Tapu Koko (Pokémon)

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This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, see Tapu Koko (disambiguation).

Tapu Koko Land Spirit Pokémon カプ・コケコ Kapu-Kokeko #785 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Electric Fairy Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Electric Surge Cacophony Cacophony Telepathy Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Gender unknown	Catch rate 3 (1.6%)
Breeding Egg Group Undiscovered Hatch time 15 cycles
Height 5'11" 1.8 m Tapu Koko 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 45.2 lbs. 20.5 kg Tapu Koko 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 257	Leveling rate Slow
EV yield Total: 3 Tapu Koko 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 3 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint File:F785.png {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Yellow	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Tapu Koko (Japanese: カプ・コケコ Kapu-Kokeko) is a dual-type Electric/Fairy Legendary Pokémon introduced in Generation VII.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

It is the guardian deity of Melemele Island, with Tapu Lele, Tapu Bulu, and Tapu Fini being the deities of the other islands.

Biology

Tapu Koko's head and torso are black with white markings on its chest, just above its eyes, and on top of its head. Extending from the top of its head is a large, orange plume with bristles along the back. There is a yellow marking covering the top bristle and half of the bristle below it. The bottom of this crest goes all the way to its neck, where it divides its face in half and creates a beak-like nose. It has small, blue eyes with yellow markings behind them. The lower half of its body is orange with four pointed projections: one short spine on the front and two short spines in the back, with one longer spine between them. These spines resemble a bird's tail feathers. Its thin arms have round, yellow structures encircling its shoulders. On each arm is a shell that appears to be half of a bird mask, and its hands end in two large claws to create a beak for the mask.

The mask itself is mostly yellow with black, orange, and white markings. There are three white triangular markings with black edges on the top of each half of the mask, which create diamond-shapes when the mask is closed. The 'eyes' consist of a white diamond connected to a slightly larger orange diamond, which is inside a larger yellow diamond. Each of these shapes is edged in black. On each half of its beak is an orange triangle with a white rim. There are wing-shaped structures on each side, toward the back. Tapu Koko is able to pull the mask together and hide its upper body inside, creating the impression of a stylized rooster.

This Pokémon is called the guardian deity of Melemele Island. It's known for protecting its home, but it is fickle and will not necessarily help people in need. However, it is very curious, and may come to play or battle with people or Pokémon that interest it. It is able to store electricity by closing itself inside the shells on its arms.^[1] It has an explosive temper, but it instantly forgets what enraged it in the first place.

Tapu Koko and the other guardian deities share the signature move Nature's Madness and the exclusive Z-Move Guardian of Alola.

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  Artwork of Tapu Koko with its shell closed

In the anime

Tapu Koko in the anime

Shiny Tapu Koko in the anime

Major appearances

Tapu Koko (anime)

Tapu Koko debuted in Alola to New Adventure!, where it gave Ash a Z-Ring equipped with an Electrium Z. It made many further appearances throughout the Sun & Moon series.

Shiny Tapu Koko (anime)

A Shiny Tapu Koko debuted in Battling the Beast Within!, where it and its counterpart from Ash's world transported Ash and Pikachu to the Ultra Ruin. It reappeared in Parallel Friendships!.

Minor appearances

A Tapu Koko appeared in I Choose You!.

In the manga

Tapu Koko in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Tapu Koko debuted in The Delivery of Rotom and the Girl, where it attacked Sun and Moon. After a short battle, it fled, leaving behind a Sparkling Stone for Sun. It reappeared in The Decision and the Tournament of Six, PASM24, and PASM25; and in a flashback in Thieving and Boss Crabominable.

A Tapu Koko appeared in a fantasy in Pokémon Move Specialist Professor Kukui, Going Ashore and Neighboring Akala Island, Homecoming and the Brilliant Professional Golfer, and Unleashing the Incredible Z-Move.

In the TCG

Main article: Tapu Koko (TCG)

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Tapu Koko appears as a Pokémon summoned from the Poké Ball. It uses Electric Surge, creating an electric field that stuns opponents, and also shooting out electricity.

