Roy

If you were looking for the Gym Leader whose German, Spanish, French, and Brazilian Portuguese name is Roy, see Raihan.

If you were looking for the Team Rocket member whose Korean name is Roy, see James.

Roy ロイ Roy
Roy
Gender	Male
Eye color	Dark magenta
Hair color	Dark brown (with magenta highlights)
Hometown	Unnamed island
Region	Kanto^[1]
Relatives	Unnamed grandfather
Trainer class	Pokémon Trainer
Member of	Rising Volt Tacklers
Rank	Member
Animated debut	HZ003
English voice actor	N/A
Japanese voice actor	Yuka Terasaki

Roy (Japanese: ロイ Roy) is a protagonist of Pokémon Horizons: The Series.^[2] He owns a mysterious ancient Poké Ball that was given to him by his grandfather. He is a member of the Rising Volt Tacklers.

In the anime

History

Roy debuted in HZ003. In the morning after a storm, he ran to the beach, where he found the flag missing from the Rising Volt Tacklers' airship.

In HZ004, it was revealed that Roy attends virtual school and that the mysterious Poké Ball was given to him by his grandfather. After noticing that his Secret Base had been raided, Roy came across a Fuecoco and befriended it. Soon, they heard a commotion nearby and ran towards it to find Liko and Sprigatito running from a group of wild Pokémon. Despite their best efforts to escape, however, they were cornered and tied up by multiple String Shots until Friede came to their rescue. Afterwards, Roy and Fuecoco parted ways.

Wanting to meet Fuecoco again, Roy snuck on the Brave Asagi, but he got zapped by Captain Pikachu, waking up everyone on the aircraft in the process. Roy wanted Fuecoco to be his partner, but Friede told him that Fuecoco had to reciprocate those feelings as well. He and Liko searched all over the Brave Asagi, and while they weren't able to find Fuecoco that night, Roy decided to leave it some Oran Berries. In the next day, Roy stumbled upon an agitated Fuecoco, who told him that there was trouble brewing at the Brave Asagi. At the beach, Roy partnered with Fuecoco to battle against Zir and his Rhydon. By chanting alongside the Fire Croc Pokémon, Roy helped Fuecoco to successfully fire off an Ember.

Roy joining the Rising Volt Tacklers

In HZ006, Roy battled against Amethio for the first time and, even alongside Liko, was quickly overwhelmed by his strength. When Ceruledge was about to finish off Fuecoco and Sprigatito, Roy's ancient Poké Ball started to shine brightly and released a Black Rayquaza, who fired a Draco Meteor that forced the Explorers to retreat and flew away. Later that day, Roy opened his heart to Fuecoco, confessing that he wanted it to be his partner. Fuecoco reciprocated those feelings and spat out a Poké Ball that Friede's Charizard gave it, allowing Roy to catch it. After stating he wanted to realize both his and Fuecoco's dreams, his grandfather allowed him to go out on his Pokémon journey with the Rising Volt Tacklers.

In HZ007, Liko and Roy had a sparring battle, which ended with both of their Pokémon just exhausting themselves. After a training session with Captain Pikachu, they had another battle, which went much better. Although Roy ended up losing, he wasn't dejected, and promised to battle Liko again later.

In HZ010, Liko and Roy visited Artazon to meet Gym Leader Brassius, who had supposedly seen the Black Rayquaza. Brassius eventually admitted this to have been the case, with the encounter having left him in an artistic slump, as he felt his Rayquaza statue was not as good as the real thing. Roy, however, thought Brassius's statue looked just as good as the actual Rayquaza. After hearing how Rayquaza had been the inspiration behind his journey, Brassius challenged Roy to a battle to see if he was worthy of facing Rayquaza. During the battle, Brassius told Roy to remember to keep an eye on his own Pokémon, allowing Roy to spot that Fuecoco had just learned Stomping Tantrum. Despite this new move, however, Fuecoco was still defeated after Brassius Terastallized his Sudowoodo, ending the match in Roy's loss. After the battle, Roy expressed interest in getting to try out using the Terastal phenomenon himself.

Character

Roy and his grandfather

Roy and Liko

Roy is an upbeat, energetic boy who likes to go hunting for treasures. Adventurous by nature, Roy seeks to start a journey to meet Pokémon he has not seen, and battle Legendary Pokémon just like the fabled ancient adventurer he has heard about from his grandfather. Although he starts inexperienced about the inner workings of being a Pokémon Trainer, he is nonetheless adept at other related activities, such as building Secret Bases, and an expert in stone throwing, being able to ricochet pebbles for long distances to cut Berries from trees and create distractions, which makes his Poké Ball throws very accurate. Like Fuecoco, he is shown to enjoy singing and eating Berries and spicy food.

