He is an artisan who lives in Rifure Village and makes Gym Badges. Kinso appeared in The Blue Badge of Courage. When Misty, Tracey, and Sakura came to his cabin to get new Cascade Badges, they found him with an injured ankle. After administering first aid, they had to get some exercise, make the badges and participate in a Pok&eacute;mon battle to earn the Gym Badges. After Misty&#039;s Psyduck screwed everything up due to its inability to swim, Kinso refused to give them the gym badges. After noticing two boys with a Zigzagoon and Poochyena stole the badges he worked on, including the badges Misty, Tracey, and Sakura made, they helped Kinso get the badges back. In the end, after witnessing Misty&#039;s Psyduck defeat the thieves&#039; Pok&eacute;mon, Kinso decided to give Misty the badges. 

Episodes of the Pocket Monsters anime which occasionally aired instead of a rerun from the main anime series as part of the Weekly Pokémon Broadcasting Station in Japan. They aired concurrently with Pocket Monsters Advanced from December 3, 2002 to September 28, 2004 in Japan. Outside of Japan, these episodes were only dubbed in the West as part of Pokémon Chronicles. 
(Source: Bulbapedia) 
Note: The Japanese version comprised 16 episodes while the U.S. version comprised 22 episodes; this page represents the Japanese version. The 6 additional episodes in the U.S. version were taken from previous movies and specials. Episodes 1, 2, and 3 are from Pokémon: The Legend of Thunder!, Episodes 4 and 20 are from Pokémon: Pikachu's Winter Vacation (2001), and Episode 22 is from Pokémon: Pikachu's Winter Vacation

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Used to work for the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Riot Police.