Ryan (Games)

Ryan (ライアン, Raian) is the male that has canonically served as Ten's main character in the core game series.

He is a from  in the  region whose goal is to become a professional Pokémon battler. His was. Upon traveling to other regions, he also claimed, , , , , , and as starter Pokémon in their respective regions. He currently holds the rank of 's Pokémon League Champion and was 's first Champion.

Pokémon
Ryan has caught nearly a thousand Pokémon since his journey first began at the age of ten. Early on, he came to love Pokémon battling and specifically trained those he thought were particularly skilled in the art. As early as his Gym battle against in, he learned to appreciate the -type; and he idolized , wanting to train dragons as strong as his. Ever since then, Dragon-type Pokémon have always featured on Ryan's team. In, he captured a which he trained and evolved into a Garchomp capable of. This Pokémon became his most trusted partner and his main battler from then on.

In Ryan's early career as a trainer, he primarily relied on a Pokémon's brute strength to win a battle. However, after capturing his on a return trip to, he learned to incorporate other strategies (namely ) into his style. Afterwards, Pokémon capable of preforming and  featured heavily on his team. He is also known to favor Pokémon with the abilities and  for their versatility. He has a hard rule against using or  on his teams. The only exceptions to this rule have been his and  respectively. He also has a tendency to create teams whose members are collectively balanced, as no more than two have weaknesses to the same type at any given time.

Early on, Ryan did not his Pokémon. However, since capturing Chomper in Kalos, he primarily names his party members, or those Pokémon who feature on his team often enough to warrant individual names.

Ryan currently has ownership of 835 Pokémon and has completed the, , and Pokédexes in their entirety.

In rotation
In , Ryan's team is in constant flux with the only staple being his. The current configuration of his team is:

With Grand Oak
When not in his primary party, Ryan's other Pokémon stay with  in. Because he has over 800 individual Pokémon, only his most noteworthy will be listed here.

Pokémon League ranking
Ryan has competed in the following Pokémon Leagues:
 * (Kanto and Johto) - Champion
 * - Champion
 * - Champion
 * - Champion
 * - Champion
 * - Champion
 * - Champion

Battle Tower ranking
Ryan has competed in the following s:
 * - Master Ball Rank

Mt. Battle ranking
Ryan has also battled in the competition in Orre and has the following rankings:
 * 100-battle challenge - Winner

GO Battle League
Ryan also casually competes in the battle league. He has the following ranking:
 * Master League - Rank 1

Trivia

 * Ryan has traveled to every canonical region from the core series games. He has also traveled to the side-regions of and.
 * Though he has captured every single starter Pokémon, he has never chosen a -type Pokémon on a first playthrough of a region.
 * Canonically, Ryan first visited the region during, in the aftermath of his journey through Johto. Therefore, he did not choose his own Kanto starter until the events of , during which he selected an  as his official Kanto starter.
 * Since battling in, Ryan has never lost a match with a region's  or.
 * Ryan's favorite Pokémon is and he considers  a rival for its affections.
 * The first Pokémon Ryan ever saw was an  "I." The first one he ever caught was his Red Gyarados.