Draft:Kanto Badges
Ash Ketchum's Badges in The Battle Of The Badge

In Kanto, the Indigo League's eight Gyms give out Badges which can qualify Trainers for the right to challenge the Elite Four. In some media outside of the games, it has been shown that there are more than eight Badges and Gyms in Kanto.

There are also a few non-Gym Badges that are either given in the Kanto region or strongly tied to it, but those are not detailed here.

List of Badges

Standard Badges

The following is a list of the eight standard Badges of the Kanto region's Indigo League, in their standard order. The details listed below describe the Badges in the core series games, although some details may vary in other media.

Image English name Japanese name Gym Gym Leader Associated type
Boulder Badge グレーバッジ
Gray Badge 		Pewter Gym Brock Rock
Cascade Badge ブルーバッジ
Blue Badge 		Cerulean Gym Misty Water
Thunder Badge オレンジバッジ
Orange Badge 		Vermilion Gym Lt. Surge Electric
Rainbow Badge レインボーバッジ
Rainbow Badge 		Celadon Gym Erika Grass
Soul Badge ピンクバッジ
Pink Badge 		Fuchsia Gym KogaRBYFRLGPE
JanineGSCHGSS 		Poison
Marsh Badge ゴールドバッジ
Gold Badge 		Saffron Gym Sabrina Psychic
Volcano Badge クリムゾンバッジ
Crimson Badge 		Cinnabar Gym Blaine Fire
Earth Badge グリーンバッジ
Green Badge 		Viridian Gym GiovanniRBYFRLGPE
BlueGSCHGSS 		Ground

Other Kanto Badges

Kanto Badges other than the eight shown in the core series games have appeared in some media.

Pokémon the Series

  • In The Battle Of The Badge, Gary shows that he has collected ten Badges, only three of which are recognizable (the Cascade, Rainbow, and Boulder Badges).
  • In Mystery at the Lighthouse, a collage of Badges, many unknown, are shown in the background while the narrator talks about the two Badges Ash has earned so far at the beginning of the episode.
  • In Bad To The Bone, when Jessie compares her Badges (stolen from Otoshi) to another Trainer's, her Badges include three unrecognizable Badges, while the other Trainer's Badges are all unrecognizable.
  • Gary with 10 Badges in The Battle Of The Badge
    Gary with 10 Badges in The Battle Of The Badge
  • Badges from Mystery at the Lighthouse
    Badges from Mystery at the Lighthouse
  • Badges belonging to Otoshi in Bad To The Bone
    Badges belonging to Otoshi in Bad To The Bone
  • Badges belonging to a Trainer in Bad To The Bone
    Badges belonging to a Trainer in Bad To The Bone

The Electric Tale of Pikachu

In Days of Gloom and Glory, when having his Badges checked, Ash is shown to have eight Badges, some of which do not match any of the standard Badges or are slightly different. Reasonably matchable Badges are Boulder, Cascade, and Earth; possibly similar ones are Soul, Marsh, and Volcano; this leaves at least two (the sixth and eighth) of unknown origin.

  • Badges in Days of Gloom and Glory
    Badges in Days of Gloom and Glory

In the core series

The Kanto Badges can be acquired in two broad groups of core series games.

Acquisition order

In the Kanto games, the Boulder and Cascade Badges can only be acquired first and second (respectively) and the Earth Badge must be acquired last, but the remaining Badges can be acquired in almost any order. In Generation I and Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, the Volcano Badge requires the Soul Badge due to needing Surf to access; in Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, this restriction no longer exists, as Cinnabar Island is accessed using Sea Skim instead (which does not require a Badge to use).

Badge Order
 R  B  Y  FR  LG   P  E 
Boulder Badge 1
Cascade Badge 2
Thunder Badge 3-7
Rainbow Badge 3-7
Soul Badge 3-6 3-7
Marsh Badge 3-7
Volcano Badge 4-7 3-7
Earth Badge 8

In the Johto games, the Kanto Badges can be earned after becoming Champion and traveling to Kanto aboard the S.S. Aqua, and they can generally be acquired in any order. In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver only, the Earth Badge cannot be obtained until after all of the other Badges.

