Erika is the Gym Leader of Celadon City's Gym, known officially as the Celadon Gym. She hands out the Rainbow Badge to trainers who defeat her. She is a serene young woman who specializes in Grass-type Pokémon. She sometimes dresses in elegant kimonos and seems to represent traditional Japanese beauty, and perhaps geisha culture. 

Erika has a kindhearted personality and takes on students to teach them about being a good Trainer and perfume manufacturing. However, she also possesses a temperamental side, particularly when her perfume is insulted. In battle, she uses status moves like Stun Spore to overwhelm her opponent's Pokémon. 

(Source: Bulbapedia)

Luana (Japanese: ルリコ Ruriko) is the Gym Leader of the Kumquat Island Gym. She hands out the Jade Star Badge to Trainers who defeat her, and specializes in double battles. Her Japanese voice actress is 小山茉美 Mami Koyama and Kayzie Rogers in English.    Luana owns a luxury hotel on Kumquat Island that also doubles as her Gym. Trainers often stay at the Kumquat Hotel to help prepare for battle. The actual Gym appears to be the largest in the Orange Islands, outside of Pummelo Stadium.    When Ash first met Luana in Pok&eacute;mon Double Trouble, she mistook him for her son, Travis; Ash has a striking resemblance to him, who also has a Pikachu. She misses her son and wishes to care for him again. Luana&#039;s maternal side extends to her Pok&eacute;mon, whom she cares for deeply, treating each one like her own child.    After helping Ash stop Team Rocket, she challenged him to a double battle &mdash; the first ever in the Pok&eacute;mon anime, long before Pok&eacute;mon Ruby and Sapphire introduced the concept in the video games.    Ash used Pikachu and Charizard in the match. Despite their initial unwillingness to cooperate, the two pulled together in the end and were able to defeat Luana&#039;s Pok&eacute;mon.     http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Luana

Her first appearance was in Ditto&#039;s Mysterious Mansion. Ash and his friends were traveling through Kanto  when they sought shelter from the rain in an abandoned mansion. The house was actually called &quot;The House of Imite&quot; and it was owned by Duplica and her Ditto. She showed them Ditto&#039;s ability to to transform into any Pok&eacute;mon. A skeptical Ash sent out his Bulbasaur to battle Duplica&#039;s Ditto. Surprisingly enough, Bulbasaur lost against the imitation. Duplica then explained that her Ditto had trouble transforming one aspect of it: Its face. No matter what Pok&eacute;mon it Transformed into, it always retained the beady eyes and wobbly mouth of a Ditto.    Team Rocket kidnapped the Ditto. They wanted to have Duplica&#039;s Ditto Transform into a Dratini so they could give it to Giovanni. After a while, they were able to train it to Transform perfectly. After Ash, Brock, Duplica, and Misty dressed up as Team Rocket and rescued Ditto, Duplica felt she was ready to open up her mansion as a theater to entertain passing Pok&eacute;mon trainers.    Later, in Imitation Confrontation, Brock noticed that a Nurse Joy they were talking to was an imitation. It turned out to be Duplica, who had come to the local town for a Pok&eacute;mon Acting Competition. She had another Ditto, Mini-Dit, with another problem. It could Transform into perfect replicas of other Pok&eacute;mon, in every way but size. So when it transformed into an Onix, she had a tiny, hand-held Onix.    Team Rocket stole Mini-Dit and planned to have it transform into a Pok&eacute;mon that they could pass off as a rare, pygmy version, so that they could get a rare and powerful Pok&eacute;mon in return. Duplica recovered Mini-Dit and decided that its unusual transformations made it unique; the audience seemed to agree. Although Duplica sometimes performs by imitating Pok&eacute;mon herself, her usual shows feature her imitating a Pok&eacute;mon Trainer while her Ditto imitates that trainer&#039;s Pok&eacute;mon. She did an excellent impression of Ash and Nurse Joy, for instance.  

Kiyomi is a Character of the week from Ep 44.
She and her grandmother own a medicine shop in Mossgreen Village. When Satoshi and his friends met up with her, she was trying to get her Paras to evolve, because she needed Parasect's mushroom to make a specific type of medicine.

