Winona

Winona ナギ Nagi
"The bird user taking flight into the world."
Art from R/S/E
Gender	Female
Eye color	Lavender
Hair color	Lavender
Hometown	Fortree City
Region	Hoenn
Relatives	Unknown
Class	Gym Leader
Generation	III
Games	Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald
Gym	Fortree Gym
Type	Flying
Badge	Feather Badge
First episode	Who's Flying Now?
English voice actor	Amy Birnbaum
Japanese voice actor	Hyōsei

Winona (Japanese: ナギ Nagi) is the Gym Leader of Fortree City's Gym, known officially as the Fortree Gym. She specializes in Flying-type Pokémon and gives out the Feather Badge to Trainers who defeat her.

In the games

Winona runs the Fortree City Gym. She specializes in Flying-type Pokémon and gives out the Feather Badge once defeated. In addition to the Feather Badge, Winona also gives out TM40 (Aerial Ace) in Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald.

Pokémon

This listing is for Winona's Pokémon in the video games in which she has appeared.

Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire

3300 Leader Winona Ruby and Sapphire Fortree Gym

Swellow ♀ Lv.31  Normal  Flying  Held item: None Ability: Guts Moves Aerial Ace Flying Double Team Normal Quick Attack Normal Focus Energy Normal Pelipper ♀ Lv.30  Water  Flying  Held item: None Ability: Keen Eye Moves Water Gun Water Aerial Ace Flying Protect Normal Haze Ice Skarmory ♀ Lv.32  Steel  Flying  Held item: None Ability: No ability Moves Aerial Ace Flying Steel Wing Steel Sand-Attack Ground Agility Psychic Altaria ♀ Lv.33  Dragon  Flying  Held item: Sitrus Berry Ability: Natural Cure Moves Aerial Ace Flying Earthquake Ground DragonBreath Dragon Dragon Dance Dragon

Pokémon Emerald

Gym battle

3300 Leader Winona Emerald Fortree Gym

Swablu ♀ Lv.29  Normal  Flying  Held item: None Ability: Natural Cure Moves Perish Song Normal Mirror Move Flying Safeguard Normal Aerial Ace Flying Tropius ♀ Lv.29  Grass  Flying  Held item: None Ability: Chlorophyll Moves Sunny Day Fire SolarBeam Grass Synthesis Grass Aerial Ace Flying Pelipper ♀ Lv.30  Water  Flying  Held item: None Ability: Keen Eye Moves Water Gun Water Supersonic Normal Protect Normal Aerial Ace Flying Skarmory ♀ Lv.31  Steel  Flying  Held item: Oran Berry Ability: Keen Eye Moves Fury Attack Normal Sand-Attack Ground Steel Wing Steel Aerial Ace Flying Altaria ♀ Lv.33  Dragon  Flying  Held item: Sitrus Berry Ability: Natural Cure Moves DragonBreath Dragon Aerial Ace Flying Dragon Dance Dragon Earthquake Ground

First Rematch

9000 Leader Winona Emerald Fortree Gym

Dratini ♂ Lv.40  Dragon  Held item: None Ability: Shed Skin Moves Hyper Beam Normal Protect Normal Thunderbolt Electric Ice Beam Ice Tropius ♂ Lv.38  Grass  Flying  Held item: None Ability: Chlorophyll Moves Sunny Day Fire SolarBeam Grass Earthquake Ground Aerial Ace Flying Pelipper ♂ Lv.41  Water  Flying  Held item: None Ability: Keen Eye Moves Surf Water Supersonic Normal Protect Normal Aerial Ace Flying Skarmory ♂ Lv.43  Steel  Flying  Held item: None Ability: Keen Eye Moves Whirlwind Normal Spikes Ground Steel Wing Steel Aerial Ace Flying Altaria ♂ Lv.45  Dragon  Flying  Held item: Sitrus Berry Ability: Natural Cure Moves DragonBreath Dragon Rest Psychic Dragon Dance Dragon Earthquake Ground

