Pokémon/Characters/Koga

Koga
File:GymLeader-Koga.png
Japanese nameKyō
Voice actor(s) Ken Gates
First appearances
GamePokemon Red/Blue
Anime episode"The Ninja-Poké Showdown"
Pokémon Adventures chapterVs. Rhydon

Koga, known in the Japanese version as Kyou (キョウ) is a character in the Pokémon video game series. He is the second member of Johto's Elite Four that you will face. He was also once the gym leader of Fuchsia City, but relieved his duties to Janine. He is an expert on Poison types. He is generally thought of as a Ninja type character.

In the video games

The Pokémon Red and Blue, Koga operates the Fuchsia city gym, which is also a training ground for the ninja arts. He is also part of the guard that protects the boarder of the Safari Zone.

Later, in Pokémon Gold and Silver, he has been promoted to a member of the Elite Four, with his daughter, Janine, taking over his previous duties at the Fuchsia gym.

In the Anime

In the TV show, Koga is a Ninja type character whose gym is full of trap doors, booby-traps, and other such hidden items. After Ash, Misty, and Brock make their way around these, and finally locate Koga, Ash Challenges him to a match. Team Rocket interupts the match, but are defeated with the help of Misty's Psyduck. A rematch occurs outside, with Ash winning, and Koga, who is impressed by the Psyduck's skill, offering a trade, which Misty declines.

In the Pokémon Adventures Manga

Koga, the former Gym Leader of Fuchsia City, is currently an ex-Team Rocket executive, and part of the former Team Rocket Triad (composed of Lt. Surge, Sabrina (Pokémon), and himself.) During the Silph Co. battle, he uses Articuno, along with his poison Pokemon, in order to battle Red and Green. After the fall of Team Rocket, he vanished along with the rest of the Team Rocket triad and his gym was taken over by his daughter, Janine. His Arbok is able to regrow its tail if it is cut off (it was once cut off by Green's Charmeleon and Agatha's Arbok). He was last seen at the end of the GSC saga, when he joined Will, Karen, and Bruno to help form a good Elite Four.

Pokemon

Red/Blue

  • Weezing
  • Koffing
  • Grimer
  • Muk

Yellow

  • 3 Venonat of increasing Levels.
  • Venomoth

Gold/Silver/Crystal

  • Ariados
  • Forretress
  • Venomoth
  • Muk
  • Crobat

FireRed/LeafGreen

  • Koffing
  • Muk
  • Koffing
  • Weezing