Bea
Bea サイトウ Saito | |
"The Galar karate prodigy!" | |
Artwork from Sword and Shield by take[1] | |
Age | Unconfirmed[2] |
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Gender | Female |
Eye color | Gray |
Hair color | Gray |
Hometown | Stow-on-Side |
Region | Galar |
Relatives | Unnamed parents |
Trainer class | Gym Leader |
Generation | VIII, IX |
Counterpart(s) | Bea (Masters) |
Games | Sword, Masters EX |
English voice actor | Shara Kirby[3] (Masters EX) |
Japanese voice actor | Eri Kitamura[4] (Masters EX) |
Member of | Galar League |
Rank | Gym Leader |
Leader of | Stow-on-Side Stadium |
Badge | Fighting Badge |
Specializes in | Fighting types |
Animated series | Pokémon the Series Pokémon: Twilight Wings |
Debut | Solitary and Menacing! (Animated series) Letter (Twilight Wings) |
English voice actor | Tiana Camacho (Animated series) Laura Stahl (Twilight Wings) |
Japanese voice actor | Yōko Hikasa (Animated series) Eri Kitamura (Twilight Wings) |
Manga series | Pokémon Adventures Pokémon Journeys |
Debut | Shocking!! Reunion in the Forest (Adventures) Solitary and Menacing! (Journeys) |
Bea (Japanese: サイトウ Saitō) is a martial artist who is the Gym Leader of Stow-on-Side's Gym, known officially as Stow-on-Side Stadium. She specializes in Fighting-type Pokémon. She gives the Fighting Badge to Trainers who defeat her. In Pokémon Shield, Allister takes her place as Stow-on-Side's Gym Leader instead.
In the core series games
Bea is the fourth Gym Leader Galarian Trainers face in their Gym Challenge in Pokémon Sword. Like most of the other Gym Leaders, she's initially introduced during the Gym Challenge opening ceremony at the Motostoke Stadium. She can later be encountered and battled at her Gym. She also serves as the player's second opponent in the Champion Cup Finals.
Bea is the known as the Galar karate prodigy, having inherited the centuries-old traditions and techniques from her parents.[5] She is also an expert on Fighting-type Pokémon. From a young age, Bea rigorously trained with her Pokémon under the watchful and strict eye of her parents. As a result, she developed a stoic personality that perseveres even during dire situations in Pokémon battles. She tries her best to go all out, even when defeat seems imminent. Many believe she has lost the ability to experience emotions, but truthfully, she doesn't want to show any weakness. In battle, though, Bea will sometimes reveal her true feelings to the partner Pokémon she knows and trusts. She also has a secret love of various sweets. However, she has a hard time enjoying them due to the attention from her fans.
After Bea's initial defeat, the player is awarded with the Fighting Badge, TM42 (Revenge), and the Fighting Uniform.
League Cards
This is a transcript of the back of Bea's League Cards in Pokémon Sword.
- Normal League Card
- "Given special attention from her parents, Bea trained hard with her partner Pokémon since a very young age. This has honed her judgment skills, and she is able to remain calm and collected even when facing dire situations in battle. This leads many to think she lacks emotion, but the truth seems to be that she doesn't want to show weakness. She is sometimes known to show her true feelings to her partner Pokémon during battles. She is secretly a huge fan of various sweets, and this has recently been found out by her fans. The additional attention has made enjoying sweets a little difficult."
- Rare League Card
- "In order to become strong, one must face opponents who are stronger than oneself. Even if defeat seems inevitable, Bea will still go all out and try to at least draw. It's possible that the strict (one might even say too strict) training from her stern parents has left a burden on young Bea, taking away her smile. So, who has seen Bea smile? Her family? Her Pokémon? Or maybe someone else entirely..."
Pokémon
Bea keeps her Pokémon in Ultra Balls.
Pokémon Sword
Stow-on-Side Stadium
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Champion tournament
Galarian Star Tournament
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In the spin-off games
Pokémon Masters EX
- Main article: Bea (Masters)
Bea forms a sync pair with Sirfetch'd and Vanilluxe in Pokémon Masters EX. Bea became a playable sync pair on May 15, 2021.
