Luana

This article is about the Gym Leader in the Orange Islands. If you were looking for the Pokémon Ranger, see Luana (Ranger).

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Luana ルリコ Ruriko
Luana
Gender	Female
Eye color	Blue
Hair color	Red
Hometown	Kumquat Island
Region	Orange Islands
Relatives	Travis (son)
Trainer class	Gym Leader
Leader of	Kumquat Gym
Badge	Jade Star Badge
Challenge	Double Battle
Anime debut	Pokémon Double Trouble
English voice actor	Kayzie Rogers
Japanese voice actor	Mami Koyama

Luana (Japanese: ルリコ Ruriko) is the Gym Leader of the Kumquat Island Gym. She hands out the Jade Star Badge to Trainers who defeat her, and specializes in Double Battles.

In the anime

Luana owns a luxury hotel on Kumquat Island that also doubles as her Gym. Trainers often stay at the Kumquat Hotel to help prepare for battle. The actual Gym appears to be the largest in the Orange Islands, outside of Pummelo Stadium.

When Ash first met Luana in Pokémon Double Trouble, she mistook him for her son, Travis; Ash bears a striking resemblance to Travis, who also has a Pikachu. She misses her son and wishes to care for him again. Luana's maternal side extends to her Pokémon, whom she cares for deeply, treating each one like her own child.

After helping Ash stop Team Rocket, she challenged him to a Double Battle — the first official Double Battle ever in the Pokémon anime, long before Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire introduced the concept in the video games.

Ash used Pikachu and Charizard in the match. Despite their initial unwillingness to cooperate, the two pulled together in the end and were able to defeat Luana's Pokémon.

Pokémon

This is a list of Luana's Pokémon in the anime

		Alakazam
		One of Luana's Pokémon, Alakazam is a strong Pokémon that has learned to battle with teamwork alongside Marowak. Having powerful Psychic attacks, it is capable of immobilizing Pokémon. Using a powerful Hyper Beam attack, it can severely damage an opponent. However after being knocked over, the Hyper Beam was its own demise in Luana's battle with Ash. Alakazam's known moves are Teleport, Reflect, Psychic and Hyper Beam.
Debut	Pokémon Double Trouble
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Addie Blaustein

		Marowak
		Together with Alakazam, it knows Bonemerang. After being attacked by Charizard's Seismic Toss, it was not fazed. When Hyper Beam tore across the battlefield and hit Marowak, knocking both of Luana's Pokémon out, it gave Ash the victory of the match. Marowak's known moves are Bonemerang and Double-Edge*.
Debut	Pokémon Double Trouble
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Eric Stuart

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 小山茉美 Mami Koyama English Kayzie Rogers Brazilian Portuguese Adna Cruz European Spanish Gemma Martín

Trivia

• Despite Ash stating in Ash Catches a Pokémon that Double Battles were banned by the Pokémon League, Luana's Gym requires challengers to compete in a Double Battle.
  • However, Luana's Gym is part of the Orange League, and complies to different rules.
• Different from the other Orange Crew members, Luana is the only one (besides Drake) who didn't bother Ash with uncomfortable (Danny) or arrogant comments (Cissy and Rudy).

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ルリコ Ruriko	From 瑠璃 ruri (lapis lazuli), referencing the Japanese name of her Badge.
English	Luana
Korean	루리 Ruri	From her Japanese name.
Chinese (Mandarin)	琉麗／琉丽 Liúlì​	Means beautiful glazed stone. Also sounds similar to 琉璃 liúlí, referencing the name of her Badge.

Orange League
Mikan Gym Gym Leader Cissy	Navel Gym Gym Leader Danny	Trovita Gym Gym Leader Rudy	Kumquat Gym Gym Leader Luana	Pummelo Stadium Head Leader Drake

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