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Kofu (Japanese: ハイダイ Haidai) is a Gym Leader of Cascarrafa's Gym, known officially as the Cascarrafa Gym. He specializes in . He hands out the to s 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.Kofu — Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet | Official Website Whenever he is surprised, he usually exclaims, "Vaultin' !" He has an apprentice named Hugo, who is also a .
Kofu is first seen running out of his Gym when the 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 with buying him some rare seaweed from Hoenn as an 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 after defeating him.
In The Indigo Disk, Kofu can be invited to act as a special coach at Blueberry Academy.
===Pokémon===
Kofu will stallize his at the first opportunity.
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====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 , , or Mythical Pokémon.
==Gallery==
===Sprites and models===
 	
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===Artwork===
Concept art from
==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 used , 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.
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===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.
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===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 when his opponent's invaded the match and attacked his . Afterwards, he didn't think much of the situation and laughed it off, impressed by Charcadet's liveliness.
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==In literature==
===Let's Play the Pokémon Card Game!===
Kotarou Haida (Japanese: Haida Kotarou), a cross-canon counterpart of Kofu, appeared in the Scarlet & Violet arc of Let's Play the Pokémon Card Game!.
==In the TCG==
Kofu is introduced as a in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Scarlet & Violet Series (the Japanese Scarlet & Violet Era). It was first released in the Japanese expansion and the English expansion, with artwork by Hideki Ishikawa. An 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 and from the same expansion, referencing the Pokémon that Kofu uses in the games.
==Trivia==
* Kofu's Japanese Gym Leader title is .
* In the Japanese version of , 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
Japanese 	ハイダイ Haidai 	From 海帶 / 海带 hǎidài (Chinese for )
English 	Kofu 	From and fuco (Spanish for )
German, French 	Kombu 	From kombu
Spanish 	Fuco 	From fuco ()
Italian 	Algaro 	From
Korean 	곤포 Konpo 	From 곤포 (昆布) konpo (kombu)
Chinese () 	海岱 Hǎidài 	From 海帶 / 海带 hǎidài / hóidaai (kelp)
Chinese () 	海岱 Hóidoih 	From 海帶 / 海带 hǎidài / hóidaai (kelp)
Indonesian 	Algo 	From algo ( for alga)
Brazilian Portuguese	Álgaro 	From
Thai 	ไห่ไต้ Haitai 	Transcription of his Japanese name
==References==
==Related articles==
* Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
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Category:Scarlet and Violet characters
Category:Gym Leaders
Category:Water-type Trainers
Category:Trainers with Tera Orbs
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