Pokémon Champion

A Pokémon Champion is a trainer who has beaten a region's Gym Leaders, Elite Four, and the previous Champion. By being the Pokémon Champion, you can become the most famous face in trainer history. The known Champions are Red, Lance, Steven Stone, Wallace, Cynthia, Alder, Iris, and Diantha. They all have the most powerful team of that particular region pre-Hall of Fame. Being a Champion may also be the starting point to becoming a Pokémon Master. Pokémon Champions have strong Pokémon and are stronger than most trainers and Gym Leaders. Once you defeat the Champion, you are recognized as the champion, although in the games the player declines the position and allows the previous Champion to reclaim their spot.

Champions

Champions
Name	Champion		Type	Region
Red	colspan="2" data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5B EAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQACTAEO%3D%3D	Mix	Kanto
Lance	File:HeartGoldSoulSilverLance.png		Dragon	Johto
Steven Stone/Wallace	File:Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Steven.png	File:ORAS Wallace.png	Steel (Steven) Water (Wallace)	Hoenn
Cynthia	File:CynthiaArt.png		Mix	Sinnoh
Alder/Iris		File:Black 2 White 2 Iris.png	Mix (Alder) Dragon (Iris)	Unova
Diantha			Mix	Kalos

Trivia

• The majority of the Pokémon Champions have a mixture of Pokémon types for their respective teams, excluding Lance, Steven, Wallace and Iris. For those who do specialise in a single type, Dragon is most common. Iris is the only female Champion who specialises in a single type.
• Cynthia was the first female Champion although there were female members of previous games' Elite Fours.
• Champions can sometimes be found in regions they are not in.
• Alder didn't achieve the rank as 'Champion', but was asked by the Unova Elite Four to take the position but later left the position sometime between Black/White and Black 2/White 2 after being defeated by Iris.
• As of now, Lance are the only the Champion to have been Champion in two Generations, however this is because the remakes of the game he was in, were in this Generation.
• Lance is the only Champion who is a member of the Elite Four in the previous generation and Blue is the only Champion who became a Gym Leader in a later Generation. Two Gym Leaders later became champions though, Wallace and Iris.
• League Champions mostly use Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon