Aaron

Aaron リョウ Ryō
Art from Diamond and Pearl
Gender	Male
Eye color	Green
Hair color	Green
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Sinnoh
Trainer class	Elite Four
Generation	IV
Games	Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum
Elite Four of	Pokémon League (Sinnoh)
Specializes in	Bug types
Animated debut	A Trainer and Child Reunion
English voice actor	Christopher C. Adams
Japanese voice actor	Kenshō Ono Chinami Nishimura (child)

Aaron (Japanese: リョウ Ryō) is a Master Bug-type Trainer and member of the Sinnoh Elite Four.

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

Elite Four Aaron Pokémon League Diamond and Pearl Elite Four and Professor Aaron Oak Pokémon League Diamond and Pearl Reward: $6840

Types: Bug Poison Ability: Shield Dust Held item: None Dustox♂ Lv.53 Toxic Poison Status   --       Bug Buzz Bug Special   --       Double Team Normal Status   --       Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Types: Bug Flying Ability: Swarm Held item: None Beautifly♂ Lv.53 Energy Ball Grass Special   --       Bug Buzz Bug Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Types: Bug Flying Ability: Pressure Held item: None Vespiquen♀ Lv.54 Attack Order Bug Physical   --       Defend Order Bug Status   --       Heal Order Bug Status   --       Power Gem Rock Special   --       Types: Bug Fighting Ability: Swarm Held item: None Heracross♂ Lv.54 Megahorn Bug Physical   --       Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Types: Poison Dark Ability: Battle Armor Held item: Sitrus Berry Drapion♂ Lv.57 X-Scissor Bug Physical   --       Cross Poison Poison Physical   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --

Pokémon Platinum

Elite Four Aaron Pokémon League Platinum Elite Four and Professor Aaron Oak Pokémon League Platinum Reward: $6360/$8280

Types: Bug Flying Ability: Speed Boost Held item: None Yanmega♂ Lv.49/65 Air Slash Flying Special   --       Bug Buzz Bug Special   --       U-turn Bug Physical   --       Double Team Normal Status   --       Types: Bug Steel Ability: Swarm Held item: None Scizor♂ Lv.49/65 Iron Head Steel Physical   --       X-Scissor Bug Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Types: Bug Flying Ability: Pressure Held item: None Vespiquen♀ Lv.50/66 Attack Order Bug Physical   --       Defend Order Bug Status   --       Heal Order Bug Status   --       Power Gem Rock Special   --       Types: Bug Fighting Ability: Swarm Held item: None Heracross♂ Lv.51/67 Megahorn Bug Physical   --       Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Types: Poison Dark Ability: Battle Armor Held item: Sitrus Berry Drapion♂ Lv.53/69 X-Scissor Bug Physical   --       Cross Poison Poison Physical   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --

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!"

• Last Pokémon at critical health

"Not yet! Your first Pokémon League victory doesn't come easily, kid."^DP

"It's not over yet! A League Elite Four can't give up!"^Pt

• Being 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 being defeated

"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."

"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!"

Sprites

Sprite from Diamond and Pearl	Sprite from Platinum	Overworld sprite from Generation IV	VS sprite from Platinum

In the anime

Aaron 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.

There, he revealed 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 encountered 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 section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: voice actors for the Pokémon

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

Wurmple → Silcoon → Beautifly

Debut	A Trainer and Child Reunion!
Voice actors
Japanese	Kiyotaka Furushima
English	Michele Knotz

Main article: Aaron's Beautifly

Aaron first encountered his Beautifly as a Wurmple when it helped him down from a high tree. They became very close friends, but finally Aaron became irritated that it always lost and left it behind. When he later returned to the place where they had seen for the last time, Wurmple was gone.

The same Wurmple returned in A Trainer and Child Reunion!, now having evolved into a Beautifly. The meeting place was just besides the very same tree where they had first met. It told how after Aaron had abandoned it, it had started training by itself. Beautifly helped Ash and company along with Aaron to get rid of Team Rocket that had tried to steal Aaron's Pokémon. After this Aaron took Beautifly back to his team.

Aaron used Beautifly again in the next episode in his battle against Cynthia as his last Pokémon, sending it against Cynthia's Gastrodon. However, Beautifly was finally knocked out by Gastrodon's powerful Stone Edge.

Skorupi

Debut	A Trainer and Child Reunion!

There's not much known about Aaron's Skorupi as it has never been seen battling, but like all of Aaron's Pokémon, it seems to be a very good friend with him. Aaron usually seems to keep Skorupi out of its Poké Ball, and lets it follow him or ride on his shoulder.

None of Skorupi's moves are known.

Drapion

Debut	A Trainer and Child Reunion!

