Nya

Nya is the current Elemental Master and Ninja of Water, Kai's younger sister, Jay's girlfriend and Yang, and Ray and Maya's daughter. She was named after a brave Merlopian warrior named Nyad,"Riddle of the Sphinx" the first Elemental Master of Water. Upon meeting Wu, Nya and Kai joined him in his quest to protect Ninjago. As her brother trained to be a ninja, Nya grew tired of being left out from the team and created the identity of Samurai X. During this time, Jay began to start a relationship with Nya. She helped fight the Serpentine and later the Stone Army, who corrupted her using Dark Matter. After the Overlord's defeat, Nya was purified but faced new problems when a love triangle formed between her, Jay, and Cole.
After Zane's apparent demise, Nya and Dareth journeyed to Chen's Island, joining the ninja to save the restored Zane and fight Chen's army. Following the conflict, Wu trained Nya to harness her element of Water. Though her training troubled her at first, she unlocked her True Potential and destroyed the Preeminent. Consequently, Nadakhan freed his crew of pirates and wreaked havoc on Ninjago. After being captured by Nadakhan, Nya was accidentally poisoned and died, but she survived due to Jay's final wish as it undid recent events. On the Day of the Departed, Nya and Kai battled and defeated Chen, who was accidentally revived by Cole.
Nya and the ninja went on to battle the Time Twins and their army of Vermillion. After being faced with a new Samurai X, Nya and Kai discovered that their mother and father were still alive. The family reunited, and Nya and her brother helped Wu fight and defeat the Time Twins, though Wu was lost to time.
The ninja then faced the Sons of Garmadon, a criminal syndicate led by Princess Harumi that sought to resurrect Lord Garmadon.
After Wu and the original ninja were seemingly killed, she, Lloyd, Misako, P.I.X.A.L., Dareth, and most of the Elemental Masters were left to resist Garmadon's oppressive reign over Ninjago. When the Wu and the others returned, they reunited and defeated the Colossus while Lloyd faced and defeated his father again. Peace returned briefly until the Oni invaded and Nya along with her friends had to evacuate the city. She experienced guilt for unintentionally leaving Cole behind, but got the idea to forge the Golden Weapons to defeat the threat. At the monastery, she and her friends fought the Oni along with Wu, Garmadon, and Cole who returned to help. During the climax of the fight, Nya accepted Jay's Yin-Yang promise before they all used the Tornado of Creation to vanquish the enemy.
Months later, Nya and her friends fight against Aspheera and her Pyro Vipers after accidentally releasing them from their tomb. After Zane is banished by Aspheera's sorcery, she and the remaining ninja send themselves to the Never-Realm to rescue him. Nya struggles when she is unable to use her powers, due to the realm's extreme winter freezing all water, but is mentored by an elder of the village they have taken shelter in, Sorla, to learn how to control ice, before the village is frozen by Boreal. Nya uses her new skill to briefly knock out the Ice Dragon and discovers that Zane is the Ice Emperor. After Kai uses his restored Fire elemental power to finish the dragon off, they reunite with Lloyd and Zane, whom Vex inadvertently managed to return to normal, and use Traveler's Tea to head back to their home realm.
Sometime later, Nya and the other ninja enter the virtual world of Prime Empire, when the legendary arcade game resurfaces and hundreds of gamers are zapped into it. Nya and Jay participate in a dance competition to gain points to participate in a race called the Speedway Five-Billion and win. She, Jay, and Lloyd survive the Speedway and keep moving on without Kai or Cole as they both got cubed. Lloyd is eventually cubed in a fight with Avatar Harumi, and Nya and Jay move on to the Temple of Madness. They make it through, however Sushimi, barely alive, he throws a malice at Nya, killing her. Jay moves on alone and eventually convinces Unagami to free everyone previously trapped in the game, including Nya. They embrace upon seeing each other.
After the Prime Empire events, Nya, Wu, and and the other ninja get an invitation to visit Shintaro. When the ninja notice that Cole and Vania are gone, they go underground but get captured by Vangelis' skeleton army. Shortly after, Nya, Lloyd, and Jay escape with Murt to encounter Murtessa, the Queen of the Munce. She and Nya fight in the Munce arena to claim Jay, and Nya wins and becomes the new queen. At the battle of the Dungeons of Shintaro, Nya makes the Geckles and Munce work together to defeat Grief-Bringer.
Nya traveled to the Island of the Keepers to save Misako and Wu. There, the ninja discovered the Storm Amulet and the existence of Wojira.
Shortly after returning from The Island of the Keepers, Nya's powers started to fail due to Kalmaar's attempts to reawaken Wojira. Nya, her mother, and the ninja traveled to Merlopia to investigate Kalmaar's plot and fix her powers. Following their escape from Merlopia, they struggled to protect the Storm Amulet needed to awaken Wojira. After Wojira was awakened, Nya was forced to merge with the Endless Sea, becoming a water spirit in order to defeat Kalmaar and Wojira and save Ninjago City at the cost of her humanity, but also ultimately save Jay's life as well. Eventually succeeding, she bid goodbye to the ninja and entered the sea. 
One year after merging with the sea, Nya regained her memories after talking with Nyad, and sought to rejoin the ninja. The ninja broke Aspheera out of prison, and she agreed to drain Nya's elemental power of Water and separate her from the sea, returning Nya to her human form. Without her elemental powers, Nya once again took on the mantle of Samurai X and breaks the ninja out of prison. During the final battle, her powers began to return and helps the ninja defeat the Council of the Crystal King.
