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Drake
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Gender:Male
He is the leader of the Orange League. Trainers who defeat him in a full battle at Pummelo Stadium receive the Winners Trophy and enter the Orange League Hall of Fame. Ash Ketchum battled him in Hello Pummelo and Enter The Dragonite. His Japanese voice actor is Kji Yusa and his English voice actor is Scottie Ray. Although the dub implies that Drake is merely a fifth Gym Leader in the Orange League the Japanese version specifically uses the title Head Leader to denote his importance. Additionally Drake is not necessarily a League Champion either given that it is not clarified whether or not he ever actually had to defeat a previous Head Leader in order to take the title though it is suggested. In the Electric Tale of Pikachu manga he is referred to as the Orange Crew Supreme Gym Leader. Ash battles him in Surfs Up Pikachu. In both anime and manga Ash was the first person to defeat Drake in Orange League history. Many trainers never even got past Drakes first Pokeacutemon Ditto apparently losing their cool seeing a copycat defeat their own Pokeacutemon. Before Ashs challenge Drake seemed bored and wondered if anyone would ever defeat him. He keeps his prized Dragonites Pokeacute Ball around his neck. Regardless of his English name and his affinity for Dragontype Pokeacutemon Drake apparently has no relation to either Drake of the Hoenn League nor Lance of the Indigo League though a resemblance to the latter is evident.
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