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He was promoted to a {{pkmn|Master}} {{type|Poison}} {{pkmn|Trainer}}, and became a member of the [[Johto]] [[Elite Four]], at some time after the events of [[Generation I]] and its remakes, but before the events of [[Generation II]] and its remakes, thus leaving his daughter, [[Janine]], in charge of the [[Fuchsia Gym]]. | He was promoted to a {{pkmn|Master}} {{type|Poison}} {{pkmn|Trainer}}, and became a member of the [[Johto]] [[Elite Four]], at some time after the events of [[Generation I]] and its remakes, but before the events of [[Generation II]] and its remakes, thus leaving his daughter, [[Janine]], in charge of the [[Fuchsia Gym]]. | ||
==In the manga== | ==In the manga== |
Revision as of 02:36, 11 November 2012
Koga キョウ Kyō | |
"The Poisonous Ninja Master" | |
Art from HeartGold and SoulSilver | |
Gender | Male |
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Eye color | Black |
Hair color | Greying teal |
Hometown | Fuchsia City |
Region | Kanto |
Relatives | Janine (daughter) Aya (anime only, sister) |
Trainer class | Gym LeaderRBYFRLG Elite FourGSCHGSS Team Rocket Commander (Adventures) |
Generation | I, II, III, IV |
Games | Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver, Crystal, FireRed, LeafGreen, HeartGold, SoulSilver, Stadium, Stadium 2 |
Leader of | Fuchsia Gym |
Badge | Soul Badge |
Elite Four of | Indigo Plateau |
Specializes in | Poison types |
Anime debut | The Ninja Poké-Showdown |
English voice actor | Stan Hart |
Japanese voice actor | Hōchū Ōtsuka |
Koga (Japanese: キョウ Kyō) was the Leader of Fuchsia City's Gym. He is a student of ninjutsu who specializes in Poison-type Pokémon. He handed out the Soul Badge to Trainers who defeated him.
He was promoted to a Master Poison-type Trainer, and became a member of the Johto Elite Four, at some time after the events of Generation I and its remakes, but before the events of Generation II and its remakes, thus leaving his daughter, Janine, in charge of the Fuchsia Gym.
In the manga
In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
Koga makes a cameo appearance in The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga in the chapter Pikachu's Excellent Adventure.
In the manga, Jessie, James and Meowth get trapped in Koga's Gym while searching for the Hidden Village with Ash's Pikachu, a Charmander, a Squirtle, a Kangaskhan and Tommy. Their battle is only shown briefly in a montage sequence and it is unknown whether Team Rocket was victorious or not. It is also never shown if Ash himself battles Koga.
In the Magical Pokémon Journey manga
Koga makes a brief cameo in The Wal Comes Tumbling Down. Walnut, an aspiring ninja master, mentions that Koga is a big inspiration to him.
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Koga was one of the three villainous heads of Team Rocket, and served under Giovanni.
Koga debuts in the Red, Green & Blue arc in Raging Rhydon searching the Moon Stone in Mt. Moon, here Koga fights with Red and Misty and forces his Rhyhorn to evolve with a mysterious injection, revealing what happened to Misty's Gyarados when it was kidnapped, however the mission fails. Koga later tries to bump off Red in Lavender Town's Pokémon Tower, where he uses a Gastly to reanimate the corpses of dead Pokémon buried there. He also attacks Red with his Arbok. However, Blue has his Charmeleon slice Arbok in half. Under his boss's orders, he captures Articuno and brings it to Saffron City. He is once again defeated by Blue at Silph Co., albeit that he almost killed both of them by not allowing them to reach their Poké Balls by using his Muk, then almost freezing them to death with his Articuno. After he is defeated and knocked out Red gets Koga's Soul Badge and Blue uses his special Golbat to find out where Team Rocket is holding his grandfather.
Later, Koga helps the Pallet Town Trainers in the fight against the Elite Four at Cerise Island. Koga is paired with Blue and battles Agatha, but Blue first returns his Golbat to him. When the two of them finally meet Agatha, she separates them, making Blue and Koga's Golbat that he got paired up with again face Agatha's Golbat. Meanwhile, Koga's Arbok had to face Agatha's Arbok which could change its patterns allowing it to gain the upper hand over Koga. When Blue was paralyzed from a Haunter's Lick, Koga started throwing his shuriken balls. Agatha thought this was a desperate tactic, but in reality they were Pokémon holding Parlyz Heals. Koga was hoping just one of them would get to Blue, which it did. Blue then joins him, and Koga commands his Golbat to use Leech Life on himself. His blood is then put on Arbok's torso to prevent its ability to change its pattern. Without Arbok's ability, Agatha was defeated.
