Johanna
アヤコ Ayako
Johanna DP.png
Artwork from Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl
Gender Female
Eye color Blue
Hair color Blue
Hometown Twinleaf Town
Region Sinnoh
Relatives Games: Lucas (son) or Dawn (daughter)
Anime: Dawn (daughter)
Adventures: Diamond (son)
Trainer class Coordinator
Generation IV
Games Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum
Animated debut Following A Maiden's Voyage!
English voice actor Sarah Natochenny
Japanese voice actor Makoto Tsumura

Johanna (Japanese: アヤコ Ayako) is the mother of the player character in Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum. She is an accomplished Pokémon Coordinator from Twinleaf Town.

In the anime, Johanna is the mother of Dawn and appears as a recurring character during Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl. In the Pokémon Adventures manga, she is the mother of Diamond.

In the games

Unlike previous mothers, Johanna is less content to stay at home. After the player begins their journey, she can be found at the Contest Hall in Hearthome City and occasionally enters Master Rank Super Contests with her Kangaskhan, nicknamed Jumpy (Japanese: ガルちゃん Garu-chan).

She is also shown to travel to the Resort Area, where every so often she will visit the player's Villa. She can also be encountered in the lobby of the Battle Hall, where she will be cheering in support of the player.

She seems to be a friend of the Contest Judge Keira.

Pokémon

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Type:
Normal Unknown
Jumpy
Dizzy Punch
Cool
Appeal:
0  
Endure
Tough
Appeal:
2 ♥♥
Reversal
Cool
Appeal:
2 ♥♥
Outrage
Cool
Appeal:
2 ♥♥

Items given

Item Location Games
Running Shoes Running Shoes Given to the player before leaving on the journey  D  P  Pt 
Journal Journal Given to the player before leaving on the journey  D  P  Pt 
None Tuxedo/Dress Given to the player in the Super Contest Hall  D  P  Pt 

Quotes

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Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

Twinleaf Town

  • When the player leaves their room:
"<Player>! <Rival> came calling for you a little while ago. I don't know what it was about, but he said it was an emergency."
"Oh, yes! <Player>! Don't go into the tall grass. Wild Pokémon might attack you. It would be OK if you had your own Pokémon, but you don't, so..."
  • After receiving starter:
"What's up, dear? ... Wow. I can't believe that happened to you. Am I ever glad that both you and <rival> are unharmed. The professor you mentioned is most likely Professor Rowan of Sandgem Town. I've heard that he is well known for his studies on Pokémon. I hear he's also quite intimidating... <Player>, I think you need to visit him in Sandgem Town. You need to properly explain why you had no choice but to use his Pokémon. Don't worry! I'm sure he will understand."
"Oh, I know! <Player>, put these on."
"Going to Sandgem Town is like an adventure in itself, right? With those Running Shoes, you can get to faraway places much faster. OK... Let me read the instructions... "Press the B Button and dash about faster than ever before! Put on the Running Shoes and blaze new trails of adventure!" Well, isn't that just nifty!"
  • After meeting Professor Rowan:
"What's up, <player>? ... Wow. Professor Rowan asked you to do something that big. OK, dear, go for it! Your mom's got your back! Oh, I know! <Player>, I've got something that you'll find useful."
"That's a Journal. It keeps a record of your daily events. Check it, and you'll be able to remember what you did last. Gee, a journey full of adventure... I envy you, kiddo. Plus, you're not alone. You have your Pokémon with you. I wish I could go instead! I'm just joking, dear! Yup, <player>! I'll be all right by myself, so you go and enjoy your adventure! When you're exposed to new things, and experience new sensations... It makes your mother happy, too. ...But come back sometimes. I would like to see the kinds of Pokémon you've caught, dear."
"Oh? No, he's not..."
"Not to worry, <player> will deliver that to him. Won't you, <player>?"
"Bye-bye, <player>! Enjoy your adventure!"

Contest Hall

"Oh, hi, <player>."
"Oh, I don't know about that. I've never spoken to <player> about Contests. I'm surprised you two know each other, though."
"Were you surprised to see me, <player>? I got bored, so I came out to Hearthome for a little vacation. I'm just as surprised to see you here, my dear! But are you serious about entering Contests? Not dressed that way! When your Pokémon is all dressed up, you can't be dressed your usual way. Put this on for a little glamour."
"I'm sure it will look good on you. After all, I chose it. Go enjoy the Contests, honey! Contests will give you a different look at the many charms of Pokémon. It should be an eye-opening experience for you. Bye now!"

Twinleaf Town (post-game)

"<Player>! <Rival> came looking for you a little while ago. I don't know what it was about, but he was shouting about you needing to get on a ship at Snowpoint City. You know how impatient he is. He was gone before I could ask. Anyway, how's it going, kid? Is your project with Professor Rowan coming along?"

