How many trainers in the anime have Legendary Pokemon?


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?




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**. 




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**. 