Or so it seemed. In reality, Agatha just pretended to be defeated and had her Gengar masquerade as Koga and Blue's shadow to slowly suck the life out of them hidden due to Koga's quick loss of blood. After traveling through the maze for a while, they found themselves back where they started with Agatha nowhere to be found. They then figured out her plan and defeated the Gengar, but not before Koga is nearly swept in the collapsing terrain of the destroyed battleground. He narrowly escapes using his Muk to defend him in his wounded state.
Unlike the other two Rocket Admins, who were instructed to return and manage their Gyms, Koga was not even reached by Giovanni. He then disappears for a time, leaving his daughter Janine in charge of the Gym. Janine is worried for her father, but opposes his criminal ties. Later in the Gold, Silver & Crystal arc, Koga reappeared with a new partner, Bruno, who had saved Koga when Cerise was about to collapse. They trained together for a while and both of them later met their former opponents Red and Blue, whose Rhydon was drilling underground towards Ilex Forest. Towards the end of the series, Koga and Bruno found Will and Karen in the Ilex Forest and persuaded them to work together. The new Elite Four was formed, but were not seen in action until the HeartGold & SoulSilver arc.
Two of Koga's Pokémon have unusual powers: his Arbok can regenerate itself as long as its head remains intact (see above); and his unusually small Golbat's mouth can be used almost like a magic mirror for scrying to see things from a distance, even if walls or land are in the way. Blue takes this Golbat and keeps it for quite some time before returning it to Koga at Cerise Island.
Koga also uses custom-made Poké Balls which can be thrown as shuriken—perhaps an inspiration for Falkner’s later boomerang Poké Balls.
Pokémon
This is a listing of Koga's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.
Koga's Rhyhorn |
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Koga's Rhydon was introduced as a Rhyhorn, where it fought against Red and Pika. When it was losing, Koga injected in with a mysterious needle, forcing it to evolve. In its evolved form, it was too much for both Red and Misty to handle, and they had to escape the battle by distracting Rhydon with an electrically charged boulder. It hasn't been seen again.
Rhydon's known moves are Rock Throw and Horn Drill. | ||
Debut | Raging Rhydon |
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Gastly appeared in the Pokémon Tower, possessing the bodies of the dead Pokémon that were buried there, along with Blue and his Charmeleon. Red's Bulbasaur managed to destroy it by sucking up Gastly's gas form, and expelling it in a SolarBeam, freeing Blue in the process.
None of Gastly's moves are known. | ||
Debut | Sigh for Psyduck |
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Arbok is one of Koga's most powerful Pokémon. It can regenerate itself even if it's cut in half, so as long as its head remains intact. It was used against both Blue and Agatha. It also possesses the ability to temporarily control a detached body part, such as its tail. | ||
Debut | That Awful Arbok |
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Koga's Golbat is much smaller than the average Golbat. Its Supersonic can be used to create a magic mirror for scrying to see things from a distance, even if walls or land are in the way. After Blue defeated Koga at Silph Co., he stole Golbat to locate Professor Oak but later returned it to its rightful owner on Cerise Island. | ||
Debut | That Awful Arbok |
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Koga wears a Grimer on his shoulder in the form of a ninja outfit in Pokémon Adventures. He used it extensively to smother Blue, preventing him from breathing and restricting his movements so that he would be unable to call on his Pokémon.
None of Grimer's moves are known. | ||
Debut | Go For the Golbat |
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Koga has an Ekans on his arm. It was used first to dispatch Blue's Scyther in Silph Co., and during the battle of Cerise Island to get a Parlyz Heal it held to Blue. Ekans was later used in the HeartGold & SoulSilver arc, where it fought with Bruno's Hitmonlee against Lance's Dragonite, but they were easily overtaken by its Hyper Beams.
None of Ekans's moves are known. | ||
Debut | Go For the Golbat |
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Koga's Muk was used on Cerise Island to battle the Elite Four, and proved useful in his survival after the island began to crumble. In the HeartGold & SoulSilver arc, it was used during the Circle Push event of the Pokéathlon.
Muk's only known move is Poison Gas. | ||
Debut | Karate Machop! |
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Koga's Weezing was used on Cerise Island to battle Agatha, mostly to bide time until Arbok regenerated.
Weezing's only known move is Smog. | ||
Debut | Weezing Winks Out |
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Koga used Koffing against Agatha on Cerise Island. It was instrumental in defeating her Gengar when it used its gas to convey a message to Blue.
None of Koffing's moves are known. | ||
Debut | Striking Golduck |
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Koga used Tentacruel to help Red and Blue as the two Pokédex Holders were digging to the Ilex Forest.
