Aaron

This article is about the Elite Four member. For other uses, see Aaron (disambiguation).

Aaron リョウ Ryou
Art from Diamond and Pearl by Ken Sugimori[1]
Gender	Male
Eye color	Green
Hair color	Green
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Sinnoh
Trainer class	Elite Four Gym Leader (formerly) Bug Catcher (formerly)
Generation	IV, VIII
Games	Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, Masters EX
Elite Four of	Pokémon League (Sinnoh)
Specializes in	Bug types
Game animation cameos	GOTCHA!
English voice actor	Kevin Gomez[2] (Masters EX)
Japanese voice actor	Yoshitaka Yamaya (Masters EX)
Anime 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 Ryou) is a Bug-type Trainer and member of the Sinnoh Elite Four.

In the core series games

In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum and Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, Aaron is the first member of the Sinnoh Elite Four.

In Pokémon Black 2 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, referencing Aaron.

Pokémon

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

Elite Four Aaron 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 Reward: $6360/$8280

Types: Bug Flying Ability: Speed Boost Held item: None Yanmega♂ Lv.49/65 Bug Buzz Bug Special   --       Air Slash Flying Special   --       U-turn Bug Physical   --       Double Team Normal Status   --       Types: Bug Steel Ability: Swarm Held item: None Scizor♂ Lv.49/65 X-Scissor Bug Physical   --       Iron Head Steel Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       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: 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: 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   --

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

First match

Elite Four Aaron Pokémon League Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Reward: $7,068

Types: Bug Poison Ability: Shield Dust Held item: Black Sludge Dustox♂ Lv.53 Toxic Poison Status   --       Bug Buzz Bug Special   --       Moonlight Fairy Status   --       Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Types: Bug Flying Ability: Swarm Held item: Wise Glasses Beautifly♂ Lv.53 Bug Buzz Bug Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Quiver Dance Bug Status   --       Types: Bug Flying Ability: Unnerve Held item: Sitrus Berry Vespiquen♀ Lv.54 Acrobatics Flying Physical   --       Attack Order Bug Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Defend Order Bug Status   --       Types: Bug Fighting Ability: Guts Held item: Flame Orb Heracross♂ Lv.54 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Facade Normal Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Types: Poison Dark Ability: Sniper Held item: Scope Lens Drapion♂ Lv.57 Cross Poison Poison Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       X-Scissor Bug Physical   --

Rematch (before Stark Mountain)

Elite Four Aaron Pokémon League Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Reward: $8,556

Types: Bug Flying Ability: Speed Boost Held item: Wise Glasses Yanmega♂ Lv.65 Bug Buzz Bug Special   --       Air Slash Flying Special   --       Detect Fighting Status   --       Ancient Power Rock Special   --       Types: Bug Steel Ability: Technician Held item: Occa Berry Scizor♂ Lv.65 Bullet Punch Steel Physical   --       X-Scissor Bug Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Swords Dance Normal Status   --       Types: Bug Flying Ability: Unnerve Held item: Sitrus Berry Vespiquen♀ Lv.66 Power Gem Rock Special   --       Attack Order Bug Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Defend Order Bug Status   --       Types: Bug Fighting Ability: Guts Held item: Flame Orb Heracross♂ Lv.67 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Facade Normal Physical   --       Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Types: Poison Dark Ability: Sniper Held item: Scope Lens Drapion♂ Lv.69 Cross Poison Poison Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       X-Scissor Bug Physical   --

Rematch (after Stark Mountain)

Elite Four Aaron Pokémon League Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Reward: $9,796

Types: Bug Flying Ability: Speed Boost Held item: Wise Glasses Yanmega♂ Lv.75 Bug Buzz Bug Special   --       Air Slash Flying Special   --       Detect Fighting Status   --       Ancient Power Rock Special   --       Types: Bug Steel Ability: Technician Held item: Occa Berry Scizor♂ Lv.75 Bullet Punch Steel Physical   --       X-Scissor Bug Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Swords Dance Normal Status   --       Types: Bug Flying Ability: Unnerve Held item: Sitrus Berry Vespiquen♀ Lv.77 Power Gem Rock Special   --       Attack Order Bug Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Defend Order Bug Status   --       Types: Bug Fighting Ability: Guts Held item: Flame Orb Heracross♂ Lv.77 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Facade Normal Physical   --       Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Types: Ground Dragon Ability: Levitate Held item: Wise Glasses Flygon♂ Lv.75 Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --       Earth Power Ground Special   --       Boomburst Normal Special   --       Bug Buzz Bug Special   --       Types: Poison Dark Ability: Sniper Held item: Scope Lens Drapion♂ Lv.79 Cross Poison Poison Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       X-Scissor Bug Physical   --

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Main article: Aaron (Masters)

Aaron forms a sync pair with Vespiquen in Pokémon Masters EX. Aaron became a playable sync pair on May 9, 2022.

Sync Dex	Trainer		NDex	Pokémon		Type	Weakness	Role	Base Potential	Availability
#146		Aaron	#0416		Vespiquen♀	Bug	Ice		★★★★★☆EX	Sync Pair Scout

Gallery

Artwork

Sticker Template background from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Sprites and models

Sprite from Diamond and Pearl	Sprite from Platinum	VS sprite from Platinum	VS model from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl	Unused Battle Tower VS model from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
Overworld sprite from Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum			Overworld model from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Quotes

Main article: Aaron/Quotes

In the anime

Main series

Aaron in the anime

Aaron when he was younger

Aaron was briefly mentioned by fellow Elite Four member Lucian in An Elite Meet and Greet!. He then debuted in A Trainer and Child Reunion!, where he was shown to be preparing for his championship battle against Cynthia. He was conducting a public training session at a small town between Hearthome City and Solaceon Town, which had been advertised in an issue of the Poké Chic magazine that featured him on the cover.

