Grings Kodai

Grings Ssekien Kodai (referred to as "Kodai") is from Nimbasa City in the Unova region. He's a member of the Tekiyoku, a Psychic Manipulator. He's also a member of the Psychic Division.

Present
First appearing in Episode 20, Kodai, along with Barret, was the next obstacle for the Mokusetsu as they were in Blackthorn City, Johto, to find the Grass Plate, Midori. He's a Psychic Manipulator like Alain, while Barret is Grass. A fight ensued for possession of Midori, which hasn't been found yet at this time. Ash, who still isn't a Manipulator, fought Barret, while Alain fought Kodai. Dawn, Pikachu, and Mairin hid.

The fight went as usual at first, with Kodai trying to get Alain to come back to the Tekiyoku, which he refuses. However, Kodai successfully hit "Stay Back!" on Alain, then Ash became weak when Barret uses Pretty Flower on him. After this, Kodai used Graceful Descent on both of them, slamming them down.

Kodai then walked up to Ash about to kill him. Suddenly, Mairin ran in front of him to stop him. Kodai then slapped her and threw her across a brook to the other side, as she hardly moved. Out of nowhere, Ash struck him forcefully and was the angriest he had ever been at this point. He proceeded to beat up Kodai. Alain came to and used Breath of Fresh Air on Barret, as the two then defeated Kodai, who retreated with Barret.

Naming

 * His first name, Grings, is his actual first name in both the English and Japanese versions of the Pokémon anime.
 * His middle name, Ssekien, was randomly selected from a Japanese name generator, although his first name actually is "Ken" in the German dub.
 * His last name, Kodai, is his actual surname in both the English and Japanese versions of the anime. It likely comes from 誇大妄想狂 kodaimōsō-kyō, which means "megalomanic".

General

 * His birthday, June 29th, was randomly selected.