity type in anime 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.

His Japanese voice actor is 速水奨 Shō Hayami, his English voice actor is Sean Schemmel, his Latin-American Spanish voice actor is César Arias and his Brazilian Portuguese voice actor is Cassius Romero.

Pokémon

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

On hand

Seaking

Sealeo

Luvdisc

Whiscash

Milotic

At Sootopolis Gym

Goldeen	Wingull	Pelipper	Staryu (Multiple)
Barboach	Wailmer	Azurill	Tentacruel (Multiple)
Gorebyss	Seadra	Corsola	Chinchou

In the games

Pokémon

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

As Gym Leader

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First Rematch

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Second Rematch

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Third Rematch

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Fourth Rematch

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In the Pokémon Special manga

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.

Luvdisc x2

Kingdra

Clamperl

Trivia

• His Japanese Leader title is ダンディな魅惑の水のアーティスト.
• 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).

Names

References

• Pokémon.com The Great Eight Fate.
• Pokémon.com Eight Ain't Enough.

External links

• Adan's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)

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Gym Leaders of the Hoenn region
Rustboro Gym Roxanne	Dewford Gym Brawly	Mauville Gym Wattson	Lavaridge Gym Flannery
Petalburg Gym Norman	Fortree Gym Winona	Mossdeep Gym Tate and Liza	Sootopolis Gym Wallace Juan

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