Ash and his friends decided to go watch Aaron train and joined the long line of fans that were there to meet him, with Dawn getting her copy of Poké Chic signed by him. When Aaron found out that the group knew Cynthia personally, he invited them to his training center. There, he revealed that a Wurmple was his first Pokémon and close 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, he tried his best to train hard and to understand Bug-type Pokémon so that the same incident would not happen again. Aaron eventually encountered Wurmple again as a Beautifly by the end of the episode, following a battle against Team Rocket.

Aaron reappeared in the next episode, where he was seen on television having his battle with Cynthia at the Champion League, but he lost.

Aaron made a cameo appearance in the ending credits of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.

Character

Aaron likes to be surrounded by nature and Bug-type Pokémon. He tends to train in the forests, which allow him to rest up for upcoming challenges. He also enjoys the attention given by the status of being an Elite Four member. In addition, Aaron places friendship in high value, particularly with his Pokémon.

Pokémon

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

		Wurmple → Silcoon → Beautifly
		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 in battle and abandoned it in a park. When he later returned to find Wurmple, it was gone. The same Wurmple returned in A Trainer and Child Reunion!, where it was revealed to have since evolved into a Beautifly. They reunited beside the very same tree where they had first met. It informed Aaron that it decided to start training by itself to become stronger. Beautifly then helped Aaron, Ash, and his friends to battle Team Rocket after they tried to steal Aaron's Pokémon. After this, Aaron took Beautifly back into his team. Beautifly reappeared in the next episode, where Aaron used it as his last Pokémon in his battle against Cynthia. It went up against Cynthia's Gastrodon, but it was knocked out by Gastrodon's powerful Stone Edge.
Debut	A Trainer and Child Reunion!
Voice actors
Japanese	Kiyotaka Furushima
English	Michele Knotz

		Skorupi
		Aaron was seen training with a Skorupi in the lead-up to his match against Cynthia. It usually remains outside of its Poké Ball, and was seen on Aaron's shoulder. None of Skorupi's moves are known.
Debut	A Trainer and Child Reunion!
Voice actors
Japanese	Katsuyuki Konishi

		Drapion
		Drapion was first seen during Aaron's training exhibition in the lead-up to his battle with Cynthia. When Drapion was stolen by Team Rocket along with Aaron's other Pokémon, it attempted to attack Jessie's Seviper, but it got badly hurt by Seviper's Poison Tail. Later, it was able to defeat Seviper with a Hyper Beam. During Aaron's battle against Cynthia in the following episode, Drapion was sent out to face Cynthia's Garchomp, but was defeated off-screen. Drapion's known moves are Pin Missile and Hyper Beam.
Debut	A Trainer and Child Reunion!

		Vespiquen ♀
		Aaron used Vespiquen along with his Drapion during his power demonstration. When it was captured by Team Rocket, she was critically hurt by James's Carnivine's Bullet Seed, but it was later able to defeat it with a Slash. Vespiquen's known moves are Slash and Gust.
Debut	A Trainer and Child Reunion!
Voice actors
Japanese	Chinami Nishimura

Voice actors

GOTCHA!

Aaron briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.

In the manga

Pocket Monsters DP

Aaron in Pocket Monsters DP

Aaron appears in Clefairy's Pokémon Center is Super Useful!?. 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 was ruined by Stunky falling into the treatment machine and this failure made Stunky's condition worse. Aaron didn't like what Clefairy did after finding out about this. After Stunky used Poison Gas on Red, his Pokémon, and Professor Oak, both Aaron and Stunky leave the Pokémon Center.

Pokémon

		Stunky
		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.
Debut	Clefairy's Pokémon Center is Super Useful!?

Pokémon Adventures

Aaron in Pokémon Adventures

Aaron, along with Lucian and Bertha, appeared during the Platinum arc, having been enlisted by the Pokémon Association to decipher Charon's notebook that was stolen by Diamond's Lickilicky, Kit. Together, they figured out the hidden information inside the book and gave it to Diamond and Pearl so they can use it to stop Charon from capturing the Legendary Pokémon of Sinnoh.

Pokémon

		Drapion
		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.
Debut	Tackling Togekiss

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!

Aaron in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!

Aaron made a brief appearance in Gathering of the Legendary Pokémon!, where he was watching Hareta and Koya's Pokémon League battle from the audience, along with Bertha and Lucian.

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

• In Pokémon Platinum and Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, 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 Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, Aaron also uses Flygon, which is a Ground/Dragon Pokémon, but is part of the Bug Egg Group.
• Aaron is the only Elite Four member whose highest-level Pokémon doesn't change between Pokémon Diamond and Pearl and Pokémon Platinum.
  • In Platinum and in rematches in Brillant Diamond and Shining Pearl, Aaron is the only member of the Elite Four whose signature Pokémon does not evolve from Pokémon introduced in a previous generation.
• Aaron is the only notable Bug-type specialist to be an Elite Four member.
• Aaron is the only Sinnoh Elite Four member whose Pokémon are all dual-typed.
• Aaron's teams have the most quadruple weaknesses out of the Sinnoh Elite Four teams.

Names

See also

• Images on the Bulbagarden Archives

References

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

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