Dex | Trainer | NDex | Pokémon | Type | Weakness | Role | EX role | Base potential | Availability | ||
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#126 | Bea | #0865 | Sirfetch'd♂ |
Fighting |
Psychic |
★★★★★☆EX | Sync Pair Scout | ||||
#126 | Palentine's 2022 Bea |
#0584 | Vanilluxe♂ |
Ice |
Rock |
★★★★★☆EX | Seasonal Sync Pair Scout |
Gallery
Artwork
Concept art featuring Bea from Sword and Shield | |
Artwork from Pokémon Trading Card Game |
Sprites
Icon from the Galarian Star Tournament menu |
League Cards
Bea's League Card in Sword |
Bea's rare League Card in Sword |
Quotes
- Main article: Bea/Quotes
In animation
Pokémon animated series
Pokémon Journeys: The Series
Bea made her main series debut in Solitary and Menacing!. She first battled the Karate Master at the Fighting Dojo in Saffron City and won. Soon after, she was challenged to a World Coronation Series battle by Ash and had a two-on-two battle with him. She used her Hawlucha and Grapploct to battle Farfetch'd and Riolu and emerged victorious without losing a single Pokémon, causing her rank to go up.
Bea reappeared in a flashback in Making Battles in the Sand!.
Bea reappeared in Octo-Gridlock at the Gym!, where she was training at the Cianwood Gym with Chuck when she received a challenge to a rematch from Ash. Bea accepted, using her Hitmontop and Grapploct to battle Pikachu and Riolu. The battle ended with a draw.
A silhouette of Bea along with her Grapploct was revealed at the end of Thrash of the Titans!, revealing that she had advanced to the Ultra Class of the World Coronation Series.
She made a cameo appearance at the end of Ultra Exciting from the Shocking Start! while watching Ash’s World Coronation Series match against Volkner. During this appearance, she was revealed to possess a Dynamax Band.
In An Adventure of Mega Proportions!, Ash was informed that Bea would be his next Ultra Class opponent.
Bea reappeared in Battle Three With Bea!. She was shown training with her Pokémon in preparation of her third battle with Ash. After introducing each other to their Pokémon, Ash and Bea enjoyed some sweets with Korrina and Goh. The next day, the two began their battle, with Leon arriving to spectate and provide commentary. Her battle continued in the next episode, where she was defeated by Ash's Mega Lucario despite Gigantamaxing her Machamp, causing her rank to go down. Later that evening, Bea congratulated Ash on his victory, finally referring to him by his actual name.
Bea reappeared in The Winding Path to Greatness!, where she was seen leaving Stow-on-Side Stadium with Machamp as Ash, Goh, and Allister were arriving to try Gigantamaxing Gengar. The next day, she returned to the stadium in time to witness Ash successfully Gigantamax Gengar after it had eaten Max Soup. Impressed by the sight, Bea remarked to Allister that it was rare for him to be helping others.
In Toying With Your Motions!, Bea watched Ash's match against Leon alongside Korrina and Gurkinn.
In This Could be the Start of Something Big!, Bea was shown having a training battle against Hop, using Machamp to battle his Wooloo while Leon observed the match.
Character
Bea has a strong personality, and she hates losing. Through the strict training she endured from a very young age, Bea has developed discipline and a strong work ethic in both karate and Pokémon battles. She is also willing to push herself to the extreme in the name of self-betterment and improvement and expects the same of her Pokémon, but isn't above admitting she went too far if necessary. She has a soft spot for sweets and, though concealing her emotions during matches, feels strongly about many things and is known to show a more open side to her partner Pokémon.
Pokémon
This listing is of Bea's known Pokémon in Pokémon the Series:
On hand
Debut | Solitary and Menacing! |
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Voice actors | |
Japanese | Noriaki Kanze |
English | James Weaver Clark |
Grapploct is Bea's first known Pokémon. It was first used in her battle against the Karate Master and won after defeating his Hitmonchan. Grapploct then was Bea's second Pokémon in her World Coronation Series battle against Ash, where it went up against his Riolu. Despite Riolu putting up a good fight, Grapploct won with relative ease.
