Solidad

Solidad (Japanese: サオリ Saori) is a recurring character in . She is a Pokémon Coordinator from Pewter City who first appeared in May, We Harley Drew'd Ya!.
==History==
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Solidad debuted in May, We Harley Drew'd Ya!, where it was revealed that she had defeated Drew in his very first Pokémon Contest, causing him to cry. Since then they have become friends. They keep in touch and occasionally run into each other. She also noticed that Drew became more competitive, and she thinks is the reason for this.
In Channeling the Battle Zone!, Solidad battled May in the semifinal round of the Kanto Grand Festival. She was able to counter May's attacks as she had previously observed her battling style. She managed to win the battle against May, and then she won the final stage, giving her the Ribbon Cup and the title of Top Coordinator. Similarly to Drew, May also cried after being defeated by Solidad.
In The Unbeatable Lightness of Seeing!, Solidad was revealed to have traveled to Johto.
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In Staging a Heroes' Welcome! and Strategy with a Smile!, Solidad was seen in Ecruteak City along with Harley and Drew, watching May perform live on TV at the Wallace Cup.
==Character==
Solidad is more mature than fellow Coordinators and Drew but still holds them in high esteem. She and are old friends, and she used to see him often when he was still the Gym Leader of Pewter Gym, even knowing him from before then. She also stated that she is old friends with Harley and that she finds him to be an interesting person.
==Pokémon==
This is the list of Solidad's known in :
==Contests==
===Kanto Ribbons===
This listing is of the Ribbons Solidad has obtained in the Kanto region:
* Five unknown Ribbons (prior to May, We Harley Drew'd Ya!)
===Grand Festival ranking===
Solidad has competed in the following Grand Festival tournaments:
* Kanto Grand Festival - Winner (Channeling the Battle Zone!)
==Voice actors==
==Trivia==
* The official website for Cartoon Network initially called Solidad "Samantha" in their summary for the episode of her debut.
* All of Solidad's known are from Generation I.
* Three of Solidad's Pokémon are the same species as Pokémon which has released: , , and .
** Coincidentally, all three of those species received a type of temporary form in future generations: Lapras and Butterfree received a Gigantamax form in Generation VIII and Pidgeot received a Mega Evolution in Generation VI.
*** Additionally, while not a temporary form, received a Galarian form in Generation VIII, in addition to its Mega Evolution in Generation VI.
** All of Solidad's Pokémon share an evolutionary relative with the Pokémon Ash owns in the Electric Tale of Pikachu adaptation where he still owns a Butterfree and Lapras, but has a and a giant Slowpoke instead of a Pidgeot and Slowbro which Solidad owns.
* Solidad is the only rival from Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire who did not appear in Pokémon Journeys: The Series.
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	サオリ Saori 	
English, French, German, Italian	Solidad 	Similar to her Japanese name.
Iberian Spanish 	Soledad 	A common Spanish name.
Korean 	사희 Sahyi 	Similar to her Japanese name.
Chinese () 	紗織 Shāzhī 	From the name 紗織 Saori.
==Related articles==
* Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Category:Animation characters
Category:Coordinators
Category:Top Coordinators
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