Billy Jo

Billy Jo (Japanese: ルー Lou) in the games is a character appearing in Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 1 and Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 2 of the Pokémon anime.

Billy Jo

She is a guitarist playing with Roxie and Nicky in the band "Koffing and the Toxics", which is quite well known in Unova and provides music during Roxie's Gym Battles. When Ash came to the Virbank Gym, Roxie described Billy Jo as a "poisonous person".

She once went on tour with the band through Kanto but mentioned to Ash that the audiences there were "a bore".

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 西村ちなみ Chinami Nishimura English Samia Mounts European Spanish Emma Jiménez

In the games

Billy Jo appears at the Virbank Gym in Black 2 and White 2. Here, she also plays in a band with Roxie, just like in the anime. The player has to battle her before being able to battle Roxie.

Pokémon

This listing is of Billy Jo's Pokémon in the games:

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Guitarist Billy Jo Virbank Gym Black 2 and White 2 Guitarist and Professor Billy Jo Oak Virbank Gym Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $448

Types: Bug Poison Ability: Poison Point Held item: None Venipede♀ Lv.14 Poison Sting Poison Physical   --       Rollout Rock Physical   --       Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Screech Normal Status   --       Type: Poison Unknown Ability: Levitate Held item: None Koffing♀ Lv.14 Tackle Normal Physical   --       Assurance Dark Physical   --       Poison Gas Poison Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Quotes

• Before battle

"I can always be straight and honest with myself whenever I'm playing the guitar or having a Pokémon battle!"

• When defeated

"Argh! The happy times always end so quickly!"

• After being defeated

"It's because I'm with my Pokémon that I can happily play my guitar. And it's because I play my guitar that my Pokémon become strong. Get it?"

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ルー Lou	May be taken from American rock musician Lou Reed.
English	Billy Jo	Possibly from the guitarist from Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong.
French, German, Italian	Lou	From her Japanese name.
Spanish	Rita	From guitarra, guitar.

This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.