In Octo-Gridlock at the Gym!, Grapploct battled Chuck's Poliwrath before Ash arrived to have a rematch against Bea. It was the second Pokémon Bea used after Hitmontop lost to Pikachu. Grapploct was able to defeat Pikachu before battling Riolu, with the match coming to a draw.
In Battle Three With Bea!, Grapploct was the first Pokémon Bea used in her second rematch with Ash. It first went up against Pikachu, who was soon switched out for Lucario after both sides inflicted damage on each other. After a while, Grapploct was recalled and replaced with Hawlucha. In A Battle of Mega Versus Max!, Grapploct was sent out to battle Pikachu, managing to defeat him before being defeated by Lucario.
Grapploct's known moves are Detect, Close Combat, Liquidation, and Octolock.
Debut | Solitary and Menacing! |
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Voice actors | |
Japanese | Ryota Iwasaki |
English | H.D. Quinn |
Hawlucha is Bea's second known Pokémon. She used it in her World Coronation Series battle against Ash in Solitary and Menacing, where it went up against his Farfetch'd and won. Afterwards, Hawlucha was recalled for Grapploct.
In Battle Three With Bea!, Hawlucha was the second Pokémon Bea used in her second rematch with Ash. It fought against his Lucario, managing to inflict damage, but was soon switched out for Machamp. In A Battle of Mega Versus Max!, Hawlucha was sent out to battle against Sirfetch'd. Once again, it was able to defeat it, only to be beaten by Pikachu afterwards.
Hawlucha's known moves are Hone Claws, Karate Chop, Flying Press, High Jump Kick, Wing Attack, and Sky Attack.
Debut | Solitary and Menacing! |
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Voice actors | |
Japanese | Kei Shindō |
Hitmontop is Bea's third known Pokémon. In Octo-Gridlock at the Gym!, Bea used him as the first Pokémon in her rematch against Ash, where he went up against Pikachu. Despite landing some damage, Hitmontop was eventually defeated.
In Battle Three With Bea!, Hitmontop was training alongside Bea's other Pokémon. During the encounter with Ash's Pokémon, Hitmontop ate some Poké Puffs alongside Ash's Dragonite and Gengar.
Hitmontop's known moves are Gyro Ball, Focus Energy, and Triple Kick.
Debut | Solitary and Menacing! |
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Voice actors | |
Japanese | Yasuhiro Mamiya |
Machamp first appeared in a flashback, along with Bea's other Pokémon. It is capable of Gigantamaxing.
In Battle Three With Bea!, Machamp was the third Pokémon Bea used in her second rematch with Ash, being sent out to battle his Lucario, quickly gaining the upper hand. In A Battle of Mega Versus Max!, Ash switched Lucario out for Sirfetch'd, whom Machamp battled for a while before being recalled. Later, Machamp was sent out to battle Lucario again. Bea Gigantamaxed Machamp in response to Ash using Mega Evolution. Lucario was able to survive Gigantamax Machamp's attacks until it reverted to normal, soon after which Machamp was defeated, making Ash the winner of the match.
In This Could be the Start of Something Big!, Machamp was used in Bea's training battle against Hop, where it went up against his Wooloo.
Machamp's known moves are Bullet Punch, Cross Chop, and Strength.
As a Gigantamax Machamp, it can use Max Steelspike, Max Strike, and G-Max Chi Strike.
Debut | Solitary and Menacing! |
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Pangoro first appeared along with Bea's other Pokémon in a flashback.
In Battle Three With Bea!, Pangoro appeared training alongside Bea. During the meeting with Ash, Goh, and Korrina's Pokémon, Pangoro had a brief quarrel with Korrina's Lucario.
None of Pangoro's moves are known.