Several weeks after the Overlord's defeat, Jay and Nya went on vacation before Nya made Jay check the resort out. When he didn't return, she managed to find him, accompanied by Unagami.
When The Merge occurred, where all realms formed into one, Nya woke up somewhere far from the Realm of Madness, where she managed to reunite with Kai and help defend the Craglings from dragons, until Lloyd, his students, Arin and Sora, and a baby dragon named Riyu arrived. After their quick visit to the Cloud Kingdom, Nya stayed behind to try and find a solution to the MergeQuakes, where she was called towards the mysterious Monastery of Imperium, where she and Kai meet up, find Zane, and help Lloyd, his students and Wyldfyre escape from Imperium. Needing the Dragon Cores to end the MergeQuakes, Nya, Sora, and Riyu went to the Pinnacle of Crystals, only to find it gone, and are guided by a Djinn called Arrakore to the Land of Lost Things, where she reunited with Cole, only to lose the core to Dr. LaRow and return to Imperium to retrieve it. Helping the local resistance to expose Beatrix, the disgraced empress created the MergeQuake Storm, which is thwarted by Lloyd using the Dragon Cores to stabilize the Merged Realms.
Later, Nya helped other ninja stopping the Mechanic from stealing mechs in the Mech Master 5000.
==History==
==Appearance==
Nya Infobox Dr S2.png|Nya's current appearance
File:Nya IB.jpg|Nya with slightly longer hair
Season 10 (2).jpg|Nya's S8-10 appearance
BeWaterNya.png|Nya's merged appearance
File:Child Nya (DR).png|Young Nya (Dragons Rising)
Nya has long dark hair kept in a ponytail, with long bangs, pale pink lipstick, and small dimples on her cheeks. She has a beauty mark on her right cheek. When in casual wear seen in "The Mask of Deception", "The Explorers Club", "Ninjago City vs. Ninja" and "Kryptarium Prison Blues", she has a leather jacket over a white shirt with blue stripes and dark blue jeans. The color of her ponytail scrunchies changes often. For a majority of Seasons 8, 9, and 11, it was black (or gray), for her fisherman disguise in Season 9, it was yellow, for her kimono in Episode 95, it was dark blue, and with her Season 10 suit, it was light blue. From S11-15, Nya's hair was slightly more grey than before and afterwards. Starting with her Merge suit, Nya's bangs are slightly shorter to fit her hood. 
After combining with the Endless Sea, her body takes on a transparent water-like appearance where her eyes and lips turn light blue and she gains tidal markings on her torso and face along with her beauty mark turning white. Her hair became longer and messier.
When Nya was young, she wore a sleeved version of her original red kimono in flashbacks from Season 7. When her young design was slightly redeisgned in "Fugitives From Madness," she no longer wore sleeves but only had one phoenix symbol and belt on her kimono, her eyebrows were also shortened.
NyaS4.jpg|Nya with her original bob-cut
NyaS7.png|Nya with different eyebrows in Season 7
Child nya.png|Young Nya
Prior to Season 8, she had short black hair fashioned in a bob cut and red lipstick. Her lipstick changed to pale pink in Season 6 and her eyebrows changed slightly in Season 7. Her eyelashes were represented with three dashes before Season 8, but as of Season 8 she has single-line eyelashes similar to Skylor's. She typically wore clothing in various shades of red and gold with a gold phoenix as her symbol. In the show, she wore a large golden bracelet with a red jewel on her left arm which doubled as her communicator. On her alternate face print primarily seen in the Ninjago Spinners game, she has a red bandanna tied around the lower half of her face. Her original face prints also had red eyeshadow that was never present in the show but would sometimes appear in other media, including various points in the Dark Island Trilogy.
When corrupted by Dark Matter in the final few episodes of Season 2: Legacy of the Green Ninja, her skin and outfit were all grey and her eyes were purple.
As Samurai X, she has a gunmetal samurai helmet, with a bucket handle piece on top in the place of horns and a red face mask. She also has gunmetal samurai shoulder pads with a red armor suit underneath. In the show, she wears a pair of goggles over her eyes and her bracelet on her right arm.
During the battle against the Golden Master, her Samurai X armor became silver as did some of the stitching of her attire. During her time on Chen's island, she gained a Kabuki disguise from Dareth, which she incorporated into her next and final Samurai X suit: a black armored, red, and green suit with her gold phoenix symbol enlarged in the middle of her torso. Upon her taking up the mantle again, her Samurai X suit was gunmetal gray with a maroon belt, and her armor was blue and gold.
In "Endings," Nya wears half of the Yin-Yang medallion on her chest that Jay offered to her.
In an anime-styled scenes of "The Absolute Worst," Nya is shown to have brown eyes.
In the Prime Empire short, "Let's Dance," and Dream short, "I Just Had the Most Wonderful Dream," she wears a pink yukata, a light gray scrunchy, and black sandals.
For more images on Nya's appearance in her different Samurai X and ninja suits, click here or here.
==Age==
The ninjas' ages are not specified.https://twitter.com/otherland71/status/1662922746509287424
Ninjago: Like the majority of her fellow ninja, Nya was a teenager at the start of the original series. She is 2 years younger than her brother, Kai.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/780896293421854721 However, the ninja do not officially have specific ages,https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/942371358138421248 as they were meant to be perpetually in their teenage years for the duration of the original series.https://twitter.com/brothershageman/status/909594849862492160
Dragons Rising: The Merge occurs sometime after Crystalized, and the main events of the series take place an unknown amount of years later. Children before the merge grew into teenagers, which may imply that she and the other five ninja, excluding Zane, are now young adults in their 20s instead of teens. However, as mentioned above, the creators do not specify ages.
