Character from pokemon-hoenn by
The Mauville City trainer who defeats Ash in the quarterfinals of the Ever Grande Conference — a laid-back, confident Coordinator-battler hybrid whose secret weapon is a Meowth that actually battles.
Tyson is the league's quiet favorite — a Mauville trainer who came up through Pokémon-cooking circuits before pivoting to battling, and whose team has that weird cross-discipline polish you only see in Coordinators. His Meowth does not sit on his shoulder making sarcastic commentary. It headbutts Pikachu into the wall. His Metagross moves like furniture someone unplugged. His Sceptile solos Ash's Torkoal. He's polite, calm, and never trash-talks. After beating Ash in the quarterfinals he buys him dinner and compares strategies over the table. He goes on to win the entire Hoenn League, defeating Ever Grande in a final that Ash watches from the stands. Ash takes the loss harder than any previous league defeat because he had genuinely expected to win — and Tyson was better.
A teenage boy with spiky brown hair, a red forehead band, and a chef-assistant's apron tied at his waist. Wears a green short-sleeved shirt, baggy black pants, and brown hiking boots. Carries a pan-shaped Poké Ball clip. Eats constantly. Slouches like he isn't worried about anything, because he isn't.
Also known as: Tyson, Shū