Sailor (Trainer class)

Sailor
ふなのり Sailor

VS model from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
Other names
Introduced in Generation I
Appears in Red, Blue, and Yellow
Gold, Silver, and Crystal
Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed, and LeafGreen
Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver
Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
Stadium, Stadium 2
XD
Gender Male
Counterpart {{{counterpart}}}
Notable members Eldritch, Captain
Animated debut Tentacool & Tentacruel (Animated series)
TCG debut [[(TCG)|]]
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Manga debut Danger: High Voltorb (Adventures)
The Legendary Pokémon, Captured (DP Adventure!)

A Sailor (Japanese: ふなのり Sailor) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that debuted in the Generation I games. Originally they were often depicted as burly men in sailor suits flexing their muscles, though their actual physical shape varies between games. The sailor is one of two minor trainer classes, the other being Guitarist, whose design features a visible tattoo. The Generation I sprites have an anchor tattoo and the Pokémon XD model has “FeeL GooD” tattooed across the knuckles reminiscent of "Hold Fast" tattoos. In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum as well as in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, a sailor named Eldritch plays a minor part in the game's storyline.

They usually specialize in Water-type Pokémon, with the exception of using Raticate and the Machop evolutionary line.

In Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, Sailors battled outside of Gyms will award three Poké Balls along with prize money upon being defeated.

Gallery

Artwork

Art from Pokémon Emerald Art from Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Sprites and models

In the core series

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In other games

Portraits from
Stadium and Stadium 2 		VS sprite from
XD: Gale of Darkness

Trainer list

Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow

Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

Pokémon Emerald

See more: List of Battle Frontier Trainers in Generation III/Sailor

Special Trainers

Sailor Frank may randomly be recruited as an Apprentice at the Battle Tower. Here, players may customize his team and can eventually either team up with or battle against him.

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

See more: List of Battle Tower Trainers in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl/Sailor

Pokémon Platinum

See more: List of Battle Frontier Trainers in Generation IV/Sailor

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

See more: List of Battle Tower Trainers in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl/Sailor

Pokémon Stadium

Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness

In animation

This section is missing information on this character's Japanese voice actor.
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A Sailor in Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon

In Tentacool & Tentacruel, Ash and Misty's Pokémon rescued a Sailor.

In Mantine Overboard, a Sailor gave Ash and his friends information about the ferry they missed.

In Hoenn Alone!, a Sailor with the exact same design helped Ash battle Team Rocket. He was called a captain in the English dub.

In Island Time, a Sailor and a ship captain found Ash and his friends after they escaped Wailmer Island.

In Cilan and the Case of the Purrloin Witness!, a Sailor helped the Captain of the ship Ash and his friends were riding on investigate Mrs. Ripple's lost jewel. He did this by interrogating Mr. Shaw.

In A Glaring Rivalry!, a Sailor had a battle against Gladion and his Midnight Form Lycanroc, but they lost.

In Crowning the Chow Crusher!, a Sailor was among the competitors in the Pokémon Grand Eating Contest. Though he managed to get past the first round, his Swalot was unable to continue due to Team Rocket feeding it tampered cookies that filled up its stomach.

Pokémon

SM027 Sailor
Blastoise
Sailor's Blastoise
Debut A Glaring Rivalry!
Voice actors
Japanese Unshō Ishizuka
English Billy Bob Thompson

A Sailor used his Blastoise in a battle against Gladion and his Midnight Form Lycanroc, but was defeated by Lycanroc's Counter.

Blastoise's only known move is Skull Bash.

JN047 Sailor
Swalot
Sailor's Swalot
Debut Crowning the Chow Crusher!
Voice actors
Japanese Yumecchi

A Sailor used his Swalot to compete in the Pokémon Grand Eating Contest. Swalot was able to eat enough to progress past the first round, but it fell victim to Team Rocket's tampered cookies that filled up its stomach and rendered it unable to eat more.

None of Swalot's moves are known.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor
Japanese Yuta Odagaki (BW125, BW129, BW141)
Takahiro Miyake (BW129, BW141)
English Roger Callagy (SM027)

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Sailor Eldritch and his family in Pokémon Adventures

History

Red, Green & Blue arc

In Danger: High Voltorb, a group of Sailors are the S.S. Anne's guards. They are seen carrying boxes to the ship.

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc

Main article: Eldritch

Sailor Eldritch appears in this chapter, being one of the many sailors to work on the S.S. Aqua. In the Diamond & Pearl arc, he was revealed to have become a captain of the S.S. Sinnoh.

FireRed & LeafGreen arc

In Now You See Me..., a Sailor was seen in command of the Seagallop Ferry. He would be seen frequently during the arc, transporting the Kanto Pokédex holders from island to island.

Emerald arc

In Epilogue, multiple Sailors makes a cameo by appearing in the S.S. Sinnoh which is heading to the Battle Frontier.

Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire arc

A Sailor was one of the people swarming the Mossdeep Space Center in Diancie Shines.

Diamond & Pearl arc

In Crafty Carnivine and Floatzel and Jetsam, Sailors are seen in the Pastoria Gym. In the latter chapter, Crasher Wake orders the Sailors to dive in the water of Pastoria Gym to save Platinum from drowning, but it turns out she left the water by herself without needing their help.

Multiple Sailors aboard the S.S. Sinnoh were shown to be taken out by a wild Gliscor in Grumpy Gliscor. In Vexing Vespiquen & Unmanageable Mothim II, those same Sailors witnessed the hatching of the Pokémon Egg found on Iron Island alongside Eldritch.

Platinum arc

A Sailor briefly appeared in the Battle Frontier in Clobbering Claydol as Looker was searching for Platinum.

Pokémon

Wingull
Sailor's Wingull

Wingull only appeared with its Trainer taking a stroll at the Battle Frontier.

None of Wingull's moves are known.

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!

In The Legendary Pokémon Captured, a Sailor tells Byron, Hareta, and Riley about an explosion that went on at Lake Valor.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 水手 Séuisáu
Mandarin 水手 Shuǐshǒu
French Marin
German Matrose
Italian Marinaio
Korean 선원 Seonwon
Portuguese Marinheiro
Spanish Marinero
Vietnamese Thủy thủ

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