In the game walkthroughs from several Generation II[1][2][3][4] and at least one Generation IV guidebook,[5] the Kanto Badges are obtained in this order: Thunder, Marsh, Cascade, Rainbow, Soul, Boulder, Volcano, and Earth.

Badge Order
 G  S  C   HG  SS 
Boulder Badge 9-16 9-15
Cascade Badge
Thunder Badge
Rainbow Badge
Soul Badge
Marsh Badge
Volcano Badge
Earth Badge 16

Effects

The Badges that a player has can have various effects. For the Kanto Badges, their effects differ depending on the game: Kanto-based or Johto-based.

Kanto-based games

In Kanto-based games, acquiring Badges can have the following effects:

A man in Cerulean City will tell the player the effects of each of their Badges in Generations I and III.

Obedience

Outsider Pokémon may disobey the player if their level is too high. The following table lists the maximum levels at which outsider Pokémon will obey the player, depending on the Badges they have.

Obedience  R  B  Y  FR  LG   P  E 
Up to Lv. 10 No Badges
Up to Lv. 20 1 Badge
Up to Lv. 30 Cascade Badge 2 Badges
Up to Lv. 40 3 Badges
Up to Lv. 50 Rainbow Badge 4 Badges
Up to Lv. 60 5 Badges
Up to Lv. 70 Marsh Badge 6 Badges
Up to Lv. 80 7 Badges
All Pokémon Earth Badge 8 Badges
Stat boost

Some Badges boost a certain stat of the player's Pokémon. In Generation I, the stats are increased by 12.5%, while in Generation III, they are increased by 10%. This boost is not applied in link battles and it was removed in Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!

In Generation I, these stat boosts are reapplied whenever the player's Pokémon's stats are raised or lowered, allowing boosts to be stacked (this stacking effect is lost if the Pokémon levels up).

Stat  R  B  Y   FR  LG 
Attack Boulder Badge
Defense Thunder Badge Soul Badge
SpecialRBY
Special Attack and Special DefenseFRLG 		Volcano Badge
Speed Soul Badge Thunder Badge

In Generation I, the man in Cerulean City incorrectly states that the Thunder Badge boosts Speed and the Soul Badge boosts Defense, when those effects are actually switched. In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, the Badges were changed to align with the man's dialogue.

HM moves

In Generations I and III, some Badges allow the player to use HM moves as field moves, outside of battle. In Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, field moves are replaced by Secret Techniques, which no longer require Badges to be used.

The following table shows which Badges are required to use an HM move outside of battle.

HM Move  R  B  Y   FR  LG 
HM Normal
HM01 		Cut Cascade Badge
HM Flying
HM02 		Fly Thunder Badge
HM Water
HM03 		Surf Soul Badge
HM Normal
HM04 		Strength Rainbow Badge
HM Normal
HM05 		Flash Boulder Badge
HM Fighting
HM06 		Rock Smash N/A Marsh Badge
HM Water
HM07 		Waterfall N/A Volcano Badge
Poké Marts

In Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, the items sold by Poké Marts vary based on the number of Badges the player has. The table below shows which new items are sold when a new Badge is acquired.

Badges Poké Mart inventory
No Badges Poké Ball, Potion, Antidote, Burn Heal, Ice Heal, Awakening, Paralyze Heal
1 Badge Great Ball, Escape Rope, Repel, X Attack, X Defense, X Sp. Atk, X Sp. Def, X Speed, X Accuracy, Dire Hit, Guard Spec.
2 Badges Super Potion, Lure
3 Badges Full Heal, Revive, Super Repel
4 Badges Ultra Ball, Hyper Potion, Super Lure
5 Badges Max Repel
6 Badges Max Potion, Max Lure
7 Badges —
8 Badges Full Restore
State changes

Badges can also affect conditions for certain events or characters in the world.

  • Boulder Badge
    • The character that previously blocked the east exit from Pewter City will no longer prevent the player from advancing.
    • RBY: the rival, Blue, will no longer appear for the optional battle on Route 22.

The first seven Badges must be obtained before the player is allowed to enter the Viridian Gym and earn the Earth Badge.

