Cilan (anime)

Trainer

**Cilan Striaton** is one of the Gym Leaders of Striaton City Gym. In addition to the Gym Leader duties, he is also an A-class Pokémon Connoisseur; capable of seeing the compatibility and closeness between Pokémon and their trainers. After his defeat by Ash Ketchum, he decided to join the young trainer and Iris on their journey through the Unova region. His two siblings, Chili and Cress are also Gym Leaders. His voice actor is Miyano Mamoru from the *Kingdom Hearts* series in the Japanese version and Jason Griffith from *Pokémon* and *Sonic X* in the English Dub.

## Character

Cilan is a very eccentric boy. He enjoys the intricacies of life, making him happy basically all the time. His connoisseur catchphrase is "It's evaluating time!" furthermore he often exclaims a paraphrased version if said catchphrase during varied situations, for example when he was interrogating a Scrafty he declared "It's detective time!". Cilan is an empiricist, however his mind has opened more due to his adventures with Ash. Being a Gym Leader, Cilan is an adept battler, he is also an excellent chef; providing food for the group which always receives complements from Ash, Iris and the Pokémon. Both Stephan and Georgia have been impressed by Cilan's evaluating skills and even Burgundy (although she would never admit it out loud) acknowledges his skill as an A-class connoisseur.

## Plot Overview

### Pokémon Black and White

Cilan battled and lost to Ash Ketchum when the young trainer challenged his gym, impressed with Ash's fighting style and spirit, he joins Ash. He gains a strong rival in Burgundy who he defeated pior to joining Ash and co. During his travels he also caught a Dwebble and a Stunfisk. He also has a fear of Purrloin because of something a Purrloin did to him back when he was younger which he doesn't like to talk about.

### Pokémon Black and White: Rival Destinies

Cilan had the pleasure of battling the Subway Bosses Ingo and Emmet alongside Ash. He also helped his brother Chili find his own Battle style. Apparently he had a bone to pick with Skyla because of her giving out free gym badges to other trainers without actually battling them. Angered, Cilan challenges her to a battle to teach her how a true Gym Leader has to be. Unfortunately, he lost to Skyla's Swanna at the end. Cilan also managed to cosplay as Elesa during the Bell of Wishes Festival contest, but unfortunately he lost that as well. He also helped a little girl select her partner Pokémon in BW082.

## Gallery

* Cilan in the anime
* Cilan and Iris
* Cilan, Iris, Ash and Pikachu.
* Cilan about to captue Dwebble
* Cilan's Pansage searching for Dwebble
* Dwebble watching over the gang.
* Cilan posing in BW005: Triple Leaders, Team Threats
* Cilan saying goodbye.
* Cilan in BW015: The Battle According to Lenora
* Cilan and his pansage.
* Cilan going to battle Ash.
* Cilan possessed by a Yamask in A night in the Nacrene City Museum. "I shall destroy all of you!"
* Updated art of Cilan with his Pansage
* Cilan and Pansage when he caught Basculin.
* Cilan with Ash's Pikachu in BW015
* Cilan watching a train "WOW!!!"
* It's Detective Time!
* It's Fishing Time!
* It's Tasting Time!
* It's Train Connoisseur Time
* It's Cooking Time!
* Cilan ticked off
* Cilan glaring outside the window
* Cilan with the Subway Masters, who he hadn't seen for a year and they seem to have a kind of bond towards Cilan.
* Metro Connoisseur Cilan
* Cilan with his brothers, Chili and Cress.
* Cilan looking at Ash on the bed.
* Frizzy
* "It's Pirate Time!"
* Pansage is much like it's own trainer.
* "It's Afro Time!"
* Cilan explodes with rage.jpg

Cilan is so angry it's like an erupting volcano.
* Cilan wearing his pajamas.
* Cilan and Ash waiting for their clothes to dry.
* Cilan's house slippers
* Cilan without with his vest on.
* Cilan sleeping
* Cilan enraged
* It's Cosplaying time!
* Cilan gets woken up by Ash
* Cilan's concept artwork
* Cilan's backpack concept art
* Cilan's pajamas concept art
* Cilan's white shirt underneath his vest.
* Cilan's facial concept art
* Cilan streightening up his bowtie.
* Cilan in the pokemon 2011 calander.
* Cilan lecturing Ash and his friends about subway trains until Ash gets hungry.
* Ash eating the sandwich Cilan made him.
* Cilan's offical artwork updated
* Cilan carrying Pansage on his shoulders.
* Cilan and Chili's way of saying goodbye (holding hands)
* Ash, Iris, and Cilan's swim suits, revealed in Look Look☆Here.
* Cilan using Pansage for comfort.
* Cilan taking a nap with Ash and Bianca.
* Cilan crying with happiness while in Pokewood.

## Voice Actors

* **Dutch:** Jurjen van Loon
* **Mandarin:** Yu Zhengsheng
* **Finnish:** Petrus Kahkonen
* **Brazilian Portuguese:** Alex Minei
* **Spanish:** Fernando Cabrera
* **Latin America Spanish:** Bruno Coronel

## Achievements

* Don George Battle Tournament: Top 8
* Donamite: Top 8

## Trivia

* Brock and Cilan have some similarities.They are both gym leaders of the first gym in their region who eventually travel with Ash hoping to reach new heights in their dreams. They're both cooks and seems to be the group navigator. The only major difference is that Cilan doesn't flirt like Brock does with almost every female he meets. However, some girls actually take an interest in Cilan and his brothers, Chili and Cress, as seen in *Triple Leaders, Team Threats* and *Dreams by the Yard Full!* when the girls in the restaurant stare at them dreamily and cheer them on during Ash's gym battle.
* Cilan has multiple brothers like Brock, but they are grown up and appear to be fraternal triplets.
* Cilan is the only male gym leader to specialize in Grass type Pokémon.
* It is revealed in BW046 that Cilan has a fear of Purrloin, when he states that one of them did something terrible to him to which he refuses to talk about as he doesn't want to remember it. His fear is also shown in the beginning of Pokémon Movie 14 and *BW082.*
* Cilan's name derives from Cilantro, a plant sometimes used as a seasoning.
* Cilan is shown to have a highly sensitive sense of smell, as seen in *A home for Dweeble*, *A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition!*, and *BW082*.
* The sinker on Cilan's fishing rod looks like him.
* Along with Luke & Stephan, they have no scleras in their eyes.
* Cilan's English voice is Jason Griffith, who also voiced Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog, and Jet the Hawk in *Sonic X* and in some of the *Sonic the Hedgehog* games, Lord Darkar in the *Winx Club* cartoon series, Sir Aaron in the *Pokemon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew* movie, and the Promo Announcer for 4Kids TV.
* Cilan's Japanese voice is Miyano Mamoru, who also voiced Riku in the *Kingdom Hearts* series, Light Yagami in the *Death Note* anime, Tamaki Suoh in the *Ouran High School Host Club* anime, Death the Kid in the *Soul Eater* anime, Ling Yao in the *Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood* anime, and Ignis in *Final Fantasy Versus XIII.*