Lara and her family own the Laramie Ranch, an area just outside of the Kanto Safari Zone. Lara and her Ponyta and Growlithe helps guard the ranch from Pok&eacute;mon poachers.    Lara was going to enter a race with her Ponyta when Team Rocket, working for Dario, caused an accident that lead to her breaking her arm. Lara was saddened, but quickly realized that Ash could ride her Ponyta in the race.    Ash and Ponyta entered the race, and they were able to successfully defeat Dario, and all the other trainers, and win the race. In the process, Lara&#039;s Ponyta evolved into a Rapidash.     Bulbapedia

Minor character from Ep 87.
He's [Atsumi's](https://anilist.co/character/20866/Atsumi) younger brother and assistant.

Stella is the ringmaster of a Pok&eacute;mon circus which once camped on the outskirts of Pallet Town. The star of the show was a Mr. Mime, but one day it stopped listening to Stella and just sat in its trailer all day eating, eventually becoming overweight.    Although she appears sweet outside of the circus, her training methods prove to be very tough. When Ash attempted to act as Mr. Mime for the circus, he was subjected to being whipped and yelled at, remarking that he wasn&#039;t surprised that Mr. Mime quit if that was how it was treated.    Upon realizing that she pushed her Pok&eacute;mon too hard, Stella apologized to Mr. Mime. It accepted her apology, and later rejoined her at the circus.     (source: Bulbapedia)

She has quite an unusual name. She explains that it&#039;s a combination of the first letters of the following Pok&eacute;mon: Teddiursa &quot;Te&quot; (Japanese: ヒメグマ Himeguma &quot;ヒ&quot; &quot;Hi&quot;), Mareep &quot;ma&quot; (Japanese: メリープ Merriep &quot;メ&quot; &quot;me&quot;), and Cubone &quot;cu&quot; (Japanese: カラカラ Karakara &quot;カ&quot; &quot;ka&quot;).    Temacu is one of the few girls to fall in love with Brock. While she was running to catch her Nidorina she nearly tripped and fell into a fountain. But Brock caught her in time before she fell. Since that moment she &quot;knew&quot; that she had to marry Brock and even started to picture what their wedding would be like. Instead of Brock being overjoyed by this, he acted confused and unsure.    However, this feeling for Brock didn&#039;t last long. Team Rocket attacked her father&#039;s laboratory and thought they had captured a Pok&eacute;mon; instead, they actually caught Temacu. As she tried to get out of the balloon she nearly fell again but this time James was there to catch her. This caused her to now fall in love with James and now she wanted to marry him. Feeling that they could get their hands on the Pok&eacute;mon at the lab, Jessie and Meowth forced him to play along, even if it meant marrying her. James was not at all comfortable with this idea.    Team Rocket then change outfits and Temacu made up a story that James had saved her from the &quot;terrorists&quot; when she introduced him to her father.    Once Brock found out that Temacu had now fallen for James, he was crushed, since by this point he was starting to fall for Temacu. Soon, Misty pulls off Jessie&#039;s disguise and Team Rocket makes a run for it. When they were trying to escape, She ordered her Poliwhirl to attack James with Water Gun. Temacu, worried for James&#039; safety, jumped in front of the Water Gun attack and then fainted.    Later on, her father explained that she recently saw her cousin get married and that&#039;s why she was so obsessed with getting married herself. Soon Temacu came to and, yet again, fell in love with someone else. This time it was her doctor, who returned her feelings.    [credit to bulbapedia]

Jessiebelle is James&#039;s fiance (arranged by their parents). They&#039;ve known each other since they were children but James was not digging the marriage scene so he leaves. Jessiebelle prepares for the day where the two of them can be together. And will do anything possible to get her hands on James.

Suzy is a famous Pokemon Breeder. In her first appearance, Brock asked to become her apprentice. Unfortunately she declined the offer. However, did ask Brock for him to help raise her Vulpix. On Suzy&#039;s return to a Breeder competition, Brock returned her Vulpix.

Hiiragi is a character of the week from Ep 122.
She lives in a valley located between New Bark Town and Cherrygrove City, where she finds precious amberite, with the help of her Donphan, to supply local artisans, collectors, and jewelers.

Yūka is a character of the day who appeared in Ep 140.
Her father, Nagai, is the owner of a toy store that sells figurines of the town's favorite superhero, Gligarman. Satoshi and his friends later realized Nagai himself was Gligarman, who donned a purple costume to fight crime and—perhaps more importantly—to boost sales in his shop. After he became too old to effectively carry out his duties, Yūka took over the role, under the moniker of Gligirl.

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