Kabu

Kabu is the Gym Leader at Motostoke's Stadium and a user of Fire-type Pokémon, who appears in Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield.

Appearance Kabu is a middle-aged man with black eyes, and salt-and-pepper hair. He wears a red polo shirt with a fire symbol, a black and red undershirt with long sleeves, white shorts with red and black details, red socks, and shoes of the same colors. He has muscular calves. He also wears a Dynamax Band and has a white and red towel on around his neck as well a thumbless single glove on his right hand.

Personality Kabu is fiery and passionate, always striving to achieve the best skills. But contrast to his goal, he kept losing, nearly causing him to give up. After having a battle with Leon, however, he restored his faith and decided to pursue harder on perfecting his skills once again.

His motto is to keep on training and learning, as long as he is alive. Kabu respects those who can best him, seeing them off alongside fellow Gym Leaders Milo and Nessa per old tradition.

Kabu has a tendency to go exercising and jogging on his days off. Like many Gym Leaders, Kabu always wants trainers to improve their skills and be more motivated in battles. He does not approve of trainers giving up too easily just to let opponents win, as well as pointing out how being too nice is disrespecting not just their opponents but also their Pokémon.