Winona

Winona (Japanese: ナギ Nagi) is the Gym Leader of Fortree City's Gym, known officially as the Fortree Gym. She gives out the to s who defeat her. She specializes in .
==In the core series games==
Winona is the sixth Gym Leader to be fought in the Hoenn region. Known as the "Bird User Taking Flight Into the World", she is in charge of the Fortree City Gym and specializes in Pokémon. Upon defeat, Winona rewards the as well as in or in to the triumphant . She can later be battled again multiple times in after entering the Hall of Fame, using teams that progressively become stronger the more she is fought.
Winona also makes an appearance in the Pokémon World Tournament in , participating in the Hoenn Leaders, Type Expert, World Leaders, and The Battle Between Legendary Pokémon tournaments.
Winona is a very passionate Pokémon Trainer. She loves Flying types, and has developed a bond so close to them that she claims she has "become one with Bird Pokémon." She also taught how to battle to young trainers such as Kylee. After entering the Hall of Fame in , Winona can be found atop one of the four s on the roof level of Mauville City, feeling the wind in her hair. The player cannot interact with her, but can speak to an old woman watching her directly beneath the tower. She asks what could have possibly motivated Winona to do something so reckless and dangerous.
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Leader Winona / Sky Tamer Winona
:Strategy
:I take advantage of speed.
:I get my advantage through speed.
:Trainer's Pokémon
:Graceful sky dancers
:Those that dance gracefully in the sky.
:Self-Introduction
:I can see the ebb and flow of the winds.
:The ultimate would be to live as one with nature.
:I can see the patterns hidden in the way the wind blows.
===Pokémon===
Winona uses two Hyper Potions.
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Winona uses two Hyper Potions in the Gym battle and three Full Restores in the rematches.
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=====First rematch=====
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=====Pokémon World Tournament=====
Winona uses three of these Pokémon in Single Battles, four in Double and Rotation Battles, and all six in Triple Battles. Winona always leads with her signature Pokémon, .
======Hoenn Leaders Tournament======
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======Type Expert/World Leaders Tournament======
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==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Winona forms a sync pair with and in Pokémon Masters EX. Winona became a playable sync pair since the game's release.
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==Gallery==
===Artwork===
 	