Potential Estimations: During the events of the pilot and Season 1, Nya was at least 13 or 14 years of age.https://youtu.be/2kMWaHNh9Gw?t=644https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/780892987635015680 She was around the same age as Lloyd after he was aged 2 years as a result of the Tomorrow's Tea.https://youtu.be/2kMWaHNh9Gw?t=695
==Relationships==
===Family===
*Ray (father)
*Maya (mother)
*Kai (brother)
===Allies===
*Ninja
*Sons of the First Spinjitzu Master
**Garmadon (former enemy)
*Dragons
*Serpentine (former enemies)
*Nindroid Army (former enemies)
*Ninjago Police
*Ninja Replacements (in an alternate timeline)
*Morro (former enemy)
*Faith
*Ice Fishers
*Krag
*Formlings
*League of Jay
*Geckles
*Munce
**Murtessa (former enemy)
*Upply
*Keepers (former enemies)
*Merlopians (former enemies)
*Whales
*Nyad
*Sally
*Harumi (former enemy)
*Craglings
*Writers of Destiny
*Spirit of the Temple (former enemy)
*Alfonzo Frohicky
*Arrakore
*Finders
*Imperium Teen Resistance Force
*Rapton (temporary)
===Enemies===
*Skulkin
*Pirates
*Stone Army (destroyed)
*Anacondrai Cultists (deceased)
*Kryptarium inmates
*Ghost Warriors (deceased)
*Sky Pirates (in an alternate timeline)
*Shadow Army
*Time Twins
*Vermillion
*Sons of Garmadon
*Oni
*Pyro Vipers
*Blizzard Samurai
*Unagami's army (formerly)
*Henchmen
*Re-Awakened
*Wojira
*Crystal army (destroyed)
*Tentacled beasts
*Claws of Imperium (formerly)
*Empress Beatrix
*Dr. LaRow
*Sweeper (formerly)
*Imperium Guards (formerly)
*Wolf Clan
*Nokt
==Personality==
Although she was not trained as a ninja early on, Nya is very capable of defending herself. She did not like the fact that so much focus is put on the ninja, so she resolved to become a hero in her own way, which she did by becoming Samurai X, and is highly independent, desiring the choice and ability to choose her own identity and destiny. 
She also gets annoyed when people look at her differently because she's a girl within a prominently male group, as shown in "Infamous" and "The Mask of Deception." She dislikes being labeled by association, like "Jay's girlfriend" or "Kai's sister," choosing to be her own person. Sometimes, she gets annoyed by Kai's protectiveness, but their bond as siblings is very strong. They support each other in many ways, despite Kai remarking in Season 1 about why his sister had to tag along, which Nya took lightly. Many episodes reveal she is highly intelligent, as she was able to create the Samurai armor and several types of technology, and she was able to pinpoint the location of Serpentine Tombs. She is also more interested in fighting and training, as shown in "Wrong Place, Wrong Time," where Kai only trained to be a ninja because Nya wanted to. 
It seemed that Nya was aware of Jay's crush on her very early on, such as when she nodded to Jay's offer to walk to the junkyard in "Snakebit," and by "Once Bitten, Twice Shy," she revealed that she returned his feelings. She may also have too much faith in machinery, or is easily influenced by them. In Season 3, she allowed a matchmaking machine to get between her and Jay by introducing Cole as a potential love interest. It seems she considered it in that season, but ultimately chose Jay. However, this process took a few seasons as Nya tried to separate herself from being solely a love interest for the main ninja. 
Nya's weakness is her unwillingness to fail. Being good at so much, when she finds herself in a position to fail, she is quick to give up. She was the only ninja to unlock their true potential before learning Spinjitzu. True failure impacts her strongly, like in Season 10 when she blames herself for Cole's "death". This is also seen in Season 14, as Nya's powers begin to go haywire, her aggression and denial against the possibility of failure returns. Likewise, she's insecure and sensitive about her own personal identity, either as Samurai X or her own role amongst the ninja team, and is conflicted over being told her destiny. Over time, Nya tries to grow and be satisfied with her roles, though her assumptions about herself are usually upturned. In Rise of the Snakes, she was satisfied with being a Samurai instead of a ninja, despite being offered to see if she was the Green Ninja. In Possession, just before Misako and Wu told her about her mother, Nya was very nonchalant that Kai inherited elemental powers from their father. She is also rarely jealous of Kai. 
Apart from wanting to choose her own path, Nya does not feel the need to be well-known for her accomplishments and skills as long as she knows she's doing the right thing. For example, Nya did not reveal her identity as Samurai X even when the ninja admitted they were no match for the samurai.
In Sons of Garmadon, Nya is shown to not be easily impressed by wealth or royalty. She had early unfounded animosity towards Harumi and the Royal Family of Ninjago until she was praised for her skill by Harumi. Said animosity returned and was doubled upon learning Harumi was the Quiet One. 
Nya is Jay's Yang, and therefore has kept a very stable relationship with him. She is annoyed when she has to prove herself or Jay worthy of being together. This is shown in Season 13 when Queen Murtessa shows interest in Jay, and Nya, who could not believe the ridiculousness of the situation, yells "I'm not going to fight for Jay!" This is also shown in The Island, when Kai remarks "Who would want Jay?" and Nya rebuttals that she does. 
