The main rival of the main character. he grew up with the main character and ended up making a promise to him that they would become rivals and great Pokémon trainers. More towards his teen years he became bitter and believed because of his exceptional battling skills that he was better than everyone else. It leads him to have a loner life style where he's always by himself and extremely confident in his ability's. he's very harsh but will open himself up later across the series.