None of Tentacruel's moves are known. | ||
Debut | The Last Battle X |
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Released
This Articuno was originally seen at the Seafoam Islands. Even though Red stopped one attempt, Team Rocket was finally able to catch this legendary bird because of its energy loss, and had it sent over for Koga afterwards. During the battle between Red, Blue, Green and Lt. Surge, Koga and Sabrina, it was merged with Zapdos and Moltres to create Zapmolcuno after Sabrina took matters into her own hands. Once defeated and freed, it returned to the wild, where it was later caught by Green alongside its fellow legendary birds. | ||
Debut | You know... Articuno! |
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In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
Koga makes an appearance in Save The Chansey!! as he hired a Chansey torturer to kidnap the Chansey. In his debut appearance, he was considered a character with greed as he only cared about valuable stuff. Later, he was one of the participants in the No. 1 Pokémon Contest. His greed wore off since then. After Red's travels in Johto, Koga is revealed to have joined the Johto Elite Four.
Pokémon
Koffing was sent out as an obstacle so Red and the others wouldn't get to Chansey. | ||
Debut | Save The Chansey!! |
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Grimer is another Pokémon of Koga's. It first appeared rising from the trash cans nearby. | ||
Debut | Save The Chansey!! |
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Koga sent out Ninetales to participate in the No. 1 Pokémon Contest. Its beauty managed to dazzle the audience but it was not enough for it to win. | ||
Debut | The No.1 Pokémon!! |
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Escaped
These Chansey were performers at a circus held by a Juggler. They were kidnapped by the Chansey torturer for Koga's greed. They were strong enough to break free from the ropes that were tying them. | ||
Debut | Save The Chansey!! |
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In the Pokémon Zensho manga
Koga is seen in the Safari Zone training his ninjutsu skills. He accidentally throws one of his stars at Satoshi but misses luckily. Afterwards, Satoshi's Ditto volunteers to battle him and wins.
Pokémon
Weezing is Koga's only known Pokémon. It was up against Ditto. When Ditto transformed into its master, Weezing became very confused and self-destructs afterwards, giving Satoshi the win.
Weezing's only known move is Selfdestruct. | ||
Debut | Fuchsia City |
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In the TCG
Koga has an eponymous Theme Deck in the Gym Challenge expansion.
Artwork
Koga and the Soul Badge. | Koga's updated VS art. |
Cards
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Koga or his Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Trivia
- Koga is the only male Poison-type specialist.
- In the manga Magical Pokémon Journey, the ninja-in-training Walnut is an admirer of Koga.
- Out of the original Generation I Gym Leaders, Koga has the fewest Trainer cards in the Gym Leader sets of the TCG. Incidentally, his only Trainer card besides the basic Koga card had to be edited because it featured a manji, which could have caused controversy between cultures; the infamous Nazi swastika is a reversed manji.
- Because he became a member of the Elite Four in Generation II, he is technically the first member of the Elite Four seen in the anime, though he was not a member at the time he was shown. He is also the only one Ash defeated in battle (again, however, it was as a Gym Leader).
- In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, the Ninja Boy on Route 217 mentions different kinds of ninja in the world. He says, "There are several kinds of ninjas. Are you an Iga or a Kouga ninja?" This is a reference to the two main schools of ninjutsu, Iga-ryu and Kōga-ryu, the latter of which Koga himself is named after.
- Koga's Pokémon Yellow team is of a higher level than his Elite Four team in Gold, Silver, and Crystal and HeartGold and SoulSilver during the first match with him.
- His Venomoth doesn't appear in games that have Sabrina using a Venomoth in her team.
- Koga, Bruno, Lance, and Caitlin are the only members of the Elite Four who have appeared in more than one generation (excluding remakes).
- Koga, Bruno, and Lance are the only members of the Elite Four who have appeared in all the generations prior to Generation V.
- Koga's updated Sugimori artwork for Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver has him in a pose identical to that of his daughter Janine's in her VS artwork, only reversed.
- Koga is the first Elite Four member who was introduced in an earlier generation and then attained the title in a later generation. The second is Caitlin.
- Koga's Muk and Koga's Swalot are the only Pokémon used in the Pokémon League who hold anything other than a Berry, holding Black Sludge and Leftovers.
- He is also the only Elite Four member who has more than one Pokémon holding an item.
- Koga is the only Gym Leader that does not appear in Black 2 and White 2. This is due to his status as an Elite Four member in the Generation II and IV games.
Names
Language | Name | Origin |
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Japanese | キョウ Kyō | The on-yomi of the kanji for "apricot" (杏). This kanji's kun-yomi is anzu. |
English, French, German, Italian, Spanish |
Koga | From 甲賀流 Kōga-ryū, a school of ninjutsu. |
Korean | 독수 Doksu | Means poison fang which refers to his specialty in the Poison-type. Alternatively, 독수 can mean a vicious clutch. |
Chinese (Mandarin) | 阿桔 Ā Jié | May be derived from 桔梗 jiégěng (Chinese bellflower). |
Chinese (Cantonese) | 阿梗 Ā Gáng | 梗 has the on-yomi "kyō" in Japanese. |
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