Second Rematch

???? Leader Winona Emerald Fortree Gym

Hoothoot ♂ Lv.43  Normal  Flying  Held item: None Ability: Keen Eye Moves Hypnosis Psychic Dream Eater Psychic Psychic Psychic Reflect Psychic Tropius ♂ Lv.43  Grass  Flying  Held item: None Ability: Chlorophyll Moves Sunny Day Fire SolarBeam Grass Earthquake Ground Aerial Ace Flying Dragonair ♂ Lv.45  Dragon  Held item: Sitrus Berry Ability: Shed Skin Moves Hyper Beam Normal Earthquake Ground Thunderbolt Electric Ice Beam Ice Pelipper ♂ Lv.46  Water  Flying  Held item: None Ability: Keen Eye Moves Surf Water Supersonic Normal Protect Normal Aerial Ace Flying Skarmory ♂ Lv.48  Steel  Flying  Held item: None Ability: Keen Eye Moves Whirlwind Normal Spikes Ground Steel Wing Steel Aerial Ace Flying Altaria ♂ Lv.50  Dragon  Flying  Held item: Chesto Berry Ability: Natural Cure Moves Sky Attack Flying Rest Psychic Dragon Dance Dragon Earthquake Ground

Third Rematch

11000 Leader Winona Emerald Fortree Gym

Noctowl ♂ Lv.48  Normal  Flying  Held item: None Ability: Keen Eye Moves Hypnosis Psychic Dream Eater Psychic Psychic Psychic Reflect Psychic Tropius ♂ Lv.49  Grass  Flying  Held item: None Ability: Chlorophyll Moves Sunny Day Fire SolarBeam Grass Earthquake Ground Aerial Ace Flying Dragonair ♂ Lv.50  Dragon  Held item: Sitrus Berry Ability: Shed Skin Moves Hyper Beam Normal Earthquake Ground Thunderbolt Electric Ice Beam Ice Pelipper ♂ Lv.51  Water  Flying  Held item: None Ability: Keen Eye Moves Surf Water Supersonic Normal Protect Normal Aerial Ace Flying Skarmory ♂ Lv.53  Steel  Flying  Held item: None Ability: Keen Eye Moves Whirlwind Normal Spikes Ground Steel Wing Steel Aerial Ace Flying Altaria ♂ Lv.55  Dragon  Flying  Held item: Chesto Berry Ability: Natural Cure Moves Sky Attack Flying Rest Psychic Dragon Dance Dragon Earthquake Ground

Fourth Rematch

???? Leader Winona Emerald Fortree Gym

Noctowl ♂ Lv.53  Normal  Flying  Held item: None Ability: Keen Eye Moves Hypnosis Psychic Dream Eater Psychic Psychic Psychic Reflect Psychic Tropius ♂ Lv.54  Grass  Flying  Held item: None Ability: Chlorophyll Moves Sunny Day Fire SolarBeam Grass Earthquake Ground Aerial Ace Flying Dragonite ♂ Lv.55  Dragon  Flying  Held item: None Ability: Inner Focus Moves Hyper Beam Normal Earthquake Ground Thunderbolt Electric Ice Beam Ice Pelipper ♂ Lv.55  Water  Flying  Held item: None Ability: Keen Eye Moves Surf Water Supersonic Normal Protect Normal Aerial Ace Flying Skarmory ♂ Lv.58  Steel  Flying  Held item: Sitrus Berry Ability: Keen Eye Moves Whirlwind Normal Spikes Ground Steel Wing Steel Aerial Ace Flying Altaria ♂ Lv.60  Dragon  Flying  Held item: Chesto Berry Ability: Natural Cure Moves Sky Attack Flying Rest Psychic Dragon Dance Dragon Earthquake Ground

In the anime

Winona in the anime

Winona was the Gym Leader of the Fortree City Gym, and was also known as the most talented Flying-type user. She appeared in Who's Flying Now? and Sky High Gym Battle.

When Ash first arrived at Fortree, she was away from the gym in order to help out in the Feather Carnival, an annual festival where the whole city celebrates the Flying Pokémon. After getting scared by Brock's "usual ways" and chasing Team Rocket off for trying to steal the Flying-types with her Skarmory, she battled Ash on the next day.

Winona used Altaria, Pelipper and a shiny Swellow against Ash's Grovyle, Pikachu and his own Swellow. After a long battle, Ash won the Feather Badge from her.

Pokémon

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

Skarmory
	Winona's Skarmory only appeared in the Feather Festival. Each time, it would bring a child and Winona on its back and fly around the festival, including May and Max. It was never seen in the Gym battle against Ash.

