Tsubaki (JBA)

(Japanese: ツバキ Tsubaki) is a character from Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure who is Jō's rival.

History
Tsubaki went to Professor Elm's lab to get a Pokémon and takes a from him, thinking that it is strong. Later on, Tsubaki meets Jō and decides to test out Chikorita by battling. During the battle, Tsubaki becomes Jō's rival and gets a bit disappointed when Chikorita lost despite the type-advantage Chikorita had. Tsubaki promises that he will be better next time.

During the course of his Training, his Chikorita ends up evolving into a and then into a. Tsubaki enters Team Rocket's hideout and has his Meganium  and. After beating the latter, he has a battle with Jō again with Meganium against Totodile. Totodile had trouble this time dealing with Tsubaki's Meganium as it was fully-evolved. However, Totodile took it out with a supereffective. This loss made Tsubaki realize what was going on with him and decides to team up with Jō to battle Team Rocket. Both Trainers manage to completely sweep them away. Archer, watching the whole thing, sends out his Houndoom. Jō deals with Houndoom while Tsubaki dealt with. With Houndoom and Koffing defeated, Team Rocket ends up disbanding.

Tsubaki was last seen near Professor Elm's office where he overhears him having a conversation on the phone about Jō's progress. Tsubaki, having full respect for Jō, walks off with his Meganium into the sunset.

Character
In contrast to his rival, Jō, Tsubaki is more into Pokémon that are tough. This was evidenced during his first battle with Jō as a flashback tells the time he got Chikorita. Tsubaki gets disappointed if he loses. After taking on Team Rocket, Tsubaki realized what he did wrong and became friends with Jō, resulting in their teamwork in taking out the villainous team.

Pokémon
Tsubaki (JBA)