Kofu
| Kofu ハイダイ Haidai | |
| "The Surging Chef" | |
 Art from Scarlet and Violet | |
| Age | Unknown |
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| Gender | Male |
| Eye color | Black |
| Hair color | Blue and white |
| Hometown | Cascarrafa |
| Region | Paldea |
| Trainer class | Gym Leader |
| Generation | IX |
| Games | Scarlet, Violet |
| Member of | Paldea League |
| Rank | Gym Leader |
| Leader of | Cascarrafa Gym |
| Badge | Water Badge |
| Specializes in | Water types |
| Animated series | Pokémon Horizons: The Series |
| Debut | Showdown! The Paldea Elite Four |
| English voice actor | Jamieson Price |
| Japanese voice actor | Yasuhiro Mamiya |
Kofu (Japanese: ハイダイ Haidai) is a Gym Leader of Cascarrafa's Gym, known officially as the Cascarrafa Gym. He specializes in Water-type Pokémon. He hands out the Water Badge to Trainers who defeat him.
In the core series games
Kofu works as a chef, as well as a Gym Leader. Though he specializes in seafood cuisine, one of his students, Katy, reveals that he also knows how to bake. Kofu takes great pride in his cooking, using only the best of ingredients for his dishes. He is the head chef of his own restaurant, named the Kofu Lounge, in Cascarrafa. He has a warm, hearty, and jovial personality.[1] Whenever he is surprised, he usually exclaims, "Vaultin' Veluza!" He has an apprentice named Hugo, who is also a Gym Trainer. It is noted that his usual Gym Test is particularly challenging because he wants to help trainers grow, but it is not known what this test entails.
Kofu is first seen running out of his Gym when the player first approaches it. His Gym staffer reveals that he's heading to an auction at Porto Marinada, but he forgot his wallet due to being in a hurry, which she gives to the player to deliver to him. Once the player catches up with Kofu at Porto Marinada and returns his wallet to him, he tasks them on the spot with buying him some rare wakame seaweed from Hoenn at the auction as a completely impromptu Gym Test, giving them $50,000 to do so. After the player has bought the seaweed, they're allowed to keep whatever extra money they have left, while Kofu returns to Cascarrafa, where he can be properly challenged.
In addition to the Gym Badge, Kofu gives out TM022 (Chilling Water) after defeating him.
In The Indigo Disk, Kofu can be invited to act as a special coach at Blueberry Academy.
Challenging the Cascarrafa Gym
Cascarrafa's Gym Leader: Kofu
(AKA the Surging Chef)
"This Water-type user is a good fit for those with battle experience. He is the chef and owner of the Kofu Lounge, and his zeal for helping trainers grow has led him to craft a taxing Gym Test."
Pokémon
Kofu will Terastallize his Crabominable at the first opportunity.
Gym battle
Rematch
League Club Room
Traded to the player
Upon the third unique interaction with Kofu in the League Club Room, he will trade a Veluza to the player in exchange for almost any Pokémon excluding Shiny, Legendary, or Mythical Pokémon.
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Gallery
Sprites and models
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| VS model from Scarlet and Violet |
Special Coach profile image from Scarlet and Violet | ||
| S V Badge photo | |||
Artwork
| Concept art from Scarlet and Violet |
Quotes
- Main article: Kofu/Quotes
In animation
Pokémon Horizons: The Series
Kofu first appeared in silhouette alongside the other Gym Leaders of Paldea in Welcome to Naranja Academy! during Clavell's explanation of how Tera Training works.
Kofu appeared in Showdown! The Paldea Elite Four, where he was partnered with Coral as part of the Elite Four Tag Battle, where they went up against Larry. The battle ended when Coral had her Glalie used Self-Destruct, knocking out all of the Pokémon and resulting in her and Kofu's loss.
Character
Kofu has a cheerful personality, being able to take a loss with a happy laugh.
Pokémon
Wugtrio is Kofu's only known Pokémon. Kofu used it in his battle against Larry, only to be defeated when Coral had her Glalie use Self-Destruct.
None of Wugtrio's moves are known.
Voice actors
| Language | Voice actor | |
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| Japanese | 間宮 康弘 Yasuhiro Mamiya | |
| English | Jamieson Price | |
| Finnish | Markus Niemi | |
| Hebrew | ערן מור Eran Mor | |
| Italian | Pietro Ubaldi | |
| Polish | Jakub Wieczorek | |
| European Spanish | Antonio Esquivias | |
Pokémon: Paldean Winds
Kofu appeared in Breathe Together, in which he is introduced by Iono as one of Paldea's Gym Leaders during her video collaboration with Naranja Academy.