All Badges let the player pass specific checkpoints at the Pokémon League Reception Gate or on Route 23. The order of these checkpoints matches the order on the Trainer Card (as shown above). Past these gates lies Victory Road, which leads to Indigo Plateau and the Elite Four.

Johto-based games

In Johto-based games, Badges can have the following effects:

  • Boosting the damage of certain types of moves (in GSC)
  • Allowing the use of HM moves as field moves (in HGSS)

In these games, obedience and stat boosts depend on the player's Johto Badges. By the time the player is acquiring Kanto Badges, all Pokémon will already obey them and all stat boosts will be active.

Type boost

In Generation II, each Badge boosts the power of moves of a given type by 12.5%. With 16 Badges between Johto and Kanto, that makes one Badge for each type. The boosted type generally corresponds to the Gym's dominant type. This boost is not applied in link battles.

Unlike other effects of Badges, this boost is never mentioned in-game. This mechanic was not used outside of Generation II.

Badge Boosted type
Boulder Badge Rock
Cascade Badge Water
Thunder Badge Electric
Rainbow Badge Grass
Soul Badge Poison
Marsh Badge Psychic
Volcano Badge Fire
Earth Badge Ground
HM moves

In Generation IV, only one Kanto Badge allows the player to use an HM move outside of battle as a field move. Other moves depend on the Johto Badges that the player will have already earned before entering Kanto.

HM Move Badge required
HM Normal
HM08 		Rock Climb Earth Badge

In other games

Pokémon Stadium series

In Pokémon Stadium's Gym Leader Castle, the player can challenge representations of each Kanto Gym, anchored by their Gym Leader. The Badge designs can be seen on the top of each leader's tower, and they light up as the tower is defeated. The Badges are also used to track the player's progress through the Stadium cups (Pika Cup, Petit Cup, Poké Cup, and Prime Cup), challenges where the player must complete eight battles in a row; winning the first battle is marked by the Boulder Badge, the second by the Cascade Badge, and so on.

In Pokémon Stadium 2's Gym Leader Castle, the Kanto Gym Leader Castle can only be challenged after clearing the Johto Gym Leader Castle, but here too the towers feature the designs for the Kanto Badges.

Pokémon Puzzle League

In Pokémon Puzzle League, the player can earn all of the Kanto Badges by defeating the Gym Leaders throughout the tournament.

Pokémon Masters EX

In Pokémon Masters EX, a replica of the Earth Badge can be used to decorate the Trainer Lodge.

In animation

Pokémon the Series

To participate in the Indigo Plateau Conference, Trainers need to earn eight Badges in the Kanto region, pass the Pokémon League Admissions Exam, or graduate from Pokémon Tech. Gym Badges are earned by defeating one of Kanto's Gym Leaders.

Pokémon the Series: The Beginning

Ash Ketchum sets out from Pallet Town aiming to collect eight badges and enter the Pokémon League. The Kanto badges he collected are as follows:

Badge Episode obtained Awarded by Notes
Boulder Badge Showdown in Pewter City Brock Granted for demonstrating kindness to Pokémon
Cascade Badge The Water Flowers of Cerulean City Misty Granted for saving the Gym's Pokémon from Team Rocket
Thunder Badge Electric Shock Showdown Lt. Surge
Marsh Badge Haunter versus Kadabra Sabrina Won by default when Sabrina and her Kadabra were overcome by laughter and unable to battle
Rainbow Badge Pokémon Scent-sation! Erika Granted for rescuing Erika's Gloom after Team Rocket set off a bomb and started a fire
Soul Badge The Ninja Poké-Showdown Koga
Volcano Badge Volcanic Panic Blaine
Earth Badge The Battle of the Badge Jessie, James, and Meowth Giovanni left the trio in charge of the Gym in his absence

Gary Oak and the two other Trainers who started from Pallet Town on the same day as Ash were also collecting badges throughout the Kanto region. In The Water Flowers of Cerulean City, Daisy, Violet, and Lily mentioned that they had already been defeated by three other Trainers from Pallet Town. In Primeape Goes Bananas, Professor Oak mentioned that the other three Trainers from Pallet Town had all earned five badges each.

In The Battle of the Badge, Gary Oak showed the 10 badges he had collected in the Kanto region before challenging the Viridian Gym. These included the Cascade Badge, Rainbow Badge, Boulder Badge, and 7 unknown badges.