Official artwork from	Conceptual artwork from
===Sprites and models===
 	 	
Sprite from, and 	Sprite from 	VS portrait from
 	 	
Overworld sprite from, and	Overworld sprite from	Overworld model from
==Quotes==
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
====History====
Winona debuted in the episode Who's Flying Now?. When and first arrived in the Fortree Gym, they learned that Winona was away from the Gym to help out at 's annual Feather Carnival. She was busy taking the attendants, including Max and , for joyrides on her during the festival.
She eventually agreed to battle Ash. Suddenly, struck the festival as Winona was showing the group the Gym's battlefield. Winona flew to the scene on her Skarmory, and she went on to rescue the stolen Pokémon before sending Team Rocket blasting off. Afterwards, Winona led the nighttime flying display to commemorate the Feather Carnival's grand finale.
Ash and Winona had their Gym the following day in Sky High Gym Battle. Ash's Grovyle managed to defeat Winona's Altaria during the first round, after landing a direct . Ash then sent out to fight , but both Pokémon ended up fainting after an exchange of and , respectively. Afterwards, Winona's took out Grovyle with a single , and Ash subsequently called out his own . After a long aerial battle, Ash prevailed and won the .
====Character====
Winona has a deep respect for the sky, and prays to it for good luck prior to taking on a challenger.
Winona is confident in her abilities, and is regarded as a master of Pokémon by the citizens of Fortree City. She commands her Pokémon's flight paths and even the degree angle of their attacks. Her defense strategy in is reliant on her Pokémon's ability to fly, but she has trained her Pokémon to fly accurately and cope in all weather conditions. Winona enjoys her Gym's open air layout because it adds an element of unpredictability and challenge to the battle.
====Pokémon====
This listing is of Winona's known in :
====Voice actors====
===GOTCHA!===
Winona briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
====History====
=====Past=====
She and Wallace had a romantic relationship in the past. When Wallace beat the Pokémon League, he turned down the position of Champion to take over the Sootopolis Gym after his master, Juan. However, he also had the intention of staying close to Winona. Winona was opposed to this act, as she found the idea of a man much stronger than her being constantly around to be smothering, which led to her breaking off their relationship.
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Winona is tasked by the Pokémon Association with supervising the other Hoenn Gym Leaders. It is her job to guide new Gym Leaders and make sure they keep their Gyms running smoothly.
She debuts in Hanging Around With Slaking III at the Weather Institute. She stops Norman from battling his to inform him that he had been spending too much time away from his Gym. She asks Norman to come with her so that he may return to his proper Gym Leader duties. Later, she watches Flannery build up a win streak in her Gym. Winona informs Flannery about , a young challenger that has already managed to defeat three other Gym Leaders.
Later, Flannery calls all of the Gym Leaders to Fortree City to have a meeting about the mysterious organizations Team Magma and Team Aqua. The group gets into an argument about which team is the villains and which is on the side of good. When Flannery decides to choose Team Magma as the heroes and Team Aqua as the villains, Winona chooses to trust her friend's judgment and picks the same choice.
Winona meets Sapphire in person when the latter arrives at Fortree City. They have a Gym battle, but not even the evolution of Sapphire's Chic into is enough to beat Winona. Although she lost, Sapphire gladly accepts Winona's offer to be trained by her. Winona also reveals that the Legendary Pokémon will be awakened soon, and she and the other Gym Leaders want Sapphire to help them prevent chaos from spreading throughout Hoenn. The other Gym Leaders question Winona telling Sapphire all that, since in reality only she and Flannery had actually agreed to Sapphire joining them. Later, Winona agrees to a training session with Sapphire. Due to being angry from a previous argument with Ruby, Sapphire's fury gives her the strength to defeat Winona. Winona praises Sapphire and awards her the Feather Badge for her good work.
When and Kyogre are awakened, they begin causing and throughout Hoenn. Flannery and Brawly are sent to deal with Groudon while Roxanne and Wattson are sent to deal with Kyogre. Winona is tasked with evaluating the situation and directing the two teams from the sidelines so that they can succeed in their goals. As Winona and Sapphire assist the wild Pokémon caught in the crossfire, they are approached by the former guardians of Mt. Pyre. The guardians reveal that the culprits behind Groudon and Kyogre's awakening are at the Seafloor Cavern, but they have no way of going there to stop them. Ruby also arrives and reveals that with Sapphire's , he and Sapphire will be able to go to the Seafloor Cavern. Although initially finding Ruby's claims ridiculous, Winona allows the two to go through with it when Sapphire says she trusts Ruby's words.
With Ruby and Sapphire gone, Wallace states that he will go to assist Roxanne and Brawly in stopping Groudon. The Pokémon Association Director tells Winona that he will be taking over her supervising duties, which allows her to go and assist her fellow Gym Leaders. Winona goes to help Flannery and Wattson deal with Kyogre, but they are interrupted by the Subleaders of the Sea Scheme of Team Aqua, , Shelly, and Matt. The Subleaders all face one of the Gym Leaders to make sure they can't stop Kyogre from advancing any further. Winona is paired up against Matt, but she manages to easily defeat him. Although defeated, Matt and the other Subleaders manage to keep their opponents occupied long enough for Kyogre to advance to Sootopolis City to battle with Groudon.
With the other Gym Leaders too injured to continue battling, Winona and Wallace both head to Sootopolis City to help Ruby and Sapphire against Groudon and Kyogre. When she arrives, Winona finds Sapphire beaten and worried that they won't be able to win. Winona snaps Sapphire out of it by reminding her that she is fighting for the one she loves. Sapphire thanks Winona for helping bring back her confidence and goes to continue the battle alongside Ruby. After Groudon and Kyogre were defeated and returned to their long slumber, Archie and Maxie came out of hiding to attack the heroes and make sure they won't be able to stop their plans again. Wallace attempts to face the two villains, but they reveal that they have kidnapped Winona. With Winona held hostage, Wallace is forced to give up and allows himself to be defeated. After both Team Magma and Team Aqua are defeated, Winona celebrated the victory with her allies and thanked Sapphire and Ruby for their assistance in the battle.
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Winona appears at the wedding between Wanda and alongside Wallace, Ruby, and Sapphire. She and Wallace stay behind to attend the reception while Ruby and Sapphire go to their mission at the .
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Winona, along with various people from around Hoenn, is called to Sootopolis City to assist in stopping Grand Meteor Delta, a giant meteoroid threatening to destroy the planet. When the plan to attack Grand Meteor Delta starts, Winona and the others have their Pokémon attack the meteoroid at the same time. This, combined with the might of Mega , successfully shatters Grand Meteor Delta into pieces.
====Pokémon====
This listing is for Winona's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.
==In the TCG==
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Winona or her Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
==Trivia==
* Winona and Byron are the only Gym Leaders in the to own a giant Pokémon; however, Byron's was only a Fossil.
* In , the moveset used by her in the Type Expert and World Leaders Tournaments is the exact same as the one used in rematches in .
* In , Winona owns an that knows , which Altaria does not learn until level 40.
** In addition, said Altaria is level 33, even though cannot evolve until level 35.
* In Generation III, Winona's Gym can be skipped until the Pokémon League, where her Badge is required to progress. This is no longer the case in , where the cannot fully pass without her Badge.
* Winona's team changes from an all-female party in her Gym battle to an all-male party in her rematches in .
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ナギ Nagi 	From 梛 nagi () and 凪 nagi (calm/lull)
English 	Winona 	From winnow, wing, or wind
German 	Wibke 	From Wind, Wirbel (), Schwinge (wing), or possibly a reference to the 1990 Wiebke.
Spanish 	Alana 	From ala (wing)
French 	Alizée 	From alizé (trade wind)
Italian 	Alice 	From aliseo (trade wind) or ali (wings)
Korean 	은송 Eunsong 	From 은송 (銀松) eunsong ()
Korean 	나기 Nagi 	Transcription of her Japanese name
Chinese ()	娜琪 Nàqí 	Transcription of her Japanese name
Chinese ()	娜琪 Nàhkèih 	Transcription of her Japanese name
Russian 	Вайнона Vaynona	Transcription of her English name
Vietnamese	Nagi 	Transcription of her Japanese name
==References==
==Related articles==
* Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
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