Altaria
	The first Pokémon Winona used in the gym battle against Ash was her Altaria. With Grovyle's speed, Altaria's attack did not work again and again. Then finally, with a Leaf Blade, Altaria was defeated.

Pelipper
	Winona's Pelipper was the second Pokémon she used against Ash. Ash battled with Pikachu, starting with a Thunderbolt. Pelipper countered with Steel Wing and accidentally touched the ground. After dealing with Team Rocket's interruption, the battle continued and Pelipper used Hydro Pump. After Pikachu's Thunderbolt, both Pelipper and Pikachu were knocked out.

Swellow
	The final Pokémon Winona used against Ash was her shiny Swellow. It was shown to be a powerful battler, with powerful attacks like Aerial Ace and Hyper Beam. It defeated Ash's Grovyle easily and almost beat Ash's Swellow, but with a little quick thinking on Ash's part, his Swellow was victorious, winning Ash the Feather Badge. Winona's Swellow was the fifth shiny Pokémon to appear in the anime. To date, it is also the only shiny Pokémon owned by a Gym Leader. It is voiced by Darren Dunstan in English and Kōichi Sakaguchi in Japanese.

Voice actors

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Winona and her Altaria (left) with Wallace and his Luvdisc (right)

In Pokémon Adventures, Winona is the supervisor of the Hoenn Gym Leaders, much as Erika is the leader of the Kanto Gym Leaders. Her job is to watch over all Hoenn Gym Leaders to ensure the gyms are running smoothly. She's apparently close to Flannery, as the young Gym Leader's judgment is enough to convince her that Team Magma is the side she should take in the battle between Team Magma and Team Aqua. Later, she is convinced by Wallace to renounce her alliance, as both sides are up to no good.

When Sapphire first battles and loses to Winona, Winona takes her under her wing and trains her. Because of this, Sapphire joins the Gym Leaders' fight against Kyogre and Groudon.

She and Wallace apparently had some sort of relationship in the past, speculated by most fans to have been romantic. Although it is largely unconfirmed whether she still has feelings for him, it is quite obvious that Wallace still has feelings for her, based on the scene where the two say their goodbyes before they leave to fight Kyogre and Groudon in Volume 20.

When Wallace attempted to battle Maxie and Archie single-handedly, Winona was held hostage by Archie's Tentacruel.

Pokémon

This listing is for Winona's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.

Skarmory	Beautifly	Masquerain
Altaria	Swellow	Swablu

Quotes

"I am Winona. I am the Leader of the Fortree Pokémon Gym. I have become one with Bird Pokémon and have soared the skies... However grueling the battle, we have triumphed with grace... Witness the elegant choreography of Bird Pokémon and I!"

"Never before have I seen a Trainer command Pokémon with more grace than I... In recognition of your prowess, I present to you this Gym Badge."

Before and after the first rematch in Emerald:

"We humans can never escape gravity's pull on the ground. But by striving for excellence, we have the power to soar! You have scaled the pinnacles as the reigning Champion. Please, allow me to see your power at full flight!"

"I failed to reach your height again..."

"Even though I have lost, the wings of my heart remain unbroken. I can rise and soar again and yet again. I am convinced of it!"

Trainer's Eyes

Strategy - I take advantage of speed.

Trainer's Pokémon - Graceful sky dancers

Self-Introduction - I can see the ebb and flow of the winds.

Trivia

• In addition to being the only female in the Pokémon anime to own a shiny Pokémon, Winona is the only Gym Leader to do so.
• Winona's Altaria in the games is underleveled; Swablu do not evolve until level 35.

Names

References

• Pokémon.com Who's Flying Now?.
• Pokémon.com Sky High Gym Battle.

External links

• Nagi's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)

Gym Leaders of the Hoenn region
Ruby and Sapphire
Roxanne of Rustboro City	Brawly of Dewford Town	Wattson of Mauville City	Flannery of Lavaridge Town	Norman of Petalburg City	Winona of Fortree City	Tate and Liza of Mossdeep City	Wallace of Sootopolis City
Emerald
Roxanne of Rustboro City	Brawly of Dewford Town	Wattson of Mauville City	Flannery of Lavaridge Town	Norman of Petalburg City	Winona of Fortree City	Tate and Liza of Mossdeep City	Juan of Sootopolis City

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