The first time Drapion was seen was when Aaron was demonstrating his Pokémon's powers before his battle with Cynthia. When Drapion got caught by Team Rocket along with Aaron's other Pokémon, it went against Jessie's Seviper, but got badly hurt from Seviper's Poison Tail. Later it was however able to defeat Seviper with a Hyper Beam.

During Aaron's battle against Cynthia, Drapion went against Cynthia's Garchomp, but was defeated.

Drapion's known moves are Pin Missile and Hyper Beam.

Vespiquen ♀

Debut	A Trainer and Child Reunion!

Aaron used Vespiquen along with his Drapion during his power demonstration. When captured by Team Rocket, she got hurt badly by James's Carnivine's Bullet Seed, but was later able to defeat it with a Slash.

Vespiquen's known moves are Slash and Gust.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 小野賢章 Kenshō Ono 西村ちなみ Chinami Nishimura (child) English Christopher C. Adams Czech Vojtěch Hájek Norwegian Trond Teigen Brazilian Portuguese Yuri Chesman Spanish Latin America Javier Olguín Spain Ricardo Escobar

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Aaron in Pokémon Adventures

Aaron, along with Lucian and Bertha, are enlisted by the Pokémon Association to decipher Charon's notebook that was stolen by Diamond's Kit. Together, they figured out the hidden information inside of the book and they give it to Diamond and Pearl so they can use it to stop Charon from capturing the legendary Pokémon of Sinnoh.

Pokémon

On hand

Drapion

Debut	VS Togekiss

Drapion is the only known Pokémon in Aaron's possession. It was used as a seat for Aaron while he used his laptop.

None of Drapion's moves are known.

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga

Aaron makes a brief appearance in Gathering of the Legendary Pokémon!. He, along with the other members of the Sinnoh Elite Four and Gym Leaders, head to the Galactic HQ to take on the remaining Team Galactic grunts.

In the Pocket Monsters DP manga

Aaron in Pocket Monsters DP

Aaron appears in the chapter Clefairy's Pokémon Center is Super Useful!? of the Pocket Monsters DP manga. He is seen taking his Stunky to a Pokémon which Red and Clefairy becomes in charge of. He reads a book while waiting for Stunky to feel better. However, the treatment Clefairy gave it made Stunky worse and Aaron didn't like what Clefairy did after finding out. After Stunky used Poison Gas on Red, his Pokémon, and Professor Oak, both Aaron and Stunky leave the Pokémon Center.

Pokémon

Stunky

Debut	Clefairy's Pokémon Center is Super Useful!?

Stunky was injured during its debut in which Aaron takes it to a Pokémon Center in which Red and Clefairy were running at the time. Clefairy takes care of it by putting it down on a machine. Stunky accidentally falls inside which ruined the treatment and Stunky became worse than before. Aaron didn't like what Clefairy did and ran off with Stunky after Stunky used Poison Gas on Red, his Pokémon, and Professor Oak.

Stunky's only known move is Poison Gas.

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Aaron or his Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Aaron's Pokémon Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Drapion		Rising Rivals		17/111	Gallade Half Deck		010/018
Heracross		Rising Rivals		24/111	Gallade Half Deck		002/018
Vespiquen		Rising Rivals		35/111	Gallade Half Deck		003/018
Yanmega		Rising Rivals		37/111	Gallade Half Deck		004/018
Scizor		Rising Rivals		48/111	Gallade Half Deck		001/018
Other related cards
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Aaron's Collection	Su	Rising Rivals		88/111	Infernape vs Gallade SP Deck Kit		017/018

Trivia

• 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.
• In Pokémon Platinum, Aaron replaces his Dustox with Yanmega. This is similar to the replacement that Jessie made in the anime, swapping the same species of Pokémon.
• Two members of the Sinnoh Elite Four, Aaron and Lucian, share their names with the main characters of Konami's Lunar Knights for the DS.
• Aaron is the only member of the Sinnoh Elite Four not to have Earthquake as one of his Pokémon's moves in any of his teams.
• In Pokémon Black and White 2, a show on the Variety channel will occasionally tell a tale of a former Bug Catcher and Gym Leader in Sinnoh that quit as a Gym Leader in order to become part of the Elite Four.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	リョウ Ryō	Possibly derived from senryō, the Chloranthaceae family of plants. From 猟, "hunting" or "catching", possibly referring to bug catching. May also be from 蜋, insect.
English, French, Italian	Aaron	Similar to arachnid.
German	Herbaro	fron Latin herba, grass.
Spanish	Alecrán	From alacrán, scorpion.
Korean	충호 Chungho	충 (蟲) is Sino-Korean for bug.
Chinese (Mandarin)	阿柳 Ā Liǔ	May be a misinterpretation of his Japanese name, as 柳 (willow) is read as ryuu in Japanese.

Sinnoh League
Elite Four Aaron	Elite Four Bertha	Elite Four Flint	Elite Four Lucian	Champion Cynthia

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