Kenny (Sinnoh)

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Kenny ケンゴ Kengo
File:Kenny HD.png Kenny
Gender	Male
Eye color	Black
Hair color	Brown
Hometown	Twinleaf Town
Region	Sinnoh
Trainer class	Coordinator
Anime debut	Getting the Pre-Contest Titters
English voice actor	Rhonda Krempa
Japanese voice actor	Yūko Mita

Kenny (Japanese: ケンゴ Kengo) is a Coordinator and is a childhood friend of Dawn and Leona. He and Dawn have since become rivals.

History

Kenny first appeared in Getting the Pre-Contest Titters and Settling a Not-So-Old Score in which he and Dawn entered the Floaroma Pokémon Contest. Both of them made it to the finals, but he lost to Dawn after a closely fought battle.

He made a brief appearance on television in Throwing the Track Switch with his Prinplup in which he appears winning a Pokémon Contest, which gave him his second ribbon.

He appeared again in Journey to the Unown! and Team Shocker!, where he enters the Solaceon Town Contest with a new Pokémon, a Breloom.

Kenny and Leona in their childhood

In Pruning a Passel of Pals! and Strategy With a Smile! he made short cameos watching the Wallace Cup on TV. Kenny then made a cameo in A Breed Stampede! alongside with Nando in Marian's news report about Coordinators.

He also appeared in Stopped in the Name of Love!, along with Barry, where they revealed that they are best friends, despite having recently met. In Old Rivals, New Tricks!, he reappeared, entering in the Sandalstraw Town Contest and won against Dawn's Ambipom with his Prinplup, earning him his fourth ribbon.

Kenny calls Dawn by her nickname, Dee Dee (Japanese: ピカリ Pikari). It was revealed in DP161 that he came up with the name to make fun of Dawn when they were younger.

In DP174, Kenny participated in the Sinnoh Grand Festival, where it was revealed that his Prinplup had evolved into an Empoleon. During the appeal round, he used Empoleon alongside his Floatzel, and while the appeal started well Empoleon's Flash Cannon was too powerful and Floatzel was sent flying. As a result, Kenny didn't make it past the appeal round, leading to an early exit from the competition. Upset about his loss, Kenny decided not to remain for the rest of the Grand Festival and after bidding farewell to Dawn and her friends, Kenny left Lake Valor to being his training anew. He is set to appear again in DP180.

Pokémon

This listing is of Kenny's known Pokémon:

Empoleon

Debut	Getting the Pre-Contest Titters
Voice actors
Japanese	Katsuyuki Konishi
English	Bill Rogers

Main article: Kenny's Empoleon

Empoleon is Kenny's main Pokémon. It is Kenny's starter Pokémon, and he obtained when it was a Piplup. Empoleon was first seen as a Prinplup in Getting the Pre-Contest Titters.

Alakazam

Kenny's Alakazam

Debut	Settling a Not-So-Old Score!
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Bill Rogers

Kenny uses his Alakazam in the first round of the Floaroma Pokémon Contest in Settling a Not-So-Old Score!. It made a wonderful performance using Light Screen, Shadow Ball, Teleport and Hidden Power which helped Kenny get through to the next round.

Breloom

Kenny's Breloom

Debut	Journey to the Unown!
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Bill Rogers

Kenny has a Breloom that appeared in Journey to the Unown! and Team Shocker!. He has used it in battle against Ash's Turtwig and in his appeal at the Solaceon Contest in the following episode.

Breloom's known moves are Stun Spore, Mach Punch and Energy Ball.

Machoke

Debut	Old Rivals, New Tricks!
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Tom Wayland

Machoke is a Pokémon Kenny has that he used in the Appeals Round of the Sandalstraw Contest in Old Rivals, New Tricks!. Machoke's power was impressive enough to easily allow Kenny to pass through to the finals.

Machoke's known moves are Focus Energy and Strength.

Floatzel

Kenny's Floatzel

Debut	DP174

Kenny's Floatzel first appeared in DP174 as he used it for the Appeals Round in the Grand Festival with his Empoleon. During the performance Floatzel was overpowered by Empoleon's Flash Cannon and was sent flying backwards, causing Kenny to be eliminated from the tournament.

Floatzel's known moves are Aqua Jet, Whirlpool and Razor Wind.

Contests

Ribbons obtained

File:Kenny's fourth ribbon.png

The Sandalstraw Town Ribbon

• Unknown Ribbon (prior to Throwing the Track Switch)
• Sage Town Ribbon (prior to Throwing the Track Switch)
• Gerbera Town Ribbon (prior to A Breed Stampede!)
• Sandalstraw Town Ribbon (Old Rivals, New Tricks)
• Unknown Ribbon (prior to DP174)

Outfits

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  Kenny's outfit in usual Contests

• Kenny.png

  Kenny's outfit in the Grand Festival

Trivia

• His Japanese name may be derived from 金剛 kongo, the Japanese word for "diamond". This is similar to how Shinji (Paul), who is Ash's rival, is similar to 真珠 shinju, the Japanese word for "pearl".
• Just like Gary Oak, another rival of a main character, Kenny started off with a Template:Type2 Pokémon and owns an Alakazam.
  • Both Gary and Kenny have a Japanese voice actress whose first names are both read as Yūko.
• Kenny has similarities to his and Dawn's other friend, Leona, having a similar hairstyle, clothes, both being Dawn's childhood friend and both calling Dawn "Dee Dee" sometimes.
• All of Kenny's Pokémon are voiced by Bill Rogers in English, expect for Machoke, who is voiced for Tom Wayland.
• Kenny has a blue Pokétch, the one given to male players in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 三田ゆう子 Yūko Mita English Rhonda Krempa Czech Michal Holán Spanish Latin America Javier Olguín (DP026-DP027) Xóchitl Ugarte (DP060-DP061) Bruno Coronel (DP122-present) Spain Chelo Vivares

External links

• Kengo's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)
• Kengo's Pokémon on Pokeani (Japanese)

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