In Bad To The Bone, a Trainer who had collected eight badges named Otoshi had those badges stolen by the Team Rocket trio before he could enter the Pokémon League. He challenged Ash to a battle, where the loser would give up eight badges to the winner, but after losing he explained his predicament to Ash. Ash, his friends, and Otoshi successfully retrieve his badges from Team Rocket, and Otoshi departs to enter the Pokémon League. The designs of Otoshi's badges are inconsistent throughout the episode — a flashback shows him earning the Thunder, Soul, Marsh, and Volcano Badges, which match the designs of Ash's badges; but when Jessie later shows off the box of Otoshi's stolen badges, there are three badges that look similar to the Soul, Marsh, and Volcano Badges but slightly different (while the Thunder Badge appears consistent).

Pokémon the Series: Ruby & Sapphire

In The Scheme Team, Agatha reveals that she has taken over as Viridian Gym Leader following Giovanni's absence, so now is the one responsible for awarding Earth Badges.

Pokémon Chronicles

In The Blue Badge of Courage, Sakura challenges the Cerulean Gym Leader, Misty, but Misty discovers that the Gym is out of Cascade Badges. After Daisy advises Misty that the Gym sources its badges from an artisan in Rifure Village, Misty, Tracey, and Sakura travel to the village to collect a new batch. However, Kinso, the artisan who creates the badges, refuses to make a new set, instead training the trio to create the badges themselves. The badge-making process involves heating metal in a kiln, hammering it into the basic shape, then welding into the precise shape, and finally painting it.

One night while training with Kinso, a group of thieves steal a set of badges from Kinso; Kinso explains that thieves often steal the badges to sell on the black market. Misty defeats the thieves and retrieves the stolen badges, for while Kinso rewards her with a set of Cascade Badges. After returning the Cerulean City, Sakura challenges Misty to a Gym battle, and wins one of the Cascade Badges that she made.

Pokémon the Journeys: The Series

etc.

Alternative badge givers

Misty's sisters, Lily, Daisy, and Violet, are also leaders of the Cerulean Gym in the series and mention giving out badges to Trainers who have defeated them, even offering one to Ash in The Water Flowers of Cerulean City without a battle.

In The Battle Of The Badge, Giovanni is the Gym Leader of the Viridian Gym and defeats Gary Oak as a challenger, but after that, he puts Jessie, James, and Meowth in charge, including being able to give out the Earth Badge, so that he can attend to business. When Ash challenges and defeats them, they initially refuse to give him the badge, but when they're sent blasting off, they drop the Earth Badge and Ash claims it.

Several other characters are shown to lead known Gyms for a time, but they are not seen giving out badges.

Pokémon Origins

In Pokémon Origins, both Red and Blue earn all eight Kanto badges. Red is shown earning his badges throughout the series.

Badge Episode obtained Awarded by
Boulder Badge File 1: Red Brock
Cascade Badge File 2: Cubone Misty
Thunder Badge Lt. Surge
Rainbow Badge File 3: Giovanni Erika
Soul Badge Koga
Marsh Badge Sabrina
Volcano Badge Blaine
Earth Badge Giovanni
  • Blue earned all eight badges at least prior to File 4: Charizard, where he is shown as the Champion, but he showed off six badges in File 3: Giovanni when Red arrived at Viridian City (the Boulder and Cascade Badges may simply have not been visible).

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Red's seven Badges, as seen in The Winged Legends

In Pokémon Adventures, Red earns or acquires seven Badges throughout the first arc. In A Little Kadabra'll Do It, he puts all seven Badges in Team Rocket's Pokémon Badge Energy Amplifier, but in the process of defeating Team Rocket, the machine is not seen again and no mention is made of him recovering his Badges. He later faces and defeats Giovanni in Long Live the Nidoqueen?!, but he does not appear to obtain the Earth Badge.