Growing up almost without her parents, Nya learned to take care of herself. She could not admit a mistake when she could not control her power and was very explosive about the subject. She was very angry when her brother called their mother to help her with the problem. She also did not like the exaggerated care Maya gave her.
Nya is very explosive and hot-headed like her brother Kai, the Master of Fire. This implies how closely the two grew up together without much influence of their parents. Ray does not seem to be as impulsive as Kai, and Maya is also definitely more of a soothing and elegant master of Water.
She is also very messy and leaves a big mess in her room. She also does not like getting up early."A Big Splash""The Call of the Deep"
Despite this, Nya is caring and sympathetic towards others, especially her team. As shown when she comforts P.I.X.A.L. over Zane's presumed death in "A Cold Goodbye" and Benthomaar over Trimaar's death in "The Tale of Benthomaar." 
However, Nya is also sacrificial because she accepted her fate of merging with the Endless Sea to save Jay and the entirety of the realm. 
After transforming into her new form, Nya lost a sense of who she was. However, despite losing much of her humanity, Nya still shows compassion when she comforts Jay before leaving. One year after merging with the sea, she lost most of her old personality and nearly all her memories. Nevertheless, with the help of Nyad and after reading the words from candlelights, Nya finds herself again and reverts to her old self in "The Call of Home." After the Ninja were incarcerated for their illegal methods in freeing her and being denied visitation rights, Nya had a large amount of guilt as she blamed herself for it to the point she threw out her ninja gear before Wu inspired her to return to her Samurai X roots."Ninjago City vs. Ninja""Kryptarium Prison Blues"
==Weapons and abilities==
===Abilities===
*Water: When Nya became the Water Ninja, her fighting skills have increased. In Season 5, she unlocked the Elemental Power of Water, allowing her to perform hydrokinesis. Nya soon drowned The Preeminent, saving the city of Stiix. Nya can produce water from moisture in the air, however, it'll simply evaporate in extremely high temperatures such as the Desert of Doom or freeze up in extreme cold temperatures, like the Never-Realm during the Long Winter. She can create and control water and use it for offense and defense attacks. 
**Spinjitzu: Finally, Nya's Spinjitzu tornado (without being corrupted by Dark Matter) is now a light blue/gray tornado, matching her element instead of the original crimson tornado.
***Rising Dragon: Nya is capable of preforming the Rising Dragon through her Spinjitzu.
**Airjitzu: From Season 6 onward, Nya can perform Airjitzu, along with the other ninja. 
**Merging with the Endless Sea (formerly): When she merged with the Endless Sea, she received full control over it and the element of Water. As the embodiment of the sea, she wields absolute control over the entire ocean. In addition, she can create avatars made out of water to embody her consciousness. Whilst these temporary avatars can be destroyed, she can simply create new ones, as such an incarnation of the ocean cannot truly be destroyed (save for the destruction/evaporation of the entirety of the ocean).
**Ice (formerly): In Season 11, she trained under Sorla who helped her master control over Ice (but failed twice).
*Combat: Despite a lack of formal ninja training, Nya is a competent fighter, wielding a bo staff against the Skulkin when they attacked the blacksmith shop. Nya is also capable of performing hand-to-hand combat and wields a Katana as her primary weapon.
*Mechanical skills: Thanks to her background as a blacksmith, she has a talent for engineering and operating machinery, building her Samurai X gear and the Samurai Mech in her spare time without any of the others noticing and modifying the Ultra Sonic Raider to give it a flight mode. Nya also helped Dr. Julien construct the Fire Mech and the Earth Driller. She is a skilled pilot, being the de facto operator of the Destiny's Bounty and the Samurai Mech. She often used a boomerang as a weapon.
===Weapons===
*Bo staff: Nya skillfully used a bo staff against the Skulkin when they raided the Four Weapons Blacksmith.
*Spiked flail: While corrupted by Dark Matter, Nya wielded a spiked flail and sharp throwing needles in combat, and the evil suffusing her being made her completely ruthless as well as completely willing to destroy her former allies.
*Nya's fan: During the Nindroid crisis, Nya used a fan tessen in combat.
*Katana: Nya formerly wielded a katana as her primary weapon and can also do hand-to-hand combat.
*Spear: In Sons of Garmadon and March of the Oni, Nya used a spear as her primary weapon.
*Golden spear: As of Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu, Nya uses a golden spear a her primary weapon.
*Prime controller: In Prime Empire, Nya used a prime controller scythe as her main weapon when she was stuck in Prime Empire.
*Munce spear: In Master of the Mountain, Nya used a Munce spear when she became Queen of the Munce in the Dungeons of Shintaro.
*Harpoon: When exploring the Endless Sea in Seabound, Nya used a harpoon gun.
*Imperium Sword: In Dragons Rising, Season 1, Nya uses an Imperium sword, handed to her by Rapton in "The Power Within."
==Vehicles==
===Dragons===
*Elemental Water Dragon (formerly) 
**She could summon it at will when she conquered her fears.
**It first appeared in "Infamous."
*Jiro
**A Lightning Dragon that came under Nya's ownership following the Battle of the Second Monastery, where he was liberated by the Claws of Imperium.
