Lyra (game)
| Lyra コトネ Kotone | |
 Art from HeartGold and SoulSilver | |
| Age | 10/11[1] |
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| Gender | Female |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Hometown | New Bark Town |
| Region | Johto |
| Relatives | Mom (as player) Grandparents, unnamed father (as NPC) |
| Trainer class | Pokémon Trainer, Player character |
| Generation | IV, VII |
| Games | HeartGold, SoulSilver, Masters EX |
| Game animation debut | GOTCHA! |
| English voice actor | Della Saba[2] (Masters EX) |
| Japanese voice actor | Unknown (Masters EX) |
| Anime counterpart | Lyra |
| Counterpart debut | An Egg Scramble! |
| Manga counterpart(s) | Crystal |
Lyra (Japanese: コトネ Kotone) is the female player character in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. Her male counterpart is Ethan. She replaces Kris from Pokémon Crystal.
In the core series
As the protagonist
Lyra's journey as a Trainer begins when Professor Elm asks her to run an errand for Mr. Pokémon, who lives north of Cherrygrove City. Because she may encounter dangerous wild Pokémon along the way, Elm gives her a choice between three Pokémon for protection: Cyndaquil, Totodile or Chikorita.
Lyra meets a strange boy the same age as her watching Elm's Lab from outside. When she tries to talk to him, the boy abruptly shoves her away. The boy, Silver, will become Lyra's rival, analogous to Blue in Generation I and III.
Lyra continues onward and finally meets Mr. Pokémon and completes the errand. While there she meets Professor Oak who, upon realizing Lyra's bond with her new Pokémon, gives her a Pokédex. On her way back home, Lyra again meets Silver, who has stolen one of Elm's remaining Pokémon. After defeating the boy in battle, she learns his name from his dropped Trainer Card and relays it to the police in New Bark Town. Professor Elm allows Lyra to keep the Pokémon she chose earlier, and encourages her to compete in the Johto League.
From there Lyra begins on a Pokémon journey in the Johto region, facing off against its eight Gym Leaders, defeating and disbanding the revived Team Rocket, and becoming the Pokémon League Champion by defeating the Elite Four and its previous Champion, Lance, at Indigo Plateau. Along the way, she also teaches Silver to respect Pokémon as living creatures, and not just as tools for battle.
After being declared the Pokémon League Champion, Lyra then takes a short trip on a ship, the S.S. Aqua, from Olivine City to Vermilion City in Kanto. Journeying across that region, she battles against its own set of eight Gym Leaders. Upon getting permission from Professor Oak in Pallet Town, Lyra heads for Mt. Silver via Route 28. Her journey comes to a close when she comes to the summit and faces the Champion from Pallet Town and Pokémon Trainer, Red, who had been training there since shortly after he became Pokémon League Champion three years prior.
As a non-playable character
If Ethan is selected to be the player character, Lyra meets him in New Bark Town at the start of the game. In this particular scene, she is seen with a Marill. Her role in the storyline of HeartGold and SoulSilver is similar to that of Lucas/Dawn in Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum if they are not chosen as the player character, while Ethan takes this place if she is selected as the player. She teaches the player how to catch Pokémon on Route 29 (replacing the Dude from Gold, Silver, and Crystal).
While playing as Ethan, her grandparents run the Pokémon Day Care on Route 34. She also gives the player the Fashion Case in Goldenrod Tunnel and the Vs. Recorder on Route 31.
When called from certain locations, Lyra will mention that something will happen if the player takes a certain Pokémon there.
Pokémon
Lyra uses this party to show the player how to catch Pokémon when Ethan is selected as the player character in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.
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Mentioned
When called with the Pokégear at different locations, Lyra will mention she owns certain Pokémon.
