Juan

Juan (Japanese: アダン Adan) is the gym leader of the Hoenn Gym in Sootopolis City, where he replace the former gym leader, Wallace, in Pokemon Emerald. Like Wallace he will award the player the Rain Badge if you defeat him. He is very popular with the citizens of Sootopolis City.

In the anime
Juan is quite the celebrity type in Sootopolis, putting on shows with his Pokémon. He has many female fans, and is considered very dashing. In addition to being a Gym Leader, he is a former winner of the Grand Festival. He appeared in The Great Eight Fate and Eight Ain't Enough when he battled Ash, who won the Rain Badge after a tough battle. He has a butler, Sebastian, who also serves as the Sootopolis Gym assistant. Juan uses unique rules in his Gym matches: the first round is a double battle held in a large swimming pool, while the other rounds are held in a battlefield that resembles a lake surrounded by land. Juan also makes a cameo appearance in a flashback in Playing The Leveling Field!.

Trivia

 * Juan's name may be a play on a city in Puerto Rico, SAN JUAN. Puerto Rico is an island and San Juan is near the coast. This is because he is a water type trainer.
 * Juan is considered to be Spanish or Latino because of his name.
 * His Gym Leader Title is "The Gym Leader with the beauty of pure water"