**He first appeared in "Return to Imperium."
===Bikes===
*Nya's bike
**She used it when the ninja were hiding from Police Commissioner and Ronin.
**It first appeared in "Public Enemy Number One."
===Cars===
*Proto Sam-X
**It belonged to Nya. Lloyd and Garmadon used it as a getaway vehicle during Nindroid crisis.
**It first appeared in "The Art of the Silent Fist." 
*D.B. Express
**She used it during her mission to Chen's Island.
**It first appeared in "Versus."
*Samurai VXL
**It originally belonged to her. She later gave it to new Samurai X when she accepted the new Samurai X.
**It first appeared in "Secrets Discovered."
*Ninja Tuner Car 
**It originally belonged to Scott. Nya later used it in Speedway Five-Billion.
**It first appeared in "The Stowaway."
===Mechs===
*Samurai Mech 
**She used it when she was Samurai X.
**It first appeared in "Can of Worms."
*Samurai X MECH
**She used it when she was Samurai X, after losing her powers.
**If first appeared in "Kryptarium Prison Blues."
===Boats===
*Nya's speedboat 
**She used it when she was Samurai X.
**It never appeared in the TV series.
==LEGO.com descriptions==
==Appearances==
==Etymology==
Nya's name means "purpose" in Gaelic and Swahili, and "intention" in Arabic. In-universe, she was named after Nyad, the first Elemental Master of Water, by her parents.
At San Diego Comic-Con 2016, it was confirmed that Nya's original name was going to be "Aya" and she was going to be the Master of Air, however, she was later renamed to Nya and became the Master of Water. Other names included Nia with an "I" and Aura.
==Behind the scenes==
*In Skybound, her lipstick changed to pink, whereas all seasons before had her lipstick in cherry red.
*In 2018 sets, she used her movie counterpart's double-sided head with one confident and one determined expression, but starting in 2019 she used a version where the happy expression previously exclusive to 70607 Ninjago City Chase replaced the determined expression.
**The 2019 version was used on some later versions of two sets from before 2019.https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=3626cpb2249
*Kelly Metzger, the voice of Nya, referred to Samurai X as "The Robo-Samurai."https://youtu.be/cIKI9L8dzfE
*When Nya became a ninja, the designers chose to give her a combination of dark red and light blue in order to incorporate the color of her element while still retaining the red color scheme of Samurai X. After the movie, Nya's red color began to be phased out and became grey, but the Legacy line interrupted this because it required designs similar to the characters' early versions.https://youtu.be/S3FqrPHYUmc?t=2268Gunmetal gray remained as her primary color, up until "Beyond Madness" when she changed to azure afterwards.
*Her form is shown using a Spear Gun in a LEGO set, 71708 Gamer's Market. This technically makes her the first ninja to use a gun, however, it is not seen in the show.
*Like Cole, Nya has an Avatar minifigure for Prime Empire, but it never appeared in the actual season.
*Despite wearing her classic outfit from the pilots all throughout the first two seasons, it only appears in three sets from 2011.
*Nya's destiny as the Water Ninja was foreshadowed by LEGO.com in early 2015, saying, "She chooses the flow of her life herself. Maybe when more water has gone under the bridge she will become a ninja. Time will tell…"https://web.archive.org/web/20150118234406/http://www.lego.com/en-us/ninjago/explore/ninjagopedia/chapter1
*Kai and Nya's last name was considered to be "Smith" behind the scenes, but this is not necessarily canon to the show.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/816778254623404034https://youtu.be/X-9vChYCmBg?t=508 This is also what they were called in the 2014 blooper reel.
*Tommy Andreasen wanted Nya to take control of Boreal with her powers in "Awakenings" instead of crushing it with ice. However, there were too many moments in the episode, so the scene had to be cut.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1199034217260343296
*Her blue kimono from "The Darkness Comes" is the same as her original red kimono, but in a different color and with sleeves.
**The original kimono also lacks breast lines, which means that Nya has grown up over time. However, these lines are present on this variant in minifigure form.
**Although both are referred to as kimonos within the show, Nya's red dress is actually a cheongsam while her blue dress is an áo dài.
*Her phoenix symbol may represent her "reincarnation" from Samurai X into the Water Ninja.
*The fancy outfit she wears in "Once Bitten, Twice Shy," "All of Nothing," and "Double Trouble" comes from Willie Scott's red dress (with some alterations) from LEGO's Indiana Jones theme.
*When asked why Nya's variant is different in the sets and the show, Michael Knap jokingly responded, "We are sadly not able to manifest water into a solid form and put it in a box yet. But i will promise that when we find out we will create a perfect representation of Nya."https://twitter.com/KnapDK/status/1396073913516429313
*According to Tommy Andreasen, a scrapped idea for Crystalized featured Nya was out to sea and formed a great vortex in the middle of the ocean that drew Ninjago and the Dark Island back together, the two temples were brought together and Dark Matter from the Dark Island stared to corrupt Ninjago. Also, they wanted to give Nya the agency to bring herself back. 
**One idea was that perhaps a bad guy was gathering Vengestone to dump it into the sea to mess with Nya’s mind.
==Trivia==
*She is the third ninja to have sacrificed her body in some way, the first two being Zane and Cole.
*In "Weapons of Destiny," she stated that her favorite color is blue.
**In "Peak-a-Boo," Nya responded "It's my favorite color" when Kai told her that the color of her gi suited her well. However, it is unclear whether she was referring to the partial blue coloring or the main maroon coloring, though she was looking at her maroon sleeve when she said it.
***Tommy Andreasen has since stated that her favorite color is blue,https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1021527145829617665 meaning she was referring to the partial blue coloring in "Peak-a-Boo."