Debut | Battle Three With Bea! |
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Falinks appeared while training along with Bea's other Pokémon.
None of Falinks's moves are known.
Other
Debut | Solitary and Menacing! |
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Traveling with
Rotom Phone |
Achievements
Pokémon competitions
World Coronation Series
- Rank 751 (prior to Solitary and Menacing!)* (Great Class)
- Rank 193 (as of Octo-Gridlock at the Gym!) (Great Class)
- Rank: Unknown (as of Thrash of the Titans!) (Ultra Class)
- Rank 30 (as of An Adventure of Mega Proportions!)* (Ultra Class)
Voice actors
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Pokémon: Twilight Wings
Bea briefly debuted in Letter, where she battled Leon in a Pokémon League tournament and lost, this specific battle is the starting point for several events shown in the series. She was later seen on a mountain with a Rhydon.
In Training, Bea was revealed to have traveled to the Wild Area to train after her loss to Leon. She and her Pokémon eventually got trapped in a cave while taking shelter from rain, but they later managed to find another exit.
In Buddy, Hop watched her match with Leon on television. In Sky, she gave her thoughts about Leon in an interview.
In The Gathering of Stars, she was seen eating in a café with her Machop and two Lasses after receiving an invitation letter for the Galarian Star Tournament. She was later seen at Wyndon Stadium, walking out onto the field for the tournament's opening ceremony.
Pokémon
Bea keeps all of her Pokémon in Ultra Balls.
Debut | Letter |
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Voice actors | |
Japanese | Masaaki Ihara (TW01) Tsuguo Mogami (TW02) |
Debut | Training |
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Voice actors | |
Japanese | Kiyotaka Furushima |
English | Laura Post |
Machop is Bea's second known Pokémon. It was seen training with her and her other Pokémon in the Wild Area. It is very caring towards her, such as when it handed out a chocolate bar to her when she was feeling down.
Machop appears again in The Gathering of Stars.
None of Machop's moves are known.
Debut | Training |
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Voice actors | |
Japanese | Tsuguo Mogami |
Debut | Sky |
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Sirfetch'd is seen at Bea's side during an interview at her dojo.
None of Sirfetch'd's moves are known.
Achievements
Pokémon competitions
- Galarian Star Tournament - Participant (The Gathering of Stars)
Voice actors
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Artwork
Bea's concept art from Pokémon: Twilight Wings[6] | Artwork of Bea from Pokémon: Twilight Wings |
Artwork of Bea, Machop, Machoke, and Machamp by Yojiro Arai from Pokémon: Twilight Wings |
GOTCHA!
Bea briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Bea debuted in Shocking!! Reunion in the Forest. Unlike the games, she and Allister alternate on who runs the Stow-on-Side Stadium as its Gym Leader. She was first heard talking to Melony over the phone about Bede's forced withdrawal from the Gym Challenge.
In Chomp!! It's Dracovish, it was revealed that Bea had battled Marnie and lost to her, despite the type advantage her Pokémon had against Marnie's Morpeko.
In Rumble!! The Horrific Darkest Day, the Gym Leaders gathered at Rose Tower to find out if Rose intended on bringing harm to Galar. While Oleana kept the Gym Leaders busy, Henry, Casey, Bede, Hop, and Marnie went up to meet Rose, only to discover he was elsewhere. Rose appeared on a video screen and announced his plan to restart the Darkest Day and ensure the safety of Galar's future. Power Spot lights began appearing all over the region, causing Pokémon to start Dynamaxing at random. Bea traveled to the Hammerlocke Energy Plant with the others, but decided to head back to Stow-on-Side with Allister to help deal with the rampaging Dynamax Pokémon.
In GRRR!! The Irrepairable Gears, Macro Cosmos employees were dispatched to deal with the Dynamax Pokémon, allowing Bea's group to provide backup for the others against Eternatus. By the time they arrived, Bea's group found Eternatus had fled, leaving those who battled it unconscious and covered in poison. The injured were taken to a hospital to recover.
