Kofu

Kofu ハイダイ Haidai
"The Surging Chef"
Artwork from Scarlet and Violet
Age	Unknown
Gender	Male
Eye color	Black
Hair color	Blue and white
Hometown	Cascarrafa
Region	Paldea
Trainer class	Gym Leader
Generation	IX
Games	Scarlet, Violet
Member of	Paldea League
Rank	Gym Leader
Leader of	Cascarrafa Gym
Badge	Water Badge
Specializes in	Water-types
Animated series	Pokémon Horizons: The Series
Debut	Showdown! The Paldea Elite Four
English voice actor	Jamieson Price
Japanese voice actor	Yasuhiro Mamiya

Kofu (Japanese: ハイダイ Haidai) is a Gym Leader of Cascarrafa's Gym, known officially as the Cascarrafa Gym. He specializes in Water-type Pokémon. He hands out the Water Badge to Trainers who defeat him.

In the core series games

Kofu works as a chef, as well as a Gym Leader. Though he specializes in seafood cuisine, one of his students, Katy, reveals that he also knows how to bake. Kofu takes great pride in his cooking, using only the best of ingredients for his dishes. He is the head chef of his own restaurant, named the Kofu Lounge, in Cascarrafa. He has a warm, hearty, and jovial personality.^[1] Whenever he is surprised, he usually exclaims, "Vaultin' Veluza!" He has an apprentice named Hugo, who is also a Gym Trainer. It is noted that his usual Gym Test is particularly challenging because he wants to help trainers grow, but it is not known what this test entails.

Kofu is first seen running out of his Gym when the player first approaches it. His Gym staffer reveals that he's heading to an auction at Porto Marinada, but he forgot his wallet due to being in a hurry, which she gives to the player to deliver to him. Once the player catches up with Kofu at Porto Marinada and returns his wallet to him, he tasks them on the spot with buying him some rare wakame seaweed from Hoenn at the auction as a completely impromptu Gym Test, giving them $50,000 to do so. After the player has bought the seaweed, they're allowed to keep whatever extra money they have left, while Kofu returns to Cascarrafa, where he can be properly challenged.

In addition to the Gym Badge, Kofu gives out TM022 (Chilling Water) after defeating him.

In The Indigo Disk, Kofu can be invited to act as a special coach at Blueberry Academy.

Challenging the Cascarrafa Gym

Cascarrafa's Gym Leader: Kofu

(AKA the Surging Chef)

"This Water-type user is a good fit for those with battle experience. He is the chef and owner of the Kofu Lounge, and his zeal for helping trainers grow has led him to craft a taxing Gym Test."

Pokémon

Kofu will Terastallize his Crabominable at the first opportunity.

Gym battle

Gym Leader Kofu Cascarrafa Gym Scarlet and Violet Reward: $5,400

Types: Water Psychic Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Mold Breaker Held item: None Veluza♂ Lv.29 Slash Normal Physical   --       Pluck Flying Physical   --       Aqua Cutter Water Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Gooey Held item: None Wugtrio♂ Lv.29 Mud-Slap Ground Special   --       Water Pulse Water Special   --       Headbutt Normal Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Fighting Ice Tera Type: Water  or  Unknown Ability: Iron Fist Held item: None Crabominable♂ Lv.30 Crabhammer Water Physical   --       Rock Smash Fighting Physical   --       Slam Normal Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Rematch

Gym Leader Kofu Cascarrafa Gym Scarlet and Violet Reward: $11,880

Types: Water Psychic Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Mold Breaker Held item: None Veluza♂ Lv.65 Aqua Jet Water Physical   --       Aqua Cutter Water Physical   --       Psycho Cut Psychic Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Types: Water Flying Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Drizzle Held item: None Pelipper♀ Lv.65 Hurricane Flying Special   --       Surf Water Special   --       Blizzard Ice Special   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Type: Water Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Gooey Held item: None Wugtrio♂ Lv.65 Triple Dive Water Physical   --       Throat Chop Dark Physical   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Stomping Tantrum Ground Physical   --       Type: Water Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Mega Launcher Held item: None Clawitzer♂ Lv.65 Water Pulse Water Special   --       Dark Pulse Dark Special   --       Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --       Aura Sphere Fighting Special   --       Types: Fighting Ice Tera Type: Water  or  Unknown Ability: Iron Fist Held item: None Crabominable♂ Lv.66 Crabhammer Water Physical   --       Ice Hammer Ice Physical   --       Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical   --       Close Combat Fighting Physical   --

