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Elite Four

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The Elite Four (Japanese: 四天王 Four Heavenly Kings) are four Pokémon Trainers who are regarded as the toughest in their regional Pokémon League, short of League Champion. Those who challenge the Elite Four must have achieved all eight Badges from that region and face all four and the current Champion consecutively without losing to any of them.

One group resides on Indigo Plateau in Kanto, and are considered the best trainers in both Kanto andJohto; another is in Ever Grande City in Hoenn; the last known one is in the unnamed Pokémon Leaguein Sinnoh.

Kanto/Johto Elite Four

Generation I and III

In the Generation I games Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow, and their Generation III remakes, the Elite Four at the Indigo Plateau consists of:

Member Japanese	Type	Teams
		Red	Green	Blue	Yellow	FireRed and LeafGreen
						After Kanto	After Sevii
Lorelei カンナ Kanna	Ice
Bruno シバ Siba	Fighting
Agatha キクコ Kikuko	Ghost
Lance ワタル Wataru	Dragon
Champion Blue グリーン Green	Various

Generation II and IV

In Generation II and Generation IV, the Elite Four at the Indigo Plateau consists of:

Member Japanese	Type	Teams
		Gold	Silver	Crystal	HeartGold and SoulSilver
					After 8 badges	After 16 badges
Will イツキ Itsuki	Psychic
Koga キョウ Kyō	Poison
Bruno シバ Siba	Fighting
Karen カリン Karin	Dark
Champion Lance ワタル Wataru	Dragon

Hoenn Elite Four

Generation III

In Generation III, the Elite Four in Ever Grande City consists of:

Member Japanese	Type	Teams
		Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald
Sidney カゲツ Kagetsu	Dark
Phoebe フヨウ Fuyō	Ghost
Glacia プリム Prim	Ice
Drake ゲンジ Genji	Dragon
Champion Steven ダイゴ Daigo	Steel
Champion Wallace ミクリ Mikuri	Water

Sinnoh Elite Four

Generation IV

In Generation IV, the Elite Four at the Pokémon League consists of:

Member Japanese	Type	Teams
		Diamond	Pearl	Platinum
Aaron リョウ Ryou	Bug
Bertha キクノ Kikuno	Ground
Flint オーバ Ōba	Fire
Lucian ゴヨウ Goyō	Psychic
Champion Cynthia シロナ Shirona	Various

In the anime

The Sinnoh Elite Four in the anime

Ash and his friends often meet the members of the Elite Four, who then impart them with battle strategies. So far, Ash has only met the complete Kanto group, meeting Lorelei in The Mandarin Island Miss Match (named 'Prima' in the English dub for lip-synching purposes),Bruno in To Master the Onixpected, Agatha in The Scheme Teamand Lance in Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution. Ash has also met Koga inThe Ninja Poké-Showdown, though merely for the Fuchsia GymBadge, Steven in A Hole Lotta Trouble!, Drake in Vanity Affair,Wallace in Our Cup Runneth Over!, Lucian in An Elite Meet and Greet!, Cynthia in Top-Down Training! and Aaron in A Trainer and Child Reunion!. Flint is due to make his debut anime appearance in DP165.

It has been hinted by Lucian in An Elite Meet and Greet! that when a Trainer wins their respective region's Conference Tournament that they can participate in the Elite Four Challenge, fighting the four members of that region's Elite Four, and then possibly the Champion as well.