Badge Chapter obtained Awarded by Notes
Boulder Badge Onix Is On! Brock
Cascade Badge Suddenly Starmie Misty Received before he and Misty separated, presumably during or after their training together
Rainbow Badge Meanwhile...Vileplume! Erika Granted by Erika after Red proved his determination and compassion
Volcano Badge prior to Peace of Mime Blaine Red meets Blaine in Holy Moltres and the end of that volume (after the following chapter) states that Red has four Badges (and later, in A Little Kadabra'll Do It, he recalls a moment when Blaine handed him the Badge)
Thunder Badge Zap! Zap! Zapdos! Lt. Surge Taken from Lt. Surge after Red defeats him
Soul Badge The Art of Articuno Blue Red and Blue defeat Koga. Blue takes the Soul Badge and gives to Red
Marsh Badge A Little Kadabra'll Do It Green Received in a trade for a Moon Stone

Blue is only known to have acquired a couple of Badges.

  • Boulder Badge: Onix Is On!, won by defeating Brock (off-screen)
  • Soul Badge: The Art of Articuno, picked up after he and Red defeat Koga, then given to Red

Green also acquires a few Badges, often by stealing them. In The Jynx Jinx, she "returns" fakes of the Badges she stole from Red, only to later use them to properly activate the Pokémon Badge Energy Amplifier. No mention is made of the machine or Badges being recovered afterward.

  • Boulder Badge: Wartortle Wars, stolen from Red
  • Cascade Badge: Wartortle Wars, stolen from Red
  • Marsh Badge: A Little Kadabra'll Do It, stolen from Sabrina after confusing her, then traded to Red

The criteria for participation in the Indigo League Tournament are unclear, but gathering eight Badges is a rare feat, as noted in Playful Porygon2 when Silver presents eight (stolen) Johto Badges to gain entry.

In Onix Is On!, Blue also mentions that the Boulder Badge raises the attack power of a Trainer's Pokémon. Furthermore, in The Art of Articuno, Koga reveals that all the Badges have a secret power to raise a Pokémon's abilities. They also convey a degree of control over Pokémon, with Koga able to control Articuno with the power of four Badges. Team Rocket also created a Pokémon Badge Energy Amplifier that fuses Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres using seven Badges (all but the Earth Badge).

The Electric Tale of Pikachu

The Boulder Badge in The Electric Tale of Pikachu

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu, Ash Ketchum is seen to have all eight Badges in Days of Gloom and Glory when a woman checks his Badges for the Indigo Plateau Conference, only two of which he was seen to earn.

  • Boulder Badge: Play Misty For Me, won by defeating Brock
  • Cascade Badge: Play Misty For Me, won by recovering his hat
  • Thunder Badge: prior to Days of Gloom and Glory
  • Rainbow Badge: prior to Days of Gloom and Glory
  • Soul Badge: prior to Days of Gloom and Glory
  • Marsh Badge: prior to Days of Gloom and Glory
  • Volcano Badge: prior to Days of Gloom and Glory
  • Earth Badge: prior to Days of Gloom and Glory

Participants in the Indigo Plateau Conference (which include Gary and Ritchie) may also have earned at least eight Badges in Kanto, though there are also other ways to qualify for the competition.

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

In Pokémon Pocket Monsters, in The Legendary Moltres Appears!!, Red is able to pass through the Pokémon League gates, so he presumably has all eight Badges, but he is only explicitly seen acquiring two Badges. Furthermore, while Red meets and defeats Lt. Surge (in Great Success in the Mountains or the Seas!?), Erika (in Big Struggle with the Powerful Opponent Venusaur!!), and Sabrina (in The Life-or-Death Magic Duel!!), there is no indication that they are actually Gym Leaders. Of the remaining Gym Leaders, Red is not explicitly seen obtaining a Badge from Koga (in Save The Chansey!) or Giovanni (in Get The Last Badge!!), but since he was explicitly brought to Giovanni's Gym to obtain the final Badge to pass the reception gate, he presumably earned it; and when Red battled Misty (in Obtain the Moon Stone!!), it was explicitly over a Moon Stone and no Badge was mentioned.

Participants in the Indigo Plateau Conference (which include Green and Blue) may also have earned at least eight Badges in Kanto. Green was not seen to earn a Badge, but he was seen to lose to Brock early in the series.

Pokémon Zensho

In Pokémon Zensho, Satoshi gathers Badges across the series, mostly by defeating the Gym Leaders.