 Tauros♂* |
 Bulbasaur* |
 Porygon* |
 Tangela* |
In spin-off games
Pokémon Masters EX
- Main article: Lyra (Masters)
Artwork
Sprites
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| Sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver |
Pokéathlon sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver |
Backsprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver |
VS sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver |
Close-up sprite from the opening of HeartGold and SoulSilver |
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| Overworld sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver |
Overworld Pokéathlon sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver |
Overworld sprite, disguised as a Team Rocket Grunt, from HeartGold and SoulSilver |
Intro sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver |
Sprite from the opening of HeartGold and SoulSilver |
Quotes
- Main article: Lyra (game)/Quotes
Optional names
| Japanese | English | French | German | Italian | Spanish | Korean |
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| ハート Heart ソウル Soul キヨミ Kiyomi サトコ Satoko チホ Chiho イオリ Iori マキコ Makiko ミキコ Mikiko ウララ Urara ジュンコ Junko フウカ Fūka リエ Rie セツコ Setsuko ニッキ Nikki マミナ Mamina ノリコ Noriko ユミカ Yumika モモコ Momoko ミスズ Misuzu |
Heart Soul Karla Britney Kelli Lindy Heidi Miriam Trudy Aubrey Krissa Naomi Abby Dodie Tamara Linda Fiona Mari Maggie |
Heart Soul HadjaHG / JoannaSS Becky Edith Sophie Claire Brenda Madge Sayaka Noémie Linda Suzie Yuki Carmen Coralie Nadia Hélène Caro |
Heart Soul KlaraHG / MandySS Andrea Sina Sara Sigrun Elena Birgit Diana Antje Suse Uta Daniela Silke Linda Jamie Piera Evelin |
Heart Soul Cinzia Luisa Amanda Bia Elisa Lorenza Tonia Gaia Fara Wilma Ivana Monia Letizia Enrica Ilaria Isotta Viviana |
Heart Soul Mena Cira María Lara Mariau Miriam Theresa Claudia Aída René Aria Margot Nuria Izarbe Silvia Mirta Susan |
하트 Heart 소울 Soul 링링 Ringring 서연 Seoyeon 해나 Haena 아라 Ara 유경 Yugyeong 윤혜 Yunhye 태희 Taehyi 나정 Najeong 인희 Inhyi 나영 Nayeong 꽃님 Kkotnim 설아 Seola 지나 Jina 주애 Juae 사희 Sahyi 미영 Miyeong 은영 Eun'yeong |
Counterparts
In the anime
Main series
- Main article: Lyra (anime)
Shortly after the release of Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, an anime counterpart of Lyra appeared in the episodes from An Egg Scramble! to Bagged Then Tagged!. Much as with May and Dawn, she shares both her English and Japanese names with the player character she is based on.
GOTCHA!
Lyra briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
In the manga
Pocket Monsters HeartGold & SoulSilver Go! Go! Pokéathlon
Lyra appeared in Pocket Monsters HeartGold & SoulSilver Go! Go! Pokéathlon. None of her Pokémon are known.
Pokémon Adventures
- Main article: Crystal (Adventures)
Although Lyra doesn't appear separately in Pokémon Adventures, Crystal essentially serves as her counterpart by wearing her Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver outfit in the arc thanks to her mom forcing her to wear it against her will.
Pokémon HeartGold SoulSilver: Pokédex Completion Comic
A Trainer with the same design as Lyra appeared in Pokémon HeartGold SoulSilver: Pokédex Completion Comic.
Pokémon
Trivia
- Lyra is 4'11" (1.52 m) tall and weighs 90.4 lbs (41 kg). This was confirmed by checking the heights and weights of certain Pokémon in the Pokédex. The height was eventually confirmed by the Pokémon Scale World series of 1/20 scaled figures.[3]
- Lyra shares many of her Japanese default names with Leaf and Dawn. She also shares all of Kris's default Japanese names.
- Occasionally, Lyra will call and claim that her Marill evolved into Azumarill. Upon meeting her again, however, she will still have a Marill. This mix-up is due to a translation error: in the Japanese version, she talks of how she would be surprised if she were to turn around on a whim while walking about and find her Marill in the process of evolving, or having evolved, into an Azumarill. She follows that thought up with: "But that would never happen!"
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | コトネ Kotone | From 琴音 kotone (sound of koto) |
| English, German | Lyra | From lyre |
| Spanish | Lira | From lira (lyre) |
| French | Célesta | From celesta |
| Italian | Cetra | From cetra |
| Korean | 금선 Geumseon | From 금선 (琴線) geumseon (geum string) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 琴音 Qínyīn | From 琴音 qínyīn / kàhmyām (sound of qin) |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 琴音 Kàhmyām |
References
- ↑ Nintendo Dream volume 201 (translation)
- ↑ Della Saba on Instagram
- ↑ Page about the Lyra & Bayleef & Natu & Smoochum set of figures.
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