After spending time with Fuecoco and Liko, Roy learns that the feelings of the Trainer and the Pokémon have to coincide in order for a partnership to be born. Roy is also shown to be passionate about Pokémon, particularly Legendary Pokémon, with his dream being to meet and battle them, much like the ancient adventurer, who managed to catch the Black Rayquaza. Due to living on an island for most of his life, Roy can get excited to see various places for the first time. Roy also enjoys being around nature, and often does his online classes in various spots on the island, with him deciding to make the battlefield on the Brave Asagi his main place to do them.

Pokémon

On hand

Fuecoco

Traveling with

Rotom Phone

Taking care of

Arboliva

Debut	HZ011

Arboliva debuted as a guardian of a forest that Roy, Liko, and Mollie visited. It attacked them due to thinking they had hurt a Wooper, but once Mollie had healed it, Arboliva calmed down. After the Rising Volt Tacklers had helped to restore the damage to the forest done by a wildfire, Arboliva returned to its Ancient Poké Ball and allowed Liko and Roy to take it under their care. It was later revealed to be one of the ancient adventurer Lucius's partner Pokémon.

None of Arboliva's moves are known and its Ability is Seed Sower.

Possessed

Black Rayquaza

Debut	HZ006

This Black Rayquaza was contained in Roy's mysterious ancient Poké Ball. According to Roy's grandfather, Rayquaza once was under the ownership of the fabled ancient adventurer. It was released from the Poké Ball after it had reacted with Liko's pendant and flew away soon after, setting up Roy's goal of finding it again.

Rayquaza's only known move is Draco Meteor.

Temporary

Sunflora (×10)

Debut	HZ010

As part of trying to create inspiration for Brassius, Roy, Liko, and Nemona collected several Sunflora that were scattered around Artazon.

None of Sunflora's moves are known.

Voice actors

Language		Voice actor
Japanese		寺崎裕香 Yuka Terasaki

Gallery

Artwork

Official artwork
from Pokémon Horizons: The Series

Other

	File:Roy Pokemon 2023 Expression Sheet.jpg
Concept art of Roy drawn by Ken Sugimori from Pokémon Horizons: The Series^[3]^[4]	Concept art of Roy from Pokémon Horizons: The Series ^[5]

Reveal artwork of Liko, Roy, and the Paldean starter Pokémon	Air date reveal artwork of Liko, Roy, and the Paldean starter Pokémon^[6]
File:Roy Pokeball HZ.jpeg
Concept art of Roy's Poké Ball ^[7]

In the manga

Roy in the Pocket Monsters manga

Pocket Monsters

Roy made a brief appearance in the Pocket Monsters manga.

Trivia

Roy was originally designed by Ken Sugimori before being adapted for the anime by the series' character designers.^[3]^[4]
Roy has a stylized Unown R on his shirt, which directly alludes to his name.
Roy's name was changed in the German, Spanish, French, and Portuguese localizations of the anime, presumably due to a naming conflict with Raihan, one of the Gym Leaders in Pokémon Sword and Shield, who is named "Roy" in those languages.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ロイ Roy
English, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Swedish, Indonesian, Vietnamese	Roy	Same as his Japanese name
German	Rory	Similar to his Japanese name
Spanish	Rod	Similar to his Japanese name
French	Rhod	Similar to his Japanese name
Portuguese	Rain
Chinese (Mandarin)	羅伊 Luóyī	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese (Cantonese)	羅伊 Lòhyī	Transcription of his Japanese name
Thai	รอย Roy	Same as his Japanese name

References

↑ https://twitter.com/Pokemon_cojp/status/1626529447699439616
↑ https://pokemon.gamespress.com/Pokemon-Reveals-Pokemon-Horizons-The-Series-as-Official-Title-of-Next-
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Tweet by アニメ「ポケットモンスター」公式 (@anipoke_PR). Posted on March 3, 2023.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Concept art on Natalie (the concept art's file name is "riko_roy_sugimori.jpg")
↑ https://twitter.com/anipoke_PR/status/1626533414630465537
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230210105649/https://twitter.com/anipoke_PR/status/1623996700208812034
↑ https://twitter.com/anipoke_PR/status/1643161481020854272/photo/1

Roy's Pokémon
On hand:	Crocalor	Kilowattrel
Traveling with:	Rotom Phone

Possessed:	Rayquaza
Temporary:	Sunflora	Captain Pikachu	Cetoddle

Roy

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