Koji

For the characters of the day with Japanese names of "Kōji", see Len and Travis.

If you were looking for the DJ with the Japanese name of Kōji, see DJ → Fern.

If you were looking for the character in Pocket Monsters XY: The Legend of the Pokémon Dragon King, see Koji (LDK).

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Koji

Koji (Japanese: ユウジ Yūji) is a character of the day who appeared in Good 'Quil Hunting.

He was a brash young Trainer who wanted a Cyndaquil, and ended up competing with Ash to catch one in a forest. Even though Ash caught one first, Koji pressured Ash into a battle, with the prize being the Cyndaquil Ash already caught. Against Brock's better judgment, Ash accepted the challenge and had Cyndaquil battle Koji's Sandslash. During the battle, Koji was shown to be a confident Trainer with a powerful Pokémon. He is not a kind Trainer, and pressured his Sandslash to continue the battle even though it was exhausted.

Despite having a disadvantage, Cyndaquil was able to use its speed and Tackle attack to defeat the Sandslash. Koji then decided to try to steal Cyndaquil anyway in a net, only to get badly burned when it used a Flamethrower at him, causing him to run away. As he fled, Brock yelled after him that he should train himself before training any more Pokémon.

Pokémon

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

Sandslash

Debut	Good 'Quil Hunting

Sandslash is Koji's only known Pokémon. He used it in his attempt to catch a wild Cyndaquil that he found: first to try and stop Ash from catching the Cyndaquil, and later to battle the Cyndaquil once Ash had caught it. In the battle, Sandslash was shown to be very agile and powerful, but it was ultimately defeated by Cyndaquil's Tackle attack after getting stuck in a tree. During the battle, Brock noted that Sandslash's Slash attack had "amazing destructive power". Koji mentioned that Sandslash's best move was Fury Swipes.

Sandslash's known moves are Sand Attack, Poison Sting, Fury Swipes, Slash, Swift, and Scratch.

Trivia

• Koji shares a few similarities with Damian and Shamus, as the three of them are brash and have tried to claim Fire-type first partner Pokémon as their own, ending in rejection by said Pokémon's Flamethrower.
  • The major difference between Koji and the other two is that Damian and Shamus actually owned Fire first partner Pokémon (Charmander and Tepig, respectively), while Koji never actually owned Cyndaquil at any point.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 陶山章央 Akio Suyama English Ed Paul Arabic طارق كعكاتي Tariq Kaakati Finnish Mari Laari European French Bruno Mullenaerts Italian Alessandro Germano (TPCi dub) Polish Artur Krajewski Brazilian Portuguese Figueira Júnior Spanish Latin America Irwin Daayán Spain Jorge Saudinós

This article is part of Project COD, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each one-time character of the Pokémon animated series.