Maruto

Maruto is an odd challenger first seen at Cerulean Gym. He took on Misty, but failed due to only having a fire type Pokemon. He often ends sentences stating things with "BELIEVE IT!"

Maruto is heavily based of Naruto from the Naruto series. Both Maruto and Naruto's catch phrases are BELIEVE IT. THey both have blond hair and Maruto uses a Nintales, which refers to the Nine Tailed beast withing Naruto.