  • Boulder Badge: PZ02
  • Cascade Badge: PZ03
  • Thunder Badge: PZ04
  • Rainbow Badge: PZ05, specially granted by Erika for his instinct to help people without thought to his loss
  • Soul Badge: PZ06
  • Marsh Badge: PZ07, gifted by Sabrina because she believes in his strength and that she would lose
  • Volcano Badge: PZ08
  • Earth Badge: PZ09

Since Shigeru became Champion, he presumably gathered all eight Badges as well, but the only mention of his battles is in PZ07 when Sabrina recalls her loss to him.

Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure

In Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure, the Earth Badge is the only Kanto Badge Jō is seen to earn, by defeating Blue in JBA6, but when Blue hands over the Badge, he remarks that it's Jō's last, implying that he's already earned Kanto's other Badges.

In the TCG

The Kanto Badges have made a few appearances over the history of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. They first appeared as cards in the Gym Heroes expansion of the Original Series, released October 24, 1998, as cameo appearances in the background of Trainer cards featuring their Gym Leader. This first expansion only featured the first four Kanto Gym Leaders. On June 25, 1999, the Gym Challenge expansion would introduce the final four Kanto Gym Leaders. All Trainer's Pokémon released in these expansions have an icon featuring each Gym Leader with their respective Gym Badge as a backdrop.

These Badges would reappear years later during the XY Series. Over October and November of 2016, Gym Badge cards featuring the Kanto Badges directly were distributed in several ways as XY-P Promotional cards.

List of cards

Gym Badge

Card type Item
Availability
J
EN
DE
ES
FR
IT
Initial release English release: XY Promo - XY203
Japanese release: XY-P Promo - XY-P
Illustrator Ryo Ueda
Notes Features Brock; Evolutions Season 1 Pokémon League reward
Card type Item
Availability
Initial release English release: XY Promo - XY204
Japanese release: XY-P Promo - XY-P
Illustrator Ryo Ueda
Notes Features Misty; Evolutions Season 1 Pokémon League reward
Card type Item
Availability
Initial release English release: XY Promo - XY205
Japanese release: XY-P Promo - XY-P
Illustrator Ryo Ueda
Notes Features Lt. Surge; Evolutions Season 2 Pokémon League reward
Card type Item
Availability
Initial release English release: XY Promo - XY206
Japanese release: XY-P Promo - XY-P
Illustrator Ryo Ueda
Notes Features Erika; Evolutions Season 2 Pokémon League reward
Card type Item
Availability
Initial release English release: XY Promo - XY207
Japanese release: XY-P Promo - XY-P
Illustrator Ryo Ueda
Notes Features Koga; Evolutions Season 2 Pokémon League reward
Card type Item
Availability
Initial release English release: XY Promo - XY208
Japanese release: XY-P Promo - XY-P
Illustrator Ryo Ueda
Notes Features Sabrina; Evolutions Season 3 Pokémon League reward
Card type Item
Availability
Initial release English release: XY Promo - XY209
Japanese release: XY-P Promo - XY-P
Illustrator Ryo Ueda
Notes Features Blaine; Evolutions Season 3 Pokémon League reward
Card type Item
Availability
Initial release English release: XY Promo - XY210
Japanese release: XY-P Promo - XY-P
Illustrator Ryo Ueda
Notes Features Giovanni; Evolutions Season 3 Pokémon League reward

Cameos

All Trainer's Pokémon released in Gym Heroes and Gym Challenge have an icon featuring each Gym Leader with their respective Gym Badge as a backdrop.

