Blaine Katsura (Omega Timeline)

Early life
Katsura was born on 1 October 1930 in Pewter City to a wealthy family. His father Waldemar Katsura was the owner of the Pewter Museum of Science. His mother Rosa Katsura (née Minoru) worked at the museum as a hostess. Katsura had one older brother Otto.

During his youth, Katsura was interested in both science and Pokémon training. When he was 9, Katsura got his first Pokémon for his birthday, a male Nidoran♂.

Pokémon training career
In 1951, Blaine became involved in small Pokémon tournaments in West Kanto. He started to specialize in Fire-type Pokémon around that time. His mostly trained with his brother Otto.

In 1959, Katsura was one of the initiators of the Indigo League and became the Gym Leader of the Cinnabar Gym in 1960. As a Gym Leader, Katsura became known as a fierce and passionate trainer.

In 1975, Katsura became a member of the Indigo Elite Four.

In 1980, resigned as a member to go back to his gym and to have more time to study Fossil Pokémon.