Aaron (Elite Four)
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| Aaron リョウ Ryou | |
 Art from Diamond and Pearl | |
| Gender | Male |
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| Eye color | Green |
| Hair color | Green |
| Hometown | Unknown |
| Region | Sinnoh |
| Relatives | Unknown |
| Class | Elite Trainer |
| Generation | IV |
| Games | Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum |
| Type | Bug |
| First episode | A Trainer and Child Reunion |
| English voice actor | Tom Wayland |
| Japanese voice actor | Kenshō Ono Chinami Nishimura (child) |
Aaron (Japanese: リョウ Ryou) is a master Bug-type Trainer and member of the Sinnoh Elite Four.
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In the games
In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, Aaron is the first member of the Sinnoh Elite Four.
Pokémon
The following are Aaron's different battling teams for the games he appears in.
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
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Pokémon Platinum (pre-National Dex)
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Pokémon Platinum (post-National Dex)
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Quotes
Before battle:
"Hello! Welcome to the Pokémon League! I'm Aaron of the Elite Four. It's good to meet you. Oh, I should explain, I'm a huge fan of bug Pokémon. Bug Pokémon are nasty-mean, and yet they're beautiful, too... Would you like to know why I take on challengers here, in this room? It's because I want to become perfect, just like my bug Pokémon! Ok! Let me take you on!"
During battle:
"Not yet! Your first Pokémon League victory doesn't come easily, kid."
When defeated:
"I will now concede defeat. But I think you came to see how great Bug-type Pokémon can be. I hope you also realized why you're up against in the Pokémon League. Battling is a deep and complex affair..."
After battle:
"I lost with the most beautiful and toughest of the bug Pokémon... We lost because I wasn't good enough... That's it! Back to training camp! Let's hear it for me! No... That was wrong... Anyway... Go on to the next room! Three Trainers are waiting for you. They are all tougher than me."
Last words:
"Go on, go to the next room. I'm going to become a top-level Trainer who can't be outclassed with my beautiful and tough bug Pokémon!
In the anime
Aaron was briefly mentioned by Lucian in An Elite Meet and Greet. However, Aaron made his actual debut appearance in A Trainer and Child Reunion! where he was shown to be preparing for his championship battle against Cynthia. Finding out that Ash and his friends know Cynthia personally, he took them to his training center.
He also reveals that a Wurmple was his first ever Pokémon and friend when he was young but due to his anger at it for losing a match, he abandoned it. He regretted it later and from then on tried his best to train hard and to understand Bug-type Pokémon so that the same incident would not happen again. He eventually encounters it again as a Beautifly at the end of the episode, following a battle against Team Rocket.
He was seen again on television, one episode later, having his battle with Cynthia. It was also shown that he had lost the match.
Pokémon
This listing is of Aaron's known Pokémon in the anime:
 →  →  Wurmple → Silcoon → Beautifly | ||
 Skorupi |  Drapion |  Vespiquen |
Voice actors
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In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Aaron or his Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
| Name | Type | Level | Rarity | Set | Set no. |
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| Drapion 4 |  | 53 |  | Rising Rivals | 17/111 |
| Heracross 4 |  | 51 | | Rising Rivals | 24/111 |
| Vespiquen 4 | | 50 | | Rising Rivals | 35/111 |
| Yanmega 4 | | 49 | | Rising Rivals | 37/111 |
| Scizor 4 | | 49 |  | Rising Rivals | 48/111 |
| Aaron's Collection | - | - | | Rising Rivals | 88/111 |
Trivia
- Aaron is the only trainer in Pokémon Platinum whose animated sprite enters the screen from the top.
- Aaron's Heracross and Drapion both know moves usually only available at levels after they are battled. Heracross knows Megahorn, and Drapion knows Cross Poison. Both of these may be obtained as egg moves.
- In Platinum, Aaron is the only Elite Four member who still has a Pokémon that is not of his specialty type. Drapion is a Poison/Dark Pokémon, though it evolves from the Poison/Bug Skorupi. Also, Drapion is part of the Bug egg group.
- The way how Aaron replaces his Dustox with Yanmega in Pokémon Platinum is similar to the replacement that Jessie did in the anime with the same species of Pokémon.
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | リョウ Ryō | Possibly derived from senryō, the Chloranthaceae family of plants. From 猟, "hunting" or "catching," possibly referring to bug catching, or 蜋, "insect." |
| English, French, Italian | Aaron | It's similar to arachnid. |
| German | Herbaro | |
| Spanish | Alecrán | From alacrán, scorpion. |
| Korean | 충호 Chungho | 충 (蟲) is Sino-Korean for bug. |
| Chinese | 阿柳 Ā Liǔ | 柳 (willow) is read as ryuu in Japanese. May be a misinterpretation of his Japanese name. |
| Elite Four of the Sinnoh region | |||||||||
 Elite Four Aaron |  Elite Four Bertha |  Elite Four Flint |  Elite Four Lucian |  Champion Cynthia | |||||
| This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games. |
