Danika
| Danika アサヒAsahi | |
Danika inPokémon Journeys: The Series | |
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Hometown | Unknown |
| Region | Unknown |
| Trainer class | Pokémon Trainer |
| Member of | Project Mew |
| Rank | Chaser |
| Animated debut | Advice to Goh! |
| English voice actor | Anjali Kunapaneni |
| Japanese voice actor | Ryoko Shiraishi |
Danika (Japanese:アサヒAsahi) is a recurring character inPokémon Journeys: The Series. She is aTrainer and researcher withProject Mew.
In animation
History
Danika first appeared inAdvice to Goh!, when she contactedGary on hisRotom Phone after receiving the feather ofMoltres and awarded him a token with aMew symbol.
She made her first in-person appearance inLeaping Toward the Dream!, where she explained toAsh andGoh how Project Mew operates, and gave Goh his mission ofcatching anAlolanNinetales onMount Coronet. After Goh had succeeded in the mission, Danika congratulated him on his success and informed him that he was now qualified to start taking on properTrial Missions.
Danika reappeared inTrial on a Golden Scale!. She was first seen monitoring Ninetales after returning it to its natural habitat. Shortly thereafter she discussed withQuillon about Goh's future in Project Mew. Later, when Goh and Ash were surrounded byPokémon hunterNito and his henchmen, Danika intervened and saved them using herRapid Strike StyleUrshifu. Once everything was resolved, Danika handed Goh his first Project Mew Token and encouraged him to continue giving his best.
InLooking Out for Number Two!, Danika received a message from Goh, informing her that he had completed his second Trial Mission. She sent him a token before joining Quillon in facing aRegirock as it emerged from the ruins before them.
InBattling in the Freezing Raid!, Danika, along with Quillon, was seen evaluating the performance ofGoh,Gary, andHorace'sRaid Battle against anArticuno.
Danika personally monitored theSea Mauville battle royale inNarrowing the Chaser Chase!. After informing the rules to the participating Challengers, at a certain point in the mission she released some Pokémon as obstacles to make the mission difficult. When Horace becomes the winner of the mission, Danika and Quillon passed the results of the participants of that moment and warned that the period for evaluation was about to end.
InChasing to the Finish!, Danika supervised one of the last Trial Missions, which was won by Horace. After the mission was completed, she joined Quillon at theSplit-Decision Ruins to see the conclusion of the other last mission, which Goh and Gary successfully cleared.
InA Flood of Torrential Gains!, Danika met with the other members of Project Mew inSlateport City to begin the final expedition.
InThe Mew from Here! andIn the Palms of our Hands!, Danika and the other members of Project Mew exploredFaraway Island in their search forMew, eventually succeeding in finding it. After this, Project Mew was disbanded.
InJN136, Danika was seen holding aCubchoo whilst Quillon was healing aBeartic that was injured. This scene wasnot included in the episode's Englishdubbed version.
Character
UnlikeQuillon, Danika is far more welcoming and friendly, encouragingGoh to give his best. However, she also has a subtle harsh streak to her, seen when she forced Goh and Horace to battle each other to determine the winner of the Sea Mauville Trial Mission. In battle, her most friendly posture is left aside in favor of calm confidence, even choosing several opponents for battle and disqualifying thePokémon hunters as soon as she arrived at the place.
Pokémon
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On hand
This listing is of Danika's knownPokémon inPokémon the Series:
| Debut | Trial on a Golden Scale! |
|---|---|
| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Risa Shimizu |
| English | Cherami Leigh |
Azumarill is Danika's first known Pokémon and it's usually seenoutside of its Poké Ball. Azumarill was first seen when Danika was monitoring theAlolanNinetales thatGoh had rescued. Later, when Goh completed his first Trial Mission, Azumarill appeared alongside Danika, encouraging Goh.
InLooking Out for Number Two!, Azumarill was seen alongside its Trainer when she encountered awildRegirock.
InA Flood of Torrential Gains!, it appeared when Danika met with the other members of Project Mew in Slateport City to begin the final expedition.
InIn the Palms of our Hands!, Azumarill was used to battle againstMew, but it was defeated.
Azumarill's known moves areLight Screen,Hydro Pump, andIce Beam.
| Debut | Trial on a Golden Scale! |
|---|---|
| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Yūichi Nakamura |
| English | Bill Rogers |
Rapid Strike StyleUrshifu is Danika's second known Pokémon. She sent it out to battleNito's henchmen's Pokémon, knocking them out with ease.
InIn the Palms of our Hands!, Urshifu was used to battle againstMew, but it was defeated.
Urshifu's known moves areSurging Strikes,Focus Blast, andClose Combat.
| Debut | In the Palms of our Hands! |
|---|---|
| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | |
| English | Michele Knotz |
Jellicent was used to battle againstMew, but he was defeated.
Jellicent's only known move isDark Pulse.
Traveling with
Rotom Phone |
Voice actors
| Language | Voice actor | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 白石涼子Ryoko Shiraishi | |
| English | Anjali Kunapaneni | |
| Arabic | سهير ناصر الدينSouhair Naser El Dine | |
| European French | Nancy Philippot | |
| Indonesian | Diah Sekartadji Wulandari | |
| Italian | Federica Simonelli | |
| Brazilian Portuguese | Maju Helman | |
| Latin American Spanish | Diana Galván Santos | |
Artwork
| Artwork from Pokémon Journeys: The Series |
In the manga

Pokémon Journeys
Danika appeared inLeaping Toward the Dream! andUltra Exciting from the Shocking Start! & Trial on a Golden Scale! (Part 2).
Pokémon
Urshifu |
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | アサヒAsahi | From 旭岳Asahi-dake (Mount Asahi)[1] and 旭asahi (morning sun), referencingPokémon Sun |
| English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese | Danika | From ДаницаDanica (personification of theMorning Star inSlavic mythology) |
| Korean | 태화Taehwa | From 태화산 (太華山)Taehwasan (Mount Taehwa) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 朝日Zhāorì | From the Japanese name 朝日Asahi and 朝日zhāorì (morning sun) |
References
- ↑Pash! (July 2021 issue), interview with executive director Daiki Tomoyasu and animation producer Hiroyuki Kato
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