By PASS40, the others had fully recovered from Eternatus's poison and were discharged from the hospital. After traveling to the Isle of Armor and reuniting with Casey's group, Bea and Melony chose to stay behind and help fight off the Darkest Day, which had begun once again.
Pokémon
Grapploct is Bea's first known Pokémon. It was first seen in Casey's fantasy when she talked to Allister about Stow-on-Side's Gym Leaders.
None of Grapploct's moves are known.
Debut | Chomp!! It's Dracovish |
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Machamp is Bea's third known Pokémon. It was first used to battle Oleana's Gigantamax Garbodor at Rose Tower.
None of Machamp's moves are known.
Pokémon Journeys
Bea appeared in Solitary and Menacing!, where she battled and defeated Ash in a World Coronation Series match.
Pokémon
Hawlucha |
Grapploct |
In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Bea or her Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Bea's Pokémon Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats. | |||||||
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Card | Type | English Expansion |
Rarity | # | Japanese Expansion |
Rarity | # |
Hitmontop | Vivid Voltage | 088/185 | Amazing Volt Tackle | 058/100 | |||
Falinks | Astral Radiance | TG07/TG30 | VMAX Climax | 204/184 | |||
Card | Type | English Expansion |
Rarity | # | Japanese Expansion |
Rarity | # |
Bea | Su | Vivid Voltage | 147/185 | Amazing Volt Tackle | 093/100 | ||
Vivid Voltage | 180/185 | Amazing Volt Tackle | 109/100 | ||||
Vivid Voltage | 193/185 | Amazing Volt Tackle | 116/100 | ||||
Astral Radiance | TG25/TG30 | VMAX Climax | 261/184 | ||||
Crown Zenith | 123/159 | S-P Promotional cards | 229/S-P | ||||
Trivia
- Bea was designed by take.[7]
- Bea's uniform number is "193", which can be read in Japanese as goroawase for 戦 ikusa, meaning "fight".
- This number was also used as her World Coronation Series rank in Octo-Gridlock at the Gym!.
- Bea's Pokémon League sponsor is Macro Cosmos Construction.
- Bea is the only Trainer that Ash has battled more than once in the World Coronation Series.
- Out of the Gym Leaders that Ash has defeated, Bea is the only one that took more than one official rematch for him to defeat.
Names
Language | Name | Origin |
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Japanese | サイトウ Saitō | From 菜豆 saitō (kidney bean) and 闘 tō (fight) |
English | Bea | From bean and beat |
German | Saida | Similar to her Japanese name |
Spanish | Judith | From judía (bean) and judo |
French | Faïza | From Phaseolus vulgaris (kidney bean) and fight |
Italian | Fabia | From Fabaceae (bean family) |
Korean | 채두 Chaedu | From 채두 (菜豆) chaedu (kidney bean) and possibly 투 (鬪) tu (fight) |
Chinese (Mandarin) | 彩豆 Cǎidòu | From 菜豆 càidòu / choidáu (kidney bean) and 鬥 / 斗 dòu / dau (fight) |
Chinese (Cantonese) | 彩豆 Chóidáu | |
Bengali | বি Bea | Transcription of her English name |
Brazilian Portuguese | Bia | From her English name and possibly from briga (fight) |
Hindi | बी Bea/Bee | Transcription of her English name |
Russian | Би Bi | Transcription of her English name |
Tamil | பியா Pea | Transcription of her English name |
Telugu | బి Bea | Transcription of her English name |
Thai | ไชโต Chaito | Transcription of her Japanese name |
References
- ↑ Bea (Vivid Voltage 147)
- ↑ The Pokémon Sword and Shield guidebook translates a piece of Bea's concept art as wearing "school clothes", implying she still attends school. Her actual age is not otherwise known.
- ↑ Shara Kirby's resume
- ↑ Pokémon Masters EX Twitter (Japanese)
- ↑ Sword and Shield official website
- ↑ https://twitter.com/studiocolorido/status/1286587085445447681
- ↑ Tweet about designing all of the Gym Leaders for Pokémon Sword & Shield
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