Juan

Juan (Japanese: アダン Adan) is the Gym Leader of Sootopolis City's Gym, known officially as the Sootopolis Gym. He left his Gym in the care of his former student, Wallace, but returned after Wallace replaced and moved up to the position of Pokémon Champion. He gives the to s who defeat him. He specializes in .
In addition to being a Gym Leader, Juan is an accomplished in the .
==In the core series games==
Juan is Wallace's mentor. Prior to the events of , Juan was the Gym Leader of Sootopolis. He temporarily gave up his position to Wallace, then later reclaimed it once Wallace became the Hoenn League .
In Emerald, Juan runs the Sootopolis City Gym, where he gives out the Rain Badge and upon being defeated.
Juan also appears in , taking part in the Pokémon World Tournament. He represents the Sootopolis Gym in the Hoenn Leaders, Type Expert, and World Leaders Tournaments, while his student Wallace participates in the Champions Tournament as one of Hoenn's Champions.
Juan does not appear in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, but his status as Wallace's mentor is mentioned by Lisia.
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Dandy Charm Juan
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:I use splendid waterpower.
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:Pokémon of elegance!
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:The adulation of beautiful ladies fills me with energy!
===Pokémon===
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Juan uses two Hyper Potions in the Gym battle and three Full Restores in the rematches.
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=====Pokémon World Tournament=====
Juan uses three of these Pokémon in Single Battles, four in Double and Rotation Battles, and all six in Triple Battles. Juan will always lead with his signature Pokémon, .
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==Gallery==
===Sprites===
 	 	 	
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==Quotes==
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
====History====
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Juan debuted in The Great Eight Fate!, where he was first seen putting on a show with his at the inauguration of an art piece in Sootopolis City. Following his water show, appeared to try to steal Juan's Pokémon. After hearing 's melodic voice, Juan initially mistook the trio for artists, but when and told him that they were a trio of thieves, he easily sent them blasting off.
After that, Ash challenged him to a Gym , which Juan accepted. He then offered the group a ride to the Sootopolis Gym on his boat, where complimented Juan on his performance. Juan then revealed that he was once a Pokémon Coordinator. After winning the five required Ribbons, he entered the Grand Festival and won with the help of and the others, earning the Ribbon Cup and receiving the title of Top Coordinator.
When they got to the Gym, Juan's butler and informed Ash that a Gym battle is divided into two stages: the first is a Double Battle held in a large , while the other consists of one-on-one battles conducted on a battlefield resembling a lake surrounded by land. Ash was able to win both stages, and in Eight Ain't Enough, he defeated Juan's ace Pokémon, Milotic, thus winning the and qualifying for the Ever Grande Conference.
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Juan reappeared in a flashback in Playing The Leveling Field!.
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In Reuniting for the First Time!, Wallace was revealed to have returned to being the Sootopolis Gym Leader after losing the title of Hoenn sometime prior to Mega Evolution Special II, indicating that Juan is no longer an active Gym Leader.
====Character====
Juan is a polite person who often describes things in a uniquely poetic manner. He revealed that he decided to specialize in Pokémon because of their streamlined physiques and their weakness to moves. He also accepts his mistakes and rationalizes them as being one of the best ways to add appeal to a Contest Battle.
During a Gym , Juan has his Pokémon use attacks in quick succession, often making it hard for a challenger to land an attack. He uses each of his Pokémon's unique characteristics, like 's whiskers or 's horn, to showcase their individuality and strength.
Juan's position as Gym Leader and his Coordinator past has made him a well-known personality in Sootopolis City. He is particularly popular with young women.
====Pokémon====
This listing is of Juan's known in :
=====On hand=====
=====At Sootopolis Gym=====
====Contests====
=====Ribbons obtained=====
This listing is of the Ribbons Juan has obtained:
* At least five Ribbons (prior to The Great Eight Fate)
=====Grand Festival ranking=====
Juan has competed in the following Grand Festival tournaments:
* Hoenn Grand Festival - Winner (prior to The Great Eight Fate)
====Voice actors====
===GOTCHA!===
Juan briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
====History====
=====Past=====
Juan was once Wallace's mentor and the Sootopolis Gym Leader. Despite Wallace winning the Pokémon League, he rejected the title of Champion to take over the Sootopolis Gym after his master.
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During the battle between and , Wallace was forced to take up the title of Champion. As a result, Juan took up the title of Gym Leader once again.
Juan first appeared on with Tate and Liza. He greeted and and informed them that he would be training them to prepare for their upcoming battle with Groudon and Kyogre. He had Tate and Liza train Ruby and Sapphire in the ways of Double Battles so that they may use combination techniques to aid them in their fight. Juan himself trained the two mentally, so that their minds would not be taken over by the Red and Blue Orbs like Maxie and Archie had been. When the time for Ruby and Sapphire to leave had come, Juan stayed behind so that he may safely guide them away from Mirage Island.
After both Team Magma and Team Aqua are defeated and Groudon and Kyogre have returned to their deep slumber, Juan celebrated the victory with his allies and thanked Sapphire and Ruby for their assistance in the battle.
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Juan, along with the Hoenn Gym Leaders and Elite Four, is called to Sootopolis City to assist in stopping a meteoroid threatening to destroy the planet.
====Character====
As Wallace's former mentor, Juan is respected by Ruby, who calls him "Grand Master" (大師匠, dai shishou).
====Pokémon====
This listing is for Juan's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.
==Trivia==
* In , Juan is the only Gym Leader whose highest-leveled Pokémon, , is from a previous generation.
* In the manual of Pokémon Emerald, the list of Hoenn Gym Leaders does not reveal Juan's name or appearance. His name is written as ????? and he appears as a silhouette.
* Juan's team in is the same team Wallace uses in .
** Juan is the only Hoenn Gym Leader not to be shown with the same team in as in the (while some Gym Leaders had Pokémon evolve or join their team, all the previous Gym Leaders were shown with the same team as their game counterparts at one point). Instead, Juan has a from Wallace's appearance in Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl.
* In Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire, his knows , a move it could not learn in the games at the time of his appearance during Generation III.
* Juan is the only Gym Leader to not have a VS. sprite or artwork, because he appeared only in Emerald and the Pokémon World Tournament.
* Juan is similar to Fantina in that both use phrases from different foreign languages depending on the version (Juan uses English phrases in the original Japanese version, Spanish phrases in VIZ Media's English translation of Pokémon Adventures, and French phrases in Chuang Yi's English translation of Adventures), and both are s and Gym Leaders.
* Juan is the only Hoenn Gym Leader to not appear in .
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	アダン Adan 	From 阿檀 Adan () and 灘 dan (open sea)
English, German, French	Juan 	From water and possibly a reference to (fictional Spanish womanizer)
Spanish 	Galano 	From galán (gallant) and galeón ()
Italian 	Rodolfo 	From (a famous seducer) and golfo (gulf)
Korean 	아단 Adan 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese () 	亞當 / 亚当Yǎdāng / Yàdāng 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese () 	亞當 Adōng 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Vietnamese 	Adan 	Transcription of his Japanese name
==Related articles==
* Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Category:Animation characters
Category:Emerald characters
Category:Gym Leaders
Category:Water-type Trainers
Category:Coordinators
Category:Top Coordinators
Category:Black 2 and White 2 characters
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