Furo

Furo (Japanese: 風呂地方 Furo-chihō) is one of many regions found throughout the Pokémon world. The region is noticeable due to it being situated between the Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh regions, and because it's an archipelago; a chain of closely neighboring islands. Due to its position, Furo is separated from the Unova region. However, it is unknown how close it is to Kalos.

As a result of its proximity to the other four regions nearby, Furo acts as an oceanic highway of sorts for migrating Water type Pokémon; making Furo a region highly populated by Water Pokémon. It's chiefly used by Water type Pokémon as a place to rest and as a landmark as they head towards other regions. Likewise, many trainers from Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh flock to Furo because of its short distance from the other four regions; making Furo a hotspot for tourism and dedicated trainers, whom seek to hone their skills against fellow trainers from other regions, as well as those situated within Furo itself. It's also considered an easier method to find and catch Pokémon from nearby regions that may not be native to a certain region; such as a trainer from Sinnoh searching for Pokémon like Mareep.

Additionally, Furo further stands out due to its selection of starter Pokémon; which boasts an assortment of every known starter Pokémon from the Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova and Kalos regions. This is most likely due to Furo's heritage as a melting pot of various cultures and backgrounds from around the world. Additionally, unlike the past six regions, Furo is not modeled after a known real life location, but rather designed from the ground up.

Furo is home to its own Pokémon League, the Furo League, as well as its own Pokémon research facility, which is headed by the esteemed Professor Hiraku. Also, it is the home region for the two criminal organizations, Team Chi and Team Karakuri, whom aim to support nature and civilization respectively.

Cities, routes and other locations
As of currently, Furo is known to have 8 cities and towns, as well as 8 Pokémon gyms. As the Furo region is an archipelago, it also has various islands which the region's residents make careful notice of when traversing the region. So far, only 10 islands are known to exist in the region altogether, with only 2 islands being left without respective gyms, as well as 2 islands being connected by a natural land bridge which also acts as the regional Cycling Road. The islands, naturally, have ports and harbors where ferries can be seen docked. These ferries are used by trainers without Pokémon who know the HM move, Surf, in order to head to each island within the region.

Gym Leaders

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Elite Four and Champion

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Trivia

 * Furo's name comes from two sources. Firstly, Furo is a shortened form of the word "Frontier" in Romaji. This was meant to put emphasis on the region as a "new frontier." Secondly, it was later discovered by Wyvern 0m3g4 that "furo" could also mean "hot Japanese bath." Due to Furo being heavily surrounded by water, and its large Water type Pokémon population, this has some slight connections to the region's name.