Pokémon Platinum

Twinleaf Town

  • When the player leaves their room:
"<Player>! <Rival> already left. I don't know what it was about, but he sure was in a hurry!"
  • If talked to again:
"You know how impatient <rival> is. He took off before I could even ask what it was about."
  • When the player leaves the house:
"Oh, yes! <Player>! Don't go into the tall grass. Wild Pokémon might attack you. It would be OK if you had your own Pokémon, but you don't, so... Well, take care, sweetie!"
  • If talked to again:
"Bye-bye, player! You take care now!"
"What is it, dear? Isn't <rival> waiting for you?"
  • After receiving starter:
"What's the matter, dear? ... Wow. That's what happened to you? You and <rival> are lucky to have met Prof. Rowan. Imagine if you didn't... I wouldn't like to think what the wild Pokémon might have done to you two. <Player>, go see Prof. Rowan, and thank him properly for your Pokémon. His lab is in Sandgem Town, isn't it? Now that you have your own Pokémon, the tall grass won't be so threatening."
"Oh, I know! <Player>, put these on."
"Going to Sandgem Town is like an adventure in itself, right? With those Running Shoes, you can get to faraway places much faster. OK... Let me read the instructions... "Press the B Button and dash about faster than ever before! Put on the Running Shoes and blaze new trails of adventure!" Well, isn't that just nifty!"
  • If talked to again:
"I'll read you the instructions for the Running Shoes... "Press the B Button and dash about faster than ever before! Put on the Running Shoes and blaze new trails of adventure!" Well, isn't that just nifty!"
  • After meeting Professor Rowan:
"What is it, <player>? ... Wow. Professor Rowan asked you to do something that big. OK, dear, go for it! Your mom's got your back! Oh, I know! <Player>, I've got something that you'll find useful."
"That's a Journal. It keeps a record of your daily events. Check it, and you'll be able to remember what you did last. Gee, a journey full of adventure... I envy you, kiddo. Plus, you're not alone. You have your Pokémon with you. I wish I could go instead! I'm just joking, dear! Yup, <player>! I'll be all right by myself, so you go and enjoy your adventure! When you're exposed to new things, and experience new sensations... It makes your mother happy, too. ...But come back sometimes. I would like to see the kinds of Pokémon you've caught, dear."
"Oh? No, he's not..."
"Not to worry, <player> will deliver that to him. Won't you, <player>?"
"Bye-bye, <player>! Enjoy your adventure!"
  • After entering the Hall of Fame:
"<Player>! <Rival> came looking for you a little while ago. I don't know what it was about, but he was shouting about you needing to get on a ship at Snowpoint City. You know how impatient he is. He was gone before I could ask. Anyway, how's it going, kid? Is your project with Professor Rowan coming along?"
  • At any point of the game:
"Welcome home, <player>. Are you and your Pokémon healthy? Take a quick rest, dear."
  • If talked to again:
"<Player>. Seeing you reminds me so much of your father. You two are so alike!"
"While you're gone, I go and visit <rival>'s mom. We talk about this and that. Well, actually, all we do is talk about you two."
"<Player>! You and your Pokémon are looking good! Nothing can stop you now!"
"<Player>. Listen. Always treat your Pokémon with kindness. Your Pokémon work hard, not for themselves, but for you!"

Sprites

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Overworld sprite from
Generation IV

In the anime

History

Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl

Johanna in the anime
Young Johanna with her Glameow

Johanna debuted in Following A Maiden's Voyage!. She told Dawn that in order to become a great Pokémon Coordinator, she would have to learn from Trainers and Breeders as well. Later, when Dawn was about to leave for her journey with a large suitcase full of clothes and jewelry, Johanna gave her a small backpack.

In The Bells are Singing!, it was revealed that she sewed Buneary's vest.

As a young girl, she was shown participating in a Pokémon Contest in a flashback in Battling the Generation Gap! against her childhood rival, Lila. It was revealed that Lila was the first person to defeat Johanna, breaking her winning streak. However, after seeing how passionate Johanna was about Contests, she started questioning what she really wanted to do. She sat down to talk to Johanna and the two decided they would pursue what they would be best at, with Johanna competing in Contests and Lila studying to become a Pokémon Stylist.

In Battling a Cute Drama!, Dawn, Ash, and Brock received cold-weather outfits for the area surrounding Snowpoint City from her.

Johanna appeared in Strategy Begins at Home! and met Ash and Brock in person for the first time. Together with Izzy and Cara, she was planning the events of the Twinleaf Festival. She later had a two-on-two Contest Battle with her daughter, using her Glameow and Umbreon against Dawn's Piplup and Pachirisu. Although she won the battle with relative ease, she was impressed by Dawn's teamwork and complimented her.

