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, and 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

Winona in the anime

Winona was the Gym Leader of the Fortree City Gym, and 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 Template:Shiny2 Swellow against Ash's Grovyle, Pikachu and his own Swellow. After a long battle, Ash won the Feather Badge from her.

Pokémon

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

Skarmory

Altaria

Pelipper

Swellow (Template:Shiny2)

Voice actors

• Japanese
  • Hyōsei
• English
  • Amy Birnbaum

In the games

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Winona's battle sprite in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald

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 young Gym Leader'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.

Skarmory

Beautifly

Masquerain

Altaria

Swellow

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."

Before and after the first rematch in Emerald:

"We humans can never escape gravity's pull on the ground. But by striving for excellence, we have the power to soar! You have scaled the pinnacles as the reigning Champion. Please, allow me to see your power at full flight!"

"I failed to reach your height again..."

"Even though I have lost, the wings of my heart remain unbroken. I can rise and soar again and yet again. I am convinced of it!"

Trainer's Eyes

Strategy - I take advantage of speed.

Trainer's Pokémon - Graceful sky dancers

Self-Introduction - I can see the ebb and flow of the winds.

Trivia

• In addition to being the only female in the Pokémon anime to own a Template:Shiny2 Pokémon, Winona is the only Gym Leader to do so.
• In Ruby and Sapphire, as well as in Emerald, Winona's Altaria is at level 33. Normally, this is impossible, as Swablu evolves into Altaria at level 35, no earlier.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ナギ (Nagi)	梛 Nagi, Nageia nagi. Also 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 (Nàqí)	A phonetical translation of "Nagi".

References

• Pokémon.com Who's Flying Now?.
• Pokémon.com Sky High Gym Battle.

External links

• Nagi's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)

Template:Winona's Pokémon

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

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