Elesa

Elesa (エレサ, Eresa), known as Kamitsure (カミツレ, Kamitsure) in Japan, is both a fictional character and tritagonist from the Pokémon series created by Satoshi Tajiri. She is the Gym Leader of Nimbasa City's Gym in the Unova region. As the Gym Leader, Elesa holds the Boulder Badge for the trainers that defeat her, and mainly uses Electric-type Pokémon.

"My name is Elesa. I'm a Gym Leader - and a model. Basically, I turn people's dreams into reality."
 * —Elesa.

Appearance & Biography

 * Voice Actor: Sarah Natochenny (English), Miyuki Sawashiro (Japanese), Not Known (Albanian), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Cantonese), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (French), Not Known (Galician), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hong Kong), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Indonesian), Not Known (Isralian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Mandarin), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Tagalog), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Turkish), Not Known (Valencian), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Pilar Martín (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish)

Biography
This Electric-type Gym Leader also works as a model. Watching her battle in the beautiful, bright lights of her Gym can be mesmerizing.

Appearance
Elesa is a tall, very slender young girl. She has bright blue eyes.

Elesa has long black hair tied in two diamond patterned braids, and a new outfit. She wears a blue and yellow two piece, made up of a crop top and very short shorts, with a large, fluffy yellow coat, and ballet pumps in her feet, one red and one blue. Her top and bottom parts of the outfit are connected by a hexagonal piece. In addition, she has a blue nail polish. Her headphones are designed differently.


 * Hair Color: Black
 * Skin Color: Not Known
 * Eye Color: Bright Blue
 * Age: 20+
 * Birthday: Not Known
 * Height: Not Known
 * Weight: Not Known

Personality
Elesa was initially portrayed to be a very calm and stoic character which is often compared to her more cheery and outgoing personality in the Anime and trailers. Much like the other Gym Leaders of her type, Elesa prefers to show off her skills with a sense of style and a performance to accompany it.

Elesa is a Gym Leader, who is also a fashion model, with a lot of fans. Elesa admires beauty and wants to dazzle out the people watching her, especially in a battle. She also shares some wisdom, as she wanted to be a referee for the battle against Ash and Bianca's father.

Friends and Allies

 * Resistance
 * Misty
 * Brock Harrison
 * Sabrina
 * Whitney
 * Roark
 * Fantina
 * Cilan
 * Iris
 * Elite Four
 * Ash Ketchum
 * Hilbert Black
 * Bianca

Familiy

 * Unnamed grandmother

Enemies

 * Team Rocket
 * Jessie
 * James
 * Jake
 * Meowth
 * Team Plasma

On hand

 * Blitzle → Zebstrika (Marc Thompson)
 * Emolga (Misato Fukuen)
 * Tynamo (Alyson Rosenfeld)
 * Flaaffy → Ampharos
 * Joltik → Galvantula
 * Luxray

Back-Up

 * Eelektross
 * Stunfisk

Travel with
This section shows the Pokémon that Elesa currently travels with, but has not caught.

In training
This section is for the Pokémon that Elesa still owns but are in the care of another Trainer. Some can be called upon at any time if needed.

Status unknown
This section is for Elesa's Pokémon whose current whereabouts are unknown.

At Nimbasa Gym
Pokémon that Elesa resides at her gym are the following:


 * Blitzle (Multiple)
 * Joltik (Multiple)
 * Flaaffy (Multiple)

At Home
Pokémon that Elesa resides at her house are the following:

Released
This section is for the Pokémon that Elesa formally released back into the wild.

Traded away
This section is for the Pokémon that Elesa traded away.

Returned
This section is for the Pokémon that Elesa gave back to another Trainer who were originally its trainer.

Given Away
This section is for the Pokémon that Elesa gave to another Trainer to keep for themselves.

Befriended/Unofficial
This section is for the Pokémon that Elesa had bonded with over the course of several episodes but never officially caught.

Temporary
This section is for the Pokémon that Elesa temporarily used. Many of which were rented and belong to another Trainer.

Past
When Elesa was a child, she went to visit her grandmother. On her way, she and her Blitzle encountered a Pokémon. Her grandmother stated she had encountered a Thundurus, who was a Legendary Pokémon of Unova, alongside Tornadus. While Elesa had been planning on becoming the Electric-type expert, she was also interested in capturing Thundrus. Eventually, Elesa became a famous model of Nimbasa City, and the Gym Leader.

Hilbert Black researched that Elesa was a Gym Leader that he'd have to defeat on his way, to participate in the Pokémon League. Virizion, Terrakion and Cobalion - the three Sacred Swords - traveled across the Unova region, and saw that the Gym Leaders had a strong bond with their Pokémon.

Notes & Trivia

 * She is the only female Electric-type Gym Leader (Volkner, Lt. Surge, Wattson and Clemont are male).
 * She is one of the few female Gym Leaders to have more male Pokémon than female Pokémon.