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Swimmer かいパンやろう/ビキニのおねえさん Swimsuit Guy/Bikini Lady
VS models from Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
Introduced in	Generation I
Appears in	Red, Blue, and Yellow Gold, Silver, and Crystal Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed, and LeafGreen Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver Black, White, Black 2, and White 2 X, Y, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! Sword and Shield Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Stadium, Stadium 2 Battrio Masters EX
Gender	Both
Counterpart	Beauty (Female)RBYPE
Notable members	Lizabeth, Akinori, Jack
Anime debut	The Cuteness Quotient! (Series) File 3: Giovanni (Origins)
Manga debut	Wake Up—You're Snorlax! (Adventures)

A Swimmer is a type of Pokémon Trainer. Male Swimmers are referred to as Swimmer ♂ (Japanese: かいパンやろう Swimsuit Guy; in Generation I, also known as かいパン Swimsuit) and debuted in Generation I; female Swimmers are referred to as Swimmer ♀ (Japanese: ビキニのおねえさん Bikini Lady) and debuted in Generation II. From Generations II to IV, the Trainer classes were formatted as Swimmer♂ and Swimmer♀. Swimmers specialize in Water-type Pokémon. They are usually found in the sea.

When female Swimmers are paired with male Tubers in Double Battles, they are called Sis & Bros. Pairs of one male and one female Swimmer are known as Swimmers, while a pair of two female Swimmers is known as Swimmer Girls.

In FireRed and LeafGreen, Beauties from Generation I games on water routes were replaced with Swimmer♀. In Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! they remained Beauties like in Pokémon Yellow, but the Beauties who appear on these routes wear swimsuits.

In Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon, Sword, and Shield, they keep their Pokémon in Dive Balls.

In Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, Swimmers will award three Poké Balls along with prize money upon being defeated.

Appearance

The male Swimmers are often depicted as slim or muscular men wearing swimming trunks or speedos. Their appearances from Generation I to Generation VI have them wear swimming hats and goggles. The female Swimmers are often depicted as slim young women wearing bikinis and sometimes carrying beach balls.

Gallery

Core series

Artwork

Sprites and models

In the core series

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Generation I
Sprite from Red and Blue		Sprite from Yellow		Overworld sprite
Generation II
Sprites from the Spaceworld '97 demo		Japanese and Korean female sprite		Sprites
Overworld sprites
Generation III
Sprites from Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald		Overworld sprites from Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald		Sprites from FireRed and LeafGreen		Overworld sprites from FireRed and LeafGreen
Generation IV
Japanese male sprite from Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum		Sprites from Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum		Overworld sprites from Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum
Japanese male sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver		Sprites from HeartGold and SoulSilver		Overworld sprites from HeartGold and SoulSilver
Generation V
Sprites from Black and White				Sprites from Black 2 and White 2
Overworld sprites
Generation VI
VS portraits from X and Y		Overworld models from X and Y					PSS icon
VS portraits from Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire				Overworld models from Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Generation VII
VS models from Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon
Overworld models from Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon
In-battle models from Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon							VS model from Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
Generation VIII
In-battle models from Sword and Shield		Y-Comm icons from Sword and Shield		In-battle models from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl		Overworld models from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Other games

Artwork

Sprites and models

Trainer list

Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow

Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

Pokémon Emerald

See more: List of Battle Frontier Trainers in Generation III/Swimmer

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

Pokémon Platinum

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Pokémon Black and White

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Pokémon X and Y

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Pokémon Sun and Moon

Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!

Pokémon Sword and Shield

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Pokémon Stadium

Pokémon Stadium 2

In the anime

A male Swimmer in the anime Female Swimmers in the anime

Main series

In The Cuteness Quotient!, multiple female Swimmers were among the audience spectating the Friendship Festival.

In HZ042, a male Swimmer was seen on a beach, dedicated to keeping it clean with his partner Trubbish. He followed Liko and Roy around the beach for most of the episode, giving them exposition on Palafin and the Mighty G.

Pokémon

		Trubbish
		Trubbish is the male Swimmer's only known Pokémon, helping him to keep their beach free of trash. None of Trubbish's moves are known.
Debut	HZ042

Voice actors

Pokémon Origins

In File 3: Giovanni, Red defeated a male Swimmer in a battle.

Pokémon

		Seadra
		Seadra is the Swimmer's only known Pokémon. It was defeated in a battle by Red's Charmeleon, despite having the type advantage. None of Seadra's moves are known.
Debut	File 3: Giovanni

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Red, Green & Blue arc

A Swimmer first appeared in Wake Up—You’re Snorlax!, participating in the Bicycle race, during which he was impeded by a Snorlax sleeping in an inconvenient spot.

Yellow arc

A Swimmer appeared in Breath of the Dragonair Part 1 and Breath of the Dragonair Part 2, where he broke his leg before a surfing contest and lent Yellow his Slowpoke. A Q&A section of the Netkun website once revealed this Swimmer's name as Akinori.

A female Swimmer in Pokémon Adventures

Ruby & Sapphire arc

Main article: Jack (Adventures)

Swimmer Jack debuted in this arc, trying to look for a Feebas.

Emerald arc

In Interesting Interactions Involving Illumise, Emerald faced a virtual female Swimmer as his second battle at the Battle Factory.

Black & White arc

A male Swimmer was seen amongst the Trainers entering Victory Road in Dream a Little Dream. In the following chapter, he was shown with a Seismitoad, but was defeated by Leo's Deino, eliminating him from the Pokémon League tournament.

Pokémon

		Slowpoke
		Akinori was originally going to use Slowpoke for a surfing contest but broke his leg and lent it to Yellow instead. After the contest got interrupted and before the battle with Lance, Yellow returned Slowpoke to Akinori. Slowpoke's only known move is Surf.
Debut	Breath of the Dragonair Part 1

Trivia

• Because of the lack of female Swimmers, female Trainers encountered on water routes in Generation I are of the Beauty and Jr. Trainer♀ classes. Female Swimmers use unique models in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, but are still referred to as Beauties.
• For the first time in Generation V, male Swimmers are depicted with swim shorts in a Japanese release. In previous games, they were depicted wearing swim briefs, which would sometimes be changed into swim shorts for international releases.
• In the Japanese version of Pokémon Black and White, a female Swimmer claims that the place in her bikini where she stores her Poké Balls is a "woman's secret": 「ビキニの わたしが どこに モンスターボールを しまうのか？ フフフ…… 女(おんな)の 秘密(ひみつ)よ」 However, this was changed in the English version: "I'm a girl with everything... Well, everything but a place to put my Poké Balls!"
• In Pokémon GO, "Swimmer" is the name of an achievement medal awarded for catching at least 10 Water-type Pokémon.
• The male and blond female swimmers from Alola were designed by TOKIYA.[1]

In other languages

References

↑ TOKIYA's deleted tweet [1]

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