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Aya (Japanese: アヤ Aya) is a ninja and Pokémon trainer who specializes in Template:Type2 Pokémon. She is the younger sister of Koga, the Fuchsia City Gym Leader, and she is a student of the Gym. She also trains in Pokémon jujitsu, and seems to have an interest in poetry.

She is voiced by 篠原恵美 Emi Shinohara in Japanese and Lisa Ortiz in English.

In the anime

Aya appeared in two episodes of the Pokémon anime.

Her first appearance was in The Ninja Poké Showdown. Ash, Misty, and Brock came across the Fuchsia City Gym. They encountered a Venonat who led them through a wild chase through the booby-trap filled Gym. A flurry of shurikens pinned Ash to a wall, thrown by the Venonat's trainer - a female ninja in a pink ninja outfit. Ash and Misty were angry at her for throwing such dangerous things around, but Brock was infatuated as usual.

She introduced herself, and Aya said that her Venonat had told her some foolish people had been setting off the mansion's traps. Aya challenged Ash to a battle against her Venonat and Ash agreed - sending out Bulbasaur. The Template:Type2 blew away Venonat's Stun Spore and used Leech Seed to trap and paralyze its opponent.

Koga then swooped in and challenged Ash himself. Their match was interrupted by Team Rocket's attempted theft of the Gym's Voltorb pack. Misty's Psyduck soon sent Team Rocket packing and the match resumed with Ash winning the Soul Badge.

Ash and his friends met up with her again in Johto. In Ariados, Amigos! they once again met Aya on their way to Ecruteak City. She was training at a nearby dojo, learning Pokémon Jujitsu. One of her exercises was to defeat her sensei's Ariados, but her Venonat kept losing.

Ash's Bulbasaur and Aya's Venonat had a rematch, but Venonat lost again.

Team Rocket tried to pilfer the Pokémon in the dojo. Aya's sensei and his Ariados couldn't keep up. But Aya had trained herself and Venonat in speed and agility and were able to catch up to Team Rocket. Alone, Jessie's Arbok nearly overpowered her and Venonat. However, Aya had her Venonat used Rest. Thinking that it was helpless, Arbok used Wrap to squeeze the Template:Type2 Pokémon. Venonat then used an unavoidable Stun Spore - knocking Arbok out. Pikachu blasted away Team Rocket, and Aya returned to the dojo, having finally won a battle.

Pokémon

This listing is of Aya's Pokémon in the Pokémon anime.

Venonat

Trivia

• Aya makes a very brief cameo appearance in a chapter of the Electric Tale of Pikachu manga.
• In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, the Ninja Boy on Route 217 mentions different kinds of ninja in the world. He says, "There are several kinds of ninjas. Are you an Iga or a Kouga ninja?" This is a reference to the two main schools of ninjutsu, Iga-ryu and Kōga-ryu, the latter of which Koga the gym leader is named after. Due to this Aya may also be named after the "Iga-ryu" school considering the similarity between the words.