***According to Tommy Andreasen, she prefers blue now because red reminds her of Samurai X.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/782620597582979072
*She does not seem to like videogames compared to the other ninja, as in Season 12, she angrily told everyone to get back on topic, when they all started talking about videogames, and told Jay and Cole that not everyone is video game nerds so she needs to learn about Prime Empire. In Season 14, she yells at Ray and Kai, angrily for spending their last moments playing Prime Empire.
*Her greatest fear is losing her friends and being without them."The Call of Home" Up to "The Call of Home", it was having no elemental power and being ordinary.
*In "Once Bitten, Twice Shy," she says she is allergic to perfume, however, her dressing table, in fact, has perfume bottles sitting around.
**This could have been either a mistake in the scene or bottles of hypo-allergenic perfume.
**Symptoms of her allergy include involuntary blushing; should it enter her bloodstream, she'll go into shock.
*Nya is the Elemental Master who has been shown to control the most physical matter at once, that being the tidal wave she controlled upon reaching her True Potential in "Curseworld, Part II."
*There were a number of early indicator of Nya's identity as Samurai X:
**The Samurai X minifigure had two face prints depicting Nya.
**In the show, Samurai X wore Nya's bracelet, yet the ninja did not notice this detail.
**In the 2012 LEGO.com description for Nya, she is wearing her Samurai X clothes.
*Ironically, Jay seemed to hate the Samurai the most, even though he actually had a crush on Nya. He later accepts the truth calmly after he and Nya reveal their feelings for one another and he discovers her identity.
*She is the first ninja who has never been dependent on Lloyd in order to harness her Elemental Power. This is due to Lloyd not sharing his Golden Power with her, since Water is not one of the elements of Creation as the other ninja's elements are, and Nya only discovered her power in Season 5. However, as of Season 8, the other ninja's powers work independently from Lloyd's as well.
*Nya and Lloyd were also the only ninja to be able to control their Element well before unlocking their true potential.
*Considering the Elements the other ninja share, Nya and her Element share a very profound effect on them: she tends to quell the fire in Kai's spirit, she has a sparking relationship with Jay, she can erode Cole's hard-headed personality to reveal his soft side, she shares many interests with Zane, and she is powerful like Lloyd.
*Nya is the only ninja to have two selections of theme music. As Samurai X, she had her own theme music, and now, whenever she uses her water powers, a variation of the music that played as she unlocked her true potential.
*Ironically, before her element was revealed, she was associated with Fire, an element considered to be the opposite of Water. This is seen in her original spinner pack and art, which depicts her with fiery elements. This was mainly due to the fact that she was Kai's sister, therefore associating Kai with her the most.
*She is the second ninja to be possessed by a spirit, the first being Lloyd.
*Alongside the Preeminent, Nya has arguably caused more deaths than any character in the entire series, as destroying the Preeminent killed nearly all of the Ghost Warriors and Anacondrai warriors; and in turn, started off the destruction of Djinjago, killing all the djinn and Djinjagan Dragons as well except for Nadakhan, Arrakore, and Zanth.
**However, she had to do this to save the lives of everyone in Ninjago and possibly all the other realms as well.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/785215346177347584
*She was the last of the ninja to create an Elemental Dragon.
*It's confirmed that after becoming the Water Ninja, she learned Spinjitzu between Skybound and "Day of the Departed,"https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/792850890646556672 and the latter revealed her Spinjitzu to be a deep blue tornado. 
**This means that she learned Airjitzu before she learned Spinjitzu, unlike the other ninja.
 
*Her Spinjitzu would have naturally been red if she learned it before becoming in touch with her Water powers, as seen when she was corrupted by Dark Matter in "Return of the Overlord."https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/799903049200312320 This color is also seen in The Tournament of Elements intro, though it's non-canon seeing as she learned Spinjitzu later. 
**Tommy Andreasen was not very involved in the production of "Day of the Departed," so when he watched the intended final version, he was "horrified" to see that Nya's Spinjitzu was red and called Peter Hausner to insist it be changed to blue.https://youtu.be/S3FqrPHYUmc?t=2336
**Although Kai invited Skylor to join their team before Nya did, and even though she has ninja-like abilities, she never technically joined the team. Therefore, Nya was the first female ninja to be on the team.
*In Season 8, Nya has a new hairstyle and a mole, similar to that of her Ninjago Movie counterpart.
**According to Tommy Andreasen, Jay refers to her mole as a "mark of eternal beauty.".https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/915651317787488258
*From Season 8 to Season 9, Nya's main color was gun-metal gray. In Season 10 and in the Legacy sets, however, she has switched back to her original maroon but has gone back to gray for Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu onward, while wearing more and more medium azure in secondary color until it became her main color in Dragons Rising. 
*She did not think too highly of the Royal Family and was rather impolite around them until Harumi praised her and stated she wanted to be like her. This caused Nya to state she liked the princess.
**However, she stated that she hated Harumi after her reveal as the Quiet One.
*Nya has been captured eighteen times across the course of the show by nearly every villainous faction with the exception of the Dragon Hunters, Oni, the Blizzard Samurai, and the Claws of Imperium. 
**She was captured by the Skulkin in "Way of the Ninja," and was saved by Kai in "King of Shadows."
**She was captured off-screen by the Serpentine during "The Snake King."
**She was held hostage by the Serpentine in "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" but was saved by Jay.
