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>Gen 1: Brock and Misty are main characters in the anime, Giovanni is also the evil team leader
>Gen 2: Clair is the cousin of Lance, the Champion
>Gen 3: Norman is your dad, Wallace becomes Champion in the third version
>Gen 4: Volkner is best friends with Flint, an Elite Four member, and is implied to be Elite Four level himself. Ash battled him again in the current season
>Gen 5: Iris and Cilan are main characters in the anime, Iris becomes Champion in the sequels
>Gen 6: Korrina is a recurring character in the early game, gives you a Lucario and its Mega Stone, and got her own mini-arc in the anime, also made a few returns in the current season, more than Ash's actual traveling companions from Kalos
>Gen 7: Had no Gym Leaders
>Gen 8: Raihan is the Champion's rival, the strongest Gym Leader in Galar. In the anime, he, Bea, and Allister are the only Galar Gym Leaders to appear at all. Was also the eighth strongest trainer in the world before Ash beat him to take his spot in the Masters Tournament
That's basically all the shilled Gym Leaders
