Lyra (anime)

Lyra コトネ Kotone
Lyra
Gender	Female
Eye color	Brown
Hair color	Brown
Hometown	New Bark Town
Region	Johto
Trainer class	Trainer
Game counterpart	Lyra
Anime debut	An Egg Scramble!
English voice actor	Eileen Stevens
Japanese voice actor	Megumi Nakajima

Lyra (Japanese: コトネ Kotone) is a recurring character who appeared in the Pokémon anime. She is a Pokémon Trainer from New Bark Town and a traveling companion of Khoury.

History

Lyra and Khoury

Pre-series

As a rookie Trainer, Lyra was given a Chikorita as her first partner Pokémon. Together, Lyra was able to challenge and defeat the Gym Leaders of Violet City and Azalea Town, thus receiving the Badges from those Gyms.

Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl

Lyra debuted in An Egg Scramble!. Ash and his friends first met her when her Marill wandered off and they found it wedged in between two buildings. She introduced herself as a Trainer from Johto. She came to Sinnoh with her friend, Khoury and his father in order to observe the Pokémon residing in the region. Later, she asks Dawn to participate in the Johto Festival. The two girls had a battle, but Lyra lost and rewarded Dawn with an Egg. At the end of the episode, Lyra and Khoury joined Ash's group because the former wanted to watch the upcoming Lilypad Town Pokémon Contest in which Dawn would be participating.

In Gone With the Windworks!, Lyra's Marill was lost inside the Valley Windworks. During the search, the group also got stuck in place, while trying to escape Lyra uses her Girafarig but to no avail. At the end of the day, the group finally managed to get out of the place and continued their journey to Lilypad Town.

In A Rivalry to Gible On!, Lyra and the others found a wild Gible, after the group decided who will capture it, Khoury managed the feat after several complications along the way.

In Dressed for Jess Success!, Lyra was finally able to watch the Lilypad Town Pokémon Contest. After Dawn's defeat in the Contest, Lyra joined the others to try to cheer her up.

Lyra last appeared in Bagged Then Tagged!, where she and Khoury had a Tag Battle against Ash and Dawn in the Lilypad Colosseum. Both Lyra and Khoury eventually lost the battle. Later, they went to the airport to meet with Khoury's father before going back to Johto. Then, Brock suggested that Lyra challenge Whitney and Morty. Also, upon her request, she asked Khoury to become her traveling companion and later, they promised Ash and Dawn that they would see them again.

Character

It is implied in Gone With the Windworks! that Lyra has an interest in Ash. She admires his bravery and wishes Khoury acted more like him. Lyra has even asked Dawn if she and Ash are a couple, though Dawn informed her that they are just friends. Perhaps Lyra was interested in Ash's spontaneity, something that Khoury lacks. In A Rivalry to Gible On!, Lyra attempted to pair Khoury and Dawn together as a couple, despite Dawn's refusal, before eventually realizing she had feelings for the former.

Pokémon

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

		Marill
		Main article: Lyra's Marill Marill is one of Lyra's main Pokémon and appears to be very affectionate towards her. Marill first appeared in An Egg Scramble! and it was because of Marill that Ash and his friends met Lyra.
Debut	An Egg Scramble!
Voice actors
Japanese	Chinami Nishimura
English	Kayzie Rogers

		Chikorita
		Chikorita is Lyra's first partner Pokémon and was used by Lyra to battle Dawn's Piplup in An Egg Scramble! as part of the Johto Festival. Despite the type-advantage, Chikorita was defeated by Piplup's super-effective Peck. Chikorita's next appearance was in Bagged Then Tagged! where it was used in a Tag Battle alongside Khoury's Totodile against Ash's Monferno and Dawn's Cyndaquil. Although Chikorita was weak against both Fire types, it still put up a good fight but was defeated by Cyndaquil's Flame Wheel and Monferno's Flamethrower. Chikorita's known moves are Razor Leaf, Light Screen, Solar Beam and Tackle.
Debut	An Egg Scramble!
Voice actors
Japanese	Kei Shindō
English	Kei Shindō

		Girafarig
		Lyra's Girafarig made a brief appearance in Gone With the Windworks! when it was used by Lyra to try to help the gang escape from the Valley Windworks after becoming trapped. Despite its power, Girafarig was unable to break down the door keeping the gang contained. Girafarig's only known move is Double Hit.
Debut	Gone With the Windworks!

Achievements

Lyra's Badges

Badges obtained

This listing is of the Badges Lyra has obtained in the Johto region:

• Zephyr Badge (prior to An Egg Scramble!)
• Hive Badge (prior to An Egg Scramble!)

Voice actors

Trivia

• Lyra is the first anime character based on a female player character seen to have Badges, although Marina is known to have entered the Silver Conference.
• She owns the female variation of the Pokédex, as well as the pink model of the Pokégear introduced in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.
• In the Japanese version, Lyra makes a pun of her own name by saying koto ne?, which means "right?", at the end of her sentences.
• Lyra mispronounces Dawn's name as Dane (Japanese: ヒカリン Hikarin).
  • Marilyn also called Dawn Hikarin in the original Japanese version. However, she instead refers to her as Dawny in the English dub.

Names

See also

• Lyra (game)

This article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.