Gold (Pocket Monsters)

Gold (Japanese: 金之助 Kinnosuke) is a character from the Pokémon Pocket Monsters. He is a rival of and is based on  from.

History
Gold first appears in Welcome Back, Clefairy!! where he is recommended by Professor Elm to as a chosen Trainer of Johto along with  to get his first Pokémon. He chose a from Professor Oak. After that, he heads outside and sets on his journey with Red showing him some of the basics. In the next chapter, he makes a cameo in Professor Elm's flashback.

Gold reappears in Hatch the Pokémon Egg!! where he finds Red's  after it drifted away on the current of the hot springs. Instead of giving it back to Red right away, Gold battles Red using Cyndaquil. Even though Gold had the upper hand in the battle, the Egg hatched into a Togepi and Togepi chose Red as the owner. This caused Gold and Cyndaquil to fall in a lake. Then, they dry themselves off while Red and his Pokémon were having a barbecue.

In Pokémon Snowball Fight, he competes in a race with Red's other rivals. During the race, he does not make it onward after threw him off course with his. Gold reappeared in Return light to Bellossom!! where he helps Red fight off a.

Character
In contrast to most of the rivals back in Kanto, Gold appears to be friendly towards Red most of the time.

Name origin
Kinnosuke Gold (Pocket Monsters)