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Pryce ヤナギ Yanagi
"The Teacher of Winter's Harshness"
General
Name	Pryce
Japanese Name	ヤナギ Yanagi
Age	72 or more
Hometown	Mahogany Town
Region	Johto
Family	Sheila (wife) Grandchildren
Badge	Glacier Badge
Preferred Type	Ice
Friends	Ash
First Appearance	anime: Rage of Innocence games: Pokemon Gold and Silver
Class:	Gym Leader Unknown

"Pokémon have many experiences in their lives, just like we do. I, too, have seen and suffered much in my life. Since I am your elder, let me show you what I mean. I have been with Pokémon since before you were born. I do not lose easily. I, Pryce--the winter trainer-- shall demonstrate my power!"

— Pryce, Pokemon Gold, Silver and Crystal

Pryce (Japanese: ヤナギ Yanagi) is the seventh Gym Leader in the Johto Region. He trains Ice type Pokémon in both the anime and the video games. In the video games, the player gets to battle him after you solve the Team Rocket problem in Mahogany Town. He will award the player the Glacier Badge if you defeat him.

Anime

Pryce appeared in three episodes of the Pokémon anime. He had a cameo appearance in Rage of Innocence, and he was featured as the gym leader of Mahogany Town.

In the anime, Pryce was a champion Trainer in his youth, but was severely burned in a battle. While he was bedridden, his Piloswine went out the door during a severe snow storm and never came back. He believed it had abandoned him, and he grew bitter. He became more cold-hearted and believed that Pokémon are for battling and nothing more. Because of this, he refused to fight Ash thinking him to be a weak Trainer. When Ash compelled him to a battle, Pryce finally accepted. Using his Dewgong, he beat Ash's Phanpy easily.

Later when Ash again tried to talk Pryce into a battle, they stumbled onto a cave where they found Pryce's Piloswine frozen in ice. It had some plants that aided in the healing of burns. It was then that Pryce realized that Piloswine had gone in search of medicine for him, and only the snow storm trapping the Pokémon in ice prevented it from returning to him. Piloswine was defrosted and on being reunited with Piloswine, Pryce lost his cold-heartedness and became happy again.

The next morning, Ash battled Pryce in a gym battle. After a fierce battle, Pryce forfeited as his Piloswine became tired and he knew it would serve no purpose to keep going.

Sprites

Gen. II	Gen. IV	Challenge Sprite	Gen. V

In the Manga

Main article: Mask of Ice

Pokemon

Gold, Silver and Crystal

Seel		Dewgong		Piloswine		[[File:{{{P4}}}_BW.gif\|link={{{P4}}}]] [[]] File:Type .gif	[[File:{{{P5}}}_BW.gif\|link={{{P5}}}]] [[]] File:Type .gif	[[File:{{{P6}}}_BW.gif\|link={{{P6}}}]] [[]] File:Type .gif
Lv. 27	♂	Lv. 29	♂	Lv. 31	♂	Lv. ?	-	Lv. ?	-	Lv. ?	-
Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown

Item: None		Item: None		Item: None		Item: ?	Item: ?	Item: ?
Aurora Beam		Icy Wind		Mist		-	-	-
Headbutt		Rest		Icy Wind		-	-	-
Rest		Headbutt		Fury Attack		-	-	-
Icy Wind		Aurora Beam		Blizzard		-	-	-

HeartGold and SoulSilver

Seel		Dewgong		Piloswine		[[File:{{{P4}}}_BW.gif\|link={{{P4}}}]] [[]] File:Type .gif	[[File:{{{P5}}}_BW.gif\|link={{{P5}}}]] [[]] File:Type .gif	[[File:{{{P6}}}_BW.gif\|link={{{P6}}}]] [[]] File:Type .gif
Lv. 30	♂	Lv. 32	♂	Lv. 34	♂	Lv. ?	-	Lv. ?	-	Lv. ?	-
Ability: Thick Fat		Ability: Thick Fat		Ability: Snow Cloak		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown

Item: None		Item: None		Item: Sitrus Berry		Item: ?	Item: ?	Item: ?
Hail		Ice Shard		Ice Fang		-	-	-
Snore		Rest		Hail		-	-	-
Rest		Sleep Talk		Mud Bomb		-	-	-
Icy Wind		Aurora Beam		Blizzard		-	-	-

Rematch

Abomasnow		Dewgong		Glalie		Froslass		Mamoswine		Walrein
Lv. 56	♂	Lv. 58	♂	Lv. 52	♂	Lv. 52	♀	Lv. 60	♂	Lv. 54	♂
Ability: Snow Warning		Ability: Thick Fat		Ability: Inner Focus		Ability: Snow Cloak		Ability: Snow Cloak		Ability: Ice Body

