Winona

Winona ナギ Nagi
""The bird user taking flight into the world.""
[[File:File:ArtWinona.png|{{{size}}}]] Art from R/S/E
Gender	Female
Hometown	Fortree City
Region	Hoenn
Trainer class	Gym Leader
Generation	III
Games	Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald
Leader of	Fortree Gym
Badge	Feather Badge
Anime debut	Who's Flying Now?
English voice actor	Amy Birnbaum
Japanese voice actor	Hyōsei

Winona (Japanese: ナギ Nagi) is the Gym Leader of Fortree City's Gym, known officially as the Fortree Gym. She specializes in Template:Type2 Pokémon and gives out the Feather Badge to trainers who defeat her.

In the anime

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Winnona in the anime

Winona was the Gym Leader of the Fortree City Gym, who was also known as the most talented Flying Type user. She appeared in Who's Flying Now? and Sky High Gym Battle. When Ash first arrived at Fortree, she was away from the gym in order to help out in the Feather Carnival, an annual festival where the whole city celebrates the Flying Pokémon. After getting scared by Brock's "usual ways" and chasing Team Rocket off for trying to steal the Template:Type2s with her Skarmory, she battled Ash on the next day.

Winona used Altaria, Pelipper and a shiny Swellow against Ash's Grovyle, Pikachu and his own Swellow. After a long (and, surprisingly, Team Rocket-less) battle, Ash won the Feather Badge from her.

She is voiced by 氷青 Hyōsei in the Japanese version and Amy Birnbaum in the English version.

Pokémon

This listing is of Winona's Pokémon in the Pokémon anime.

Skarmory

Pelipper

Altaria

Swellow

In the games

Winona runs the Fortree City Gym. She specializes in Template:Type2 Pokémon and gives out the Feather Badge once defeated. In addition to the Feather Badge, Winona also gives out TM40 (Aerial Ace) in Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald.

Pokémon

This listing is for Winona's Pokémon in the video games in which she has appeared.

In the Pokémon Special manga

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Winona in the Pokémon Special

In Pokémon Special, Winona is the supervisor of the Hoenn Gym Leaders, much as Erika is the leader of the Kanto Gym Leaders. Her job is to watch over all Hoenn Gym Leaders to ensure the gyms are running smoothly. She's apparently close to Flannery, as the redhead's judgment is enough to convince her that Team Magma is the side she should take in the battle between Team Magma and Team Aqua. Later, she is convinced by Wallace to renounce her alliance, as both sides are up to no good.

When Sapphire first battles and loses to Winona, Winona takes her under her wing and trains her. Because of this, Sapphire joins the Gym Leaders' fight against Kyogre and Groudon.

She and Wallace apparently had some sort of relationship in the past, speculated by most fans to have been romantic. Although it is largely unconfirmed whether she still has feelings for him, it is quite obvious that Wallace still has feelings for her, based on the scene where the two say their goodbyes before they leave to fight Kyogre and Groudon in Template:PSV.

When Wallace attempted to battle Maxie and Archie single-handedly, Winona was held hostage by Archie's Tentacruel.

Pokémon

This listing is for Winona's Pokémon in the Pokémon Special manga.

• Altaria
• Swablu
• Masquerain
• Beautifly
• Skarmory

Quotes

"I am Winona. I am the Leader of the Fortree Pokémon Gym. I have become one with Bird Pokémon and have soared the skies... However grueling the battle, we have triumphed with grace... Witness the elegant choreography of Bird Pokémon and I!"

"Never before have I seen a Trainer command Pokémon with more grace than I... In recognition of your prowess, I present to you this Gym Badge."

Trivia

• Her Japanese Leader title is 大空に羽ばたく姫姉様.
• In addition to being the only female in the Pokémon anime to own a shiny Pokémon, Winona is the only Gym Leader to do so.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ナギ (Nagi)	Alludes to "calm; lull" (凪 nagi), possibly relating to wind.
English	Winona	Meaning "first born daughter", but may have been chosen because it's similar to "wing" or "wind".
French	Alizée	Possible derivation from "alizé" (trade wind).
German	Wibke	Possible derivation from "Wind", "Schwinge" (wing), or "Wirbel" ("whirlpool").
Italian	Alice	Possible derivation from "ali", which is the plural of "ala" ("wing").
Spanish	Alana	Possible derivation from "ala" ("wing").
Korean	은송 (Eunsong)
Chinese	娜琪 (Na Qi)	A phonetical translation of "Nagi".

External links

• Nagi's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)

Gym Leaders of the Hoenn region
Rustboro Gym Roxanne	Dewford Gym Brawly	Mauville Gym Wattson	Lavaridge Gym Flannery
Petalburg Gym Norman	Fortree Gym Winona	Mossdeep Gym Tate and Liza	Sootopolis Gym Wallace Juan