Biology
Greninja is a large, bipedal, frog-like Pokémon. Its body and legs are dark blue, with single large white bubbles on its legs and arms and white spots over its eyes. On the sides of each of its upper thighs is a light blue, four-pointed star, which resembles a shuriken. Its back feet have two toes, while its front feet have three toes. Its feet are webbed, and it has a yellow chest and a yellow-and-blue face. It has eyes with white sclera, red irises, and white pupils. A large, projecting dark blue stripe runs down the middle of its head, with projecting light blue stripes in between its large, yellow ears. Its mouth is hidden behind a large, pink tongue that wraps around Greninja's neck and extends outward behind its head.
Greninja moves with the speed and grace of a ninja, using swift movements to confuse its enemies while it slices them up with throwing stars made of compressed water; these throwing stars are sharp enough to split metal.
Through a transformation called Bond Phenomenon, Ash's Greninja in the anime and any Greninja with the Ability Battle Bond in Generation VII can change into an alternate form called Ash-Greninja. In this form, Greninja's skin turns a lighter shade of blue, while its face gains red stripes and its cheeks and ears turn black, changing shape to resemble Ash's hair. Its legs are stronger in this form, and it gains the ability to form large Water Shurikens on its back.
In the animeIn the mangaIn the TCGOther appearancesGame data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VI.
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Generation VI
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X
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It creates throwing stars out of compressed water. When it spins them and throws them at high speed, these stars can split metal in two.
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Y
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It appears and vanishes with a ninja’s grace. It toys with its enemies using swift movements, while slicing them with throwing stars of sharpest water.
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Omega Ruby
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It creates throwing stars out of compressed water. When it spins them and throws them at high speed, these stars can split metal in two.
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Alpha Sapphire
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It appears and vanishes with a ninja’s grace. It toys with its enemies using swift movements, while slicing them with throwing stars of sharpest water.
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Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VI.
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In side games
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VI.
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In events
In-game events
Games
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Event
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Region
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Location
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Level
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Distribution period
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SM
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Ash's Greninja
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All
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hide
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37
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November 18, 2016 onwards
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Held items
Stats
Base stats
Greninja
Stat
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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72
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132 - 179
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254 - 348
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95
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90 - 161
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175 - 317
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67
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64 - 130
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125 - 256
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103
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97 - 170
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189 - 335
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71
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68 - 135
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132 - 265
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122
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114 - 191
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224 - 377
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Total: 530
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
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Ash-Greninja
Stat
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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72
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132 - 179
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254 - 348
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145
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135 - 216
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265 - 427
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67
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64 - 130
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125 - 256
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153
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142 - 225
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279 - 445
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71
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68 - 135
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132 - 265
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132
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123 - 202
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242 - 399
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Total: 640
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
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Type effectiveness
Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:
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Learnset
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Greninja
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Greninja
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Greninja
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Greninja
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Greninja in Generation VII
- Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
- Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Greninja in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Greninja
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Greninja
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- A black or white abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Greninja can be tutored the move in that game
- A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Greninja cannot be tutored the move in that game
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Greninja
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Greninja
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Greninja
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Greninja
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Special moves
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- A superscript level indicates that Greninja can learn this move normally in Generation VII
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Greninja
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Greninja
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see moves from other generations
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Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VI.
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Trivia
Origin
Greninja is based on a frog, and may have been inspired by horned frogs from the genera Megophrys and Ceratophrys due to the spiked protrusions above its eyes. Its coloration and body shape is similar to the splendid leaf frog. The bubble-like protrusions on its body may be based on a toad's parotoid glands, possibly referencing the traditional myth of toads causing warts, though they may also be remnants of Froakie and Frogadier's frog foam. As its species name implies, Greninja is also based on a ninja. Japanese culture associates frogs and toads with ninjas based on the folk story "The Tale of the Gallant Jiraiya" (児雷也豪傑物語 Jiraiya Gōketsu Monogatari) about a ninja who can shapeshift into a large toad.
Ash-Greninja's appearance is based on Ash's attire in the XY series.
Name origin
Greninja is a combination of grenouille (French for frog) and ninja.
Gekkouga is a combination of げこっ geko (croak) and 甲賀流 Kōga-ryū. It may also derive from 月光 gekkō (moonlight), in reference to a popular conception of ninja running through the night or to Greninja's Dark typing, or a combination of both.
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