**She was captured yet again by the Serpentine in "All of Nothing" but was later freed by Lloyd.
**She was captured by the Stone Army in "The Last Hope," and freed in "Rise of the Spinjitzu Master."
**She was shot down and briefly captured by General Cryptor in "The Titanium Ninja."
**She was captured by the Anacondrai Cultists during "The Forgotten Element."
**She was briefly captured by Morro and the Ghost Warriors during "Curseworld, Part I."
**She was briefly captured by the Sky Pirates in "Wishmasters."
**She was captured by the Sky Pirates once again in "The Last Resort," and was forced to marry Nadakhan. She was saved by Jay's final wish in The Way Back."
**She was captured by the Vermillion during "Pause and Effect," and escaped in "Out of the Fire and Into the Boiling Sea."
**She was captured by the Sons of Garmadon in "The Quiet One," and was freed in "Game of Masks."
**She was chained and imprisoned inside the Ancient Pyramid by Aspheera in "Boobytraps and How to Survive Them," and managed to escape in "Ninja vs Lava."
**She was cubed by Unagami's army in "The Temple of Madness."
**She was put into the Mines of Shintaro by the Re-Awakened in "The Worst Rescue Ever," but managed to escape in "The Two Blades."
**She was captured again by the Re-Awakened in "The Darkest Hour" and was freed by Plundar in "The Upply Strike Back!"
**She was captured by the Keepers in The Keepers of the Amulet and was freed by Lloyd in "The Gift of Jay, only to end up recaptured in the end, but manage to escape once more, thanks to Kai in "The Tooth of Wojira."
**Nya and Maya were captured by Kalmaar in "Five Thousand Fathoms Down," but were able to escape in "The Wrath of Kalmaar."
**Nya was pinned down underneath the Bounty and almost crystalized by The Mechanic and his Vengestone Warriors in "Quittin' Time!".
*After being forced into Nadakhan's mother's wedding dress, Nya remarked she hated dresses. While this may seem like an error, as she had worn formal outfits in the past, it was later confirmed by Zane in "Legacy" that none of these were specifically dresses, as Zane said, "I have never seen you in a dress before." 
**Then again, Decoded may or may not be canon.
*In "An Unlikely Ally," Nya cannot seem to control her powers without a source of water nearby—this is touched upon as the water in the Never-Realm is frozen. It is unclear why she needs water, as the other ninja are simply able to use their powers freely.
**However, Tommy Andreasen has said that she can still summon water, and she just chooses not to. He used the analogy of not wanting to run everywhere when he could walk, meaning that Nya finds it easier to use existing water than summoning it.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1187786356354945026https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1187787897468051459
***He previously made a similar statement.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/770228256008175616
***In earlier seasons (specifically season 5 - 7) Nya only ever summoned water out of her bare hands.
***In Dragons Rising Season 1 she is seen again summoning water out her bare hands.
*In "Let's Dance," it is revealed that Nya has always wanted to take dance lessons.
*The color of her hairband depends on her clothing. 
**During Seasons 8, 9, and 11 onward, she wears a gray hairband to match her gray ninja suit and yukata in "Let's Dance."
**In Season 10, she opts for a cyan hairband to complement her maroon outfit.
**While in hiding during Season 9, Nya wore a yellow hairband.
*When asked why Nya has never said "I love you" to Jay, Tommy Andreasen said "I guess she doesn’t express herself in that way. She didn’t have the easiest of child hoods."https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1297585394251431938 
**However, though silent, she did finally say it before merging with the Endless Sea in the penultimate episode.
*It has been stated that Nya's bracelet's only purpose was activating her Samurai Mech,https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/793142494858883076 but it also doubled as a communicator, as seen in "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" and "Misfortune Rising," and a tracker, as seen in "Public Enemy Number One." This is likely why she still wore it up until "Day of the Departed" even though she had since become a ninja and no longer used the mech. 
**There also appear to be multiple versions of the bracelet, as one of the ninja placed one on a rat to divert attention from themselves in "Public Enemy Number One" but Nya wore hers in the next scene, and all of the ninja besides Cole and Lloyd wore recolored versions of the bracelet in "Misfortune Rising."
*Nya's original phoenix symbol is present at the Phoenix Temple in Legends of Chima. It's unknown if this is a meaningless Easter egg or a hint at a deeper connection.
*Nya appears in the form of one of Emma's paintings in the LEGO Friends episode, "Andrea's Big Moment." The painting is a redraw of Nya's pilot character art in the LEGO Friends style.
*When asked about Nya and Cole's apparent feelings for each other, Tommy Andreasen stated, "…she was more mislead by doubt and curiosity. She and Jay are meant for each other."https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/780803695155908608 
*If she had a dragon as the original four ninja did, it may have been named "Flow."https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/779211099702960128
*Nya is responsible for possibly creating the most vehicles and technology utilized by the heroes throughout the series, including the Samurai X suit and Samurai Mech, Fire Mech, Earth Driller (with Dr. Julien), Samurai X Cave, Proto Sam-X, D.B. Express and Auto, Destiny's Bounty's second model (with Wu), Ice Mech,https://web.archive.org/web/20160924193913/http://www.lego.com/en-us/ninjago/accessories/vehicles/zanes-titan-mech-season-5-c8a5f3fba198429fb83d8d5aadb1ef10 Kai's bike and her bike, Samurai VXL, the Snake Bike, and the Battle Wagon (with Skylor).