League Club Room

Gym Leader Blueberry Academy Scarlet and Violet Reward: $17,820

Types: Water Flying Tera Type: Water  or  Unknown Ability: Drizzle Held item: None Pelipper♀ Lv.80 Hurricane Flying Special   --       Blizzard Ice Special   --       Surf Water Special   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Types: Water Psychic Tera Type: Water  or  Unknown Ability: Mold Breaker Held item: None Veluza♂ Lv.80 Aqua Jet Water Physical   --       Liquidation Water Physical   --       Psycho Cut Psychic Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Type: Water Unknown Tera Type: Water  or  Unknown Ability: Sheer Force Held item: None Feraligatr♂ Lv.80 Liquidation Water Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Ice Punch Ice Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Type: Water Unknown Tera Type: Water  or  Unknown Ability: Gooey Held item: None Wugtrio♂ Lv.80 Triple Dive Water Physical   --       Throat Chop Dark Physical   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Stomping Tantrum Ground Physical   --       Type: Water Unknown Tera Type: Water  or  Unknown Ability: Mega Launcher Held item: None Clawitzer♂ Lv.80 Water Pulse Water Special   --       Dark Pulse Dark Special   --       Blizzard Ice Special   --       Aura Sphere Fighting Special   --       Types: Fighting Ice Tera Type: Water  or  Unknown Ability: Iron Fist Held item: None Crabominable♂ Lv.81 Crabhammer Water Physical   --       Ice Hammer Ice Physical   --       Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical   --       Close Combat Fighting Physical   --

Traded to the player

Upon the third unique interaction with Kofu in the League Club Room, he will trade a Veluza to the player in exchange for almost any Pokémon excluding Shiny, Legendary, or Mythical Pokémon.

#0976  Veluza     Level 20 Type: Tera Type: Ability: Sharpness Held item: None	ID: 373015 OT: Kofu Met: a Link Trade Nature: Sassy Ribbons / Marks:  Partner Ribbon
Hit Points Attack Defense Sp. Attack Sp. Defense Speed IVs 31 28 14 14 18 26
Pluck Flying Water Pulse Water Focus Energy Normal Slash Normal
Games Method SV In-game trade (League Club Room)
This Pokémon has a fixed Scale value of 128.
Its Poké Ball depends on the one used to catch it.
This Pokémon cannot be Shiny.
This Pokémon is obtained in a trade.
This Pokémon is given to the player as an Egg.

Gallery

Sprites and models

VS model from Scarlet and Violet	Special Coach profile image from Scarlet and Violet

Artwork

Concept art from Scarlet and Violet

Quotes

Main article: Kofu/Quotes

In animation

Pokémon Horizons: The Series

Kofu first appeared in silhouette alongside the other Gym Leaders of Paldea in Welcome to Naranja Academy! during Clavell's explanation of how Tera Training works.

Kofu appeared in Showdown! The Paldea Elite Four, where he was partnered with Coral as part of the Elite Four Tag Battle, where they went up against Larry. The battle ended when Coral had her Glalie used Self-Destruct, knocking out all of the Pokémon and resulting in her and Kofu's loss.

Character

Kofu has a cheerful personality, being able to take a loss with a happy laugh.

Pokémon

Wugtrio

Debut	Showdown! The Paldea Elite Four

Wugtrio is Kofu's only known Pokémon. Kofu used it in his battle against Larry, only to be defeated when Coral had her Glalie use Self-Destruct.

None of Wugtrio's moves are known.

Voice actors

Pokémon: Paldean Winds

Kofu appeared in Breathe Together, in which he is introduced by Iono as one of Paldea's Gym Leaders during her video collaboration with Naranja Academy.

Pokémon

Crabominable

Biri-Biri

Kofu briefly appeared as a silhouette alongside the rest of Paldea Gym Leaders in the music video for Biri-Biri.

POKÉTOON

Kofu appeared in PT16. He was seen battling against Yūto when his opponent's Charcadet invaded the match and attacked his Crabominable. Afterwards, he didn't think much of the situation and laughed it off, impressed by Charcadet's liveliness.

Pokémon

Crabominable

Debut	PT16

Crabominable is Kofu's only known Pokémon. Kofu used it in his battle against Yūto, where it faced his Breloom.

Crabominable's only known move is Crabhammer.

Voice actors

In literature

Let's Play the Pokémon Card Game!

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Kotarou Haida (Japanese: 灰(はい)田(だ)小(こ)太(た)郎(ろう) Haida Kotarou), a cross-canon counterpart of Kofu, appeared in the Scarlet & Violet arc of Let's Play the Pokémon Card Game!.

In the TCG

Main article: Kofu (Stellar Crown 138)

Kofu is introduced as a Supporter card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Scarlet & Violet Series (the Japanese Scarlet & Violet Era). It was first released in the Japanese Stellar Miracle expansion and the English Stellar Crown expansion, with artwork by Hideki Ishikawa. An ultra rare version with artwork by the same illustrator was released in the same sets. It lets the player put 2 cards from their hand on the bottom of their deck in any order, then draw 4 cards from the top of the deck. If the player has fewer than 2 other cards in their hand (excluding the Kofu card), the card cannot be played. The Kofu card also interacts with Crabominable and Veluza from the same expansion, referencing the Pokémon that Kofu uses in the games.

Trivia

• Kofu's Japanese Gym Leader title is 激流料理人.
• In the Japanese version of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, Kofu says 「ウオーッ！」 whenever he is surprised. While this interjection can be transliterated directly as "Woah!", it also contains a pun on 魚 uo (fish).

Names

References

Related articles

• Images on the Bulbagarden Archives

Gym Leaders of the Paldea region
Cortondo Gym Katy	Artazon Gym Brassius	Levincia Gym Iono	Cascarrafa Gym
Medali Gym Larry	Montenevera Gym Ryme	Alfornada Gym Tulip	Glaseado Gym Grusha

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