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The undefeated Champion of Galar and Monarch of the World Coronation Series — the final boss of Ash's twenty-six-year journey, and the trainer he beat to become Monarch himself.
Leon is what a Champion looks like when a region has carefully designed him as one. He's friendly, media-trained, and genuinely warm to younger trainers; he treats every challenge like a gift. In the ring he is devastating — his Charizard with its custom G-Max form was undefeated across every league he ever entered. His worst trait is a cheerful denseness about his own celebrity that borders on arrogance. His best is the same denseness reframed: he treats every trainer, including an unknown kid from Pallet Town, like an equal until proven otherwise. Ash defeated him in the Masters 8 final — a six-on-six that redefined both of them. He shook Ash's hand, smiled, and asked for a rematch.
Tall, purple-haired with a long violet braid under a snapback cap, gold eyes, and a red-and-white Champion's cape over a dark uniform. Shoulders squared, chin high. Perpetually lost — he has an infamous sense of direction — which he bears with cheerful embarrassment.
Also known as: Dande, The Undefeated Champion