Cheren

Cheren is one of two friends/rivals the main character has in Pokémon Black and White. All three of them reside in Nuvema Town. He is the rival that picks the Pokémon that has a type advantage against yours.

In Pokémon Black/White, Cheren is one of your friends who will encounter on your journey and also battle you after you defeat every gym leader. After you receive your freeze badge, Cheren helps you beat Team Plasma in Dragonspiral Tower and give you useful tips.

In the manga
Unlike in the game, his starter is weaker compared to the main character.

Black and White
Cheren is a very intelligent boy. His starter will always have an advantage over you and he will very often challenge you to battles.

Cheren appears at the beginning of the game as one of the player's friends. He is one of the characters who receives a starter as a present from Professor Juniper.

Since Bianca chose the Pokémon with a type disadvantage against the player's, he has no other choice but to take the Pokémon with a type advantage, though he said he wanted that Pokémon from the start. He later reappears many times throughout the game to battle you, sometimes giving you items when you defeat him. His goal, like many other previous rivals, is to become the Pokémon champion. You challenge Cheren right before entering Victory Road, and is then seen with Champion Alder before you face N, and Ghetsis.

After you defeat N and Ghetsis, Cheren appears before your house,

where he says that he's going to explore the region, starting from Route 1.

He can be seen outside of Nimbasa City, where he recalls the day that he met Alder, and how it was the start of his new look on becoming stronger. He then says he will go to the Pokémon League, where he will battle you, just like the old times.He will be waiting for you at the top of Victory Road.

Black 2 and White 2
Cheren will appear in Pokemon Black 2 and Pokemon White 2 as a -type Gym Leader. He serves as a replacement for Lenora and will award the Basic Badge to challengers who defeat him.

First Battle (Nuvema Town)
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Second Battle (Striaton City)
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Third Battle (Route 3)
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Fourth Battle (Route 4)
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Fifth Battle (Route 5)
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Sixth Battle (Twist Mountain)
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Seventh Battle (Route 10)
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Eighth Battle (Victory Road) (After completing main game)
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Black 2 and White 2
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 * Gym Leader Battle

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Trivia

 * Currently, despite the fact that Bianca has appeared many times, Cheren has yet to have an appearance in the anime.
 * Cheren is the first rival to wear glasses.
 * He is one of only 3 characters in Black and White to have animated sprites; Bianca and N are the other two.
 * His Elemental Monkey matches the type of the player's starter in Black and White.
 * Cheren is the second rival in the Pokémon series to become a Gym Leader in the direct sequel to the game he was introduced in, the other being Blue.
 * All of his Pokémon are male.
 * Like al the other Normal-type gym leader, all of his Pokemon are pure Normal-type.