Card type Trainer
Availability
J
EN
Initial release English release: Gym Heroes - 15/132 Rare Holo
Japanese release: Nivi City Gym
Illustrator Ken Sugimori
Notes Also available in non Holofoil: Gym Heroes - 98/132 (English), Leaders' Stadium (Japanese); English prints were released in 1st Edition and Unlimited
Card type Trainer
Availability
J
EN
Initial release English release: Gym Heroes - 18/132 Rare Holo
Japanese release: Hanada City Gym
Illustrator Ken Sugimori
Notes Also available in non Holofoil: Gym Heroes - 102/132 (English), Leaders' Stadium (Japanese); English prints were released in 1st Edition and Unlimited
Card type Trainer
Availability
J
EN
Initial release English release: Gym Heroes - 17/132 Rare Holo
Japanese release: Kuchiba City Gym
Illustrator Ken Sugimori
Notes Also available in non Holofoil: Gym Heroes - 101/132 (English), Leaders' Stadium (Japanese); English prints were released in 1st Edition and Unlimited
Card type Trainer
Availability
J
EN
Initial release English release: Gym Heroes - 16/132 Rare Holo
Japanese release: Tamamushi City Gym
Illustrator Ken Sugimori
Notes Also available in non Holofoil: Gym Heroes - 100/132 (English), Leaders' Stadium (Japanese); English prints were released in 1st Edition and Unlimited
Card type Trainer
Availability
J
EN
Initial release English release: Gym Challenge - 19/132 Rare Holo
Japanese release: Challenge from the Darkness (Non Holo)
Illustrator Ken Sugimori
Notes Also available in non Holofoil: Gym Challenge - 106/132 (English); English prints were released in 1st Edition and Unlimited
Card type Trainer
Availability
J
EN
Initial release English release: Gym Challenge - 20/132 Rare Holo
Japanese release: Yamabuki City Gym
Illustrator Ken Sugimori
Notes Also available in non Holofoil: Gym Challenge - 110/132 (English), Challenge from the Darkness (Japanese); English prints were released in 1st Edition and Unlimited
Card type Trainer
Availability
J
EN
Initial release English release: Gym Challenge - 17/132 Rare Holo
Japanese release: Guren Town Gym
Illustrator Ken Sugimori
Notes Also available in non Holofoil: Gym Challenge - 100/132 (English), Challenge from the Darkness (Japanese); English prints were released in 1st Edition and Unlimited
Card type Trainer
Availability
J
EN
Initial release English release: Gym Challenge - 19/132 Rare Holo
Japanese release: Challenge from the Darkness
Illustrator Ken Sugimori
Notes Also available in non Holofoil: Gym Challenge - 104/132 (English); English prints were released in 1st Edition and Unlimited

Merchandise

The Kanto Gym Badges have been featured in some official goods.

League Rewards

The Kanto Badges were also part of the Pokémon League Rewards during the 1999-2000 and 2006-2007 cycles. These were small lapel pins. In the former case, they were rectangular pins featuring the Pokémon League logo above an image of the Badge. In the latter case, the pins had a main circular portion featuring the Badge, with a small curved banner underneath it with the text "Pokémon TCG League".

Design and naming

Design origin

  • Boulder Badge: shaped like a simple gray octagon.
  • Cascade Badge: resembles a light blue raindrop.
  • Thunder Badge: shaped like an eight-pointed gold star with an orange octagon in the center.
  • Rainbow Badge: resembles a flower with rainbow-colored petals.
  • Soul Badge: shaped like a fuchsia heart.
  • Marsh Badge: shaped like two concentric golden circles.
  • Volcano Badge: resembles a red flame with a small pink diamond in the center.
  • Earth Badge: shaped like a plant, most likely a Sakaki tree, which is where Giovanni's Japanese name comes from.

Name origin

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Reason: Soul and Marsh
English names
  • Boulder Badge: a synonym for Rock, the dominant type in Pewter Gym.
  • Cascade Badge: a waterfall, and the Water-type is the dominant type in Cerulean Gym.
  • Thunder Badge: thunder is closely associated with lightning, and Electric is the dominant type in Vermillion Gym.
  • Rainbow Badge: may be directly tied to the city, the motto of which refers to rainbows (and the Japanese name coming from an irridescent color).
  • Soul Badge: ?
  • Marsh Badge: ?
  • Volcano Badge: a volcano is closely tied to fire, the dominant type in Cinnabar Gym.
  • Earth Badge: a synonym for Ground, the dominant type in Giovanni's Gym.
Japanese names

All of the Japanese Badge names (Gray, Blue, Orange, Rainbow, Pink, Gold, Crimson, Green) directly match the color scheme of their Badge.

Gallery

Below are depictions of the standard Gym Badges in different media.