Pokémon
Crabominable |
Biri-Biri
Kofu briefly appeared as a silhouette alongside the rest of Paldea Gym Leaders in the music video for Biri-Biri.
POKÉTOON
Kofu appeared in PT16. He was seen battling against Yūto when his opponent's Charcadet invaded the match and attacked his Crabominable. Afterwards, he didn't think much of the situation and laughed it off, impressed by Charcadet's liveliness.
Pokémon
| Debut | PT16 |
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Crabominable is Kofu's only known Pokémon. Kofu used it in his battle against Yūto, where it faced his Breloom.
Crabominable's only known move is Crabhammer.
Voice actors
| Language | Voice actor | |
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| Japanese | 浦山 迅 Jin Urayama | |
In literature
Let's Play the Pokémon Card Game!
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Kotarou Haida (Japanese: 灰田小太郎 Haida Kotarou), a cross-canon counterpart of Kofu, appeared in the Scarlet & Violet arc of Let's Play the Pokémon Card Game!.
Pokémon Adventures
Kofu debuted in PASV25. At Asado Desert, he and Saguaro found Violet and Arven in the middle of a battle with the dual Quaking Earth Titans, Great Tusk and Iron Treads. Saguaro explained that while on a trip to the Kofu Lounge, he saw Kofu leave to go help find a missing Treasure Eatery employee. They found and brought the employee to safety, but had to return to the area to find a left-behind Rotom Phone. Once Great Tusk was taken out, Kofu and Saguaro lent their aid by keeping Iron Treads in place long enough for Violet and Arven to defeat it as well. The four then enjoyed sandwiches made from the Sour Herba Mystica that the two Titans were guarding.
Later, Kofu was revealed to have been asked by Tulip to help search for stakes tied to shrines keeping the treasures of ruin sealed. Katy reported to Tulip that even though Kofu had searched near Cascarrafa, he wasn't able to find a single stake.
Pokémon
| Debut | PASV25 |
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Pelipper is Kofu's first known Pokémon. Kofu lent it to Violet so he could fly to a nearby watchtower Arven was hiding on top of. When Great Tusk found and attacked Arven, Violet had Pelipper strike with a Hydro Pump. This weakened Great Tusk enough for Violet and Arven to defeat it with their Pokémon.
Pelipper's only known move is Hydro Pump.
| Debut | PASV25 |
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Wugtrio is Kofu's second known Pokémon. It was first used alongside Saguaro's Hatterene to assist Violet and Arven battle the Titan Iron Treads. It used its multiple heads to keep Iron Treads from moving, giving Violet and Arven the opportunity to defeat it with a combined attack from their Pokémon.
None of Wugtrio's moves are known.
In the TCG
- Main article: Kofu (Stellar Crown 138)
Kofu is introduced as a Supporter card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Scarlet & Violet Series (the Japanese Scarlet & Violet Era). It was first released in the Japanese Stellar Miracle expansion and the English Stellar Crown expansion, with artwork by Hideki Ishikawa. An ultra rare version with artwork by the same illustrator was released in the same sets. It lets the player put 2 cards from their hand on the bottom of their deck in any order, then draw 4 cards from the top of the deck. If the player has fewer than 2 other cards in their hand (excluding the Kofu card), the card cannot be played. The Kofu card also interacts with Crabominable and Veluza from the same expansion, referencing the Pokémon that Kofu uses in the games.
Trivia
- Kofu's Japanese Gym Leader title is 激流料理人.
- In the Japanese version of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, Kofu says 「ウオーッ！」 whenever he is surprised. While this interjection can be transliterated directly as "Woah!", it also contains a pun on 魚 uo (fish).
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | ハイダイ Haidai | From 海帶 / 海带 hǎidài (Chinese for "sweet kelp", a type of kelp commonly cultivated for consumption) |
| English | Kofu | From kombu (edible kelp that is commonly derived from sweet kelp and sugar kelp) and fuco (Spanish for "wrack") |
| German, French | Kombu | From kombu |
| European Spanish, Latin American Spanish |
Fuco | From fuco (wrack) |
| Italian | Algaro | From alga, referring to sweet kelp being a species of brown algae |
| Korean | 곤포 Konpo | From 곤포 (昆布) konpo (kombu) |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 海岱 Hǎidài / Hóidoih | From 海帶 / 海带 hǎidài / hóidaai (kelp) |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 海岱 Hǎidài | |
| Indonesian | Algo | From algo (Esperanto for "alga") |
| Brazilian Portuguese | Álgaro | From alga |
| Thai | ไห่ไต้ Haitai | Transcription of his Japanese name |
References
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