Aya

Aya アヤ Aya
Aya in the anime
Gender	Female
Eye color	Blue
Hair color	Green
Hometown	Fuchsia City
Region	Kanto
Relatives	Koga (brother)
Class	Unknown
First episode	The Ninja Poké Showdown
English voice actor	Lisa Ortiz
Japanese voice actor	Emi Shinohara

Aya (Japanese: アヤ Aya) is a ninja and a Pokémon Trainer who specializes in Poison-type Pokémon. She is the younger sister of Koga, the Fuchsia City Gym Leader, and is a student of the Gym. Apparently, she was raised by Koga since she was young. She also has interest in poetry. She is voiced by 篠原恵美 Emi Shinohara in Japanese and Lisa Ortiz in English.

In the anime

Aya made her first appearance in The Ninja Poké Showdown where they encountered Ash, Misty, and Brock in the Fuchsia City Gym. Aya challenged Ash to a battle with her Venonat and Ash agreed - sending out Bulbasaur. He won the match easily with his Bulbasaur's Leech Seed. After the battle her older brother Koga appeared.

Aya appeared again in Ariados, Amigos! where she was training at a nearby dojo, learning Pokémon Jujitsu. She and her Venonat were unable to master it. But after an encounter with Team Rocket, she was able to bring out her Venonat's full potential and defeat them. She then returned to the dojo to fully master Pokémon Jujitsu.

Pokémon

This listing is of Aya's known Pokémon in the anime:

Venonat

In the manga

Aya makes a very brief cameo appearance in the Electric Tale of Pikachu manga.

This article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.