Janine

The Poisonous Ninja Master.
Janine
Species	Human
Hair color	Black
Base	Fuschia City Gym
Relatives	Koga (father)
Debut	Pokémon: Gold Version/Pokemon: Silver Version

Janine is a gym leader appearing in Pokémon: Gold Version and Silver Versions as a new Kanto gym leader.

Background

Janine was the daughter of Koga, the ninja Pokémon trainer. To follow in her father's footsteps, Janine studied ninjutsu and began training poison-type Pokémon. Her training eventually paid off, as when Koga was promoted to the Elite Four, Janine became the new gym leader of the Fuschia City gym. To confuse incoming trainers, the other trainers in Janine's gym used illusions to look like Janine.

Eventually in Gold, Silver and Crystal, she was challenged and defeated by Gold. She then gave him the Soulbadge as well as TM06: Toxic. She vowed to improve her skills to become better than both Gold and Koga.

Pokémon Roster

Janine has the following Pokémon in Gold, Silver and Crystal:

• Crobat
• Weezing (2)
• Ariados
• Venomoth

Other Games

Janine appears in Pokémon Stadium 2 as the fifth opponent in the Kanto Gym Leader's Castle. She uses Tentacruel, Weezing, Ariados, Crobat, Gligar and Stantler in the R1 match, and then Muk, Vaporeon, Meganium, Crobat, Girafarig and Forretress in the R2 battle.

Trivia

• She also appears in Pokémon: FireRed and LeafGreen Versions, taking place when Koga was still leader of the gym. She is found behind the Chansey pen in Fuschia City.
• In FireRed and LeafGreen she is instead called Charine for unknown reasons.
• She is the only gym leader to have not made an anime appearance, although it is believed that the character is based off of Aya, Koga's younger sister and student in the anime continuity. Oddly enough Aya reappears in one of the Johto episodes where Janine could easily have been used instead.