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Kimono Girl まいこはん Dancing Girl
Art from Gold and Silver
Other names	Kimono Sisters (Series)
Introduced in	Generation II
Appears in	Gold, Silver, and Crystal HeartGold and SoulSilver Stadium 2
Gender	Female
Counterpart	{{{counterpart}}}
Notable members	Sakura
Anime debut	Trouble's Brewing (Series) The Reawakening (Generations) The Show (Evolutions)
TCG debut	[[(TCG)|]]
TCG card	{{{card}}}
Manga debut	Just a Spearow Carrier (Adventures) Gold and Black VS Team Rocket (The Golden Boys) JBA3 (Jō's Big Adventure)

A Kimono Girl (Japanese: まいこはん Dancing Girl) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that first appeared in the Generation II games. They appear as young women dressed in kimonos.

Kimono Girls usually appear as a quintet of Trainers who each own one of Eevee's evolutions.

In the core series games

Atop the Bell Tower in Pokémon HeartGold

Inside the Whirl Islands in Pokémon SoulSilver

In Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, five Kimono Girls live in Ecruteak City, and can be battled at the Ecruteak Dance Theater. Each owns one of the five Eeveelutions available in Generation II.

In Pokémon Crystal only, Kimono Girls Saito and Arita can appear in the Battle Tower as random opponents.

In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, the Kimono Girls' roles are expanded, and they are met outside the dance theater as well: Zuki is met in Violet City after the player has retrieved the Pokémon Egg from one of Professor Elm's aides; Naoko is found being lost in Ilex Forest; Miki is being harassed by a Team Rocket Grunt in the dance theater in Ecruteak; Kuni is met in the Goldenrod Tunnel during the Goldenrod Radio Tower incident; and Sayo needs to be freed from being stuck on ice in the Ice Path.

After the played has earned all eight Johto Badges and obtained the Master Ball from Professor Elm, the player travels to Ecruteak City and battles the five Kimono Girl consecutively in order to obtain the Clear Bell^HG/Tidal Bell^SS. Zuki also tells the player that Ho-Oh^HG/Lugia^SS is to be awakened and then controlled. The Kimono Girls then travel to the Bell Tower^HG/Whirl Islands^SS, where they will perform a dance that summons Ho-Oh^HG/Lugia^SS there.

While being faced at the Dance Theater, the Kimono Girls also reveal several things that they did off-screen: Zuki handed the Mystery Egg to Mr. Pokémon; Naoko witnessed the player defeating Team Rocket at the Slowpoke Well; Sayo watched as the player passed the Elder's test at the Dragon's Den; and Kuni saw the player taking down Team Rocket once and for all at the Radio Tower.

Kuni can later be encountered as a Pokéathlon participant at the Pokéathlon Dome.

In Generation IV, the girls' respective Eeveelutions are swapped; only Zuki and Kuni's partners remained the same from Generation II. Additionally, all of their Pokémon get a level raise from 17 to 38 and improved movesets, due to them being fought later in the game than in Generation II. Finally, Kuni's Japanese name, Sumomo, was altered to Komomo, probably to avoid confusion with Maylene, whose Japanese name is also Sumomo.

Pokémon

Generation II

Kimono Girl Naoko Ecruteak City Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $1224 Type: Fire Unknown Held item: None Flareon♂ Lv.17 Tackle Normal   --       Tail Whip Normal   --       Sand-Attack Ground   --       Ember Fire   --	Kimono Girl Sayo Ecruteak City Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $1224 Type: Psychic Unknown Held item: None Espeon♂ Lv.17 Tackle Normal   --       Tail Whip Normal   --       Sand-Attack Ground   --       Confusion Psychic   --
Kimono Girl Zuki Ecruteak City Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $1224 Type: Dark Unknown Held item: None Umbreon♂ Lv.17 Tackle Normal   --       Tail Whip Normal   --       Sand-Attack Ground   --       Pursuit Dark   --	Kimono Girl Kuni Ecruteak City Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $1224 Type: Water Unknown Held item: None Vaporeon♂ Lv.17 Tackle Normal   --       Tail Whip Normal   --       Sand-Attack Ground   --       Water Gun Water   --
Kimono Girl Miki Ecruteak City Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $1224 Type: Electric Unknown Held item: None Jolteon♂ Lv.17 Tackle Normal   --       Tail Whip Normal   --       Sand-Attack Ground   --       ThunderShock Electric   --

Generation IV

Kimono Girl Zuki Ecruteak City HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $4560 Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Synchronize Held item: None Umbreon♂ Lv.38 Dark Pulse Dark Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Last Resort Normal Physical   --	Kimono Girl Naoko Ecruteak City HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $4560 Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Synchronize Held item: None Espeon♂ Lv.38 Psychic Psychic Special   --       Swift Normal Special   --       Psych Up Normal Status   --       Last Resort Normal Physical   --
Kimono Girl Miki Ecruteak City HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $4560 Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Flash Fire Held item: None Flareon♂ Lv.38 Fire Blast Fire Special   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Will-O-Wisp Fire Status   --       Last Resort Normal Physical   --	Kimono Girl Sayo Ecruteak City HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $4560 Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Volt Absorb Held item: None Jolteon♂ Lv.38 Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Double Team Normal Status   --       Thunder Wave Electric Status   --       Last Resort Normal Physical   --
Kimono Girl Kuni Ecruteak City HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $4560 Type: Water Unknown Ability: Water Absorb Held item: None Vaporeon♂ Lv.38 Surf Water Special   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Aurora Beam Ice Special   --       Last Resort Normal Physical   --