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Kai (Japanese: ダイ Dai) is a minor character who appeared in The Rise of Darkrai.

In the movies

Battling Maury

Kai, along with Maury and Allegra, challenged Ash and his friends to a battle; specifically, he went up against Dawn and her Piplup, which began as a puff-contest (befitting their species' nature).

Kai was later invited by Baron Alberto to help fight off Darkrai.

During the ending credits, he was seen participating in the Alamos Town Pokémon Contest, where he defeated Maury in the Battle Stage. He was likely defeated by Allegra in the finals, since he was onstage with her when she received the Ribbon.

Pokémon

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This listing is of Kai's known Pokémon in the anime:

Kai's Empoleon
Empoleon
Kai's only known Pokémon is an Empoleon which he first used to battle Dawn's Piplup where despite Empoleon being the final evolution of Piplup, found itself unable to keep up with Piplup's Contest moves. It later fell victim to Darkrai's Dark Void and participated in the Alamos Contest where it got Kai to the final only to lose to Allegra and her Infernape.

Empoleon's known moves are Drill Peck and Ice Beam.

Debut The Rise of Darkrai

Contests

Kai has competed in the following Pokémon Contests:

Artwork

Voice actors

In the manga

Movie adaptations

Kai, Allegra and Maury in the manga

Kai appears in the manga adaptation of The Rise of Darkrai. Here, he is a veteran Trainer drafted by Baron Alberto to defeat Darkrai. However, despite battling alongside Allegra and Maury, the three are no match for the powerful Pokémon.

Pokémon

Trivia

Names

Language Name Origin
Japanese ダイ Dai
English Kai Possibly from Japanese 海 kai (sea)
Korean 대욱 Dae-uk 대 dae is equivalent to Japanese 大 dai (great).
Chinese (Mandarin) 苔哥 Tái Gē Transliteration of his Japanese name
Thai ได Dai Transliteration of his Japanese name