No.077Gen 1 (Kanto)
Ponyta in Japanese
ポニータ
Ponīta
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ポpo
ニni
ーlong vowel
タta
💡 ー is a long-vowel mark: it stretches the vowel before it (in romaji it is shown with a bar, like ō).
Japanese Pokémon names are written in katakana, the script used for foreign words and names. Learn the 4 characters above and you can read “ポニータ” yourself!
📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
These Pokémon live in herds out in the grassland. Newborn foals lack their fiery manes, which will develop about an hour after birth.草原に群れで生息するポケモンです。生まれたばかりの子馬には炎のようなたてがみがなく、生後約1時間で生えてきます。
The Japanese text is a translation of the English entry, written with kanji, hiragana and katakana. Try to spot the katakana words!
📘 Free katakana lessons with Pokémon →
🎯 Test yourself: Pokémon katakana quiz →