

Raihan runs the Hammerlocke gym in Galar and made it up to the top eight in the Pokémon World Championships.

He even sings as vocalist of the band OLDCODEX and has contributed music to various anime series, including God Eater, the Netflix-based Ultraman series, and Heaven’s Lost Property.Īs for Raihan himself, he’ll likely play a role in Pokémon Journeys similar to his in-game role. Game players will also know him as the voice of Final Fantasy XV‘s Noctis, Final Fantasy XIV‘s Aymeric de Borel, and NieR: Automata‘s Eve. Suzuki is a veteran performer, who also played Makoto Tachibana in Kyoto Animation’s Free! – Iwatobi Swim Club – and Ban in The Seven Deadly Sins. At least one more mystery’s been cleared up, though, and that’s who will be playing Raihan, Pokemon Sword and Shield‘s Galarian dragon-type gym leader.Īccording to a report in Famitsu, Raihan (known as Kibana in Japan) will be played by voice actor Tatsuhisa Suzuki. Route 2, Wild Area, Motostoke, via fishingĪfter winning, you’ll get TM99, Breaking Swipe, a dragon-type gym uniform to wear outside of challenges, and the ability to catch Pokémon up to level 60.It won’t be long before Pokémon Journeys, the new season of the eternal Pokemon anime series, debuts worldwide on Netflix, but there’s still more we don’t know about the show. Here are some good Pokémon to catch and evolve for this gym, as well as the easiest places to find them: For Gigalith and Sandaconda, you can use water- and grass-types to knock them down. Raihan’s dragon-types are weak against dragon-, fairy-, and ice-types, with a couple of exceptions. As with the other gym leaders, he’ll Gigantamax his last Pokémon, Duraludon.

His Gigalith also knows Stealth Rock, a move that will damage your Pokémon when they get sent out.

Not only is his battle a double battle, but he utilizes sandstorm, meaning that all your Pokémon that aren’t ground-, rock-, or steel-type will take damage every turn. Raihan is trickier than other gym leaders and he only uses two Pokémon that are actually dragon-type. Raihan’s Pokémon Game Freak, The Pokémon Company/Nintendo via Polygon Once you successfully beat them, you’ll be able to take on Raihan. Raihan’s gym challenge has you fight against three different trainers, who all use different types of weather to give them an advantage in a double battle. While he’s labeled as a dragon-type user, he actually only uses two dragon-type Pokémon, so check out our guide to figure out how to beat him. The final gym leader in Pokémon Sword and Shield is Raihan, a dragon-type gym leader.
