Cynthia

Cynthia
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl artwork
First appearance	Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions (2006)
Latest appearance	Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl (2021)
Gender	Female
Hometown	Celestic Town
Region	Sinnoh
Portrayed by	Emily Jenness (English) Tomo Sakurai (Japanese)

“To live their lives to the fullest, people and Pokémon need the chance to throw themselves into battle against the fiercest opposition. That's why I want to battle you. How about it?”

– Cynthia

Cynthia is the Champion of the Sinnoh region. She first appears in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions, and is the first female Champion of the Pokémon series. Her name is derived from the word "synthesis," meaning to combine different pieces together, and applies to how Cynthia uses a variety of Pokémon during battle.

Game appearances

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions

In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions, the player character first encounters Cynthia at Eterna City when they first visit the location. She gives them some advice, but leaves shortly after. After Crasher Wake is defeated, Cynthia will be seen at Route 214. She is impressed with the player character's efforts and rewards them with a Secret Potion. Cynthia tells the player to use this on the hoard of Psyduck, who are blocking the entrance to Celestic Town. She asks the player to go to Celestic Town, her home city, and tells the player to go give a gift to her grandmother. After the player does this, Cynthia will appear in the town, and thank the player for delivering the gift to her grandmother. Like most people in Celestic Town, Cynthia is very interested in the mythology behind the Sinnoh Legendary Pokémon. She often travels around Sinnoh to study more on these ancient creatures.

After the Team Galactic dilemma, the player eventually learns that Cynthia is, indeed, the Sinnoh Region Champion. Her abilities as a trainer are shown in this battle. Her Pokémon are all very powerful, all of which are above level 60. However, her powerhouse is Garchomp, which has several powerful attacks that can take away a massive amount of health in one attack. Although, after a long and arduous battle, the player comes out on top, and Cynthia and Professor Rowan deem the player as the new Champion. She can be battled again several times afterwards.

Pokémon anime

In the episode, "Elite Four Goyō and Dōtakun", Cynthia is seen in Lucian's flashback, when he is talking to Ash, Dawn, and Brock about the Sinnoh Elite Four.

In "Enter Champion Shirona!!". Ash and the group were watching a battle between Cynthia and Lucian. Her Garchomp managed to easily defeat Lucian's Bronzong. Ash was determined to battle her. Meanwhile, Team Rocket, who were disguised as Ice Cream salesmen, actually got to meet Cynthia, who actually bought an Ice Cream from them. Ash and the gang then found Cynthia at the nearby ruins, which was just a little walk from Team Rocket's stand. She was studying about the ancient Pokémon Legends. However, when she notices a challenge from Ash's rival, Paul, she decides to battle him. She used her Garchomp, which managed to devastate Paul's Chimchar, Weavile, Murkrow, and Torterra with relative ease. However, Cynthia decided to look after Paul's Pokémon at the Pokémon Center, while at the same time, giving Ash and the gang tips on how to raise Pokémon. After they left the room to go outside for a little while, Team Rocket sneaked into the building and kidnapped Chimchar. However, Paul used his Ursaring to rescue Chimchar, which he then scolded for getting captured. Cynthia, however, cheered the young monkey Pokémon up, and told Paul that he has to show Pokémon compassion and respect. Paul, however, did not seem too interested in this advice. With all this done, Cynthia then decides to head off, and the group wave goodbye, while Paul hopes to get strong enough to defeat her.

Battles

Sprite		Title		Location	Reward
		Champion Cynthia		Pokémon League	13200
Pokémon
Sprite	Name	Level	Ability	Held item	Moves
	Spiritomb (♀)	Level 61	Pressure	None	Embargo Silver Wind Dark Pulse Psychic
	Gastrodon (♀)	Level 60	Sticky Hold	None	Muddy Water Sludge Bomb Stone Edge Earthquake
	Roserade (♀)	Level 60	Natural Cure	None	Sludge Bomb Energy Ball Shadow Ball Extrasensory
	Lucario (♂)	Level 63	Steadfast	None	Aura Sphere Dragon Pulse Psychic Earthquake
	Milotic (♀)	Level 63	Marvel Scale	None	Aqua Ring Mirror Coat Ice Beam Surf
	Garchomp (♀)	Level 66	Sand Veil	Sitrus Berry	Dragon Rush Brick Break Earthquake Giga Impact

Sprite		Title		Location	Reward
		Champion Cynthia		Pokémon League	12400
Pokémon
Sprite	Name	Level	Ability	Held item	Moves
	Spiritomb (♀)	Level 58	Pressure	None	Silver Wind Dark Pulse Shadow Ball Psychic
	Roserade (♀)	Level 58	Natural Cure	None	Sludge Bomb Energy Ball Extrasensory Toxic
	Milotic (♀)	Level 58	Marvel Scale	None	Mirror Coat Dragon Pulse Ice Beam Surf
	Lucario (♂)	Level 60	Steadfast	None	Aura Sphere Shadow Ball Stone Edge ExtremeSpeed
	Togekiss (♂)	Level 60	Hustle	None	Air Slash Aura Sphere Water Pulse Shock Wave
	Garchomp (♀)	Level 62	Sand Veil	Sitrus Berry	Dragon Rush Flamethrower Earthquake Giga Impact

Sprite		Title		Location	Reward
		Champion Cynthia		Pokémon League	15600
Pokémon
Sprite	Name	Level	Ability	Held item	Moves
	Spiritomb (♀)	Level 74	Pressure	None	Ominous Wind Silver Wind Dark Pulse Psychic
	Roserade (♀)	Level 74	Natural Cure	None	Sludge Bomb Energy Ball Shadow Ball Extrasensory
	Milotic (♀)	Level 74	Marvel Scale	None	Aqua Ring Mirror Coat Ice Beam Surf
	Lucario (♂)	Level 76	Steadfast	None	Aura Sphere Dragon Pulse Psychic Earthquake
	Togekiss (♂)	Level 76	Hustle	None	Air Slash Aura Sphere Water Pulse Psychic
	Garchomp (♀)	Level 78	Sand Veil	Sitrus Berry	Dragon Rush Brick Break Earthquake Giga Impact

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Cynthia.

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  Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions artwork

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	シロナ Shirona

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