*Nya states in "Wishmasters" that she "Never had much of a sweet tooth," though she is seen eating ice cream as a child in a brief flashback vision in "Curseworld, Part II."
*Despite their similar appearances, Nya and Delara are not related.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/811280262105591812 
*According to Tommy Andreasen, it is possible that when Ray and Maya disappeared, Kai and Nya were cared for by their friendly neighbors, whom Wu asked for.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/965845712679432192
*According to Dan and Kevin Hageman, if Nadakhan saw Nya's current appearance, he would still recognize her as Delara.https://twitter.com/brothershageman/status/1360654047133409281
*Nya is the only ninja not to have an individual "Previously on Ninjago" opening shot. She and Kai were both in the shot for The Hands of Time, though Kai and the other four ninja all had at least one season opening shot before Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu, when the opening sequence changed.
*Nya's hair does not fit with her armor despite her being mask-less for most of the season. This is because her side bangs come into contact with the shoulder armor. 
**This is probably why in a LEGO Life video featuring minifigure renders of Jay and Nya, Nya wears her suit while Jay wears his Digi robe without a mask.
*She is similar to P.I.X.A.L., because they are both female protagonists living in the monastery who were at some point in their life inventors and Samurai X, have a color scheme consisting of blue and red, use the same piece of hair, love one of the ninja and build a secret base, which ninja use as a garage for vehicles.
*In "Five Thousand Fathoms Down," Nya says she prefers chewy cookies over crumbly ones.
*In May 2021, Tommy Andreasen shared an "interview" conducted with Nya that provided deeper insights into her character and her thoughts on various topics.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1390629663102341120
*According to Tommy Andreasen, if Nya was a YouTuber, she would make self-improvement videos.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/975110111591985157 
*In "The Mask of Deception," Nya was able to hold three soldiers in water and make it stop moving to keep them in place. It is unclear whether she was using her water powers or she was somehow using the element of Ice. 
**The latter option is possible, as Sorla implied that Ice was simply a more stubborn expression of Water.
*She is similar to Princess Yue from the Avatar: The Last Airbender franchise:
**Both are female characters who had merged with something related to the sea in order to save the world:
***Yue merged with the dying Moon Spirit.
***Nya merged with the Endless Sea, **Both of are the love interests of male characters who are funny:
***Sokka with Yue.
***Jay with Nya.
*When asked why Nya did not return to her Samurai X identity after the events of Possession were over and the Ghost Warriors were no longer a threat, Tommy Andreasen said it may have been due to "responsibility/ destiny/ obligation … pick your favourite."https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1490082666489724931
*In The Book of Elemental Powers, it is stated Nyad was Nya's ancestor. However, Tommy Andreasen later confirmed that they are not related.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1533120470224101376
==Videos==
The story of Nya - LEGO Ninjago - Character Spot|Rebooted Character Spot
Nya - LEGO Ninjago - Character Video|Tournament of Elements Character Spot
Nya - LEGO Ninjago - Character Spot|Skybound Character Spot
Nya - LEGO Ninjago - Meet the Ninja - Character Spot|Hands of Time Character Spot
Meet Lloyd, Princess Harumi, Nya and Ultra Violet - LEGO NINJAGO - Character Video|Sons of Garmadon Character Spot with Lloyd, Harumi, and Ultra Violet
==Gallery==
==Translations==
==References==
de:Nya
fi:Nya
es:Nya
pl:Nya
ru:Ния
uk:Нія
Category:Characters
Category:Heroes
Category:Ninja
Category:Spinjitzu
Category:Airjitzu Master
Category:Elemental Masters
Category:Spinjitzu Master
Category:Females
Category:Water
Category:Kai and Nya's Family
Category:Ninja's love interests
Category:Rulers
Category:Humans
Category:Participants of the Speedway Five-Billion
Category:Characters with theme songs
Category:Inventors
Category:Celebrities
Category:Samurai
Category:Kryptarium Inmates
Category:2011
Category:2011 characters
Category:Pilot episodes
Category:Rise of the Snakes
Category:2012
Category:2012 characters
Category:Legacy of the Green Ninja
Category:2014
Category:2014 characters
Category:Rebooted
Category:2015
Category:2015 characters
Category:Tournament of Elements
Category:Possession
Category:Shadow of Ronin
Category:2016
Category:2016 characters
Category:Skybound
Category:Dark Island Trilogy
Category:Day of the Departed
Category:2017
Category:2017 characters
Category:The Hands of Time
Category:Wu's Teas
Category:Ninjago: Decoded
Category:2018
Category:2018 characters
Category:Sons of Garmadon
Category:Hunted
Category:Tales from the Monastery of Spinjitzu
Category:2019
Category:2019 characters
Category:Ninjago: Legacy
Category:March of the Oni
Category:Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu
Category:2020
Category:2020 characters
Category:Prime Empire
Category:Master of the Mountain
Category:2021
Category:2021 characters
Category:The Island
Category:Seabound
Category:Ninjago: Reimagined
Category:Spinjitzu Brothers
Category:2022
Category:2022 characters
Category:Ninjago: Core
Category:The Virtues of Spinjitzu
Category:Crystalized
Category:LEGO Dimensions
Category:The Realm of Shadows
Category:LEGO Universe
Category:2023
Category:2023 characters
Category:Ninjago NXT
Category:Season 1 (Dragons Rising)
Category:Ninjago - Dream Team
Category:2024
Category:2024 characters
Category:The Elemental Mechs
Category:Season 2 (Dragons Rising)
Category:Revived Characters