Marina (Johto)

Marina マリナ Marina
Marina
Gender	Female
Hometown	New Bark Town
Region	Johto
Trainer class	Trainer
Game counterpart	Kris
Animated debut	The Legend of Thunder!
English voice actor	Kelly Davis
Japanese voice actor	Kazusa Murai
Manga counterpart(s)	Crystal

Marina (Japanese: マリナ Marina) is a Trainer from New Bark Town. Her starter was a Totodile. She received her starter Pokémon at the same time as Jimmy and Vincent. Her Japanese voice actress is 村井かずさ Kazusa Murai and her English voice actress is Kelly Davis.

She appeared in The Legend of Thunder!, where she battled Attila and Hun to save Raikou with the help of Jimmy, Vincent, and Eusine. She loves cute Pokémon and cute nicknames (Little Pink for her Jigglypuff, for instance), and does synchronized movement with them when she calls them out. She appears to have somewhat of a crush on Jimmy.

Her goal, unlike most other Trainers, is to be a "Pokémon Idol". The specifics of being a Pokémon Idol are never made clear in the anime, but it seems to entail putting on a show while battling. Notably, she first appeared before the debut of Pokémon Contests, though in recent appearances, she was shown to become a Coordinator herself. She also entered the Silver Conference along with Jimmy a full year before Jackson.

She also loves men in capes, especially Lance, having a whole notebook full of pictures of him. She also has an attraction to Eusine as he wears a cape as well.

Recent appearances

File:MarinaMagazine.jpg

Marina in a magazine

In the intro of Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, Marina is seen running by the coast with Lugia and her three Pokémon: Little Miss, Wani-Wani, and Little Pink.

In Not on My Watch Ya Don't, Marina appears on the cover of a magazine, modeling the Pokétch. This may imply her goal of becoming an idol has come true. Additionally, she makes another cameo appearance in A Stand-Up Sit-Down!, performing in a contest on Zoey's PC. Marian calls her the "World's Top Coordinator". This would imply she has a Contest Pass for either Johto or Sinnoh. Marina even appears to have her own merchandise; one of the customers to the café in Tanks for the Memories! wears a t-shirt with Marina's face on it.

Pokémon

Wani-Wani

Wani-Wani

Debut	The Legend of Thunder!
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Eric Stuart

Main article: Wani-Wani

Wani-Wani, a Feraligatr, was Marina's starter Pokémon, obtained as a Totodile from Professor Elm on the same day that Vincent received his Chikorita and Jimmy received his Cyndaquil.

Little Miss

Little Miss

Debut	The Legend of Thunder!
Voice actors
Japanese	Ryoka Yuzuki
English	Kayzie Rogers

Main article: Little Miss

Little Miss is Marina's female Misdreavus. She seems to be one of her favorite Pokémon. She usually is kept outside of her Poké Ball.

Little Pink

Little Pink

Debut	The Legend of Thunder!
Voice actors
Japanese	Yumi Tōma
English	Rachael Lillis

Marina used her Jigglypuff, Little Pink (Japanese: ピンクちゃん Pink-chan), to battle Jimmy's Beedrill in The Legend of Thunder!. It was last seen in Marina's cameo in A Stand-Up Sit-Down being used in a double performance with Wani-Wani. Little Pink knows the moves Sing and Psychic.

While ordinary Jigglypuff are usually depicted as blue-eyed, Marina's Jigglypuff is green-eyed. The only time another green-eyed Jigglypuff appeared was in Rough, Tough Jigglypuff.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 村井かずさ Kazusa Murai English Kelly Davis Brazilian Portuguese Letícia Quinto European Spanish María del Mar Jorcano

Trivia

• Her overall design is based on the female player character of Pokémon Crystal.
• When Jackson (Vincent) appeared in the Silver Conference, he referred Marina and Jimmy as "Dani" and "Yoshi", leading many to believe that "Dani" was the official English name for Marina. Whether this was the original intention remains unknown. However, in The Legend of Thunder!, she is properly identified as Marina.
• Besides her starter, both of Marina's known Pokémon evolve using an evolutionary stone.
• Even though the specifics of being a Pokémon Idol are never made clear in the anime, a Trainer class introduced in Generation IV is known as Pokémon Idols. One of them, after battle, states "A Pokémon idol follows their fans, while a Trainer follows their Pokémon".
• The Feraligatr that Marina has may be the Totodile from the episode Don't Touch that 'Dile
• All of Marina's known Pokémon have only been revealed to know two moves.

External links

• Idolized, the fanlisting for Marina
• Marina's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)

Marina's Pokémon
On hand:	Wani-Wani	Little Miss	Pink

Top Coordinators
Abby • Fantina • Johanna • Juan • Marina • Robert • Solidad • Wallace • Yuma • Zoey

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