Trivia

• As of Generation IV, Champion Lance has the lowest average level, and Champion Cynthia has the highest average level in the player's first battle with them. Coincidentally, they are the only members of the Elite Four that Ash has encountered more than once, and appear as champions contemporaneously due to HeartGold and SoulSilver occurring at the same time as Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum.
• The levels of the Johto Elite Four are considerably the lowest of the Leagues, having levels under 50 (apart from Lance), while the Kanto, Hoenn and Sinnoh have levels higher than 50/60. This is due to the accessibility of Kanto after the defeat of the Elite Four.
• In Platinum, the highest-leveled Pokémon of Bertha, Flint, and Lucian (Rhyperior, Magmortar, andGallade respectively) match the final Pokémon that the Sinis Trio uses from Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia, in that same order.
• The Elite Four of Sinnoh are the only Elite Four whose names follow each other alphabetically, not counting Cynthia.
• The Sinnoh Elite Four is also the only Elite Four to not include a Dragon-type trainer, including the Champion (although Cynthia does use a single Garchomp). Since there is also no Dragon-type Gym Leader in Sinnoh either, it is the only region without a notable Dragon-type Trainer. However, prior to unlocking the National Pokédex, the only non-legendary Dragon Pokémon available is Garchomp and its evolutionary line. In Platinum, it would also include Altaria.
• Though multiple Trainers in the Elite Four use the same type as another Elite Four Trainer, only Fighting and Dragon have appeared multiple times used by the same Trainers (as Lance and Bruno are in the Elite Four of Kanto in all generations that they appeared in).
• Despite their Japanese name being "Four Heavenly Kings", each Elite Four group contains at least one female member among them. In fact, Indigo Plateau in Generation II and Generation IV is the only Elite Four that doesn't contain two women (including Cynthia the champion in Sinnoh).
• The Hoenn Elite Four are the only Elite Four to have an entirely individual battle theme. The Indigo Elite Four share their battle theme with the Kanto Gym Leaders in Generations I and III and the Johto Gym Leaders in Generation II, while the Sinnoh Elite Four's battle theme is that of the Sinnoh Gym Leaders, put down a half step.
• The Elite Four, when faced after all Kanto badges have been obtained in HeartGold and SoulSilver, gives the most prize money of any regional Elite Four, grossing to 75,660, followed by the post-National Pokédex Elite Four in Sinnoh, which pays 50,160. The cheapest prize money comes from the Generation II Johto Elite Four, giving only 22,900. This is likely due to the fact that Kanto is accessible afterward. HeartGold and SoulSilver made the initial Elite Four payout substantially larger as well.
• The Generation IV Johto Elite Four is the only Elite Four where the payouts don't always increase between victories. However, this is only the case in the second round Elite Four.
• The only types not yet represented by an Elite Four member are Rock, Grass, Normal, Flying, andElectric, all of which coincidentally appear among the first three Gyms of at least one region.
• Each pseudo-legendary has been used at least once by an Elite Four member or Champion.Dragonite is used by Lance. Tyranitar is used by Blue in the rematch against him in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. Salamance is used by Drake. Metagross is used by Steven, who is the Champion in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. Garchomp is used by Cynthia.
• The Sinnoh Elite Four is the only regional Elite Four to include only fully evolved Pokémon. In every other region, at least one Pokémon that wasn't at its last evolutionary stage. Lance had two Dragonair in Kanto, Bruno had one Onix in Johto, and Drake had one Shelgon in Hoenn.
• In the Kanto based games, all of the Elite Four members have at least one Pokémon that is not of their specialty type during the first battle.
  • Conversely, the Emerald Elite Four members are the only set of Elite Four members that don't use Pokémon outside of their specialty type during the first battle.

In other languages

• Chinese: 四天王 (Sìtiānwáng)
• French: Conseil 4
• German: Top Vier
• Italian: Superquattro
• Korean: 사천왕 (Sacheonwang)
• Polish: Elitarna Czwórka
• Portuguese: Elite dos Quatro
• Spanish: Alto Mando

Generation I-introduced Trainer classes
Beauty | Biker | Bird Keeper | Blackbelt | Boss | Bug Catcher | Burglar | Champion | Channeler Cooltrainer | Cue Ball | Elite Four | Engineer | Fisherman | Gambler | Gentleman | Hiker Jr. Trainer♂ | Jr. Trainer♀ | Juggler | Lass | Leader | PokéManiac | Pokémon Trainer | Psychic Rival | Rocker | Rocket | Sailor | Scientist | Super Nerd | Swimmer | Tamer | Youngster
Beta classes
Chief | Pokémon Prof.

	The Pokémon League
	Participation Pokémon Trainer • Pokémon battle Gym Leaders • Gyms • Badges Frontier Brains • Symbols • Prints	Pokémon League Conferences Indigo • Silver • Ever Grande Championship Matches Elite Four • Orange League
	Battle Frontiers Hoenn and Kanto • Sinnoh and Johto