In Challenging a Towering Figure!, Johanna was the hostess for the Festival Battle Challenge which was a part of the Twinleaf Festival. She wore a gown during the occasion.

Johanna in the Twinleaf Festival

In Teaching the Student Teacher!, Johanna was supposed to have a seminar for children, "My Very First Pokémon Coordinator Class," but she had to fill in for a Nurse Joy who was taking care of too many Pokémon as a judge in the Neighborly Town Contest. Dawn volunteered to teach in her place. At the end of the episode, Johanna gave Dawn a new outfit to wear at the Grand Festival.

Johanna made brief cameo appearances from Last Call — First Round! to Coming Full-Festival Circle!, in which she watched Dawn compete in the Sinnoh Grand Festival. She then appeared again in person in A Grand Fight for Winning!, where she joined the audience. She also made a cameo appearance in the ending credits of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.

Her latest appearance was in DPS01 when Dawn returned home. Johanna decided to have her Glameow and Umbreon battle Dawn's Piplup and Cyndaquil. However, after Piplup and Cyndaquil started squabbling, the battle was stopped. She is last seen saying her farewells to Dawn on her journey to Hoenn.

Pokémon Journeys: The Series

Johanna appeared in JN074, where Chloe watched a video of her being interviewed. During the interview, Johanna takes the opportunity to promote a Contest that will be held in Eterna City and that Dawn intends to participate.

Character

Johanna and Dawn

Johanna is an accomplished Pokémon Coordinator, having won the Ribbon Cup and the title of Top Coordinator after winning the Sinnoh Grand Festival when she was younger. Dawn grew up inspired by her achievements and decided to follow in her footsteps, wanting to become a great Coordinator as well. When Dawn left on her journey, Johanna gave her the first Contest Ribbon she received, which both of them carried as a good luck charm.

Johanna watches all of Dawn's Contests on television along with her Glameow. She also has newspaper articles about Dawn's victories and pictures of her competing in Contests and the Hearthome Collection in her living room. Although she keeps track of Dawn's journey, she doesn't like to get too involved, telling Dawn she would be better off relying on her friends and her Pokémon instead of her mother, and to use her losses as a learning opportunity.

While one might think that her skills have gotten rusty since she became a mother, it turns out that she teaches a Coordinator class out of her home, even having a battlefield behind her house for instructing her students. As a result, her skills are still as sharp as ever, as shown when she battled Dawn.

Pokémon


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

Glameow
Johanna's Glameow
Main article: Johanna's Glameow

Johanna's Glameow was her main Pokémon as a Coordinator. After Johanna retired from her career, Glameow became the family pet. It was seen battling against Lila's Delcatty in a flashback, where it lost by points. It later battled alongside Johanna's Umbreon against Dawn's Piplup and Pachirisu and won. Glameow was also seen in Challenging A Towering Figure! during the Twinleaf Festival battle tournament.

Umbreon
Johanna's Umbreon
Debut Strategy Begins at Home!
Voice actors
Japanese
English Kayzie Rogers

Johanna's Umbreon is her only other known Pokémon. It first appeared in Strategy Begins at Home!, where it battled against Dawn's Piplup and Pachirisu alongside Johanna's Glameow and won. It was later seen in Challenging a Towering Figure! during the Twinleaf Festival battle tournament.

Umbreon's latest appearance was in DPS01 where it was used to battle Dawn's Piplup and Cyndaquil alongside Glameow. It was able to do some dazzling combinations with Glameow, but when Piplup and Cyndaquil unleashed their Whirlpool-Flame Wheel combination; the battle was stopped due to them fighting.

Umbreon's known moves are Attract, Quick Attack, Shadow Ball, Swift, and Iron Tail.

Contests

Johanna's achievements

Ribbons obtained

This listing is of the Ribbons Johanna has obtained:

Grand Festival ranking

Johanna has competed in the following Grand Festival tournaments:

Voice actors

Language Voice actor
Japanese 津村まこと Makoto Tsumura
English Sarah Natochenny
Finnish Elise Langenoja (DP001-DP167)
Ella Pyhältö (DP176, DP190-DP191)
Raili Raitala (DP177)
Hindi सबीना मलिक मौसम Sabina Malik Mausum
Hungarian Ilona Molnár
Norwegian Lena Meieran
Polish Bożena Furczyk (DP001-DP012)
Monika Kwiatkowska (DP027-DP049)
Anna Sroka (DP061-DP095, DP162-present)
Julita Kożuszek-Borsuk (DP095, young)
Anna Sztejner (DP137-DP141)
Portuguese Brazil Denise Reis (DP001-DP012, DP043-DP061, DP095)
Silvia Suzy (DP027)
Elisa Villon (DP079)
Lene Bastos (DP137-present)
Portugal Sandra de Castro (DP001-DP049)
Isabel Queirós (DP061-DP095)
Ângela Marques (DP137-DP141)
Spanish Latin America Karina Altamirano (DP001-DP004)
Elena Ramírez (rest of S10)
Cynthia Alfonso (S11)
Unknown voice actress (S12)
Belinda Martínez (S13)
Spain Gemma Martín