Boulder Badge

Cascade Badge

Thunder Badge

Rainbow Badge

Soul Badge

Marsh Badge

Volcano Badge

Earth Badge

Multiple

Core series games

Animation

Manga

Other

Trivia

  • The Kanto Badges are the only Gym Badges that can be obtained post-game.
  • The Kanto Badges are obtainable in 11 cores series games, the most out of any Gym Badges.
  • The Kanto Badges are the first Gym Badges that can obtained from an villainous team, particularly the Earth Badge from Giovanni.

In other languages

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Boulder Badge

Language Title Meaning
Japanese グレーバッジ Gray Badge The color of the Badge
French Badge Roche ?
Spanish Medalla Roca ?
German Felsorden ?
Italian La Medaglia Sasso ?
Korean 회색배지 ?? ?
Mandarin Chinese 灰色徽章 ?? ?
Cantonese Chinese 灰色徽章 ?? ?
Brazilian Portuguese

Cascade Badge

Language Title Meaning
Japanese ブルーバッジ Blue Badge The color of the Badge
French Badge Cascade ?
Spanish Medalla Cascada ?
German Quellorden ?
Italian La Medaglia Cascata ?
Korean 블루배지 ?? ?
Mandarin Chinese 蓝色徽章 ?? ?
Cantonese Chinese 藍色徽章 ?? ?
Brazilian Portuguese

Thunder Badge

Language Title Meaning
Japanese オレンジバッジ Orange Badge The color of the Badge
French Badge Foudre ?
Spanish Medalla Trueno ?
German Donnerorden ?
Italian La Medaglia Tuono ?
Korean 오렌지배지 ?? ?
Mandarin Chinese 橙色徽章 ?? ?
Cantonese Chinese 橙色徽章 ?? ?
Brazilian Portuguese

Rainbow Badge

Language Title Meaning
Japanese レインボーバッジ Rainbow Badge The color scheme of the Badge
French Badge Prisme ?
Spanish Medalla Arcoíris ?
German Farborden ?
Italian La Medaglia Arcobaleno ?
Korean 무지개배지 ?? ?
Mandarin Chinese 彩虹徽章 ?? ?
Cantonese Chinese 彩虹徽章 ?? ?
Brazilian Portuguese

Soul Badge

Language Title Meaning
Japanese ピンクバッジ Pink Badge The color of the Badge
French Badge Âme ?
Spanish Medalla Alma ?
German Seelenorden ?
Italian La Medaglia Anima ?
Korean 핑크배지 ?? ?
Mandarin Chinese 粉红徽章 ?? ?
Cantonese Chinese 粉紅徽章 ?? ?
Brazilian Portuguese

Marsh Badge

Language Title Meaning
Japanese ゴールドバッジ Gold Badge The color of the Badge
French Badge Marais ?
Spanish Medalla Pantano ?
German Sumpforden ?
Italian La Medaglia Palude ?
Korean 골드배지 ?? ?
Mandarin Chinese 金色徽章 ?? ?
Cantonese Chinese 金色徽章 ?? ?
Brazilian Portuguese

Volcano Badge

Language Title Meaning
Japanese クリムゾンバッジ Crimson Badge The color of the Badge
French Badge Volcan ?
Spanish Medalla Volcán ?
German Vulkanorden ?
Italian La Medaglia Vulcano ?
Korean 진홍색배지 ?? ?
Mandarin Chinese 深红徽章 ?? ?
Cantonese Chinese 深紅徽章 ?? ?
Brazilian Portuguese

Earth Badge

Language Title Meaning
Japanese グリーンバッジ Green Badge The color of the Badge
French Badge Terre ?
Spanish Medalla Tierra ?
German Erdorden ?
Italian La Medaglia Terra ?
Korean 그린배지 ?? ?
Mandarin Chinese 绿色徽章 ?? ?
Cantonese Chinese 綠色徽章 ?? ?
Brazilian Portuguese

See also

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  1. ↑ Pokémon Gold and Silver: Official Nintendo Player's Guide
  2. ↑ Pokémon Crystal: Official Nintendo Player's Guide
  3. ↑ Official Pokémon Gold and Silver Adventure Guide
  4. ↑ Official Pokémon Crystal Version Perfect Guide
  5. ↑ Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Pokédex
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