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In events

Games	Event	Region	Location	Level	Distribution period
SM	Melemele Island Shiny Tapu Koko	Japanese region	Online	60	March 17 to May 31, 2017
SM	Melemele Island Shiny Tapu Koko	All	South Korea	60	April 8 to 9, 2017
SM	Melemele Island Shiny Tapu Koko	Japanese region	Online	60	April 28 to June 30, 2017
SM	Melemele Island Shiny Tapu Koko	PAL region	Online	60	April 28 to June 30, 2017
SM	Melemele Island Shiny Tapu Koko	Taiwanese region	Online	60	April 28 to June 30, 2017
SM	Melemele Island Shiny Tapu Koko	PAL region	Nintendo Network	60	July 14 to August 14, 2017
SM	Melemele Island Shiny Tapu Koko	American region	Nintendo Network	60	July 14 to August 14, 2017
USUM	Melemele Island Shiny Tapu Koko	Japanese region	Online	60	2019
USUM	Melemele Island Shiny Tapu Koko	Korean region	Online	60	2019
USUM	Melemele Island Shiny Tapu Koko	PAL region	Online	60	2019
USUM	Melemele Island Shiny Tapu Koko	American region	Online	60	2019

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Events*		Electric Seed (100%)

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

Generation VII Other generations: VIII - IX

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM01 TM01 Work Up Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM04 TM04 Calm Mind Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM05 TM05 Roar Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM06 TM06 Toxic Poison Status 0000— 090}}90% 10 TM10 TM10 Hidden Power Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM12 TM12 Taunt Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM15 TM15 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM16 TM16 Light Screen Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM17 TM17 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM18 TM18 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM19 TM19 Roost Flying Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM20 TM20 Safeguard Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 25 TM21 TM21 Frustration Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM24 TM24 Thunderbolt Electric Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM25 TM25 Thunder Electric Special 110110 070}}70% 10 TM27 TM27 Return Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM32 TM32 Double Team Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 15 TM33 TM33 Reflect Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM40 TM40 Aerial Ace Flying Physical 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM41 TM41 Torment Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM42 TM42 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM46 TM46 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM48 TM48 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM49 TM49 Echoed Voice Normal Special 04040 100}}100% 15 TM51 TM51 Steel Wing Steel Physical 07070 090}}90% 25 TM54 TM54 False Swipe Normal Physical 04040 100}}100% 40 TM58 TM58 Sky Drop Flying Physical 06060 100}}100% 10 TM62 TM62 Acrobatics Flying Physical 05555 100}}100% 15 TM68 TM68 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM72 TM72 Volt Switch Electric Special 07070 100}}100% 20 TM73 TM73 Thunder Wave Electric Status 0000— 090}}90% 20 TM76 TM76 Fly Flying Physical 09090 095}}95% 15 TM77 TM77 Psych Up Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM86 TM86 Grass Knot Grass Special 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM87 TM87 Swagger Normal Status 0000— 085}}85% 15 TM88 TM88 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM89 TM89 U-turn Bug Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM90 TM90 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM93 TM93 Wild Charge Electric Physical 09090 100}}100% 15 TM96 TM96 Nature Power Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM99 TM99 Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special 08080 100}}100% 10 XTM100 TM100 Confide Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Tapu Koko Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Tapu Koko

By breeding

By tutoring

Side game data

Pokémon Shuffle Electric Attack Power: 70 - 113 6 #757 Eject++ Sometimes removes five non-Support Pokémon icons. Swappable Skill(s): Typeless Combo

Evolution

Unevolved Tapu Koko  Electric  Fairy

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VII.
Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back

For other sprites and images, please see Tapu Koko images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Tapu Koko shares its category with Tapu Lele, Tapu Bulu and Tapu Fini. They are all known as the Land Spirit Pokémon.
• In Pokémon Sun and Moon, Tapu Koko has a base experience yield of 114.

Origin

Tapu Koko's mask appears to be a stylized rooster. Its design is similar to a totem pole. It may also be inspired by Kūkaʻilimoku, one of the four major Hawaiian gods and god of war and conflict, who is often represented by feathered idols.

Name origin

Tapu Koko may be a combination of tapu (Hawaiian for sacred or holy) and kokō (Hawaiian onomatopoeia for a rooster's crowing).

Kapu-Kokeko may be a combination of kapu (Hawaiian for sacred or holy) and コケコッコー kokekokkō (Japanese onomatopoeia for a rooster's crowing).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese カプ・コケコ Kapu-Kokeko From kapu and コケコッコー kokekokkō French Tokorico From cocorico Spanish Tapu Koko Same as English name German Kapu-Riki From kapu and kikeriki Italian Tapu Koko Same as English name Korean 카푸꼬꼬꼭 Kapukkokkokkok From kapu and 꼬끼오 kkokki'o Mandarin Chinese 卡璞・鳴鳴 / 卡璞・鸣鸣 Kǎpú Míngmíng From kapu and 鳴 / 鸣 míng Cantonese Chinese 卡璞・鳴鳴 Kāpok Mìhngmìhng From kapu and 鳴 mìhng

More languages Russian Тапу Коко Tapu Koko Transcription of English name Thai คาปู โคเคโค Kapu-Kokeko Transcription of Japanese name

Related articles

• Guardian deities (anime)
• Guardian deities
• Legendary Pokémon

Notes

External links

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See also: Mythical Pokémon

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