In the manga

Johanna in Pokémon Adventures
Diamond and Johanna

Pokémon Adventures

History

Prior to Diamond & Pearl arc

Johanna used to be a Super Contest Coordinator in the past. At some point in her career, she recorded a dance video.

Diamond & Pearl arc

Johanna was first seen in Perturbed by Pachirisu when Platinum was watching Johanna's dance video to practice for the Dance Competition of her first Pokémon Super Contest.

She reappeared as a figment of Diamond's thoughts after the boy reminisced about the bonds that families share in Vexing Vespiquen & Unmanageable Mothim II.

She physically debuted in Stopping Sableye when Diamond learned that she had headed to Lake Verity to gather Berries and would be in danger because of Team Galactic's plan to blow up the lake. He went there and found her being held hostage by the Commander Mars. Johanna barely managed to escape with Diamond's help as he distracted Mars and allowed his mother to run away.

After returning home alongside Sebastian and Roseanne, she realized that the jacket and shoes that she ordered for Diamond were gone, and conjured the idea to call him on the phone she left in a pocket. Soon, though, after he received her call, she heard from him that he was infiltrated their flying shuttle and would be having a final showdown with Team Galactic, much to her shock. Sebastian traveled to Pastoria City with Johanna and Roseanne in order to inform Pearl about Diamond's disappearance.

Platinum arc

Johanna became a Super Contest Coordinator once more by the end of this chapter

HeartGold & SoulSilver arc

Johanna made a short cameo at the end of this chapter.

Pokémon

Glameow
Johanna's Glameow
Main article: Johanna's Glameow

Glameow is the family's house pet. It is also assumed to be her Contest Pokémon as it was shown that she earned many Ribbons in Sinnoh.

Kangaskhan
Johanna's Kangaskhan

Kangaskhan is Johanna's second seen Pokémon. She is assumed to be another one of Johanna's Contest Pokémon as shown in a picture of her and Dexter.

None of Kangaskhan's moves are known.

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

Johanna in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

Johanna appeared in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.


In the TCG

This is a listing of cards mentioning or featuring Johanna or her Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

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Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format.
Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card Type English
Expansion
Rarity # Japanese
Expansion
Rarity #
Mom's Kindness Su Majestic Dawn Uncommon 83/100 Torterra/Infernape/Empoleon Half Deck    
      Giratina/Dialga Half Deck   013/014
      Piplup/Pikachu Half Deck   015/015
      Arceus LV.X Deck: Grass & Fire   017/017
      Arceus LV.X Deck: Lightning & Psychic   017/017
 


Trivia

Johanna's Ribbon
  • Johanna is the first mother who has a role other than mother.
  • Johanna is the first mother of an anime protagonist to be directly based on a game counterpart.
  • Johanna is the first mother of a player character in a handheld game whose name is known.
  • Johanna's Japanese name was originally intended to be Emiko (エミコ), as seen in the early sketches for Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl.
  • In the anime, the color of Johanna's first Ribbon—the one she gave Dawn at the start of her journey—is the same color as the Ribbon Dawn first earned but it wasn't the same Ribbon.


Names

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Language Name Origin
Japanese アヤコ Ayako
English, Latin American Spanish Johanna From Johanna, a variant form of Joanna
French Ingrid
Johanna (anime)
From Ingrid, a Scandinavian, German, and Dutch name
Same as her English name
German Katrin
Johanna (anime)
From Katrin, a German and Swedish contracted form of Katherine
Same as her English name
Italian Olga From Olga, a stereotypical Scandinavian name
European Spanish Casilda Possibly from casa (home).
Korean 진희 Jinhyi
Chinese 彩子 Cǎizǐ From the name 彩子 Ayako.
Vietnamese Ayako Transliteration of her Japanese name.

Jumpy

Language Name Origin
Japanese ガルちゃん Garu-chan From ガルーラ Garura (Kangaskhan)
English Jumpy From jump
French Sauteur From sauteur (jumper)
German Hüpfer From hüpfen (bounce)
Italian Jumpy Same as English name
Spanish Kangur From Kangaskhan and canguro (kangaroo)
Korean 캥이 Kengi From 캥카 Kengka (Kangaskhan)


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