Item: None		Item: Lum Berry		Item: None		Item: None		Item: Sitrus Berry		Item: None
Wood Hammer		Dive		Torment		Confuse Ray		Earthquake		Swagger
Earthquake		Rest		Payback		Blizzard		Double Team		Hail
Blizzard		Sleep Talk		Attract		Ice Shard		Stone Edge		Body Slam
Ice Shard		Sheer Cold		Blizzard		Attract		Avalanche		Blizzard

Black 2 and White 2

Ice-type Tournament

Mamoswine		Jynx		Dewgong		Cloyster		Lapras		Weavile
Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	♂
Ability: Snow Cloak		Ability: Forewarn		Ability: Thick Fat		Ability: Shell Armor		Ability: Shell Armor		Ability: Pressure

Item: Focus Sash		Item: Psychic Gem		Item: Lum Berry		Item: King's Rock		Item: Chesto Berry		Item: Ice Gem
Earthquake		Blizzard		Dive		Icicle Spear		Ice Beam		Ice Punch
Ice Shard		Psyshock		Sheer Cold		Shell Smash		Surf		Night Slash
Icicle Spear		Focus Blast		Sleep Talk		Explosion		Thunderbolt		Low Kick
Endeavor		Lovely Kiss		Rest		Rock Blast		Rest		Fake Out

Johto Gym Leader Tournament/World Leaders Tournament

Mamoswine		Jynx		Dewgong		Cloyster		Lapras		Weavile
Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	♂
Ability: Snow Cloak		Ability: Forewarn		Ability: Thick Fat		Ability: Shell Armor		Ability: Shell Armor		Ability: Pressure

Item: Liechi Berry		Item: Psychic Gem		Item: Sitrus Berry		Item: Salac Berry		Item: Petaya Berry		Item: Dark Gem
Icicle Crash		Blizzard		Blizzard		Icicle Spear		Blizzard		Ice Shard
Earthquake		Psychic		Brine		Razor Shell		Hydro Pump		Night Slash
Rock Slide		Focus Blast		Perish Song		Rock Blast		Psychic		X-Scissor
Double-Edge		Shadow Ball		Hail		Shell Smash		Hail		Fake Out

Pokemon Stadium 2

Gym Leader Castle

Piloswine		Dewgong		Cloyster		Ursaring		Donphan		Jynx
Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	♀
Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown

Item: Quick Claw		Item: Mint Berry		Item: PRZCureBerry		Item: Bitter Berry		Item: Ice Berry		Item: Miracle Berry
Take Down		Surf		Spike Cannon		Dig		Earthquake		Psychic
Earthquake		Take Down		Surf		Faint Attack		Double-Edge		Shadow Ball
Sleep Talk		Safeguard		Ice Beam		ThunderPunch		Rollout		Thrash
Blizzard		Ice Beam		Swift		Thrash		Snore		Ice Punch

Gym Leader Castle Round 2

Piloswine		Tentacruel		Hitmontop		Quagsire		Girafarig		Articuno
Lv. 50	-	Lv. 50	-	Lv. 50	-	Lv. 50	-	Lv. 50	-	Lv. 50	-
Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown

Item: Quick Claw		Item: Focus Band		Item: Miracle Berry		Item: BrightPowder		Item: PRZCureBerry		Item: Scope Lens
AncientPower		Surf		Dig		Surf		Earthquake		Fly
Earthquake		Reflect		Counter		Iron Tail		Headbutt		BubbleBeam
Body Slam		Ice Beam		Strength		Earthquake		Psychic		Double-Edge
Ice Beam		Mirror Coat		Hi Jump Kick		Ice Beam		Shadow Ball		Ice Beam

In the Anime

Pokémon	Information
		Until Pryce was reunited with his Piloswine, Dewgong was his main Pokemon.
Dewgong

Pokémon	Information
		Piloswine was Pryce's main Pokemon. It was separated from Pryce for many years because it was frozen in ice. When they were reunited, Pryce used Piloswine in his Gym battle with Ash.
Piloswine

Voice Actors

English: Jimmy Zoppi
Japanese: Motomu Kiyokawa, Koichi Sakaguchi (child)
Polish: Krzysztof Zakrzewski
Spanish: Julio Nunez, Eduardo Del Hoyo (child)
Iberian Spanish: Cesar Arias, Carlos Hugo Hidalgo (child)

Trivia

Pryce's name is a play on the word ICE, seeing as he is an Ice-type trainer.
In his Generation II sprite he was seen wearing a short-sleved shirt with stripes, but in the anime his shirt didn't have stripes. His Generation IV artwork and sprite show him to dress more appropriately for the coldness in his gym with a slight resemblance to the clothes he wore in the anime during his youth..
Despite Pryce being the 7th gym leader in Johto, the levels of his Pokémon are actually lower than the 6th gym leader, Jasmine's Pokémon.
He is the first Gym Leader that lives and had his own gym in a town.
In the manga, Pryce is in a wheel chair, unlike his anime and game counterpart where he's able to walk but with a cane.