If you were looking for the character fromPokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, seeGreen (game).

Leaf redirects here. For other uses, seeLeaf (disambiguation).

Leaf リーフLeaf
Artwork fromPokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
Age	Unknown
Gender	Female
Height	4'7" (1.40 m)[1]
Eye color	Brown
Hair color	Brown
Hometown	Pallet Town
Region	Kanto
Relatives	Mom, unnamed father
Trainer class	Pokémon Trainer,player character
Generation	III,VIII,IX
Counterpart(s)	Leaf (Masters)
Games	FireRed, LeafGreen Colosseum,XD: Gale of Darkness,Masters EX
English voice actor	Michelle Marie[2](Masters EX)
Japanese voice actor	Yuka Ōtsubo[3](Masters EX)
Manga series	Pokémon Adventures Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire
Counterpart(s)	Green,Blue
Debut	Wartortle Wars(Adventures) We're a Family!!(Ruby-Sapphire)

Leaf (Japanese:リーフLeaf) is the femaleplayer character inPokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. Her male counterpart isRed. As such, she—alongside Red—is known throughout thePokémon world as theChampion fromPallet Town, as well as a living legend for her defeat ofTeam Rocket inKanto during her quest.

In the core series games

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Leaf's adventure begins afterProfessor Oak calls her to his lab and gives her achoice of Pokémon.Blue challenges Leaf to aPokémon battle as soon as they get their Pokémon. Later, Professor Oak calls the two back, gives each of them aPokédex, and sends them on a journey to fulfill their dream of capturing every kind of Pokémon.

Leaf travels all over Kanto, filling in the Pokédex and defeating theGym Leaders. Herrival Blue constantly stays one step ahead, and shows up quite a few times to impede her progress. When Leaf eventually reaches theElite Four, she finds that Blue has beaten her to a milestone yet again and has become theIndigo LeagueChampion. Leaf defeats Blue in the final battle, and becomes the Champion herself. Her adventure continues even after that, with Leaf discovering new places, such as theSevii Islands.

Leaf's main conflict in the games, aside from Blue, isTeam Rocket, an infamous group of Pokémon thieves. Leaf clashes with Team Rocket many times in her quest. She defeats a group of grunts atMt. Moon who are attempting to steal rare PokémonFossils, and defeats another group ahead at a bridge inCerulean City. Leaf protects thePokémon Tower andMr. Fuji inLavender Town and destroys their hold on theGame Corner. After she foils their plot to take overSilph Co., Leaf encountersGiovanni, the leader of Team Rocket, as the final Gym Leader inViridian City. Upon defeating him, Leaf stops the group's world domination plots once and for all, though a few remaining grunts, many who appeared and were defeated by Leaf onFive Island inGeneration III, would band together inJohto totry to revive the group.

In the side series games

Pokémon Colosseum and XD: Gale of Darkness

Leaf makes an appearance in bothPokémon Colosseum andPokémon XD: Gale of Darkness. While she does not appear in the games' Story Mode, she is playable in the Battle Mode when a FireRed or LeafGreen cartridge is used, with a female player character chosen. She can take on Mt. Battle's 100-battle challenge, as well as compete in Colosseum battles.

Pokémon Battle Revolution

Leaf made a brief appearance in the debut trailer ofPokémon Battle Revolution, having aDouble Battle againstRed, using aGroudon and aPikachu. Despite this, she didn't appear in the final cut of the game.

In the spin-off games

Super Smash Bros. series

Pokémon Trainer

Main article:Pokémon Trainer (Super Smash Bros.)

Leaf appears as a playable character inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate, as the female variant of "Pokémon Trainer" (of which Red is the default). She shares his team ofSquirtle,Ivysaur, andCharizard.

Other references

FromSuper Smash Bros. Brawl onward, Leaf's hat appears as an alternate outfit worn byJigglypuff, in parallel toPikachu wearingRed's hat.

Pokémon GO

Main article:Style (GO)

ForPokémon Day 2018, Leaf's outfit fromPokémon FireRed and LeafGreen was released as free style options inPokémon GO.

Pokémon Masters EX

Main article:Leaf (Masters)

Leaf forms async pair withEevee,Venusaur,Moltres,Clefable, andBlastoise inPokémon Masters EX. Her Venusaur is capable ofMega Evolving, while her Blastoise is capable ofDynamaxing. Leaf became a playable sync pair on January 22, 2020.

Leaf has also made notable appearances in one of the game's Main Stories, thePML Arc. Unlike in the original game, both Leaf andRed coexist in the same game, with her picking the remainingfirst partner Pokémon that wasn't picked by Red andBlue.

Dex	Trainer		NDex	Pokémon		Type	Weakness	Role	EX role	Base potential	Availability
#076		Leaf	#0133		Eevee♂	Normal	Fighting			★★★★★☆EX	Sync Pair Scout
#076		Sygna Suit Leaf	#0003		Venusaur♀ Mega Venusaur	Grass	Psychic			★★★★★☆EX	Ticket Scout (after Victory Road) Poké Fair Sync Pair Scout
#076		Champion Leaf	#0146		Moltres	Fire	Water			★★★★★☆EX	Master Fair Sync Pair Scout
#076		Leaf	#0036		Clefable♀	Fairy	Steel			★★★★☆☆EX	Trainer Lodge Friendship Level 100
#076		Leaf	#0009		Blastoise♀	Water	Grass			★★★★★☆EX	Mix Sync Pair Scout

Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket

Main article:Leaf (Mythical Island 68)

Leaf makes an appearance as aSupporter card inPokémon Trading Card Game Pocket's second expansion,Mythical Island. Playing this card reduces the Retreat Cost of the player's Active Pokémon by 2 for the duration of the turn.

Cards featuring Leaf
Card	Type	Expansion		Rarity	#
Leaf	Supp		Mythical Island		068/068
			Mythical Island		082/068

Quotes

Main article:Leaf (game)/Quotes

Counterparts

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Main article:Green (Adventures)

Green fromPokémon Adventures serves as Leaf's counterpart, taking on Leaf's appearance from theFireRed & LeafGreen arc onwards. She starts out as a mischievous thief and con artist, but later reforms her ways.

Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire

Main article:Blue (Ruby-Sapphire)

Leaf also has a counterpart inPokémon Ruby-Sapphire, who is namedBlue.

Gallery

For images onGreen, see:Green (game)

For images onLeaf inPokémon Masters EX, see:Leaf (Masters)

Artwork

Standard

Artwork fromFireRed and LeafGreen	Artwork depicting the usage ofFly, featuring Leaf with aPidgey

Merchandise

Leaf andSquirtle concept artwork by Hitoshi Ariga forKotobukiya ArtFx J figurines

Other

Ken Sugimori artwork from a 2005 New Year's postcard

Game assets

In thecore series

Generation III
FR  LG  E  Sprite	FR  LG  Sprite (Gender select)	FR  LG  Sprite (Credits)	FR  LG  Sprite (Back)	E  Sprite (Back)	FR  LG  Sprite (Overworld)	E  Sprite (Overworld)

Inother games

Generation III
Colo  Model (VS)	Colo  Model (VS)	XD  Model (VS)	XD  Model (VS)	Ranger Sprite (Unused)

Trivia

• An artwork of anunnamed female character drawn byKen Sugimori was released inPokémon Red and Green's official strategy guide, released in April 1996.^[4] This artwork also appears on the cover of a revised version of the guidebook that includes the JapanesePokémon Blue as well.^[5]
  • According to Sugimori, she was not originally planned as a player character. He wanted to portray a trio ofTrainers facing off against each other, hence designed the female character for the cover.^[6]
  • The female character was later adapted for the Pokémon Craft DX magazine drawn by Emiko Yoshino, as well asGreen inPokémon Adventures (released 11 months after the original artwork), Leaf inPokémon FireRed and LeafGreen (8 years after the original artwork), andGreen inPokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! (22 years after the original artwork).
  • Sugimori noted that he took the unnamed female character into consideration when he was designing the female protagonist forFireRed and LeafGreen. He also mentioned that the FireRed and LeafGreen female protagonist did not have a name at the time of his writing, in November 2012.^[7]
• Leaf's hat somewhat resembles aPremier Ball.
• Leaf's FireRed and LeafGreen sprite shows her with blue eyes, although every other sprite and the official artwork shows her with brown eyes.
• The majority of her Japanese default names are shared withDawn andLyra. She also shares all ofKris's alternate Japanese names.
• Though she is neither playable nor an opponent in the handheldGeneration IV games, Leaf made a brief cameo battling againstRed in an early trailer forPokémon Battle Revolution on the Wii.
• Leaf is the only non-rival female player character to have acounterpart who appeared inPokémon Pocket Monsters.
• The French version forGreen's Exploration mistakenly refers to the character as Leaf instead of Green. This inconsistency does not exist in the French version of Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!

Pokémon Craft DX gallery

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  Cover page
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  Pages 2–3
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  Pages 4–5
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  Pages 6–7
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  Pages 18–19

Names

Leaf (Japanese:リーフLeaf) is the most commonly used name for this character, including in placeholder data inPokémon FireRed, LeafGreen, andEmerald, in thespin-off gamePokémon Masters EX after she debuted in 2020, in the E3 2004 trailer for FireRed and LeafGreen,^[8] and inmerchandise. However, she is never directly named in thecore series games during regular gameplay.

• In Pokémon LeafGreen, "Leaf" is one of several possiblenames (in both English and Japanese) suggested for the player character (regardless of gender) if the player leaves their name blank when starting anew game.
• Game screenshots in the official game manuals use the namesFire^FR andLeaf^LG.
• The name Leaf is officially used in both English and Japanese for her Kotobukiya ARTFX J figurine^[9][10] and the Bandai Pokémon Scale World collection,^[11] both of which released in 2019.

InSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate, the female version of the character known only as "Pokémon Trainer", is based on Leaf.

InPokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, a similar character namedGreen (Japanese:ブルーBlue) appears, although Leaf and Green have not been identified as the same character in official materials. If Leaf and Green are different characters in the games, then Leaf remains unnamed in allcore series games and their manuals. This name has also been long used forGreen from thePokémon Adventures manga before the introduction of Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!.

The name "Leaf" has been used consistently by fans, even before it saw mainstream official use inmerchandise and Pokémon Masters EX. Leaf is also sometimes referred to asフグリ (Fuguri) in the Japanese fandom, being derived from the katakana rendering of "LeafGreen" (リーフグリーンrīfugurīn).

In the Spanish version of FireRed, LeafGreen, and Emerald, her placeholder name has the syllables reversed: she is known as "Jaho" instead of "Hoja" (while hermale counterpart is known as "Joro" instead of "Rojo").

Optional names

When starting a new game ofPokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, if the player leaves the name writing screen without any written name, or with a name composed entirely of empty spaces,Professor Oak says "Right... So your name is <optional name>.", suggesting one of the 19 available names; there are 21 names in total, but there are two exclusive to FireRed and two exclusive to LeafGreen. The player may answer "Yes" to accept the suggested name, or "No" to return to the name writing screen.

Placeholder names

Pokémon FireRed, LeafGeen, and Emerald

References

Related articles

This game character article is part ofProject CharacterDex, aBulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in thePokémon games.

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