<p><p>Well firstly, the person you seem to be referring to with the Articuno is <i>Noland</i>. The Articuno he uses against Ash was befriended by him and wasn't technically <b>captured</b> and hence, not his pokemon.</p><p>Since you specified <i>Anime</i>, I will stick to mentioning trainers only from the Anime who have Legendary Pokemon. At the same time, I think it is fair to disregard Evil Teams who managed to control Legendary pokemon/ Trainers who have befriended Legendary Pokemon and even used them in battle.</p><p>The following trainers in the Anime have Legendary Pokemon</p><ul><li><a href="https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pyramid_King_Brandon" rel="noreferrer">Brandon</a>: He is the Frontier Brain of the Battle Pyramid and considered to be the strongest Frontier Brain in the Battle Frontier. He owns a <B>Regirock, Regice and Registeel</b>.</li><li><a href="https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Tobias_(Sinnoh)" rel="noreferrer">Tobias</a>: He is the Winner of the <i>Lilly of the Valley Conference(Sinnoh League)</i>. He owns a <b>Darkrai and Latios</b>.</li><li>Random Trainer in the <i>Lilly of the Valley Conference(Sinnoh League)</i>: In <a href="https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/DP182" rel="noreferrer">Episode 182</a> in the anime, we see a random trainer registering a <b>Heatran</b> for the Pokemon League. However, we never see this trainer or Heatran in any of the matches in the tournament apart from this episode.</li><li><a href="https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Inspection_Agency" rel="noreferrer">Nurse Joy part of the <i>Gym inspection Agency</i></a>: In a <a href="https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/SS025" rel="noreferrer">Diamond &amp; Pearl Special</a>, we see Nurse Joy use a <b>Latias</b> against Brock's brother Forrest.</li><li><a href="https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Gladion" rel="noreferrer">Gladion</a>: He is Lillies Brother and Ash's reccuring Rival in the <i>Sun &amp; Moon</i> anime. He has a <b>Type: Null</b> which later evolves into a <b>Sylvally</b>. </ul></p>

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<p>Tobias has darkrai and Latias. I also remember another guy from the battle frontier having an articuno which fought Ash's Charizard. Are there more trainers with Legendary Pokemon in the anime?</p>

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How many trainers in the anime have Legendary Pokemon?
# How many trainers in the anime have Legendary Pokemon?
Posted by: username_0 on 2018-08-14
Tobias has darkrai and Latias. I also remember another guy from the battle frontier having an articuno which fought Ash's Charizard. Are there more trainers with Legendary Pokemon in the anime?
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### Answer by username_1 on 2018-08-14. Score: 5 | Accepted answer
Well firstly, the person you seem to be referring to with the Articuno is *Noland*. The Articuno he uses against Ash was befriended by him and wasn't technically **captured** and hence, not his pokemon.

Since you specified *Anime*, I will stick to mentioning trainers only from the Anime who have Legendary Pokemon. At the same time, I think it is fair to disregard Evil Teams who managed to control Legendary pokemon/ Trainers who have befriended Legendary Pokemon and even used them in battle.

The following trainers in the Anime have Legendary Pokemon

* [Brandon](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pyramid_King_Brandon): He is the Frontier Brain of the Battle Pyramid and considered to be the strongest Frontier Brain in the Battle Frontier. He owns a **Regirock, Regice and Registeel**.
* [Tobias](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Tobias_(Sinnoh)): He is the Winner of the *Lilly of the Valley Conference(Sinnoh League)*. He owns a **Darkrai and Latios**.
* Random Trainer in the *Lilly of the Valley Conference(Sinnoh League)*: In [Episode 182](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/DP182) in the anime, we see a random trainer registering a **Heatran** for the Pokemon League. However, we never see this trainer or Heatran in any of the matches in the tournament apart from this episode.
* [Nurse Joy part of the *Gym inspection Agency*](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Inspection_Agency): In a [Diamond & Pearl Special](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/SS025), we see Nurse Joy use a **Latias** against Brock's brother Forrest.
* [Gladion](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Gladion): He is Lillies Brother and Ash's reccuring Rival in the *Sun & Moon* anime. He has a **Type: Null** which later evolves into a **Sylvally**.
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