

May be taken from Tobias, a hero of the Book of Tobit, who drove away a demon with the help of the archangel Raphael. May be named after Takuto Itagaki (板垣拓斗), TCG Champion of the Senior Division of the 2009 World Championships.

Despite this, Tobias was not shown among the 64 Trainers that attended the opening ceremony in this episode.Even though his face is covered in his debut in League Unleashed!, Tobias still appears in An Old Family Blend! on the match up board for the upcoming battles in the Lily of the Valley Conference in the bottom right corner with a clear image of his face.Tobias is the only Trainer in the anime to have owned both a Legendary and a Mythical Pokémon.Tobias is the first Trainer known to enter a Pokémon League using a Pokémon that is generally banned in official competitive battling environments.He is the first character in the anime to participate in a Pokémon League Conference using a Legendary and/or Mythical Pokémon, although another Trainer did attempt to enter the League with his Heatran however, it is unknown whether this Trainer actually participated or how far he made it in the League.Tobias's design, from his color scheme to his physical features, was most probably based on his main Pokémon, Darkrai.During the closing ceremonies, he was seen posing alongside Cynthia and Charles Goodshow while holding his trophy. Later, Tobias defeated his final round opponent with just his Darkrai, thus winning the Lily of the Valley Conference and earning the right to participate in the Champion League. Tobias then called out his Latios, who managed to defeat the remainder of Ash's team while fainting itself, winning the match for Tobias.
Although he was able to gain an early lead as his Darkrai alone defeated three of Ash's Pokémon, he eventually had to send out another Pokémon when Ash's Sceptile managed to overcome Darkrai's attacks and knock it out. In The Semi-Final Frontier!, he had a Full Battle against Ash in the semifinals. In Battling a Thaw in Relations!, it was shown that he had advanced yet again, now moving onto the semifinals of the Lily of the Valley Conference. In Working on a Right Move!, Tobias appeared unshadowed for the first time, and he was revealed to have advanced into the quarterfinals. Barry was amazed by his shadowy and mysterious presence. In Casting a Paul on Barry!, while Ash and Barry were looking up information about their next League opponents, Conway told them that Tobias managed to easily obtain his eight Gym Badges and advance through the first two rounds of the Lily of the Valley Conference using just his Darkrai. Barry passed him in a hallway and was scared by the way he came off. Tobias first appeared in League Unleashed!, where he was obscured in shadows the entire time.
